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Federal judge halts plan to build parts of border wall

The judge immediately halted the Trump administration?s efforts to redirect military-designated funds to build sections of wall on the Mexican border.

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Harvard officials received a detailed warning a year ago by a prominent faculty member that graduate students were vulnerable to sexual harassment by powerful professors.

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?Not really if, it?s when?: Mass. marijuana pesticide ban prompts fears of crop failure

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For women in Mass. on front lines of the fight to dismantle Roe v. Wade, hope mixes with skepticism

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Mario Batali pleads not guilty to sex assault charge in Boston court

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