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Olùkọ́ Olúwáfúnkẹ́ Ògúnyá: Cultural ambassador reviving, promoting Yoruba heritage in the US
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 31, 2025
Olùkọ́ Olúwáfúnkẹ́ Ògúnyá is the Yoruba Language and Culture Lecturer at the Department of World Languages and Culture, Howard University, and the Director of the Fulbright-Hays Intensive Advanced Yoruba Group Project Abroad. The United States...
How Online ABSN Programs Benefit New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and Maine
92 Moose - Maine
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July 31, 2025
This content was produced in partnership with Archer Education. New England’s nursing shortage is not hypothetical. Online ABSN programs enable locals to rise to the challenge quickly and close to home. Northern New England hospitals really need...
Amid environmental rollbacks, some in Boston’s EPA office aren’t happy to see their agency chief
WGBH - Massachusetts
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July 31, 2025
EPA administrator Lee Zeldin is visiting New England this week, and some staffers in the agency’s regional office in Boston say they’re not thrilled to see him. As President Trump’s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, Zeldin has...
Federal court denies Boston Marathon bomber’s request for new judge to oversee death sentence appeal
Boston.com - Massachusetts
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July 31, 2025
Crime File - U.S. District Judge George O'Toole speaks during the sentencing phase of the murder trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in a courtroom sketch in Boston April 21, 2015. REUTERS/Jane Collins/File By LEAH WILLINGHAM, Associated Press July 31,...
40.8% of Massachusetts Hotel Employees Are Foreign-Born, 8th Most in the U.S.
HomeNewsHere.com - Massachusetts
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As the federal government ramps up immigration enforcement, including efforts that could target even some naturalized citizens through a process known as denaturalization, concerns are growing about how these actions could ripple through the U.S....
Did Survivor 50: In The Hands Of The Fans’ Jonathan Young Learn From His Friendship With ‘Boston’ Rob Mariano Before The Season?
TheThings
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July 31, 2025
Throughout Survivor's history, there have been some facts about Jeff Probst's beloved reality show that have been undebatable. For example, there is no doubt that some former players have refused to return and about who the first person to be...
Tenants take rent fight to Beacon Hill: Activists tell lawmakers housing costs are unsustainable without caps
Greenfield Recorder - Massachusetts
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July 31, 2025
BOSTON — Florence resident Envy Thomas found herself on the Grand Staircase of the State House Tuesday afternoon describing her precarious living situation to hundreds of others in advance of a public hearing on proposed rent control legislation....
ChatGPT Study Mode Questions Students Without Solving Education Disruption
DevX
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July 31, 2025
OpenAI has launched a new study mode for ChatGPT that aims to help students learn by responding to their queries with guiding questions rather than direct answers. However, education experts note that this feature fails to address the fundamental...
U.S. marshals arrest Cleveland rape suspect near Boston
Cleveland.com - Ohio
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July 31, 2025
CLEVELAND, Ohio - A man accused of raping a child in Cleveland was arrested Thursday near Boston, authorities said. U.S. marshals picked up Webster Portalatin-Castro, 37, in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Cleveland police sought his arrest in the sexual...
Man wanted for alleged rape in Ohio arrested in Massachusetts, officials say
The Boston Globe - Massachusetts
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A man wanted by authorities for allegedly raping a minor in Ohio was arrested Thursday in Lawrence, the US Marshals Service said. Webster Portalatin-Castro, 37, was arrested on a warrant out of Cleveland Municipal Court charging him with rape of a...
How a tribal religion of a tribal god is in charge in America
Baptist News Global
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July 31, 2025
I am in a state of theological outrage. It has to do with how Donald Trump’s narrow escape from an assassin’s bullet has been used to claim divine intervention to save his life, a claim that no doubt aided his campaign. Mike Johnson, speaker of...
Radio Legend, 'Matty' Back On Boston Airwaves (For A Day)
WBEC 1420 AM - Massachusetts
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July 31, 2025
Comedian and Boston radio legend, Matt Siegel, known as “Matty” from his 41-year run hosting Matty in the Morning on Kiss 108, made a special appearance on Tuesday for an interview on 98.5 The Sports Hub’s Toucher and Hardy show. This was a big...
Feds could pull police cash over illegal immigrant hires in new House bill
Fox News
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Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin has the latest on the ICE operation in Boston resulting in arrests of criminal migrants on ‘Special Report.’ NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: A Republican lawmaker is moving to block...
Lawsuit claims Massachusetts college dismissed Catholic student over objection to abortion
Catholic News Agency
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July 31, 2025
CNA Staff, Jul 31, 2025 / 15:05 pm A lawsuit filed in Massachusetts alleges that a Catholic student in a medical education program was dismissed from the school after she objected to having been forced to witness an abortion as part of her...
Four Massachusetts Brightpath Early Learning And Child Care Schools Nationally Recognized For High-Quality Early Childhood Education
MENAFN
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July 31, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) Leading child care and early years education provider in Norfolk County earns National NAEYC Accreditation BRAINTREE, Mass., July 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- BrightPath Early Learning and Child Care , a premier provider of...
New England’s Lifestyle Draws Retirees From Everywhere
94.9 WHOM - Maine
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July 31, 2025
I've lived in Maine all my life. 50 something-something years. There's no place I'd rather live than here in the Pine Tree State. Even though hot, humid weather and snowstorms are the norm in New England, more often than not, you get more nice...
Q2 Crisis Review: When Culture Is the Crisis
PRovoke Media
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July 31, 2025
If there’s one thing the most damaging corporate crises in the second quarter of 2025 had in common, it’s that the problem wasn’t just bad luck or bad press: it was bad culture. From Moët Hennessy’s alleged retaliation against a whistleblower, to...
Ryan Walters calls Supreme Court ruling a ‘D-Day Liberation’ for public education
The Journal Record - Oklahoma
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July 31, 2025
WASHINGTON — Oklahoma’s superintendent of public instruction is calling the Supreme Court’s recent decision a “D-Day liberation for education.” The ruling allows the Trump administration to move forward with releasing nearly 1,400 employees from...
U.S. Marshals: Cleveland rape suspect caught near Boston; ICE says he entered illegally in 2023
WKYC - Ohio
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July 31, 2025
According to the U.S. Marshals, ICE said Webster Portalatin-Castro is in the U.S. illegally and allegedly entered the country in 2023. LAWRENCE, Mass. — A man wanted in Cleveland for the rape of a minor was arrested Thursday morning in...
Statehouse panel drafts recs for addressing antisemitism in public education
Jewish Journal - Massachusetts
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July 31, 2025
Members of the Massachusetts Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism took a deep dive into its preliminary report on how to address antisemitism in K-12 education at their meeting on July 9. Among the top recommendations in the draft is to...