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Eddy Grant pictured in 2008. (Dan Kitwood / Getty Images) Twitter took down a video President Trump tweeted last month that featured Eddy Grant’s song “Electric Avenue” after receiving a...

Sen. Ed Markey won the Massachusetts Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate on Tuesday evening, fending off a bitter challenge from Rep. Joe Kennedy, AP reports.Why it matters: The power...

Greg Hilburn, Monroe News-Star Published 11:58 p.m. ET Sept. 1, 2020 CLOSE Hurricane Laura battered western portions of Louisiana, tearing apart structures, severing power lines and clogging streets with debris....

When Hurricane Laura hit last week, all I could think about was Katrina. The world considers August 29 the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. For New Orleans residents like myself, that...

Todd Gitlin and Paul Soglin, Opinion contributors Published 4:00 a.m. ET Sept. 2, 2020 BLM protesters shouldn't play into the hands of people like Trump who want violence, not social...

Sen. Ed Markey on Tuesday held off a primary challenge from Rep. Joe Kennedy III in a race that divided progressive and establishment Democrats.The Associated Press called the race for...

A federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned a ruling that barred immigration authorities from arresting people suspected of living in the U.S. illegally if they show up at Massachusetts courthouses.The...

Who isn’t mourning the waning weeks of summer? It’s the season most people look forward to all year. Long days on the beach, 9 p.m. sunsets, perfect tomatoes: What more...

Half of out-of-work Americans were unable to cover basic expenses with money from their unemployment benefits in August as the additional weekly unemployment benefit dropped to $300 from $600, according...

In early June 2011, NOAA Fisheries researchers and colleagues placed satellite tags on 26 loggerhead sea turtles in the Mid-Atlantic Bight. The tagging was part of ongoing studies of loggerhead...