President Trump has thanked everyone for their “tremendous support” and said he is “doing very well” in a pre-recorded video he sent out Friday as he was being flown by Marine One to Walter Reed Military Medical Center where he will be treated for mild symptoms after testing positive for the COVID-19.

The president's message was upbeat and was transferred to Walter Reed “out of an abundance of caution,” according to the White House. “I want to thank everybody for the tremendous support,” Trump said. “I am going to Walter Reed Hospital.”

"I think I’m doing very well, but we’re going to make sure that things work out. The first lady is doing very well. So thank you very much. I appreciate it. I will never forget. Thank you".

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany first announced Friday that the president, who she said "remains in good spirits," has "mild symptoms" and had been "working throughout the day."........... (read MORE>> https://www.aksu360.com/2020/10/covid19-am-doing-very-well-trump-says.html )

Fellow Nigerians,
​I speak to you today as your President and fellow citizen on this epoch occasion of our country’s 60th independence Anniversary. As President, I wish to renew my appreciation to Nigerians for entrusting me with your hopes and aspirations for a better and greater Nigeria.

Today, it is my unique privilege to re-commit myself to the service of this great country of great people with profound diversities and opportunities. We are bound by destiny to be the largest and greatest black nation on earth. At this stage in our nationhood, it is important that we reflect how we got here to enable us to work TOGETHER to get to where we aspire to be as a strong indivisible nation, united in hope and equal in opportunity.

On October 1st 1960 when Prime Minister Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa received the constitutional instruments symbolizing Nigeria’s independence, he expressed his wish that having acquired our rightful status as an independent sovereign nation, history would record that the building of our nation proceeded at the wisest pace. This optimism was anchored on the peaceful planning, full and open consultation and harmonious cooperation with the different groups which culminated in Nigeria emerging as a country without bitterness and bloodshed.

Our founding fathers understood the imperative of structuring a National identity using the power of the state and worked towards the unification of Nigerians in a politically stable and viable entity. That philosophy guided the foundation that was laid for our young nation of 45 million people with an urban population of approximately 7 million occupying an area of 910,768 square km. These demographics led to development challenges for which major efforts were made to overcome...... (read MORE>> https://www.aksu360.com/2020/10/2020-independence-day-speech-by.html )

Fellow Nigerians,
​I speak to you today as your President and fellow citizen on this epoch occasion of our country’s 60th independence Anniversary. As President, I wish to renew my appreciation to Nigerians for entrusting me with your hopes and aspirations for a better and greater Nigeria.

Today, it is my unique privilege to re-commit myself to the service of this great country of great people with profound diversities and opportunities. We are bound by destiny to be the largest and greatest black nation on earth. At this stage in our nationhood, it is important that we reflect how we got here to enable us to work TOGETHER to get to where we aspire to be as a strong indivisible nation, united in hope and equal in opportunity.

On October 1st 1960 when Prime Minister Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa received the constitutional instruments symbolizing Nigeria’s independence, he expressed his wish that having acquired our rightful status as an independent sovereign nation, history would record that the building of our nation proceeded at the wisest pace. This optimism was anchored on the peaceful planning, full and open consultation and harmonious cooperation with the different groups which culminated in Nigeria emerging as a country without bitterness and bloodshed.

Our founding fathers understood the imperative of structuring a National identity using the power of the state and worked towards the unification of Nigerians in a politically stable and viable entity. That philosophy guided the foundation that was laid for our young nation of 45 million people with an urban population of approximately 7 million occupying an area of 910,768 square km. These demographics led to development challenges for which major efforts were made to overcome...... (read MORE>> https://www.aksu360.com/2020/10/2020-independence-day-speech-by.html )

Fox News host Chris Wallace, a registered Democrat, is facing some intense backlash for his obvious bias in the Tuesday debate in the favor of Democrat Joe Biden against Republican President Donald Trump. During the 90 minutes of debate, there was a record 73 interruptions by moderator Chris Wallace.

One of the issues that Wallace was called out for the most was how he appeared to let Biden interrupt Trump but would jump in to interrupt Trump when Trump would talk over Biden.

Amid angry shouting and name calling, the two fought over the pandemic, race and the economy during the 90-minute forum in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr Biden called the president a "clown" and told him to "shut up". Mr Trump brought up his rival's son's drug use.

What appears to be the most edgy moments in the debate can be seen in the video below.... (click link below to read MORE>> https://www.aksu360.com/2020/09/debates2020-chris-wallace-interruptor.html)

Militants linked to the Islamic State group (IS) have used a donkey strapped with explosives to ambush the convoy of the governor of Nigeria's north-eastern Borno state. Governor Babagana Zulum was returning to the state capital, Maiduguri, from Baga town when they were ambushed.

