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While the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe on Cape Cod has declared Thanksgiving as a National Day of Mourning, there is one prominent American Indian- identifier in Massachusetts who still celebrates Thanksgiving: U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Cambridge). The 1/1024th Native American senator wished her followers on X (formerly known as
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The Republican primary voter base in New Hampshire is not particularly pro-life. Asked if they would support candidates backing even a 15-week gestational limit on abortion federally, only a plurality (47 percent) of likely New Hampshire GOP primary voters supported the idea, according to a recent CNN poll. Meanwhile, 14
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By Colin A. Young State House News Service
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A Vermont cartoonist who forged a copy of an original Norman Rockwell painting so he could keep the original from his wife's divorce lawyer ended up leaving his adult children a multi-million-dollar payoff years after his death. Don Trachte, who died in 2005 at age 89, displayed the
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"And although it be not always so plentifull, as it was at this time with us, yet by the goodness of God, we are so farre from want, that we often wish you partakers of our plentie." — Edward Winslow, Mourt's Relation, 1621
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Massachusetts state auditor Diane DiZoglio's campaign to put a ballot question before voters next year giving the auditor explicit authority to audit the state legislature says it submitted more than enough signatures to meet a crucial deadline. DiZoglio and what State House News Service called "her hodgepodge
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Duxbury (10-1) defeated Marshfield (9-3) in a dramatic 23-21 rivalry game on Thanksgiving Day. Duxbury was down seven points in the third quarter, but scored a touchdown to almost tie it – only to have its placekicker, Gavin Hammond, miss the extra point.
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Two Massachusetts members of Congress who are among the most left-leaning on Capitol Hill have joined several conservative Republicans in calling on the Biden administration to drop charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. Assange, 52, a native of Australia, has been in prison in England since 2019 while fighting extradition