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U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Hyde Park) wants the federal government to commit to not deport anyone to Haiti. Given the political instability in the country, including the recently announced resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry and recently heightened gang violence, Pressley told GBH News that deporting someone to Haiti
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Vice President Scott Brown? It was a possibility that independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. considered.
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A man was arrested in Rockland this week after police said he raped a child at a hotel that serves as a migrant shelter. Cory B. Alvarez, 26, is accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl on Hingham Street in Rockland, the Plymouth County District Attorney's Office said
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Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey is adding a new "Office of Energy Transformation" to try to de-carbonize "community-by-community," her administration said. The new office "will provide leadership in strategic planning, roadmap development, and stakeholder engagement to advance the transformation of the state's energy delivery
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A 38-year-old New Hampshire man charged with killing his pregnant live-in girlfriend has been indicted on two second-degree murder charges – the woman and the unborn baby. A Carroll County grand jury indicted the man, William Kelly, of Ossipee, New Hampshire.
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A nursing home resident who turned 109 this past week has some advice for the youngsters: "If you're lucky enough to meet the right guy, marry him. Don't just live with him." Josephine Tansey, a widow who was married for more than 50 years,
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"I am looked down upon by many" So says St. Patrick early in his autobiographical and spiritual testament Confessio.
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Immigrant advocates on Thursday lobbied for expanded eligibility of a tax credit that's seen as a key tool to prevent poverty and improve education outcomes among low-income households. About 21,000 to 26,000 households that are not currently eligible for the state Earned Income Tax Credit due