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'This Is A Tragic Day': Pastor ID'd As Woman Killed In Massachusetts Crash 'This Is A Tragic Day': Pastor ID'd As Woman Killed In Massachusetts Crash
'This Is A Tragic Day': Pastor ID'd As Woman Killed In Massachusetts Crash A pastor who was to deliver a prayer at the State of the City Address in Newburyport in Essex County, Massachusetts, on Wednesday night, Feb. 28, has been identified as the person killed in a truck versus pedestrian crash, the city announced.  Rev. Helen Murgida, age 81, a pastor at First Religious Society's Unitarian Universalist Church in Newburyport, was struck by a Ford F-150 just after 6:30 p.m. near the intersection of Green and Pleasant streets on Wednesday.  Related: Woman Hit, Killed Outside Newburyport City Hall Paramedics rushed her to Anna Jaques Hospital, wher…

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by Josh Lanier
News
United Parish In Brookline Condemns Destruction Of Their Trans Pride Flag United Parish In Brookline Condemns Destruction Of Their Trans Pride Flag
United Parish In Brookline Condemns Destruction Of Their Trans Pride Flag A parish in Brookline is spreading messages of positivity after their Trans pride flag was vandalized on their doorstep last month.  "The hate and violence shown on our lawn has no place in the kind of world that Jesus imagined and God created," United Parish said in a Facebook post. "We at the United Parish in Brookline believe that all people are made in the image of God and embrace and cherish every person and every kind of family." We are sad to report that on Thursday, August 25, someone burned and destroyed the Trans pride flag on our front lawn.... Posted by United Parish in Bro…

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by David Cifarelli
Sports
Ladder Leading To Booth Forces College Broadcaster From New England To Sideline, Sparks Outrage Ladder Leading To Booth Forces College Broadcaster From New England To Sideline, Sparks Outrage
Ladder Leading To Booth Forces College Broadcaster From New England To Sideline, Sparks Outrage A college basketball broadcaster from New England who deals with the effects of cerebral palsy was unable to do his job due to a waist-high step ladder that he would have had to climb to get to the area set up to call an away game, sparking outrage. University of Rhode Island Associate Athletic Director for Communication/New Media Shane Donaldson, who has traveled with the team to every away game, shared a photo that went viral of the ladder, which prevented him from calling the game against Virginia Commonwealth University, drawing the ire of many. At the game at VCU’s Siegel Center in Ric…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Connecticut AG Blasts 'Offensive' Federal Lawsuit Accusing Yale Of Anti-White, -Asian Policy Connecticut AG Blasts 'Offensive' Federal Lawsuit Accusing Yale Of Anti-White, -Asian Policy
Connecticut AG Blasts 'Offensive' Federal Lawsuit Accusing Yale Of Anti-White, -Asian Policy The Connecticut AG is calling the U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit against Yale's alleged discrimination against white and Asian-American people “politically motivated,” “offensive” and a “complete overreach.” On Thursday, Oct. 8, the U.S. Attorney’s Office filed a lawsuit against Yale University alleging its admission policies are racist for seeking to racially “balance” the university’s population. Many colleges and universities create diversity recruitment goals in an effort to bolster equity. “The [Trump] Administration has fully embraced its racist mantle as the last gasp of this fai…

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by Kristin Palpini
News
Are Black Staffers Facing Hostility, Discrimination At MA State House? Are Black Staffers Facing Hostility, Discrimination At MA State House?
Are Black Staffers Facing Hostility, Discrimination At MA State House? Black staffers working for the government on Beacon Hill said they face a workplace environment filled with “hostility and inequality.” They have proposed changes to the legislative working system to improve life for all people of color. In an open letter by the Beacon BLOC (Building Leaders of Color), a group of government workers who are also people of color, employees said that politicians’ pledges to do something about racial inequality following the George Floyd killing, are hollow. “Despite racial discrimination being illegal in this country, the experience of working as a Black per…

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by Kristin Palpini