
Leah Willingham
Correspondent at Associated Press
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argus-press.com | Holly Ramer |Leah Willingham
BOSTON (AP) — Crowds wearing white packed the stands of a Massachusetts high school gymnasium Tuesday to support an 18-year-old volleyball player detained by federal immigration authorities. “Our game on June 3rd will be played in honor of Marcelo. We will continue to pray and fight for our brother,” the Milford High School boys volleyball team said in an Instagram post, hours before the game.
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chronicle-tribune.com | Holly Ramer |Leah Willingham
BOSTON (AP) — Crowds wearing white packed the stands of a Massachusetts high school gymnasium Tuesday to support an 18-year-old volleyball player detained by federal immigration authorities. “Our game on June 3rd will be played in honor of Marcelo. We will continue to pray and fight for our brother,” the Milford High School boys volleyball team said in an Instagram post, hours before the game. kAm|2C46=@ v@>6D 52 $:=G2[ 2 ;F?:@C 3@C? :? qC2K:=[ H2D 56E2:?65 3J x>>:8C2E:@?
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lufkindailynews.com | Leah Willingham
By LEAH WILLINGHAM - Associated Press For the first time in nearly 70 years, boxing is returning to Boston's famed Fenway Park. The 11-fight card is the culmination of years of effort by twin brothers and longtime public schoolteachers who grew up in Watertown and want to revitalize boxing in the city that was home to some of the greatest athletes in the sport's history. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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oskaloosa.com | Leah Willingham
For the first time in nearly 70 years, boxing is returning to Boston’s famed Fenway Park. The 11-fight card is the culmination of years of effort by twin brothers and longtime public schoolteachers who grew up in Watertown and want to revitalize boxing in the city that was home to some of the greatest athletes in the sport’s history. kAmxE’D 2=D@ DJ>3@=:4 @7 2 D9:7E 324< E@ E96 C@@ED @7 E96 @=56DE 32==A2C< :? |2;@C {628F6 q2D632==[ E@ H96?
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timesfreepress.com | Leah Willingham
BOSTON (AP) — Democratic state attorneys general and government lawyers argued Friday over the implications of President Donald Trump's proposed overhaul of U.S. elections and whether the changes could be made in time for next year's midterm elections, how much it would cost the states and, more broadly, whether the president has a right to do any of it in the first place.
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RT @ameliaknisely: During Pride month, the stakes of celebrating feel higher than usual for some in WV. In Huntington, Pride month now look…

Gomes da Silva described “humiliating” conditions and said his faith helped him through 6 days of detention. On his wrist, he wore a bracelet made from the thin sheet of metallic blanket he was given to sleep on the cement floor. "I’ll always remember this place," he said.

BREAKING: A Massachusetts high school student arrested by ICE on his way to volleyball practice has been released from custody. https://t.co/bWOMKBS1L9

A Massachusetts high school student who was arrested by immigration agents on his way to volleyball practice has been released from custody after a judge granted him bond Thursday. My latest for @AP:

“We disrupted a kid’s life. We disrupted a community’s life. These kids should be celebrating graduation and prom, I assume? They should be doing kid stuff, and it is a travesty and a waste of our judicial process to have to go through this.” For @AP: https://t.co/EIRVRtvazg