The party is reaching a milestone that the Soviet Union missed by one year, ‘and that really matters to these guys,’ says a former CIA station chief in Beijing.
Erica Nitschke
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More violence grips Hong Kong ahead of China’s National Day
Protesters clashed in familiar cat-and-mouse battles with riot police, causing chaos and sparking fears of more ugly scenes in the countdown to the holiday this week.
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Posted inNation & World, Politics
What’s next as House committees launch impeachment probes
Democrats say they hope to finish the investigation in a matter of weeks – perhaps even before Thanksgiving.
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Alec Baldwin returns for SNL cold open to tackle impeachment (and features surprise guest)
The Season 45 premiere included familiar guests, like Kate McKinnon’s Rudy Giuliani, Aidy Bryant’s Attorney General William Barr, Beck Bennett’s Vice President Mike Pence and even Liev Schreiber?
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture
‘Abominable’ gets warm welcome in weekend box-office debut
The animated movie about a girl who befriends a yeti is the first animated picture of the fall season.
Posted inNew England
Frank Lloyd Wright’s ‘Usonian Automatic’ home for sale in New Hampshire
The Toufic H. Kalil house in Manchester was built in 1955 and is being offered for $850,000.
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Hundreds of Massachusetts residents allowed to return home after gas leak
Crews are beginning to restore service to about 150 homes and businesses in Lawrence.
Posted inNation & World, Politics
How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
Among other legislation, the House passed a resolution seeking the transcript of President Trump’s July phone call with the Ukraine president and the Senate passed a resolution to end the national emergency declared at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Massachusetts groups sue over fast-tracked deportations
Massachusetts immigrant rights activists are arguing the Trump administration’s expansion of deportation powers violates due process rights.
Posted inNation & World, New England
Investigators say fire at timber company was accidental
A fire at Vermont Timberworks on Saturday evening was caused when waste materials spontaneously ignited in a dumpster because of the warm temperatures and humidity.