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A Great White Shark swims off the shore of Cape Cod, on July 13, 2019. Three Cape Cod beaches were temporarily closed to swimming on July 13, after great white sharks were spotted as close as 150 feet offshore, according to the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy.

Great white sharks spotted at 3 Cape Cod beaches

This June 19, 2019 photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) crew members inspecting a self-propelled semi-submersible in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean.

Watch a Coast Guardsman leap onto a moving submarine in the Pacific

Officials: 8-year-old girl killed in car crash in Lawrence

R.I. police officer injured after crashing SUV at traffic circle July 14, 2019 | 5:24 PM

The Latest: Trump tweets on liberal lawmakers draw rebuke July 14, 2019 | 4:47 PM

Police: Holbrook man illegally owned 12 guns, 3,000 ammunition rounds July 14, 2019 | 4:18 PM

Man hit by a train in Wareham, suffers serious injuries July 14, 2019 | 3:57 PM

Trump defends border detention camps July 14, 2019 | 11:28 AM

Leave the US, Trump tells liberal congresswomen of color July 14, 2019 | 9:48 AM

Area 51

Half a million people signed up to storm Area 51. What happens if they actually show up? July 13, 2019 | 9:54 PM

Lawrence, MA

8-year-old killed in Lawrence crash; suspect in custody July 13, 2019 | 9:50 PM

Trump says he will not impose uranium quotas July 13, 2019 | 6:05 PM

Robert Kraft plans to help the families of seven motorcyclists killed in a collision last month.

Patriots’ Robert Kraft pledges $100k to family of 7 motorcyclists killed in N.H. July 13, 2019 | 5:26 PM

Why the turbulence that injured passengers on an Air Canada flight is hard to predict July 13, 2019 | 1:38 PM

Massachusetts State House

Carbon tax proposal gaining steam on Beacon Hill July 13, 2019 | 12:49 PM

Worcester, MA

Mass. man fighting conviction released after 35 years in prison July 13, 2019 | 11:42 AM

AP FACT CHECK: Trump and an eco legacy not his own July 13, 2019 | 7:59 AM

More than 1,600 Massachusetts drivers have had their licenses suspended since the Registry of Motor Vehicles launched an internal review last month, following a deadly crash that raised questions about the agency’s operations.

RMV probe prompts more than 1,600 driver license suspensions July 12, 2019 | 10:13 PM

Pence tour of migrant center shows men crowded in cages July 12, 2019 | 8:40 PM

The Latest: Mueller testimony delayed until July 24 July 12, 2019 | 8:19 PM

Watch this St. Bernard come face-to-face with a coyote in Milton July 12, 2019 | 7:13 PM

313 Old Colony Ave., South Boston

Woman accused of assaulting EMT in South Boston July 12, 2019 | 6:48 PM

Trump asks Supreme Court to unfreeze border wall money July 12, 2019 | 6:47 PM

Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., waits to testify before the House Oversight Committee hearing on family separation and detention centers, Friday, July 12, 2019 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Ayanna Pressley described the conditions she saw inside border detention facilities July 12, 2019 | 5:37 PM

Analysis: Trump pattern is create a crisis, retreat, move on July 12, 2019 | 5:22 PM

Washington AG opens inquiry into NRA's financial affairs July 12, 2019 | 4:49 PM

Connor Long.

'We are hoping that somebody with a conscience will come forward' July 12, 2019 | 4:16 PM

EPA restores broad use of pesticide opposed by beekeepers July 12, 2019 | 3:26 PM

US deciding how to punish ally Turkey over Russian arms deal July 12, 2019 | 3:02 PM

A woman was fatally impaled by a metal straw July 12, 2019 | 2:40 PM

Court sympathetic to House in records fight with Trump July 12, 2019 | 2:37 PM

House approves 9/11 victims bill, sends it to Senate July 12, 2019 | 1:49 PM

The Latest: House OKs limiting Trump ability to strike Iran July 12, 2019 | 1:39 PM