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A dive bar that long served drinks in Boston’s Cleveland Circle could soon be a store where pot is sold. Happy Valley Ventures is moving forward with a plan to buy Mary Ann’s bar and transform it into a recreational marijuana shop. More than 100 people packed into a community meeting in Brighton Monday night to discuss the potential.
Funeral held for US Capitol Officer William Evans
Pallbearers from the U.S. Capitol Police carry the casket of William “Billy” Evans into St. Stanislaus Kostka Church before a funeral Mass on Thursday in Adams. Evans, a member of the U.S. Capitol Police, was killed on April 2, when a driver slammed his car into a checkpoint he was guarding at the Capitol. AP PHOTO/Steven Senne
Pallbearers from the U.S. Capitol Police, left, proceed past Massachusetts State Police, right, as they approach St. Stanislaus Kostka Church before a funeral Mass for William “Billy” Evans on Thursday in Adams. Evans, a member of the U.S. Capitol Police, was killed on April 2, when a driver slammed his car into a checkpoint he was guarding at the Capitol. AP PHOTO/Steven Senne
Hundreds pay respects at Capitol officer’s funeral
Logan Evans, 9, center, son of the late U.S. Capitol Police officer William Billy Evans, holds a stuffed toy as he departs St. Stanislaus Kostka Church with his grandmother Janice Evans, behind center left, and his mother Shannon Terranova, center right, who holds his sister Abigail Evans, 7, right, following a funeral Mass for his father, in Adams, Mass., Thursday, April 15, 2021. Evans, a member of the U.S. Capitol Police, was killed on Friday, April 2, when a driver slammed his car. Steven Senne
Pallbearers from the U.S. Capitol Police carry the casket of William Billy Evans into St. Stanislaus Kostka Church before a funeral Mass, Thursday, April 15, 2021, in Adams, Mass. Evans, a member of the U.S. Capitol Police, was killed on Friday, April 2, when a driver slammed his car into a checkpoint he was guarding at the Capitol. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) Steven Senne
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Gov. Whitmer Lowers Flags for U.S. Capitol Police Officer
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LANSING, Mich. - Governor Gretchen Whitmer, in accordance with a proclamation issued by President Biden, has ordered U.S. and Michigan flags within the State Capitol Complex and upon all public buildings and grounds across the state of Michigan to be lowered to half-staff immediately on Friday, April 2 through Tuesday, April 6 to honor and remember the victims of the attack at the U.S. Capitol today, including U.S. Capitol Police Officer William Billy Evans who passed away in the line of duty.
Our state is devastated to learn of yet another senseless attack in our nation s capital that has taken the life of U.S. Capitol Police Officer Evans and injured another officer,
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President Joe Biden s empathy defined his campaign, but what s perceived as one of his greatest political strengths may offer him diminishing returns now that he s in the White House.
Biden has been in office for fewer than 100 days, but he s already had what some observers may describe as too many opportunities to convey compassion. His responses to the country s mounting coronavirus death toll, the mass shootings in Georgia and Colorado, and the death of U.S. Capitol Police Officer William Evans are high on the list of examples.
Polls suggest voters relate to Biden s personal experience with tragedy and grief amid the pandemic, particularly given the contrast with former President Donald Trump, who regularly spoke to victims families privately but never looked or sounded comfortable in the public role as chief consoling officer. Still, any political power derived by Biden from his consoler in chief role may lose its potency heading into the 2022 midterm elec