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Group of graduates walk out of Harvard commencement chanting ‘Free, free Palestine’

by Steve LeBlanc Associated PressMay 23, 2024

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Hundreds of students in graduation robes walked out of the Harvard commencement on Thursday chanting “Free, Free Palestine” after weeks of protests on campus and a day after the school announced that 13 Harvard students who…

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Massachusetts bill aims to follow Supreme Court gun ruling

by Steve LeBlanc Associated PressAugust 1, 2022

Massachusetts governor asks lawmakers to alter climate bill

by Steve LeBlanc Associated PressJuly 30, 2022

FILE - Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker speaks during a Juneteenth commemoration in Boston's Nubian Square, June 18, 2021. Baker announced Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021 that he won't seek a third term as governor of Massachusetts. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

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Massachusetts governor signs bill protecting abortion access

by Steve LeBlanc Associated PressJuly 30, 2022

In this picture taken Jan. 10, 2012, Partners in Health's co-founder, Dr. Paul Farmer, gestures during the inauguration of national referral and teaching hospital in Mirebalais, 30 miles (48 kilometers) north of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Dr. Paul Farmer, a physician, humanitarian and author renowned for providing health care to millions of impoverished people, has died. He was 62. Farmer co-founded the global nonprofit Partners in Health, which confirmed his death Monday, Feb. 21,...

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Dr. Paul Farmer, global humanitarian leader, dies at 62

by Steve LeBlanc Associated Press, and Danica Coto Associated PressFebruary 21, 2022

Governors sign pact to help reduce transportation pollution

by Steve LeBlanc Associated PressDecember 21, 2020

Demonstrators lie face down depicting George Floyd during his detention by police, outside police headquarters in Norman, Okla., Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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8:46: A number becomes a potent symbol of police brutality

by Kathleen Hennessey Associated Press Writers, and Steve LeBlanc Associated Press WritersJune 4, 2020

Rev. William Schipper, pastor of Mary, Queen of the Rosary Parish, washes his hands after sprinkling holy water and blessing parishioners in the parking lot of the church, on Easter Sunday, April 12, 2020, in Spencer, Mass. Schipper held the outdoor blessing for parishioners who remained in their vehicles on the holiday as the church remains closed for Mass out of concern for the spread of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

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NH joins others in canceling bar exam

by Steve LeBlanc Associated PressApril 12, 2020

FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2011, file photo, a driver talks on a cell phone while driving through the Financial District of Boston. Massachusetts drivers would no longer be able to use hand-held cellphones behind the wheel under a bill approved in the House on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2019, and coming up for a vote in the Senate on Wednesday before heading to Republican Gov. Charlie Baker's desk. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

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Mass. lawmakers approve ban on drivers using hand-held cellphones

by Steve LeBlanc Associated PressNovember 20, 2019

FILE - In this Monday, Sept. 16, 2019 file photo Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker speaks with reporters at the Statehouse, in Boston. Baker is declaring a public health emergency and ordering a four-month temporary ban on all vaping products in the state. The Republican governor made the announcement Tuesday, Sept. 24, amid growing concern about the health effects of vaping products. The ban must be approved by a health council that is nearly certain to do so. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Massachusetts temporarily banning sale of vaping products

by Steve LeBlanc Associated PressSeptember 24, 2019