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U.S. Gets Closer To Energy Independence
A new study finds that the United States is the closest it's been to energy independence in decades.
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A new study finds that the United States is the closest it's been to energy independence in decades.
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The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center awards $5 million each to the Museum of Science, and Joslin Diabetes Center.
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The Lloyd Center for the Environment in Dartmouth, Massachusetts has been teaching children about nature for more than 40 years.
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JetBlue is coming to New Hampshire.
The number of COVID cases is spiking in Massachusetts as the virus continues to mutate.
A Canadian expert on artificial intelligence says that to nurture our minds and reduce the risk of dementia, we should focus on real intelligence rather than artificial intelligence.
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Stop & Shop says it will be closing 32 stores this year and eight of them are in Massachusetts.
Thanks in part to an anonymous $5.2 million donation, the West Newton Cinema is likely to be saved from being demolished.
Bob's Stores, a discount clothing retailer with locations in Massachusetts and Connecticut, is going out of business.
Two New England pizza places were named among the best in the country by The New York Times.
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New photos show an endangered North Atlantic right whale that's named after Fenway Park alongside her calf.
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