Bessie Laurena Hendricks, of Lake City, celebrated her 115th birthday on Nov. 7 and was listed last year by Gerontology Research Group as the country’s oldest living person until her death.
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First woman elected Massachusetts governor sworn in
Maura Healey, who’s also the state’s first governor to openly belong to the LGBTQ community, pledges to lead ‘with empathy and with equity.’
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Survey: 3.3 million U.S. adults displaced by natural disasters
Hurricanes were responsible for more than half of the forced relocations.
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Mexico nabs son of drug lord ‘El Chapo’ before Biden visit
Defense Secretary Luis Cresencio Sandoval said Army and National Guard personnel had captured a son of ‘El Chapo.’
Posted inNation & World, New England, Politics
‘Gut-wrenching’: Connecticut state lawmaker dies in crash
State Rep. Quentin Williams, seen as a rising political star, was killed overnight when his vehicle was struck by a wrong-way driver after leaving the governor’s inauguration ball.
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Eight dead in Utah murder-suicide after wife sought divorce
A Utah man fatally shot his five children, his mother-in-law and his wife, then killed himself two weeks after the woman had filed for divorce, according to authorities and public records.
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First woman elected Massachusetts governor sworn in
Maura Healey was sworn as the first woman and first open member of the LGBTQ community to be elected Massachusetts governor.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
South Carolina Supreme Court strikes down state abortion ban
The 3-2 decision comes nearly two years after Republican Gov. Henry McMaster signed the measure into law.
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U.S. to send Ukraine dozens of Bradleys in $2.85 billion aid package
An announcement is expected Friday, said the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because details of the package have not been publicly announced.
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McCarthy fails for 3rd day in bitter Republican House speaker fight
Party leader Kevin McCarthy failed again and again in an excruciating string of ballots to win enough Republican votes to seize the chamber’s gavel.