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The Pilgrim Monument is part of the historic district in Provincetown, a town where local control desires and state government realities sometimes collide. Sen. Julian Cyr of Provincetown said his district sends more home rule requests before the Legislature than any other part of the state. (Ruth H Curtis on Unsplash) On issue after issue, Democrats who control the Legislature are publicly apoplectic about the sharp shift in values and governing approaches under complete Republican control at the federal level. Though they are more circumspect about it, municipal officials in Massachusetts are also feeling disempowered by their state partners while the vise of property tax restrictions, swelling inflation and budgets, and limited increases in local aid is tightening on cities and towns.

Stream New York's #1 news - AccuWeather - original content 24/7Friday, October 23, 2026 8:31AMMASPETH, Queens (WABC) -- A 6-year-old girl is recovering in the hospital after she was struck by falling bricks while playing outside in Maspeth. The incident happened just after 7:30 p.m. Thursday near 56-61 59th Ave. Police said a chunk of bricks fell from a building and hit the child while she was outside playing. She was taken to the hospital and is in stable condition. Video from the scene shows a small pile of bricks on the sidewalk. It appears part of a brick broke away from the building and came crashing down. The city's Department of Buildings responded and is investigating. Inspectors were seen taking photos of the building as part of their investigation. Police officers also searched the sidewalk with flashlights as they worked to determine what caused the debris to fall. The Department of Buildings is expected to evaluate the structural integrity of the building as the investigation continues.

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BEIJING (AP) — Rescuers combed through a remote area in the Chinese region of Tibet on Friday after a magnitude 7 earthquake that killed at least 16 people, injuring 54 and collapsing hundreds of homes, according to Chinese state media. The disaster struck Nagqu, a city north of Tibet’s capital Lhasa that’s some 4,800 meters (5,249 yards) above sea level, on Thursday. At least 339 homes collapsed, and officials told journalists they were concerned about further building collapses from aftershocks, as well as casualties from rockslides. Search and rescue efforts are complicated by the geography and low temperatures, officials said. As of Friday afternoon, rescuers had done three rounds of searches, going through each household, and each village, said Dunzhu, the acting mayor of Nagqu city, said in a press conference. More than 5,000 people from three local counties were deployed for rescue efforts. Supplies including 2,000 prefabricated housing units, around 3,400 tents and 2,000 folding beds, as well as flashlights and winter clothing arrived in the region. The U. S. Geological Survey said the quake occurred at 10:33 p.m.

Today is Friday, Oct. 23, the 296th day of 2026. There are 69 days left in the year. Birthdays: Film director Philip Kaufman is 90. Film director Ang Lee is 72. Jazz singer Dianne Reeves is 70. Country singer Dwight Yoakam is 70. Activist and philanthropist Martin Luther King III is 69. Film director Sam Raimi is 67. Comedic musician “Weird Al” Yankovic is 67. Rock musician Robert Trujillo (Metallica) is 62. Actor Ryan Reynolds is 50. R&B singer Miguel is 41. Actor Emilia Clarke is 40. Actor Margaret Qualley is 32. NFL defensive end Nick Bosa is 29. Actor Amandla Stenberg is 28. In 1864, Northern forces won the three-day Battle of Westport on the border between Missouri and Kansas, the largest Civil War engagement fought west of the Mississippi River, smashing Confederate hopes of fomenting a popular rebellion and snatching Missouri from Union control. In 1915, an estimated 25,000 women marched on Fifth Avenue in New York City in support of women’s suffrage. In 1942, during World War II, Britain launched a major offensive against Axis forces at El Alamein in Egypt, resulting in an Allied forces victory.

Get Starting PointA guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email“I have never voted because I know I can’t vote,” he said. “If there was a mistake, they should have called me out right away, not 20 years later.”He was released from custody after his arrest but faces up to five years in prison if convicted. Federal authorities on Monday charged more than two dozen legal permanent residents in California in a crackdown on people accused of illegally voting or registering to do so. As of Thursday morning, the government had filed charging documents in 10 of the 28 cases, offering additional details about how authorities relied on voter registration data to pursue broader criminal charges around immigration status. Most of the immigrants charged in California have lived in the country for at least five years, and some of them for decades. They could face deportation if they lied on their citizenship application. Lying on immigration forms carries a heavier sentence than illegal votingImmigrants convicted of illegally voting in the United States face up to a year in prison.