Amid threats from the federal government, Outer Cape Health Services is no longer offering gender-affirming puberty blockers or hormone therapy for those under 19.
        
        
            
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                        With All Hallows Eve rapidly approaching, I thought it was high time to explore the spookier side of birds.
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                        Modernist architect Marcel Breuer's Wellfleet summer home has undergone a full restoration by the Cape Cod Modern House Trust. Now it could play a role in college-level preservation courses.
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                        There are around 380 North Atlantic right whales in existence. Scientists identify them by catalog numbers but some also have names. This week, 18 whales were named.
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                        The hound has gifted me a new image of hope. And it looks like an otter.
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                        Mashpee voters gave the town permission to borrow money for the construction of a system that will help reduce nutrient pollution in Mashpee-Wakeby Pond.
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                On The Point's monthly book show, bewitched and haunting themes in stories and poems.
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                President Trump is back in Washington after spending a week in Asia. He attended the ASEAN summit in Kuala Lumpur, addressed U.S. troops in Japan and met with China's President Xi Jinping in South Korea.
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                From monsters to politics and (maybe) everything in between, it's the weekly news quiz.
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                        We asked readers whether young Americans today can still have a better life than their parents. They responded with stories of economic hardship and growing disillusionment with leaders in Washington.
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                        Automakers have been paying billions of dollars in tariffs on imported cars, parts and materials. But on earnings calls this month, some carmakers reported that they're performing well anyway.
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                        A judge will decide whether access to SNAP benefits can be cut off, pressure increases for lawmakers to end the shutdown, what the U.S. resuming nuclear testing would mean for the country.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
