WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is expected to get a firsthand look Friday at efforts to clear away the hulking remains of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, as cranes, ships and diving crews work to reopen one of the nation’s main shipping lanes. Biden will receive updates from the U.S. Coast […]
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Explosive request to deploy National Guard in Brockton fraught with ‘historical overtones’
BROCKTON — Four Brockton School Committee members set off a national firestorm by requesting that Massachusetts National Guard soldiers be deployed to Brockton High School — a school that has a student population that’s 63% Black and 85% students of color, according to Brockton Public Schools Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. “The historical overtones […]