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LOWELL -- The largest graduating class in UMass Lowell history will receive advice from a newly elected congresswoman and two internationally renowned educators.

BOSTON -- A former civilian employee of Hanscom Air Force Base pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to possessing thousands of video and image files depicting child pornography.

Jon Winkler
jwinkler@nashobavalleyvoice.com
BOSTON -- A Lowell man, plus two Lawrence residents, were charged in federal court in Boston yesterday for allegedly distributing fentanyl.

LOWELL- At last year's Hoops for HOPE, Catherine Hazen of North Andover made a promise: She would lace up her basketball sneakers and get out on the court. She could stay up for 24 hours straight and play some 'ball - even if a man next to her jokingly said that at their age, they couldn't be doing things like that.

PARIS (AP) -- Paris police investigators think an electrical short-circuit most likely caused the fire at Notre Dame Cathedral, a police official said Thursday, as France paid a daylong tribute to the firefighters who saved the world-renowned

BAUTA, Cuba (AP) -- After two decades of relative stability fueled by cheap Venezuelan oil, shortages of food and medicine have once again become a serious daily problem for millions of Cubans.

LOWELL -- Three weeks ago, a proposal to rename Roberto Clemente Park to Pailin Park packed a Board of Parks meeting, ending with members of both the Latino and Cambodian communities calling for more dialogue before a final decision.

Analysis
By Harry Litman
Special To The Washington Post
The most important day concerning the 22-month inquiry by special counsel Robert Mueller quickly became deeply unsettling Thursday, laying bare grave failures by nearly all of the

LOWELL -- Bay State politicians joined Democrats around the nation in calls for further explanation and full access to the report by special counsel Robert Mueller and his team following the release of the redacted version Thursday.

LOWELL -- Three weeks ago, a proposal to rename Roberto Clemente Park to Pailin Park packed a Board of Parks meeting, ending with members of both the Latino and Cambodian communities calling for more dialogue before a final decision.