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Massachusetts governor proposes that migrants in shelter be in country legally

BOSTON (AP) — The governor of Massachusetts on Wednesday proposed that at least one member of a family staying in emergency shelters be in the country legally, hardening her stance at a time when concerns are being raised about the safety at the facilties. Democratic Gov. Maura Healey also ...

Biden administration withdraws rules to save endangered whales from collisions

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The federal government is withdrawing a proposal that would require more ships to slow down in East Coast waters to try to save a vanishing species of whale, officials said Wednesday. The move in the waning days of the Biden administration will leave the endangered ...

Mad Men’s Jon Hamm is named Hasty Pudding’s Man of the Year

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Actor Jon Hamm, who came to fame starring as ad executive Don Draper on the AMC series "Mad Men," was named Tuesday as the 2025 Man of the Year by Harvard University's Hasty Pudding Theatricals. The theater group, which dates to 1844 and claims to be the world's ...

Maine town approves plan to remove two Royal River dams

The Yarmouth town council voted unanimously this month to remove two town-owned dams on the Royal River and consider fish passage improvements at a stretch of rapids in between them, a historic vote more than two decades in the making. The decision follows a federal proposal released last ...