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A father and son filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday claiming the boy — who is Black — was being "racially tormented" by classmates at Nauset Regional Middle School in Orleans, leading to his attempted suicide.
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September 11th changed the world forever; but in particular, it changed airports.
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The Crested Caracara pulled its usual disappearing act in Wellfleet, and a Swallow tailed Kite in Mashpee just set a state record for the latest sighting ever. It's peak shorebird migration season, and it's time these underrated travelers got some airtime, with a beginner's guide to the sandpipers and plovers gathering on Cape Cod's flats before their long flights south.
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September 11th changed the world forever; but in particular, it changed airports.
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We talk with horticulturist and entomologist Roberta Clark about your fall garden.
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