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Suspect legally purchased firearms before Maine shootings
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Candlelight vigils planned to honor the victims of the Lewiston shootings

Officials didn’t specify whether the weapon used in the killings was among Robert Card’s recent purchases. Extra security will guard vigils for the victims of the shootings this weekend.
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Netanyahu says the Gaza war has entered a new stage and will be ‘long and difficult’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the nation Saturday night that attacks on Gaza will only increase ahead of a broad ground invasion into the territory.
‘We’re trying to live another day:’ Medway family takes shelter as Israel moves into Gaza

Former vice president Mike Pence ends White House campaign after struggling to gain traction

Pence is the first major candidate to leave a race that has been dominated by his former boss-turned-rival, Donald Trump, and his struggles underscore just how much Trump has transformed the party.

Janitors at buildings across Mass. and R.I. vote to authorize a strike

Ex-Somerville lawyer found guilty of trying to bribe Medford police chief

Sean O’Donovan, 56, of Somerville, was convicted Friday of trying to bribe Medford’s police chief to approve a recreational marijuana dispensary, Acting US Attorney Joshua S. Levy’s office said.

Medford, Somerville residents march for rent control

The proposed legislation would enable cities and towns to stabilize rents and protect tenants.

One dead, one injured in Saturday shooting at Worcester State University
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After Maine shootings, our grim ritual returns: burying the dead, pleading for better gun laws

With some of the region’s most permissive firearm laws, Maine has been a poster child for the nation’s political paralysis on gun safety.
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Former peace negotiator on Israel’s war with Hamas: ‘Replace the leadership of Gaza’
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Will Venable knows who the Red Sox are getting in Craig Breslow, and he says ‘it’ll be great’

Breslow and Venable were never teammates, although they faced each other three times over their careers. Then they worked together for two years with the Cubs.
Shaughnessy: Theo Epstein’s fingerprints are all over the Craig Breslow hire
Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

Jaylen Brown says he’s prepared to assume bigger leadership role with Celtics

Brown, the senior member of the team, said he’s ready to be more vocal and touched on several other subjects in a sit-down interview with the Boston Globe.
Kevin Paul Dupont I On hockey

Oskar Steen has one goal: Stick in Boston

After spending most of his five pro seasons down in the AHL, the winger has once again gotten the call from the big club — and hopes he'll stay for a while this time.
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One more summery day then fall (or worse) starts to really kick in

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Two missing Western Mass. men found dead from gunshot wounds in Vermont, police say
The bodies of Jahim Solomon, 21, of Pittsfield, and Eric White, 21, of Chicopee, were discovered along a road about a mile apart in the town of Eden, Vt. , authorities said Thursday.

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With revenge on its mind, BC edges UConn at Alumni Stadium
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Lewiston shootings

Maine shooting suspect legally purchased some firearms shortly before killings, authorities say. Follow live updates.

The investigation into the Lewiston shootings is expected to continue through the weekend, and extra security will guard vigils for the victims, officials said.

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