It's another bit of history for the 77-year-old Republican who also is the oldest governor in South Carolina's 249 years as a state. Chances are that if McMaster mentions the milestone in Wednesday night's speech before the General Assembly,

California water regulators have said there's no truth to President Donald Trump's claim that the U_S_ military entered the state and “turned on the water.”

Donald Trump said the U.S. military entered California and opened a large flow of water to fight fires, but state officials denied those claims.

President Donald Trump’s dispute with California over water policy continued this week, with Trump claiming he’d sent military personnel into the state to “turn on the water.” On his Truth Social media platform on Monday,

The number of bird flu cases in Central Massachusetts is relatively low, compared to a swath of the state that runs from Greater Boston to Southeastern Massachusetts. That message was delivered Wednesday during a virtual update from state health officials on the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus.

State officials are working with partners to test suspected cases and collaborating with municipalities to safely dispose of dead birds." The post Bird flu now considered ‘widespread’ in Mass., officials say appeared first on Boston.