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  Salisbury 18 hours ago

  Salisbury shoreline needs help before possible catastrophe, officials say

  “We need to have a managed beach,” Massachusetts Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr said Monday, calling for more help for the erosion-hit shoreline in Salisbury
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  Donald Trump 4 hours ago

  Prosecutors in hush money trial play call between Trump and Cohen on plan to buy affair story

  Jurors appeared riveted as prosecutors on Thursday played a September 2016 recording that attorney Michael Cohen secretly made of himself briefing his celebrity client on a plan to buy Karen McDougal’s story of an extramarital relationship.
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  Israel-Hamas War May 1

  House passes bill to expand definition of antisemitism amid growing campus protests over Gaza war

  The House has passed legislation that would establish a broader definition of antisemitism for the Department of Education to enforce anti-discrimination laws.
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  Immigration May 1

  Migrant with alleged ISIS ties was living in the U.S. for more than two years, officials say

  Jovokhir Attoev was released inside the U.S. in 2022. A year later, Uzbekistan put out a global notice that he was wanted for alleged ISIS ties. U.S. officials didn’t arrest him until 2024.
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  climate change May 1

  Democrats say Big Oil misled public for decades about climate change

  A new report released Tuesday details how oil and gas companies knew the consequences of their emissions since at least the 1960s. Congressional Democrats spent three years investigating the fossil fuel industry’s deception and highlighted their findings during a Senate hearing on Wednesday. National climate reporter Chase Cain recaps the milestone...
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  abortion May 1

  Arizona Senate passes bill to repeal 1864 near-total abortion ban

  The Arizona Senate voted Wednesday to pass a repeal of the near-total ban on abortion from 1864 that was upheld by the battleground state’s Supreme Court last month.
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  Elections May 1

  Almost 40% of local election officials surveyed report threats or abuse, says a new report

  The Brennan Center survey also found 62% of local election officials are concerned about political leaders’ attempting to interfere with how they do their jobs.
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  Donald Trump Apr 30

  Takeaways from the start of week 2 of testimony in Trump's hush money trial

  Here’s a look at how things are shaping up so far this week at the historic trial.
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  Housing May 1

  More communities push back against MBTA zoning law

  Towns across Massachusetts are working to come into compliance with the MBTA Communities Law, which requires municipalities to rezone for more housing near transit stops. Areas like Wakefield and Marshfield have both faced pushback over zoning plans, others like Rockport have seen citizens file lawsuits to block proposed changes. Massachusetts Atto...
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  Emergency Shelters Apr 30

  Healey signs emergency shelter funding, stay limit bill

  Gov. Maura Healey on Tuesday signed into law a new nine-month limit on how long families can live in Massachusetts emergency shelters, and stamped her approval on the Legislature’s plan to pull up to $426 million from a savings account to pour into the ongoing migrant housing crisis. Numerous exemptions will be available to families that bump...
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  Donald Trump Apr 30

  Judge raises threat of jail as he holds Trump in contempt, fines him $9,000 in hush money trial

  Donald Trump has been held in contempt of court and fined $9,000 for repeatedly violating a gag order that barred him from making public statements about witnesses, jurors and some others connected to his New York hush money case.
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  Hunter Biden Apr 29

  Lawyers for Hunter Biden plan to sue Fox News ‘imminently'

  A letter obtained by NBC News says action is pending because of Fox’s alleged “conspiracy and subsequent actions to defame Mr. Biden and paint him in a false light.”
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  decision 2024 Apr 28

  Trump meets privately with former GOP rival Ron DeSantis

  Former President Donald Trump met privately over breakfast with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Sunday, six sources said.
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  @Issue Apr 28

  Moulton on pro-Palestinian protests: ‘Shut them down'

  Massachusetts Congressman Seth Moulton told NBC10 Boston’s @Issue that the pro-Palestinian protests on or near college campuses, including several in Boston, have gone too far. “We live in a country that values freedom of speech,” Moulton told Jeff Saperstone and Sue O’Connell on @Issue. “But these protests in many cases have threatened the sa...
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  @Issue Apr 28

  @Issue: Biden signs the foreign aid bill, and a retrospective of Boston's 2024 Olympics bid

  In this episode – Biden signs a massive foreign aid bill. Plus, what could have been in Boston if the city had secured the 2024 Olympics?

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  @Issue Apr 28

  @Issue extra: A retrospective on the Boston 2024 Olympics bid

  We take a look back at the Boston 2024 bid for the Olympics – what went wrong, and what could we do if we pursue a bid in the future?