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Trump’s deportation drive collides with economic reality
As the president responds to complaints from businesses, administration hard-liners resist leniency for undocumented workers.
NHL Draft 2025: What’s each team’s biggest positional need for the future?
This is about projecting five years down the road, and mostly focusing on what teams have in their farm system.
Road Deaths Surge and Black Families Suffer Most
U.S. road deaths surge and Black families pay the highest price. Cars have killed 4 million Americans. We accept it. But we ...
Who are Melissa Hortman and John Hoffman, the Minnesota state lawmakers shot on Saturday
Minnesota State Rep. Melissa Hortman, State Sen. John Hoffman and their spouses were all shot early Saturday in targeted ...
A broken taillight, a dead cop, a bombshell admission: Karen Read trial in hands of jury
A broken taillight. A dead cop. A bombshell admission. The jury is now deliberating over whether Karen Read killed John ...
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Massachusetts scientists have lost billions in federal funds. Now they have their day in court.
A federal judge in Boston will hear arguments Monday in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s legal authority to ...
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Mass. pols condemn assassination of Minnesota lawmaker Melissa Hortman
Massachusetts political leaders are condemning political violence after 55-year-old Minnesota state Sen. Melissa Hortman, a ...
Minnesota shootings victims John, Yvette Hoffman say they are 'lucky to be alive'
Melissa Hortman and her husband died in the Minnesota shootings. John Hoffman and his wife were seriously wounded. Here's ...
A teenager with a job making burritos became a powerful Minnesota lawmaker who trained service dogs
Melissa Hortman’s power as a Democratic leader to shape the course of a deeply divided Minnesota Legislature was a far cry ...
Melissa Hortman: Once a teenager with a job making burritos, she became a powerful MN lawmaker who trained service dogs
Melissa Hortman’ s influence at the Minnesota Capitol and her power as a Democratic leader to shape the course of a deeply ...
Who was Melissa Hortman? Minnesota lawmaker, husband assassinated in attack
Representative Melissa Hortman was the top Democratic lawmaker in the Minnesota House, and a former Speaker of the House.
Teenager with a job making burritos became powerful Minnesota lawmaker who trained service dogs
Melissa Hortman was a lifelong Minneapolis-area resident who went to college in Boston and then returned home for law school. She was elected to the Minnesota House in 2004 and helped pass a sweeping ...