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A volunteer sorting old Royal Navy papers found a rare 1776 US Declaration of Independence copy; it is one of 11 surviving Exeter printings and the only one outside the US

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A volunteer sorting old Royal Navy papers found a rare 1776 US Declaration of Independence copy; it is one of 11 surviving Exeter printings and the only one outside the US

The copy of the ‘Exeter Declaration’ found at The National Archives.Photo credit: The National Archives A volunteer sorting old Royal Navy papers at The National Archives in London has uncovered a rare 1776 printing of the US Declaration of Independence, found among letters sent by a British captain after capturing an American privateer ship. The … Read more

Lawrence, MA shooting update: 3 teens shot near Lawrence High School; public urged to avoid Crawford and Exeter streets

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Police responded to a shooting near Lawrence High School in Massachusetts on Monday. (Unsplash)

Update (5:27pm EDT): Lawrence Police Chief Maurice Aguiler said his department has been looking for the shooter. He noted that the shooting did not take place on school property, though the scene is near a pair of schools, per NBC. Police responded to a shooting near Lawrence High School in Massachusetts on Monday. (Unsplash) Massachusetts … Read more

British footballer’s 2-year-old brother dies after being found unconscious in swimming pool during holiday in Spain World News

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British footballer's 2-year-old brother dies after being found unconscious in swimming pool during holiday in Spain World News

Hartley Wareham, 2, died in Spain. Exeter City footballer Jayden Wareham’s two-year-old brother died after being pulled unconscious from a swimming pool during a family holiday in Spain.Hartley Wareham died on July 3, four days after the incident at his family’s holiday home, the BBC reported. A hearing at Exeter Coroner’s Court on July 22 … Read more