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Several presidential candidates spent Independence Day in New Hampshire, although there were two notable exceptions. Six presidential candidates marched in the Merrimack Independence Day Parade — five Republicans and one Democrat.
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A male transgender runner set a girls' cross country school record at Brookline High School during the 2022-2023 school year. Junior Chloe Barnes is a biological male who identifies as a transgender girl, as TB Daily News reported in January 2023 and Brookline's student newspaper, The Sag,
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U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Hyde Park) called for the U.S. Supreme Court to be expanded. "With this Court demonstrating time & again its contempt for the people, every option must be on the table," Pressley said in a tweet Wednesday, Juky 5. Hours
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A man who lives in Boston recently received a 10-year prison sentence for dealing two kilograms of cocaine, possessing nearly one kilogram of heroin, and an illegal firearm. Carlos Acosta Estrella, 33, received 10 years in prison from U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin on Thursday, June 29;
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A woman punched a bear in the face in Porter, Maine recently, and it did not go well for her. The 64-year-old woman punched a bear that was chasing her dog this past weekend — and the bear was not happy about it. The bear responded by biting her right hand,
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By Chris Lisinski State House News Service
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The Healey administration wants to update the Massachusetts health framework guidelines, including sex education — and it wants the public's input. The Massachusetts Board of Elementary and Secondary Education unanimously approved a framework for health and physical education in the state's public schools on Tuesday, June 27,
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By Sam Doran State House News Service