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Ana Walshe told police in 2014 that Brian Walshe had threatened to kill her, report says

Ana Walshe told Metropolitan Police in Washington, D.C., that a man threatened her during a telephone call and said “he was going to kill (her) and her friend,” according to a police report.
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Biden no longer flying so high, after classified documents are found in his garage

The Washington veteran elected on a promise of competent experience had criticized former president Donald Trump for being “totally irresponsible” in his handling of classified documents.
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Lisa Marie Presley, singer and daughter of Elvis Presley, dies after hospitalization
“It is with a heavy heart that I must share the devastating news that my beautiful daughter Lisa Marie has left us,” Priscilla Presley said in a statement Thursday evening.

Healey administration fires embattled head of Chelsea Soldiers’ Home

The termination of Superintendent Eric Johnson came a day after the Globe reported on large overtime payments to the home’s director of nursing.

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With Democrats in control, Massachusetts legislators prepare for biggest push to tighten gun laws in years
Democratic legislators plan to submit at least two dozen bills to tighten the state's already strict gun laws, setting up the biggest push for gun reform in years.

Warren, Markey demand updates on DPU attempts to staff up and beef up MBTA oversight
The senators want to know how many new staff members with transit experience have joined the department’s MBTA oversight office, what kind of additional field work the DPU is doing for T oversight, and the status of several corrective action plans in place.

Mass. GOP chairman may have violated campaign finance law, party treasurer alleges, in escalating woes for state Republican Party

Treasurer Pat Crowley told fellow Republicans Thursday that he believes Lyons improperly coordinated with an outside spending group, the Mass Freedom Independent Expenditure Political Action Committee, in engaging an opposition research firm to dig up dirt on Governor Maura Healey during last year’s governor’s race.

Chelmsford Public Library cancels ‘pastor story hour’; church claims rights were violated
Kendall Lankford, teaching pastor of The Shepherd’s Church in Chelmsford, had been scheduled to read to children at 11 a.m. Friday, but library officials said Thursday afternoon that they had canceled the event “based on violations of the library’s meeting room and acceptable behavior policies,” according to a statement.

At City Hall, a sit-in to protest the name of a Boston landmark

One day before Boston celebrates the unveiling of a statue dedicated to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., two dozen or so demonstrators staged a sit-in Thursday outside Mayor Michelle Wu’s City Hall office, pushing for the city to rename tourism hotspot Faneuil Hall because of its links to the Colonial slave trade.

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