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Anti-fraud measures slow processing of jobless claims in Massachusetts: The state has ramped up benefits processing, but its performance is not back to where it ...
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Anti-fraud measures slow processing of jobless claims in Massachusetts
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Editorial: MA needs fed $$ to solve our own bridge problems: The last thing anyone needs is for a cruise ship to "Storrow" in the Cape Cod Canal.
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Editorial: MA needs fed $$ to solve our own bridge problems
Quick Glance: Survivors of Baltimore Bridge Collapse: Workers in Their Cars
  • Julio Cervantes survived bridge collapse, others missing or dead

  • Construction workers were in their cars when ship hit bridge

  • Two bodies found, four missing, presumed dead

  • President Biden promises bridge reconstruction
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Pope skips homily at start of busy Holy Week during Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square
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Pope skips homily at start of busy Holy Week during Palm Sunday Mass in St ...
Quick Glance: Pope Francis Leads Palm Sunday Mass
  • Pope Francis blessed olive branches in front of 25,000 believers.

  • He wore a white mantle and a red stole for the blessing liturgy.

  • Due to hoarseness, the Pope did not deliver the sermon.

  • The celebration signifies the start of the "Holy Week" for 1.7 billion Christians globally.
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Federal Reserve expected to cut rates, lift Biden's prospects: The U.S. Federal Reserve looks on track to cut interest rates as the presidential campaign season ...
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Federal Reserve expected to cut rates, lift Biden's prospects
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Warren, Sanders accuse Meta of blocking content related to Palestinians: ‘Deeply troubling’
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Warren, Sanders accuse Meta of blocking content related to Palestinians: ...
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World War II ship being remade into home for homeless veterans: A man with a mission envisions the ship as a place for homeless veterans to live and train for ...
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World War II ship being remade into home for homeless veterans
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King sends 'hand of friendship' recorded message: King Charles is sending an audio message about caring for others to this year's Maundy Thursday service.
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King sends 'hand of friendship' recorded message
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Govt Can't Really Address Unemployment Problem: Chief Economic Advisor: Nageswaran wondered what the government could do on the employment front “short of ...
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Govt Can't Really Address Unemployment Problem: Chief Economic ...
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Antisemitic propaganda spikes, Massachusetts incidents have ‘grown exponentially’: ADL report
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Antisemitic propaganda spikes, Massachusetts incidents have ‘grown ...
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Stock Market News Today: Fed outlook boosts indexes to new records: Markets continued to cheer the Fed's outlook for three rate cuts in 2024 ...
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Stock Market News Today: Fed outlook boosts indexes to new records
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Pig kidney transplanted into human patient for first time: A Boston hospital announced Thursday that its doctors transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney ...
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Pig kidney transplanted into human patient for first time
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Your 401(k) has 'room to run.' And it's not all about Fed rate cuts.: The Fed's plans to cut interest rates seems to be driving up stocks and your 401(k) ...
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Your 401(k) has 'room to run.' And it's not all about Fed rate cuts.
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Biden Urged to 'Hold the Line' Against For-Profit Medicare Advantage Industry: "Do not let them bully you," said Alex Lawson of Social Security Works ...
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Biden Urged to 'Hold the Line' Against For-Profit Medicare Advantage ...
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The US economy is nowhere near a recession, Goldman Sachs’ top economist says: The soft landing that once looked nearly impossible for the Federal Reserve to ...
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The US economy is nowhere near a recession, Goldman Sachs’ top economist ...
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Dollar weakens after Fed meeting, yen strengthens: The dollar weakened and the yen rebounded from near multi-decade lows on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve ...
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Dollar weakens after Fed meeting, yen strengthens
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Milton housing: Town fiercely pushing back on attorney general lawsuit: Town officials filed a response to Attorney General Andrea Campbell's lawsuit that ...
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Milton housing: Town fiercely pushing back on attorney general lawsuit
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Busting the Myths of Medicare Advantage: While the for-profit plans of Medicare Advantage are a convenient solution for insurance companies ...
