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Registered nurse Angela Biccolo (L) comforts Revere schools secretary Gina Corrao (C) as Physicians Assistant Eva Alves (R) administers a dose of the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine during a vaccine clinic for teachers and school administrators at the Rumney March Academy, in Revere, Massachusetts, USA, 12 March 2021. Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker set aside four days for school personnel to be vaccinated after earlier being criticized for wanting schools to resume in person learning before all teachers were vaccinated.
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A couple wearing United State Marine Corps tee shirts and holding a US Marine flag and candles, listen during a vigil held for fallen United States Marine Sgt. Johanny Rosario at the Veterans Stadium in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA, 31 August 2021. Rosario, along with 10 fellow Marines, a US Navy corpsman and a US Army soldier, were all killed when a suicide bomber detonated in a crowd that were attempting to evacuate at Abbey Gate of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, 26 August 2021.
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Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection agent Ron Wofford runs from an incoming wave in front of the grounded tug boat Scandia, and barge North Cape, off the coast of South Kingstown, R.I., Saturday, Jan 20, 1996. Over 700,000 gallons of home heating oil leaked from the barge after it was abandoned and ran aground after the tug towing it caught fire late Friday.
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Members of the media run out of the United States Capital building during an evacuation after the airspace over Washington, DC was violated by a small aircraft Wednesday 09 June 2004. The building was full of staff and media in acticipation of the state funeral for forer President Ronald Reagan. Reagan, the nations 40th President, died on Saturday 5 June of complications of Alzheimer's disease, remain in the Capitol Rotunda until Friday morning, have a state funeral service at the National Cathedral and the will be buried in Simi Valley California. EPA PHOTO/CJ GUNTHER
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The steeple of the Groves Community seventh day adventist Church continues to stand despite the destruction of the front of the church after strong winds and heavy rains of Hurricane Rita struck in Groves Texas Saturday 24 September 2005.
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Andover Massachusetts firefighters evacuate elderly residents from their apartments in Andover Massachusetts after flood waters flooded the area Monday 15 May 2006.The Governors of Massachusetts and neighboring New Hampshire have declared a states of emergency as weather forecasts predict more rain.
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Senator Edward Kennedy's wife Victoria Kennedy (R) along with Jean Kennedy Smith (Top R) and Ethel Kennedy (L) helps cover the casket as it enters Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Boston, Massachusetts for the funeral Mass for Kennedy 29 August 2009. Senator Edward Kennedy, 77, died 25 August 2009 after a battle with brain cancer.
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A road marking cone sits in what used to be the center line of Route 112 in Halifax, Vermont, USA 29 August 2011. The North River (L) swelled with rain waters from the remnants of Hurricane Irene and washed away much of the roadway.
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Sergeant First Class Paul Brady of the 182nd Infantry Massachusetts National Guard (L) embraces his daughter Regan, age six, during a welcome home ceremony at Memorial Hall in Melrose, Massachusetts, USA 28 March 2012. The 182nd Infantry Regiment, one of the original units in the United States Military, returned from a year long deployment in Afganistan.
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A chalk-board sign and candle reading '20 Little Hearts + 6 Heroes = 26 Angels' is surrounded by other keep sakes at a memorial for the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting on a street corner in the center of Newtown, Connecticut, USA 18 December 2012. Reports stated on 14 December 2012 that a gun man unleashed a hail of gunfire that killed 20 children and six adults at a school in Newtown, a quiet, affluent suburb of 27,500 people about 100 kilometers north-east of New York City. He then ki
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A distraught Cindy Chesna (C) keeps her hand on the casket of her husband Sergeant Michael Chesna, at St. Mary’s Church in Hanover, Massachusetts, USA, 20 July 2018. Chesna was killed with his own service weapon after being struck by a rock by a suspect he was attempting to apprehend on 16 July 2018.
