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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) _ A committee made up of faculty, students, alumni, and staff has recommended that Harvard Law School ditch its seal because of its ties to an 18th century slaveholder. The committee announced Friday that it recommended to the university's governing body that the seal be dropped...

As a young girl, Harriet Jacobs spent seven years hiding as a fugitive in her grandmother's attic. In 1861, she put those seven years on paper. Now, those seven years are told through a 50-minute performance at the Zeiterion Performing Arts Center in New Bedford.