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The latest on the Key Bridge collapse, New York puts forth legislation to get clean energy projects on the grid and Wisconsin and other states join a federal summer food program to help feed kids across the country.

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Republicans float conspiracy theories on the collapse of Baltimore's Key Bridge, South Carolina's congressional elections will use a map ruled unconstitutional, and the Senate schedules an impeachment trial for Homeland Secretary Mayorkas.

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Historic wildfires could create housing and health issues for rural Texans, a Kentucky program helps prison parolees start a new life, and descendants of Nicodemus, Kansas celebrate the Black settlers who journeyed across the 1870s plains seeking self-governance.

MA: International Issues

A recent survey by the Anti-Defamation League found nearly three in four Jewish students in the U.S. have experienced or witnessed antisemitism this school year. The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights has also opened investigations into alleged Islamophobic incidents at least a half-dozen colleges and universities. (Adobe Stock)
University presidents testify on rise of antisemitism on college campuses

College presidents testified before a congressional committee Tuesday on the rise of antisemitism on college campuses since the Oct. 7 Hamas-led …

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Members of MAPA's Raytheon Antiwar Campaign have participated in dozens of demonstrations at Raytheon facilities, as well as campus career fairs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Northeastern University, where Raytheon works to recruit a new generation of weapons analysts and engineers. (MAPA)
MA Activists Campaign to End Raytheon Weapons Sales to Saudi Arabia

Anti-war activists say one of the world's greatest humanitarian disasters has connections to one of the Commonwealth's largest employers, Raytheon …

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Oxfam MA: Table for Nine Billion, Please!

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - It won't be a new restaurant opening at the Cambridgeport Farmers Market this Saturday, but it will look like one. Oxfam Action …

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Oxfam: Hunger the Focus for International Women’s Day in New England

BOSTON - People in New England are getting an early start on an observance this week designed to draw attention to the plight of the world's hungry…

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Cambridge Aid Group Provides Quake Assistance

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Mercy Corps has a team of emergency response experts ready to assess needs and coordinate relief efforts in Haiti after a major …

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Climate Change: A Threat to National Security?

BOSTON - Melting ice caps, rising sea levels and endangered polar bears are among the most familiar potential threats of climate change causing …

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Book Clubs Challenged to Act, Not Just Read

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Read a book! Win a visit from its authors! A contest open to book clubs in Massachusetts and around the nation, sponsored by the …

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Things Could Be Worse: 2009 Failed States Index

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - No matter how grim the state budget forecast, it will never be as bad as what some countries around the world are going through…

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College in MA for Iraqi Refugees

WORCESTER, Mass. - When the fall semester begins, some Massachusetts college students may be learning about the war in Iraq from young adults who …

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"Peace Caravan to Cuba" Stops in Massachusetts

JAMAICA PLAIN, Mass. - An interreligous foundation called the Pastors for Peace is sending a "Peace Caravan to Cuba" to bring humanitarian supplies …

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MA Women Invited to Share "One Table"

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Women around the world could be working together to solve one of their biggest problems – hunger. That's the thought …

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Over 1 Million Displaced in Pakistan: MA Group Providing Aid

Cambridge, MA - Pakistan's military offensive against the Taliban rages on, and the number of displaced civilians continues to rise. It is estimated …

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