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GOP gubernatorial candidate Mike Minogue plans to spend up to $2 billion on his campaign to unseat Democrat incumbent Gov. Maura Healey in the general election, files obtained by the Herald show.

A study found ER doctors are more hesitant to care for pregnant patients who are bleeding.

Dan Driscoll had a close relationship with ousted Army chief of staff.

The battle for the Senate is about to intensify ahead of the traditional Labor Day starting gun. Republicans still retain a structural advantage given the partisan challenges of the map, and Democrats still need almost every key race to break their way. But as we recently wrote, in a wave election akin to 2006, even states that President Donald Trump won by double digits could move within Democrats’ reach.

A former Facebook engineering director and ​vocal critic of Meta Platforms who has accused the company of ignoring internal research on the harm its platforms ‌can cause children and teens will continue his testimony on Wednesday in a trial that could remake Instagram and Facebook.

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