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John Wilkes Booth, member of one of the United States’ most distinguished acting families of the 19th century and the assassin who mortally wounded U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865. After a manhunt Booth was killed during a standoff with Federal troops.
On this day in history, Nov. 19, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln delivered the famous Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery.
LOWELL — Hot off his Tuesday night election win, Mayor Sokhary Chau is laying out a political path that he hopes will take him to a state-level office, but it just as easily might land him in the hot seat.
The Massachusetts House voted Wednesday to move next year’s September primary to the day after Labor Day, continuing a biennial — and politically sensitive — practice of shifting the state’s election calendar.
Boston City Council will see a number of new faces after labor attorney John FitzGerald, Enrique Pepén, and Benjamin Weber declared wins in Districts 3, 5, and 6, respectively.