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A Dominican national who lives in Lawrence used a fraudulently obtained U.S. passport to try to get Social Security disability benefits he isn't entitled to, federal prosecutors say. Daniel Polonia Morillo, 57, also used fraudulently obtained documents to illegally obtain more than $40,000 in Medicaid benefits
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A mass-shooting at a bar in California by a U.S. Marine combat veteran Wednesday night shows the need for more gun control, an activist said. "It is a uniquely American problem and Congress is to blame. Every other developed Country has angry white men and mentally ill people
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The guilty plea of a former lawyer for the Trump Organization, Michael Cohen, on Augist 21 was reportedly motivated in part by Cohen's 83-year-old father, who supposedly told his son that he didn't "survive the Holocaust to have his name sullied by Mr. Trump."
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By Colin A. Young and Katie Lannan State House News Service As Republicans celebrated the first time a governor from their party was elected to a second term in nearly a quarter-century Tuesday, the GOP lost ground in both state legislative chambers and will be even more of a minority
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U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions has resigned, President Donald Trump announced Wednesday. No permanent replacement was named.
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State Representative Jim Lyons (R-Andover), the most visible conservative in the Massachusetts Legislature, lost his bid for a fifth term Tuesday night. Lyons confirmed the result by text message to New Boston Post shortly after 10 p.m. Tuesday.
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Lori Trahan declared victory in the Third Congressional District on Tuesday night, defeating Republican businessman Rick Green. Numbers were still coming in late Tuesday night, but it appeared to be a wide gap.
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Massachusetts voters decided to continue a state law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender identity in public accommodations — including women's bathrooms and locker rooms. Voters chose Yes by a large margin. The gap stood at more than two-to-one as of 10 p.m. Tuesday.
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