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Representative postponed his own retirement from Washington to help pass Barack Obama presidency’s legislative agendaLongtime Democratic congressman William D Delahunt, who postponed his own retirement from Washington to help pass the Barack Obama presidency’s legislative agenda, has died after a long-term illness, his family announced.Delahunt died Saturday at his home in Quincy, Massachusetts, at the age of 82, news reports said. Continue reading...

Investigation of items that were stolen during the Okinawa battle began after family discovered them in late father’s belongingsThe FBI has returned 22 centuries-old artifacts to Okinawa, Japan, after a family discovered them in their late father’s attic in Massachusetts.Agents with the FBI’s Boston division on Friday announced that the return of the looted items followed a lengthy investigation that began when they received...

Air national guard member was arrested in April over charges of leaking highly classified military documents on social mediaJack Teixeira, the Massachusetts air national guard member accused of leaking highly classified military documents on a social media platform, is expected to plead guilty in his federal case, according to court papers filed on Thursday.Prosecutors asked the judge to schedule a change of plea hearing...