Along with the week’s roll call votes, the Senate also passed a resolution urging the government of Brazil to ensure that the October 2022 elections are conducted in a free, fair, credible, transparent, and peaceful manner.
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Investigators seek cause of fire at New Hampshire strip mall
NASHUA, N.H. — Investigators in the New Hampshire city of Nashua are trying to determine the cause of a fire that heavily damaged a strip mall, the fire department said in a Saturday news release. The fire in the building on Amherst Street that contained a number of businesses was reported about 7:30 p.m. Friday. […]
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Vermont dispensaries to begin selling recreational marijuana
It will join 14 other states with legal adult-use cannabis sales.
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Boyfriend of slain New Hampshire boy’s mom gets 22 to 45 years in prison
Authorities discovered the child was missing last October. He was later found dead and had suffered from injuries and malnourishment.
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Wayward seal wanders into Massachusetts pond, evades police, turns self in
The seal quickly became a local attraction and was even named ‘Shoebert’ after his chosen pond.
Posted inNation & World, New England, News
Man pleads guilty to dousing ‘Bewitched’ statue in red paint in Salem, Mass.
The statue was erected in the city famous for the 1692 witch trials in 2005, despite protests from some who said a statue based on a TV sitcom trivializes the tragedy of the trials.
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Massachusetts panel explores changes to state seal, motto
Critics have decried the current ones as racially insensitive to the state’s Indigenous communities.
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In lawsuit, migrants say DeSantis flights ‘cruelty akin to what they fled in’ Venezuela
The lawsuit alleges that migrants were induced to cross state lines under false pretenses, a line that some Democratic officials are using to urge a federal investigation.
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Massachusetts sailor who died at Pearl Harbor to be buried at Arlington
Roman W. Sadlowski, of Pittsfield, died when the USS Oklahoma was struck by multiple torpedoes.
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Migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard moving to military base
Authorities say the nearly 50 people flown to the island on the orders of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will be moved to housing on Cape Cod.