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Matt Prue, from Stonington, Conn., walks out into the Atlantic Ocean to body surf the waves from Tropical Storm Henri as it approaches Westerly, R.I., Sunday, Aug. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Stew Milne)

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Tropical Storm Henri drenches Northeast

by David Klepper Associated Press, Michael Kunzelman Associated Press, and David Porter Associated PressAugust 22, 2021

WESTERLY, R.I. — Tropical Storm Henri socked the Northeast with heavy wind and rain as it made landfall Sunday on the coast of Rhode Island, knocking out power to over 100,000 homes and causing deluges that closed bridges, swamped roads and left many…

Gov. Charlie Baker speaks to the media on the COVID-19 situation, Dec. 22, in Boston.

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Baker returns climate bill to lawmakers

by David Klepper Associated PressFebruary 7, 2021

Trump supporters gather outside the Capitol, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. As Congress prepares to affirm President-elect Joe Biden's victory, thousands of people have gathered to show their support for President Donald Trump and his claims of election fraud. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Social platforms lock down Trump accounts, some indefinitely

by David Klepper Associated Press, and Matt OBrien Associated PressJanuary 7, 2021

Steve, right, and Chris Brophy, husband and wife owners of Brickley's Ice Cream, look out from the store they closed after teenage workers were harassed by customers who refused to wear a mask or socially distance, in Wakefield, R.I., Wednesday, July 29, 2020. "Some of them don't believe it's real (COVID-19) and some don't think it's a big deal, I do," Steve Brophy said, adding that he would rather close than put young workers and customers at risk of harassment, and the virus. "It's...

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Virus misinformation proves contagious

by David Klepper Associated PressJuly 29, 2020

Traveling nurses Luke Bonner, right, of Shreveport, La., and Phillip Henry, of Los Angeles, tour The Public Garden, Saturday, May 9, 2020, in Boston during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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Mass. COVID death toll nears 5,000

by David Klepper Associated PressMay 10, 2020

President Donald Trump talks to the press before walking across the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019, to board Marine One for a short trip to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and then on to Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas, in the afternoon to praise first responders and console family members and survivors from two recent mass shootings. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

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Trump seeks to link Ohio shooter to liberal politics

by David Klepper Associated Press, and Michael Biesecker Associated PressAugust 8, 2019

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New York repeals religious exemption for kids’ vaccines

by David Klepper Associated PressJune 13, 2019

Dr. Richard Goldstein of the Animal Medical Center in New York City checks on one of his patients in 2016. Goldstein says veterinarians don’t like declawing cats, but that it’s better than the alternatives of housing the cat in a shelter or putting it to death.

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Ban on declawing cats passes NY Legislature

by David Klepper Associated PressJune 4, 2019

Members of the New York state Assembly vote on legislation that authorizes state tax officials to release, if requested, individual New York state tax returns to Congress, during a session in the Assembly Chamber at the state Capitol, Wednesday, May 22, 2019, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

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NY brings Democrats in Congress closer to Trump tax returns

by Chris Carola Associated Press, and David Klepper Associated PressMay 22, 2019

In this Friday, March 15, 2019 photo, Laura Levine prepares to stock sterile supplies at the syringe exchange at Vocal NY, an organization that works with addicts, where she is the health educator and coordinator for the opioid reversal drug Narcan, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. New York state is considering providing medication-assisted treatment to all prison and jail inmates struggling with opioid addiction. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

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Lawmakers eye meds to ease withdrawal in lockups

by David Klepper Associated PressMarch 20, 2019