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Meet the American who made cranberries a Turkey Day tradition, Marcus Urann, farmer with can-do spirit

Plucky little cranberries have grown for millennia amid sandy soils and short summers of southeastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod. The Pilgrims explored and then settled this same area in 1620 — and celebrated the first Thanksgiving the following year. “When the Pilgrims first set foot on Cape Cod, even before …

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DHS rebukes 'disgusting smear' by NBC after claim ICE used autistic child to pressure father's surrender

DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin set the record straight Thursday after a recent NBC News report claimed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) used a 5-year-old girl with autism to pressure her father, an illegal immigrant from Guatemala, to surrender. “This is a disgusting smear,” she said …

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Passenger jet aborts Boston takeoff after flame and smoke spew from engine

A Swiss International Air Lines flight departing for Zurich, Switzerland, had to abort takeoff from Boston Logan International Airport after flames were seen shooting out of its engines. A video shows flames coming out of the aircraft’s engine as it moved forward, seemingly slowing its pace. “Investigations into the exact …

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Pro-Palestinian agitators attack police as riot erupts in Dem-run city, officials say

Between 200 and 300 people participated in a demonstration in downtown Boston on Tuesday night after what began as a pro-Palestinian protest quickly turned into a riot. In total, 13 people were arrested after police say people in the group became violent toward police officers. The agitators also blocked an …

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Pro-Palestinian agitators hit with felony 'promotion of anarchy' charges after riot in Dem-run city: officials

Pro-Palestinian agitators accused of being behind a riot Tuesday are now being charged with “promotion of anarchy” after the melee left several officers injured. The Boston Herald reported that the Suffolk District Attorney’s Office on Thursday upgraded charges for all 13 suspects, who are now accused of violating a state …

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Man wearing inflatable Trump costume allegedly attacked on camera at blue state ‘No Kings’ protest: police

A Massachusetts man has been charged after allegedly assaulting a supporter of President Donald Trump who was wearing an inflatable costume of the president at a political protest over the weekend, police said. The incident occurred Saturday during a “No Kings” rally on King’s Beach in the North Shore town …

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Massachusetts woman charged with threatening to kill federal agents while interfering with immigration arrest

A woman was arrested in Massachusetts for allegedly threatening to kill federal agents who were making an immigration arrest outside a court in the Boston area. Bethany Abigail Terrill, 37, was charged with threatening a United States official in relation to the September incident at Malden District Court in Medford, …

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Routine school day turns tragic as staffer dies after student allegedly boots her in chest: DA

A 53-year-old staff member at a Massachusetts school died Thursday after being struck in the chest by a 14-year-old student during an incident inside a dormitory, according to the Bristol County District Attorney’s Office. The district attorney’s office confirmed to Fox News Digital that on Wednesday at 6:55 p.m., a …

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Security video captures moment former mayor stabbed multiple times outside his blue state business

New video shows the moment a former mayor in Massachusetts was stabbed on Monday afternoon outside a cannabis dispensary he owns. Former Democratic Fall River Mayor Will Flanagan, 45, was stabbed multiple times outside Cosmopolitan Dispensary on Monday at around 5 p.m., according to police. Officials said Flanagan suffered “significant …

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Rising production costs push cranberry farmers to retire bogs

CARVER, Mass. – It’s peak season for cranberry farmers in southeastern Massachusetts. The Bay State ranks second behind Wisconsin in cranberry production across the U.S. “Massachusetts has an incredibly robust cranberry industry,” says Karen Cahill, deputy executive director of the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers’ Association. She tells Fox News that …

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