Gov. Whitmer among 7 awarded for courage by JFK Foundation
BOSTON — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and six other people who risked their own health and safety to help and protect others during the...
‘Antique Roadshow’ flips the script with celebrity editions
NEW YORK — Chef, cookbook author and TV host Carla Hall has always wondered about an antique wooden highchair her family has long cherished.
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Clean megaprojects divide surprise group: environmentalists
PORTLAND, Maine — Sprawling wind farms located off the coast. Hydropower transmission lines that cut through some of America's most beloved forests and rivers....
New England states encouraging COVID vaccination
BOSTON — After an initial surge in vaccinations against COVID-19, the number of people receiving the shots in Massachusetts has been declining for nine...
Black Freedmen struggle for recognition as tribal citizens
OKLAHOMA CITY — As the U.S. faces a reckoning over its history of racism, some Native American tribal nations that once owned slaves also...
Maine ends COVID-19 visitor testing and quarantine needs
PORTLAND, Maine — Effective Saturday, all states will be exempt from Maine’s COVID-19 travel requirements.
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Statues to hatchet-wielding Colonial heroine reconsidered
BOSTON — The fierce monuments honor an English colonist who, legend has it, slaughtered her Native American captors after the gruesome killing of her...
Retired Washington Post editor Martin Baron has book deal
NEW YORK — Martin Baron, who retired recently as executive editor of The Washington Post, is working on a book about his leadership of...
Brockton to name street in honor of the late Marvin Hagler
BROCKTON, Mass. — Middleweight boxing champion Marvelous Marvin Hagler is being celebrated in his Massachusetts hometown with a street named in his honor.
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Report: Pandemic gives rise to antisemitic ‘Zoom bombing’
Antisemites adopted a new tactic for spewing their hate when the COVID-19 pandemic closed synagogues and Jewish schools and community centers: hijacking video conferences.
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