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Busting the Myths of Medicare Advantage
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Interest-Rate Cuts and Inflation: Your Guide to the Great Descent of 2024: In a new monthly project, Points of Return will track the world’s perilous journey out ...
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Interest-Rate Cuts and Inflation: Your Guide to the Great Descent of 2024
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Democrats vote to make gun reform debate private after senator describes personal threats
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Democrats vote to make gun reform debate private after senator describes ...
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Israeli start-up eyes Massachusetts for trash-to-plastic plant: UBQ uses a mix of food scraps and plastic to create a material that it sells to companies as a ...
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Israeli start-up eyes Massachusetts for trash-to-plastic plant
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Don't sweat the prospect of no Fed rate cuts, economist says — markets will still march higher
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Don't sweat the prospect of no Fed rate cuts, economist says — markets ...
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I’m flat broke – Centrelink has kept me on hold for nearly 10 weeks: I’ve been a taxpayer for most of my life. It’s embarrassing and depressing the way Australia ...
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I’m flat broke – Centrelink has kept me on hold for nearly 10 weeks
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At the Supreme Court, what looks like a win for reproductive rights might not be: They might fail in this attempt to ban an abortion medication ...
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At the Supreme Court, what looks like a win for reproductive rights might ...
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FDA seeks new ban on shock devices used by Massachusetts school for students with disabilities
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FDA seeks new ban on shock devices used by Massachusetts school for ...
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In the Market: Fed piloting another tricky soft-landing: The Fed is close to delivering a rare soft landing for the U.S. economy but it faces yet another fraught ...
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In the Market: Fed piloting another tricky soft-landing
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Lawmakers call on Fed to lower interest rate ahead of Wednesday announcement: Ahead of the Federal Reserve's meeting on interest rates and inflation ...
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Lawmakers call on Fed to lower interest rate ahead of Wednesday ...
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Fed Chair Powell Just Blessed The S&P 500 Rally — And Ignored This: Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said financial conditions are weighing on the economy ...
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Fed Chair Powell Just Blessed The S&P 500 Rally — And Ignored This
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Here’s why high interest rates haven’t caused a US recession: US interest rates have been at 23-year high for months, yet unemployment is low ...
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Here’s why high interest rates haven’t caused a US recession
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North End restaurant owners protest outside St. Patrick’s Day breakfast: ‘We’re disgusted’
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North End restaurant owners protest outside St. Patrick’s Day breakfast: ...
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Fed Meeting Focus On These Two Words Won't Thrill S&P 500: Federal Reserve meeting rate-cut projections will take center stage on Wednesday ...
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Fed Meeting Focus On These Two Words Won't Thrill S&P 500
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Homeland Security arrests Ohio man they say raped and murdered in Rwandan genocide
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Homeland Security arrests Ohio man they say raped and murdered in Rwandan ...
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Discussions begin in some states about how to select 'uncommitted' delegates: Michigan, Missouri and Washington are starting the process, groups said.
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Discussions begin in some states about how to select 'uncommitted' ...
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Fed rate-cut odds spike for June after FOMC decision: The central bank kept rates unchanged, and traders ramped up bets that rates would come down in June as the ...
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Fed rate-cut odds spike for June after FOMC decision
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Weekly mortgage demand drops as interest rates rise again, but Fed announcement will be key for spring market
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Weekly mortgage demand drops as interest rates rise again ...
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Haitian migrants: ‘their next stop very well may be Martha’s Vineyard’
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Haitian migrants: ‘their next stop very ...
Quick Glance: Insights on DeSantis' Measures Against Haitian Migrants and Potential Moves to Martha's Vineyard
  • DeSantis discussed Florida's efforts to intercept illegal migrants with Loesch, emphasizing the importance of stopping boats before landfall.

  • He highlighted challenges in repatriating migrants and the operational transport program.

  • DeSantis explained the differences between land and sea border control and speculated on potential migration routes to Martha's Vineyard.

