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What do manta rays and lobstermen have in common? Both are on the agenda for the new Shared Seas Lab, which studies how to balance demand for ocean resources.
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The World Cup is in New England! This summer, players and fans from around the world are meeting for matches in Foxborough, Mass., with many others celebrating from home. Follow the soccer coverage from our stations and across the country here.
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Colonists debated freedom and democracy over beers at taverns like Boston's Green Dragon. The tavern hosted secret meetings where Paul Revere and others organized rebellion — including the Boston Tea Party — while patriots promoted local beer as a boycott against British imports. -
With Boston serving as a World Cup host city, educators are capitalizing on the global moment to make it a learning opportunity for kids. -
Boston's annual celebration is a draw for Cape Verdeans all over Eastern Massachusetts, and the international soccer tournament set to begin this week was on everyone's minds. -
Local immigrants from Peru, Colombia and across Latin America are excited about the joy the FIFA World Cup will bring after a tough year of immigration enforcement. -
National Park Service to remove quotes about slavery, immigration and suffrage from Bunker Hill siteOver the past year, President Trump has sought to scrub national monuments, museums, parks and other historical sites of markers that the administration claims cast the country's "founding principles and historical milestones in a negative light." -
Governor Ned Lamont has signed a new Connecticut law that prohibits the sale and importation of pistols that can be easily converted into fully automatic machine guns. -
From the many depictions of George Washington, to using American Revolution motifs to recruit for WWII, the ongoing exhibition asks how the country’s revolutionary past is constantly being reconsidered. -
U.S. Senate hopeful Graham Platner today denied some of the allegations made by former girlfriends in a New York Times story this week, including one charge that he engaged in physically threatening behavior.
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