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Your nose is running. You need a tissue, stat, because you’re a mess, tears on your chin, your eyes burn, and you’re all snotty.

When I read news about the latest IPCC climate assessment report, or predictions of imminent mass extinction, I admit that the statistics — the exact degree of warming, the number of feet sea levels will rise, how many species will die — find fewer footholds in my brain than the overwhelming sorrow they elicit.

A massive fire, which erupted early Saturday in a vacant building in New York City’s East Village, spread to and destroyed one of the city’s oldest churches that is home to New York’s Liberty Bell, among other structures, including a women’s shelter.

Climate activism is most effective when it taps into the pain of grieving instead of repeating statistics that overwhelm people into numbness.

As one commenter noted: This is inciting terrorism.

The Bourne Community Preservation Committee will explore recommending a request from the town’s historical society for $250,000 in Community Preservation Act funding to move the historic Keene House from its

The Bourne Capital Outlay Committee has given thumbs up to one request for Community Preservation Act funding while taking no action on two others. Committee members said they want more

“Beloved community” can be found in all King’s writings, encouraging us to transcend race, tribe, class, and nationality to embrace oneness.

Cunningham becomes the second Cardinal to officially announce he’s opting out of the bowl game.

Wake Forest seems to be charging toward another special season, appearing in the Top 10 for the second consecutive year.