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New Hampshire getting $46M to expand charter schools

by ASSOCIATED PRESS August 23, 2019August 23, 2019

New Hampshire is getting a $46 million federal grant to expand charter schools.

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Boston-area ‘peace park’ removes United Nations flag after objections

by PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press August 23, 2019August 23, 2019

A ‘peace park’ in a Boston suburb has been forced to take down a United Nations flag after residents objected.

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Rhode Island lawmaker says new license plates too close to ‘wave’ design

by ASSOCIATED PRESS August 23, 2019August 23, 2019

A Rhode Island lawmaker says he’s frustrated that mandated replacement license plates will have a design similar to the state’s distinctive ‘wave’ plates in use since 1996.

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2 die in violent crash on Massachusetts-Connecticut border

by ASSOCIATED PRESS August 23, 2019August 23, 2019

Authorities have released the names of two men who died a in a violent crash involving a pickup and a mail delivery truck on the Massachusetts-Connecticut border.

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MIT says Jeffrey Epstein donated $800,000 over 20 years

by ASSOCIATED PRESS August 23, 2019August 23, 2019

The president of MIT offers an apology and says the school will identify lessons for the future.

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Off-duty New Hampshire officer in crash accused of manslaughter

by ASSOCIATED PRESS August 23, 2019August 23, 2019

An off-duty police officer who was accused of driving drunk in a crash that killed a New Hampshire woman has now been indicted on manslaughter and negligent homicide charges.

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Massachusetts registry director fired in wake of motorcycle crash that killed 7

by Associated Press August 21, 2019August 21, 2019

The agency had stopped processing alerts from other states about Massachusetts drivers who’d broken traffic laws, including the driver charged in the crash.