US prison guards refusing vaccine despite COVID-19 outbreaks
A Florida correctional officer polled his colleagues earlier this year in a private Facebook group: “Will you take the COVID-19 vaccine if offered?”
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LGBTQ Catholics stung by Vatican rebuff of same-sex unions
The Vatican’s declaration that same-sex unions are a sin the Roman Catholic Church cannot bless was no surprise for LGBTQ Catholics in the United...
Schools weighing whether to seat students closer together
BOSTON — U.S. guidelines that say students should be kept 6 feet apart in schools are receiving new scrutiny from federal health experts, state...
Marvin Hagler, middleweight boxing great, dies at 66
Marvin Hagler, the middleweight boxing great whose title reign and career ended with a split-decision loss to “Sugar” Ray Leonard in 1987, died Saturday....
Parting shot: Yo-Yo Ma plays for fellow vaccine recipients
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Coronavirus developments across New England:
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Immigrant living in church for years wins temporary reprieve
BEDFORD, Mass. — A Guatemalan woman who has been living in a Massachusetts church for more than three years to avoid deportation has been...
CT governor gets second shot, UNH starts genomic sequencing
Developments in the coronavirus outbreak across New England:
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Philly to dim lights to make it safer for birds in flight
The lights of Philadelphia might not shine as bright in the coming weeks as a coalition in the City of Brotherly Love tries to...
Copy of Voting Rights Act signed by Lyndon Johnson auctioned
BOSTON — An official printing of the landmark Voting Rights Act of 1965 signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson has sold for $85,332, according...
Where’s the beef? Runaway steer still roaming Rhode Island
JOHNSTON, R.I. — Where's the beef? Still very much on the mooove in Rhode Island.
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