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State Wants Sumner Tunnel Users To Ditch Cars For Trains
By Chris Lisinski State House News Service
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Boston College Wide Receiver Zay Flowers Drafted 22nd Overall In NFL Draft
Boston College football record-holder Zay Flowers was drafted 22nd overall in the NFL draft by the Baltimore Ravens. Flowers holds the record for most receiving yards, receiving touchdowns, and catches at Boston College, according to BC Interruption.
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Former MassGOP Chairman Says It’s Time To Move On From Trump
At least one former Massachusetts Republican Party chairman does not support former president Donald Trump's 2024 presidential bid. Jennifer Nassour, who served as chair of the MassGOP from 2009 to 2011, does not want 2024 to be a 2020 re-match.
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Bernie Sanders Won’t Run For President Again
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) says he won't run for president again. The self-described democratic socialist, who pursued the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016 and 2020, said he has no plans to run a third time.
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Satanic Convention in Boston This Weekend Draws Attention, Prayers of Massachusetts Christians
SatanCon, which is billed as the largest gathering of Satanists ever, is set to begin tomorrow at the Copley Marriott in the Bay Bay neighborhood of Boston. The convention is being run by The Satanic Temple, a group of nontheistic Satanists based in Salem.
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27,000 Drunken Driving Cases Could Be Thrown Out Thanks To Faulty Breathalyzer Tests In Massachusetts
Twenty-seven thousand people convicted of drunken driving in Massachusetts from June 1, 2011 through April 18, 2019 may be able to get their convictions overturned due to faulty breathalyzer testing machines. The machines had faulty calibration that led to false results, a 2019 investigation found, according to CBS News Boston.
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With Fire Departments Struggling For Volunteers, States Respond To The Alarm
Stateline, an initiative of The Pew Charitable Trusts. By Alex Brown When firefighters show up to a blaze or medical emergency across much of the United States, they most likely are volunteers. It's also likely the department is understaffed, struggling to replace old equipment and facing uncertainty about
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RFK Jr. Trails Biden By 43 Points, Poll Shows
Environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has some support in the Democratic presidential primary. Kennedy received 19 percent support in the latest Fox News primary poll released this week; that put him in a distant second place behind President Joe Biden, who had 62 percent in the poll. That'