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Milan Lucic won the Stanley Cup in 2011 with the Boston Bruins, a staple of their team. He might be about to rejoin the team this weekend when he hits free agency, according to a new report from NHL insider Chris Johnston.
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The state's health insurance program for poor people paid about $85 million health care for people who don't live in Massachusetts, the state auditor found. The estimate is for so-called "capitation payments" that MassHealth, which includes the state's Medicaid and Children'
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Massachusetts U.S. Senator Ed Markey has proposed a bill to provide funding to study the barriers to "gender-affirming care." The bill would appropriate $25 million for the National Institutes of Health and another $25 million for the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention" to study
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If the presidential election in New Hampshire were held today, the incumbent would have the edge, according to the latest poll. President Joe Biden leads former President Donald Trump 49 percent to 40 percent in a hypothetical head-to-head poll recently released by Saint Anselm College Survey Center. Meanwhile, the result
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Last month, I wrote a review of the first season of eight episodes of the blockbuster historical drama series The Chosen, which have gotten more than 400 million views. Having received considerable positive feedback on the review, I thought it would be helpful to write a review of Season Two.
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Massachusetts is the only state in America where no form of consumer fireworks are legal. A bill (H.3634) on Beacon Hill would amend the state's firework ban — by increasing the penalty and making it a crime to use fireworks in high-density areas.
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Massachusetts has purchased billboard space in Florida and Texas to celebrate pride month and criticized the states' policies. "Massachusetts For Us All," the billboards say, showing pictures of same-sex couples.
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A new report by Reuters examined the ancestry of United States politicians, finding that 118 of them have ancestors who, at one point, owned slaves. Among them? U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts.