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After more than a century, an old Massachusetts cranberry farm gets new life as a wetland

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Franklin Park could get Boston's first monument honoring Indigenous communities

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Brigham nurses postpone major strike as they schedule vote on hospital's 'final offer'

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Elizabeth Alexander's 'Signals Across Vast Distances' encourages readers to reflect and act

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Jerome Powell warns against political pressure on Fed, courts and schools in Boston speech

Powell called universities, courts, Congress and the central bank “the foundation and the embodiment of our democracy” and argued that the Fed’s independence was a “priceless asset” that must be protected.

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A differential equation.

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The other enemy America was fighting 250 years ago: Smallpox

As smallpox spread, colonists equated public health with self-governance, demanding that local officials track outbreaks and protect the public from contagion.

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In contested US Senate race, Markey beats Moulton for endorsement of Mass. Dems at convention

The incumbent U.S. Senator topped his challenger, U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, by 46 points.

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That loud boom heard across Eastern Mass.? NASA says it was a fireball.

State officials say there is no indication the incident presents a public safety threat.

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