Women can serve on the organizing committee for the Feast of the Blessed Sacrament for the first time in 108 years. Here, some react to the historic vote.
U.S. Congressman Bill Keating reached out to the President of the Regional Government in charge of the Portuguese island just a day following the tragedy that killed 12 people.
NEW BEDFORD- The 103rd Feast of the Blessed Sacrament kicked off in New Bedford Thursday night, and featured some notable visitors. The annual feast is the largest ethnic gathering in New England, as well as the largest Portuguese feast in the world.
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LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Authorities in Portugal's Madeira Islands say three elderly people have died in their burned homes as a wildfire spread into the capital, Funchal.
The head of Madeira's regional government, Miguel Albuquerque, says the three died in two houses in the early hours of Wednesday...