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BOSTON (AP) _ Democrats are looking for a political toehold in their campaign to unseat Republican Gov. Charlie Baker in next year's election. They think they've found one in the revelation that Baker's education chairman made a previously unacknowledged donation of nearly $500,000 to a group supporting last year's charter school ballot question...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A city official in Washington says the turnout estimate for the Women's March on the National Mall now stands at 500,000 people. That's more than double the initial predictions. Kevin Donahue is Washington's deputy mayor for safety and justice...

New Bedford High School has reopened its pool after more than $500,000 worth of repairs and renovations. At a news conference on Thursday, Mayor Jon Mitchell recalled visiting the pool area with then-Superintendent Mike Shea some three years ago...