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Senate Ways and Means Chairwoman Karen Spilka, center, speaks at the Statehouse in Boston, Jan. 25, 2016. Spilka is set to become Senate president in July.

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Transfer of power in Mass. Senate set for July

by Steve LeBlanc Associated PressApril 6, 2018

FILE - In this July 12, 2017. file photo, a pedestrian walks past the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield, Mass. A judge has approved a plan for a cash-strapped Massachusetts museum to sell dozens of pieces of art, including works by Norman Rockwell. The decision Thursday, April 5, 2018, from Justice David Lowy of Massachusetts' highest court clears the way for the contentious sale of up to 40 pieces of artwork at the Berkshire Museum. (Ben Garver/The Berkshire Eagle via AP, File)

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Judge gives green light to contentious museum art sale

by Alanna Durkin Richer Associated PressApril 6, 2018

Sonja Farak, left, stands during her arraignment Jan. 22, 2013, in Eastern Hampshire District Court in Belchertown.

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Judge orders dismissal of 11,000 convictions tainted by rogue lab chemist

by Gazette Staff and The Associated Press April 5, 2018

Richard McNulty of Sankey's Feed Mill stacks bags of ground soybeans that are mixed to make livestock feed on Thursday, April 5, 2018, at the facility in Volant, Pa. Rural America is struggling under a cloud of uncertainty as the Trump administration escalates a trade dispute with China. The Republican president says he’s simply fighting against unfair business practices with a geopolitical rival. But voters in rural America, those who fueled his 2016 presidential victory, say Trump’s...

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Trump trade moves rattle rural GOP

by Nick Geranios Associated Press, Steve Peoples Associated Press, and Steve Karnowski Associated PressApril 5, 2018

Conference workers speak in front of a demo booth at Facebook's annual F8 developer conference, April 23, 2017, in San Jose, Calif. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before Congress next week as authorities investigate allegations that the political data-mining firm Cambridge Analytica inappropriately accessed data on millions of Facebook users to influence elections.

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Facebook: Most users may have had public data ‘scraped’

by Barbara Ortutay AP Technology WriterApril 5, 2018

President Donald Trump talks with reporters aboard Air Force One on a flight to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Thursday, April 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Trump says he didn’t know about payment to porn star

by Catherine Lucey Associated PressApril 5, 2018

FILE - In this March 20, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump shakes hands with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. The Trump administration is signing off on selling more than $1.3 billion in artillery to Saudi Arabia. The State Department says the administration told Congress on April 5 that it plans to approve the sale. The package includes about 180 Paladin howitzer systems. The artillery-firing vehicles launch 155mm...

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US OKs $1.3B sale of artillery to Saudis

by Josh Lederman Associated PressApril 5, 2018

In a Wednesday, March 14, 2018 photo, Kara Eastman speaks at a fundraiser for her campaign at the Omaha Design Center, in Omaha, Neb. Thirteen women are on the list released Thursday of primary candidates for seats in the U.S. House of Representatives in Virginia, pushing the number of women on ballots for U.S. House seats this year to 309. That tops the 2012 record of 298 female House candidates. (Matt Dixon/Omaha World-Herald via AP)

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Record number of women file to run for US House

by Geoff Mulvihill Associated Press, and Maureen Linke Associated PressApril 5, 2018

File - In this Jan. 19, 2007 file photo, Staff Sgt. Kevin Black, 36, of Kenmore, N.Y., of the New York National Guard keeps an eye on a group of suspected illegal immigrants near the Arizona-Mexico border in Sasabe, Ariz. National guard contingents in U.S. states that border Mexico say they are waiting for guidance from Washington to determine what they will do following President Donald Trump's proclamation directing deployment to fight illegal immigration and drug smuggling. The...

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Trump airs border troop numbers

by Anita Snow Associated Press, and Catherine Lucey Associated PressApril 5, 2018

Attorney Bill Newman of the ACLU Western Massachusetts office.

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Easthampton City Council majority says it can set immigration policy locally

by M.J. Tidwell @mjtidwell781April 5, 2018