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Boston’s 10 most outlandish historical moments
Fact is stranger than fiction! Enjoy these odd (but true!) landmark events in Boston's history: No. 1: Fenway's red seat
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No. 6: Boston’s deadliest flood
Since Boston is essentially a boggy peninsula in the Atlantic, you'd probably think the city's worst flood disaster would involve water. But the Great Molasses Flood holds that unsavory honor. Molasses can be distilled into rum or industrial alcohol, and the Purity Distilling Co. built a
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2 men including USAID employee killed in Bangladesh
NEW DELHI (AP) — Unidentified assailants fatally stabbed two men in Bangladesh's capital Monday night, including a gay rights activist who also worked for the U.S. Agency for International Development, police said. It was the latest in a series of attacks targeting atheists, moderates and foreigners. Police said
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Survivor of Brussels terror attack writes letter of hope to unborn baby
Brussels, Belgium (CNA) — "…I just want to tell you that life is a wonderful thing, and the world is really full of remarkable people." So starts a letter written by one of the survivors of the bomb attacks at the Brussels Zaventem international airport last week, according to
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Munich police warn of imminent terror attack
BERLIN (AP) — Police in Munich warned of a "serious, imminent threat" by Islamic State group suicide bombers wanting to commit a terror attack on New Year's Eve and asked people to stay away from the city's main train station and a second train station
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Belgians arrest 10th suspect in Paris attack probe
BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian authorities on Thursday announced the arrest of a 10th person in connection with last month's bloodbath in Paris and said six others had been detained and questioned over a suspected plot to stage new attacks in Brussels during the holidays. Law enforcement officials said there
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Two suspected of plotting terror attacks arrested in Belgium
BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian authorities arrested two men on suspicion of planning Islamic State-inspired terror attacks in Brussels during the holidays, the federal prosecutor's office said Tuesday. The investigation revealed "the threat of serious attacks that would target several emblematic places in Brussels and be committed during the
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Nashua schools closed Monday after threat of violence
NASHUA, N.H. (AP) — Police are investigating "detailed" threats to hurt students and teachers that led to the closure of schools in the state's second largest district Monday. The threats to the Nashua school district were made by email to an administrator Sunday and were specific
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