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A woman walks through the empty Copley Place shopping center in Boston, Massachusetts, USA 17 March 2020. In an effort to control the spread of Coronavirus COVID-19, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker ordered a three-week suspension of school operations as well as limiting gatherings to 25 individuals and prohibiting on-premises consumption of food or drink at bars and restaurants, beginning on 17 March and effective until 06 April and Boston’s Mayor Marty Walsh closed all public libraries as well as local construction sites.
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A lone cyclist rides down an empty Landsdowne Street next to The Red Sox Fenway Park on what would have been the Red Sox season home opening game in Boston, Massachusetts, USA 02 April 2020. Countries around the world have closed borders, schools as well as public facilities, and have cancelled most major sports and entertainment events in order to prevent the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus causing the Covid-19 disease.
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Mourners follow social distancing recommendations while attending a burial in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA 24 April 2020. Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has asked residents to conform to social distancing, work from home and remain home when ever possible to control the spread of the disease and has extended the issued emergency order requiring all businesses and organizations that do not provide “COVID-19 Essential Services” to close their physical workplaces and facilities to workers, customers and the public. Countries around the world have closed borders, schools as well as public facilities, and have cancelled most major sports and entertainment events in order to prevent the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus causing the Covid-19 disease.
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Protesters clash with Boston and Massachusetts State Police following a march in the street calling for justice for George Floyd, a Minneapolis man who died in police custody, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 31 May 2020. A bystander's video posted online on 25 May, appeared to show George Floyd, 46, pleading with arresting officers that he couldn't breathe as an officer knelt on his neck. The unarmed black man later died in police custody. According to news reports on 29 May, Derek Chauvin, the police officer in the center of the incident has been taken into custody and charged with murder in George Floyd killing.
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A man tries to light his cigarette from the flames of a burning Boston Police cruiser during a clash with Boston and Massachusetts State Police following a march in the street calling for justice for George Floyd, a Minneapolis man who died in police custody, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 31 May 2020. A bystander's video posted online on 25 May, appeared to show George Floyd, 46, pleading with arresting officers that he couldn't breathe as an officer knelt on his neck. The unarmed black man later died in police custody. According to news reports on 29 May, Derek Chauvin, the police officer in the center of the incident has been taken into custody and charged with murder in George Floyd killing.
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Boston Police on bikes pass by as protesters march during a demonstration over the arrest in Minnesota of George Floyd, who later died in police custody, in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 02 June 2020. A bystander's video posted online on 25 May, appeared to show George Floyd, 46, pleading with arresting officers that he couldn't breathe as an officer knelt on his neck. The unarmed black man later died in police custody.
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Nurse Practitioner Kelly Nagi of the Brockton Neighborhood Health Center, performs Covid-19 tests on drive up patients at the Brockton High School in Brockton, Massachusetts, USA 29 July 2020. Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has launched several Covid-19 test sites in harder hit communities to control the spread of the disease.
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An onlooker watches the waves churned up by Tropical Storm Henri at Misquamicut Beach in Westerly, Rhode Island, USA, 22 August 2021. Tropical Storm Henri is expected to make landfall near the Connecticut and Rhode Island boarders later in the day.
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A US Marine (L) who served with US Marine Sgt Johanny Rosario Pichardo, preforms a 'Gift of Feathers' at the grave of Pichardo following her burial at Bellevue Cemetery, in Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA, 14 September 2021. Pichardo, along with 10 fellow Marines, a US Navy corpsman and a US Army soldier, were all killed when a suicide bomber detonated in a crowd that were attempting to evacuate at Abbey Gate of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, 26 August 2021.
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Spectators watch the launch of the space shuttle Discovery from the shoreline in Titusville Florida Tuesday, 26 July 2005. The Discovery is to dock with the International Space Station to deliver supplies and members of the crew will perform orbiter repair simulations. The launch of the Discovery is the first shuttle to go into space since the Colombia disaster of 01 February 2003.
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A vehicle drives through the parking lot and painted parking spaces of the Holliston High School Seniors at Holliston High School in Holliston, Massachusetts.