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Month: November 2023

Massachusetts unveils new strategy to help coastal communities cope with climate change

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has unveiled a new strategy that she says will help the state’s 78 coastal communities better cope with challenges brought on by climate change. One element of the “ResilientCoasts” initiative announced Tuesday is grouping geographic regions that share similar landscape characteristics and face

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Sculpture of Holocaust survivor at the Tolerance Education Center toppled, suspect arrested

The Tolerance Education Center, located in Rancho Mirage, is speaking out about an incident of vandalism that occurred this month. According to the Tolerance Education Center, a bronze sculpture depicting the center’s founder Earl Greif, was “toppled and damaged” on November 19. Representatives of the center believe that the sculpture, which sheds light on the

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Released hostages, detainees may face severe psychological effects, experts say

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN (CNN) — Newly freed hostages and detainees may experience a range of layered psychological impacts including anxiety, depression, disorientation, grief, post-traumatic stress and survivor’s guilt as they return home and beyond the Israel-Hamas truce, experts say. The truce, which was slated to end Tuesday but has been extended for two days,

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Italian migration odyssey ‘Io Capitano’ hopes to connect with viewers regardless of politics

By SAM METZ Associated Press MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — Matteo Garrone’s migration odyssey “Io Capitano” played at the Marrakech International Film Festival this weekend, returning to the country where pivotal scenes were shot. Garrone said in an interview with The Associated Press that he hopes the film’s narrative journey will make the stories of migrants

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Hunter Biden tells Congress he’d testify publicly, setting up a potential high-stakes face-off

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden offered Tuesday to testify publicly before Congress, striking a defiant note in response to a subpoena from Republicans and setting up a potential high-stakes face-off even as a separate special counsel probe unfolds and his father, President Joe Biden, campaigns for reelection. The Democratic president’s

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Hunter Biden tells Congress he’d testify publicly, setting up a potential high-stakes face-off

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hunter Biden offered Tuesday to testify publicly before Congress, striking a defiant note in response to a subpoena from Republicans and setting up a potential high-stakes face-off even as a separate special counsel probe unfolds and his father, President Joe Biden, campaigns for reelection. The Democratic president’s

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