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A shark attacked and killed a man believed to be in his 20s on Saturday off a beach in the Cape Cod town of Wellfleet, the Associated Press reported, according to multiple news outlets. The attack occurred near Newcomb Hollow Beach, which is on the Atlantic Ocean side of Wellfleet
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By Katie Lannan and Michael P. Norton STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker on Friday afternoon declared a state of emergency in the wake of a series of gas fires and explosions in the Merrimack Valley, handing over control of the response to Eversource in place of the
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By Colin A. Young STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Public safety officials in the Merrimack Valley are getting a clearer view Friday morning of the destruction from Thursday's fatal gas-related explosions and fires and though an over-pressurized gas distribution system is thought to be at fault, the investigation is
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By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE Republican and President Donald Trump supporter Geoff Diehl said Thursday that he could be an "asset" to Governor Charlie Baker in Washington despite their policy differences, countering the message from Democrats that the governor's support of his candidacy against
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By Matt Murphy STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE The lead House lawmaker in charge of reviewing ways to make state government and the Legislature more transparent said Wednesday that something as simple as posting committee testimony online could prove challenging given the technology available to the Legislature.
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Former White House chief of staff Andy Card sees something in Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker no one else has said in public life: a possible future president of the United States. "I believe Charlie Baker is a – he certainly, I think, would be qualified to be president," Card
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Andy Card has always come across as a decent person. But the former Bush aide's prescription for American politics makes us grateful that his preferred types of candidates aren't in power anymore. Gone, we hope, are the days when the likes of George H.W. Bush,
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I attended a Catholic seminary from 1978 to 1980 and … No, I don't have any lurid stories to share.
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