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Berkshire women are making history and showing the next generation that they can do the same

They're planting seeds for the next generation. They're encouraging others to climb ladders and reach new heights while being a safe space. They're filling shoes that have never been worn before and inspiring others that they can do the same. This Women's History Month, we're looking not backward, but to the history makers of today.

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On March 29, 1973: The last United States combat troops left South Vietnam, ending America’s direct military involvement in the Vietnam War.

On March 28, 1979: America’s worst commercial nuclear accident occurred with a partial meltdown inside the Unit 2 reactor at the Three Mile Island plant near Middletown, Pa.

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Part prequel and part sequel, “Wandering Stars,” opens with the Sand Creek Massacre. We are witnessing, through the memories of Jude Star, the very beginning of the trauma that will trickle down through the generations to his great-granddaughters, sisters Opal Bear Shield and Jacquie Red Feather, whom we first meet in “There, There.”

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Visa and Mastercard have announced a major settlement with U.S. merchants, potentially ending nearly two decades of litigation between merchants and the major payment companies over credit card fees. The deal would lower and cap the fees charged by Visa and Mastercard and allow small businesses to collectively bargain for rates with the payment processors in a similar way that large merchants do on their own now. Industry groups for retailers both small and large say the settlement is a step in the right direction, but far more needs to be done to remedy the current swipe-fee situation.

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The last coal-fired power plant in New England is set to close in a victory for environmentalists. Granite Shore Power said Wednesday it reached an agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency to close the Merrimack Station in New Hampshire by June 2028. It had been the focus of a lawsuit and protests. As part of the deal, the company said the site will be turned into the state's first renewable energy park. The company also said it would shutter Schiller Station in Portsmouth next year. That facility, which is permitted to use oil, coal and biomass, has not operated for several years.

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Families staying in overflow shelter sites in Massachusetts will soon have to document each month their efforts to find a path out of the overflow system, including looking for housing or a job. Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced Monday that beginning May 1, families will have to be recertified monthly to remain eligible to stay in the state-run overflow sites. They will need to show steps they’ve taken toward independence, including applying for work authorization permits, submitting job applications or taking English classes. Massachusetts has been grappling with the growing influx of homeless migrant families seeking shelter in the state.

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The Massachusetts Senate has approved limits on how long homeless families can stay in emergency state shelters as part of an $850 million plan to fund the system that has been at the center of the migrant crisis. The bill approved late Thursday would limit maximum stays to nine months, with the possibility of 90 more days for veterans, pregnant women and people who are employed or enrolled in a job training program. The funding would cover fiscal years 2024 and 2025. Currently, there are no limits on the time a family can spend in emergency housing.

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A federal appeals court has ordered the judge who oversaw Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s trial to investigate the defense’s claims of juror bias and determine whether his death sentence should stand. The Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals did not throw out Tsarnaev’s death sentence on Thursday. Defense lawyers had pushed for that while claiming bias by two people who sat on the jury that convicted Tsarnaev for his role in the bombing that killed three people and injured hundreds near the marathon’s finish line in 2013. But the appeals court found that the trial judge did not adequately probe Tsarnaev’s claims of juror bias, and sent the case back to the judge for a new investigation. The U.S. attorneys office in Massachusetts declined to comment.

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