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Peter Welch, a longtime representative, was elected to replace Pat Leahy in the U.S. Senate

After voters headed to the polls in Vermont, Rep. Peter Welch will succeed fellow Democrat Patrick Leahy in the Senate, NBC News projects, while Republican Gov. Phil Scott has been reelected. Leahy’s 48-year tenure made him the longest-serving member in the current U.S. Senate. Welch easily defeated little-known Republican challenger Gerald Malloy, a retired U.S. Army officer endorsed by...

Democrat Dan McKee has been elected governor of Rhode Island over Republican challenger Ashley Kalus, NBC News projects. McKee was seeking his first full term in office after taking over in March 2021 when two-term Gov. Gina Raimondo was tapped as U.S. commerce secretary. McKee, the former lieutenant governor, was a heavy favorite in the liberal state as both a Democrat...

There’s virtually nothing Maura Healey could do to lose the race for governor of Massachusetts to her Trump-backed challenger Geoff Diehl in next week’s election, pundits from across the political spectrum say. While they identified some potential road blocks that could ruffle Healey’s seemingly silky smooth campaign, they saw her consistent 20-plus point lead in the polls and Diehl’s...

Sue O’Connell spoke with Ozzie Palomo of Chartwell Strategy Group to talk about the races happening in Pennsylvania, Georgia and New Hampshire that could help reshape the Senate.

Everyone who moves through downtown Atlanta today passes places where in 1906, innocent Black men and women were chased and beaten to death by a mob of 10,000 white men.

Daniela Rabalais has seen white creators on TikTok appropriate or rebrand foods and drinks from other cultures, and wanted to call attention to the harm that can cause. So she flipped the script, making a viral video while preparing a hot dog, giving the ingredients new names. Rabalais joins LX News to talk about culinary appropriation.

Over 28,000 runners hit the pavement Monday in the 126th Boston Marathon. The historic race takes place once again on Patriots Day this year after the COVID-19 pandemic pushed last year’s marathon back to October. The wheelchair divisions kicked off shortly after 9 a.m., followed about a half hour later by the elite fields. Eleven former champions in all competed….

The Vermont Supreme Court made history Friday, with the swearing-in of its first-ever woman of color to serve as an associate justice. “It is an extraordinary honor,” Justice Nancy Waples said as she assumed her new role. The daughter of immigrants from China, Waples learned English at 9, and worked seven days a week in her family’s restaurant growing up,…

History was made in Vermont, where Nancy Waples has become the first woman of color to serve on the state’s highest court.

A day after the first Black woman was confirmed to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States, a nomination hearing took place in Maine for the judge who could be the first person of color to serve on that state’s highest court. On Friday afternoon, Maine District Court Judge Rick Lawrence appeared before the judiciary committee of...

Just a day after Ketanji Brown Jackson became the first Black woman confirmed to the Supreme Court of the United States, Judge Rick Lawrence, who could be the first person of color on Maine’s Supreme Judicial Court, sat for a nomination hearing.

Here’s a look at how the Winter Games have evolved on some gender and minority representation — and where there’s still room for growth

Massachusetts is closing the racial gap in COVID-19 vaccination rates by some metrics, but there is still more work to be done, Boston doctors say. The Bay State had some success with vaccination in part because coronavirus-related care was made more accessible during the pandemic by meeting people where they’re at. But major disparities continue to have a devastating...

Republican state lawmakers across the U.S. are trying to require schools to post all course materials online so parents can review them

Rachael Rollins doesn’t have much time between jobs. Rollins submitted her resignation as Suffolk County district attorney — the top state prosecutor for Boston — on Wednesday as she prepares to be sworn in as the new U.S. attorney for the District of Massachusetts — the top federal prosecutor in the commonwealth — on Monday. Facing opposition from Republicans over…

Outgoing Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins joins Kwani Lunis to share what her journey has been like as she prepares to be the next U.S. attorney for the District of Massachusetts. She also explains why representation in law is important, how athletics can play a huge role in leadership and more.

A New Hampshire teacher’s union, several educators and parents sued the state’s top education, human rights and law enforcement officials Monday over a state law that limits the discussion of systemic racism and other topics, saying it curtails speech, limits the free exchange of ideas and hurts students. The “Prohibition on Teaching Discrimination” law, passed in June, prohibits teaching...

Ahead of an upcoming Netflix bio series, NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick told Ebony magazine about growing up Black to adoptive white parents – and wishing he had a mentor to answer uncomfortable questions about race that his parents couldn’t. That resonated with Melissa Guida-Richards, who was also adopted by white parents – and didn’t even know she was Latina until...

NASCAR Driver Bubba Wallace talks about winning the Talladega last week and the story of the first Black driver to win a cup, Wendell Scott. Scott won in 1963 but was denied a trophy because event promoters did not want to see a Black man pose with or kiss a white trophy girl. Wallace talks about the history behind his...