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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
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The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is recommending public colleges and universities join a national trade association for abortion providers. It's one of the suggestions the state agency made in a 47-page blueprint made public Wednesday that is designed to help public schools of higher learning "to
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Deportation officers from Boston's Enforcement and Removal Operations arrested a 37-year-old Brazilian national near his West Tisbury home last week. Saulo Cardoso Ferreira, convicted of raping a 5-year-old child in his home country, had fled Brazil after being handed a 14-year sentence and was wanted by Brazilian authorities,
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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. weighed in on the assassination of his uncle ahead of the 60-year anniversary of the event. John F. Kennedy, who was president at the time, was assassinated in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963.