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Claudine Humure, of Rwanda, walks with her new prosthetic leg at Next Step Bionics & Prosthetics, Monday, in Newton. Humure was orphaned during her country’s genocide and lost part of her leg to childhood cancer. Her new leg was provided free by the prosthetic clinic and features the latest in artificial limb technology.

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Woman looks to help fellow Rwandan amputees get prosthetics

by Philip Marcelo Associated PressSeptember 23, 2021

Jamil Boykin, center, camp educator at the Mass Audubon’s Boston Nature Center and Wildlife Sanctuary, examines wild sorrel with students Nesha Moskowitz, left, and Lyla Mendoza, right, during a hike at the sanctuary in the Mattapan neighborhood of Boston in June. Audubon Society chapters are grappling with how to address their namesake’s legacy as the nation continues to reckon with its racist past. John James Audubon was a celebrated 19th century naturalist but also a slaveholder publicly opposed to abolition.

Watching for birds, diversity: Audubon groups pledge change

by Philip Marcelo Associated PressAugust 3, 2021

FILE - Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, adjusts her face mask during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on the federal coronavirus response on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this Thursday, March 18, 2021, file photo. Walensky says new mask-wearing guidance, coupled with higher rates of vaccination against COVID-19, could halt the current escalation of infections in “a couple of weeks.” The director of the...

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States move to reimpose mask mandates

by Philip Marcelo Associated PressJuly 28, 2021

FILE - Carlos Arrendondo arrives for his appointment to get vaccinated, as banners advertise the availability of the Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines at a county-run vaccination site at the Eugene A. Obregon Park in Los Angeles Thursday, July 22, 2021. The number of Americans getting a COVID-19 vaccine has been rising in recent days as virus cases once again surge and officials raise dire warnings about the consequences of remaining unvaccinated. (AP Photo/Damian...

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California, NYC to workers: Get vaccine or face weekly tests

by Philip Marcelo Associated PressJuly 26, 2021

A neighbor places a bouquet of flowers on a fence outside of a building in Winthrop, Sunday, where an armed man crashed a hijacked truck Saturday then fatally shot two bystanders before being killed by police.

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Massachusetts shootings probed as hate crimes

by Philip Marcelo Associated PressJune 28, 2021

Crowds gather on L Street Beach, Saturday, June 5, 2021, in the South Boston neighborhood of Boston. New England is giving the rest of the country a possible glimpse into the future if more Americans get vaccinated. The six-state region has among the highest vaccination rates in the U.S. and is seeing sustained drops in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

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New England’s success against COVID-19 could be a model

by Philip Marcelo Associated PressJune 6, 2021

A detail of an 1879 statue of Hannah Duston shows a hatchet in her hand, in Haverhill, Wednesday.

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Statues to hatchet-wielding colonist reconsidered

by Philip Marcelo Associated PressApril 29, 2021

FILE - In this April 15, 2019, file photo, the elite women's division runners break from the start of the 123rd Boston Marathon in Hopkinton, Mass. Native Americans in Massachusetts are calling on the organizers of the Boston Marathon to move the already rescheduled date for the storied race on Oct. 11 because it conflicts with a day meant to commemorate the contributions of Indigenous peoples. (AP Photo/Stew Milne, File)

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Native Americans: Move Boston Marathon from Oct. 11 holiday

by Philip Marcelo Associated PressApril 8, 2021

Former University of Massachusetts Amherst Professor Edwin Driver is interviewed at his home, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, in South Hadley. Amherst is on a path toward providing reparations to Black residents for past injustices following the town council’s adoption of a resolution calling for the community to become an anti-racist town.

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A price tag on trauma? Amherst weighs Black reparations

by Philip Marcelo Associated PressMarch 19, 2021

This image provided by Plimoth Patuxet Museums shows William Bradford's "Of Plimoth Plantation," commonly known as the Bradford Manuscript. The State Library of Massachusetts and the Plimoth Patuxet Museums are unveiling, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020, a new printed version of the history of Plymouth Colony by William Bradford, a Mayflower passenger and the English colony's governor. Organizers say it's the first time the handwritten Bradford Manuscript has been put into print since 1896....

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Plymouth Colony account reprinted for anniversary

by Philip Marcelo Associated PressNovember 19, 2020