  • The article also included reactions from Massachusetts politicians regarding the migrant situation and criticism of DeSantis.
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The great central bank policy reversal kicks off: The world's biggest central banks are on the starting line of reversing a record string of interest rate hikes ...
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The great central bank policy reversal kicks off
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Newbury’s Pink House, a North Shore icon, slated to be removed: ‘Attractive nuisance’
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Newbury’s Pink House, a North Shore icon, slated to be removed: ...
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Editorial: Tsarnaev appeal caves to anti-death penalty crowd: When can Martin Richard, Krystle Campbell, Lingzi Lu, Sean Collier and BPD Officer Dennis Simmonds ...
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Editorial: Tsarnaev appeal caves to anti-death penalty crowd
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Massachusetts Senate passes bill aimed at outlawing "revenge porn": The bill, which was approved unanimously Thursday and now goes to conference ...
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Massachusetts Senate passes bill aimed at outlawing "revenge ...
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Dollar dips, yen draws support from Tokyo's jawboning: The dollar was on the back foot on Tuesday, owing to profit taking and pressured in part by a slightly ...
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Dollar dips, yen draws support from Tokyo's jawboning
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What Fed officials are hinting about rates in the long-run: It's a small but seismic signal.
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What Fed officials are hinting about rates in the long-run
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Howie Carr: Don’t limit Haitian refugees to Martha’s Vineyard, Gov. DeSantis: Please, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, don’t let Martha’s Vineyard have all the fun ...
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Howie Carr: Don’t limit Haitian refugees to Martha’s Vineyard, Gov ...
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FBI returns looted artifacts found in Massachusetts attic to Japan: The FBI has returned a trove of looted Japanese art to its country of origin after a family ...
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FBI returns looted artifacts found in Massachusetts attic to Japan
Quick Glance: FBI Returns 22 Looted Artifacts to Japan
  • The FBI has returned 22 centuries-old artifacts to Okinawa, Japan, after a family discovered them in their late father’s attic in Massachusetts.

  • The return of the looted items followed a lengthy investigation that began when the family came across the items while sorting through their father's belongings.

  • The discovered artifacts were transported to the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Asian Art in Washington DC, where the scrolls were unfurled for the first time, revealing portraits of Okinawan royalty in vivid colors.
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Fed Meeting Focus On These Two Words Won't Thrill S&P 500: Federal Reserve meeting rate-cut projections will take center stage on Wednesday ...
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Fed Meeting Focus On These Two Words Won't Thrill S&P 500
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Letters to the editor: Herald readers sound off on the call to lower interest rates, RFK Jr. as presidential candidate, and Biden's border crisis.
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Letters to the editor
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Westfield Democrat fires back at Jim Jordan over inquiry into Haitian accused of rape
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Westfield Democrat fires back at Jim Jordan over inquiry into Haitian ...
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Holyoke Soldiers Home ex-director given probation in Covid case: “Today the justice system failed the families who lost their loved ones at the Holyoke Soldiers’ ...
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Holyoke Soldiers Home ex-director given probation in Covid case
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Boston School Committee approves $1.5B spending plan, staff reductions Wednesday night
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Boston School Committee approves $1.5B spending plan, staff reductions ...
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Battenfeld: Michelle Wu, Ed Flynn both aiming to appeal to new Boston residents: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and City Councilor Ed Flynn are employing similar ...
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Battenfeld: Michelle Wu, Ed Flynn both aiming to appeal to new Boston ...
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Editorial: Sticking businesses with higher tax bills won’t help Boston: Why would a company lease office space in Boston with the specter of higher rents on the ...
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Editorial: Sticking businesses with higher tax bills won’t help Boston
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Mass MoCA union members reach agreement with museum to end strike: Museum workers voted Tuesday to ratify the new wage agreement, ending a three-week strike at ...
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Mass MoCA union members reach agreement with museum to end strike
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Massachusetts fishermen say feds are hypocritical in Gulf of Maine wind energy designation
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Massachusetts fishermen say feds are hypocritical in Gulf of Maine wind ...
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World’s First Pig Kidney Transplant Given To Massachusetts Man: The 62-year-old patient was suffering from end-stage kidney disease.
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World’s First Pig Kidney Transplant Given To Massachusetts Man