The attack on Sunday, the 27th of September 2020, came 2 days after he had survived another attack while travelling to an area near Lake Chad. At least 18 people were killed in that ambush. Among them were 14 police officers and soldiers and four civilians.

Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) militants, who were behind the attack, split from Boko Haram, an Islamist group that launched its insurgency in North-Eastern Nigeria 10 years ago. The group's campaign of violence has spread to neighbouring countries, killing more than 30,000 people and forcing 2,000,000 from their homes, according to the UN..... (read MORE >>> https://www.aksu360.com/2020/09/revealed-how-boko-haram-militants-used.html )

Militants linked to the Islamic State group (IS) have used a donkey strapped with explosives to ambush the convoy of the governor of Nigeria's north-eastern Borno state. Governor Babagana Zulum was returning to the state capital, Maiduguri, from Baga town when they were ambushed.

The attack on Sunday, the 27th of September 2020, came 2 days after he had survived another attack while travelling to an area near Lake Chad. At least 18 people were killed in that ambush. Among them were 14 police officers and soldiers and four civilians.

Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) militants, who were behind the attack, split from Boko Haram, an Islamist group that launched its insurgency in North-Eastern Nigeria 10 years ago. The group's campaign of violence has spread to neighbouring countries, killing more than 30,000 people and forcing 2,000,000 from their homes, according to the UN..... (read MORE >>> https://www.aksu360.com/2020/09/revealed-how-boko-haram-militants-used.html )

The Organised Labour have called off its planned strike after reaching an agreement with the Federal Government of Nigeria. The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, announced this at 3am today Monday, the 28th of September 2020.

Keyamo said the electricity tariff had been reversed albeit temporarily while the deregulation of the oil sector was retained.
Minister Festus Keyamo wrote, “Federal Government and labour reach agreement at 2:53am. Deregulation to stay as government rolls out palliatives for labour (details in two weeks). Electricity tariffs suspended by government for two weeks with a joint committee headed by Keyamo to examine the justification for the new policy. Strike suspended.”..... (read MORE>> https://www.aksu360.com/2020/09/nlc-reaches-agreement-with-fg-suspends.html )

The Organised Labour have called off its planned strike after reaching an agreement with the Federal Government of Nigeria. The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, announced this at 3am today Monday, the 28th of September 2020.

Keyamo said the electricity tariff had been reversed albeit temporarily while the deregulation of the oil sector was retained.
Minister Festus Keyamo wrote, “Federal Government and labour reach agreement at 2:53am. Deregulation to stay as government rolls out palliatives for labour (details in two weeks). Electricity tariffs suspended by government for two weeks with a joint committee headed by Keyamo to examine the justification for the new policy. Strike suspended.”..... (read MORE>> https://www.aksu360.com/2020/09/nlc-reaches-agreement-with-fg-suspends.html )

Theme : "Trust like a Child"

"Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding" (Proverbs 3:5).

Being trusting isn’t the same as being gullible, and recognising this distinction is essential because there’re gullible people who think they’re trusting. To be gullible means to be easily deceived. But children aren’t easily deceived; they’re usually trusting. They trust your character. Adults, however, can be gullible. An adult will try to reason out whatever he’s told before he trusts it, and he may not give much concern to the character of the one he’s trusting.

If you hold out a child from the balcony, for example, and ask someone else whom the child trusts to stay at the ground-floor and catch him, the child will be ready to let go because he trusts the one at the ground floor. The child may not know if the fellow downstairs has the power or ability to catch him, but he believes he wouldn’t let him fall. That’s the kind of childlike faith you’re to have towards God...... (read MORE>> https://www.aksu360.com/2020/09/your-rhapsody-of-realities-devotional.html )

Rivers state Governor, Nyesome Wike, says the result of the 2020 Edo Governorship election was the sweetest electoral victory that he has ever witnessed. He made the assertion in response to Governor Godwin Obaseki, who paid him a visit in Government House. Governor Wike praised Obaseki for standing “firm” in the election, saying he could not have supported a “lily-hearted person.”

"Our work would have been difficult if he did not make himself available. I cannot support a lily-hearted person. Governor Obaseki was firm. It is not easy to fight godfatherism. But he has the interest of Edo people at heart. Together, we have conquered it. I thank you my brother, Obaseki for carrying everybody along in the party"..... (read MORE>> https://www.aksu360.com/2020/09/gov-wike-tags-edo-election-result.html )

Following the gradual easing of COVID-19 restriction in the Nigerian economy and further to the directive by the Akwa Ibom State Government, the Management of Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU) have announced a phased resumption of the second semester of her 2019/2020 academic session.

A statement from the office of the University Registrar gives details as follows:... (click the link below to read MORE>> https://www.aksu360.com/2020/09/post-covid-19-academic-calendar-of-akwa.html )

A team of scientists who put an alligator in a helium-filled box and made it shout have won the 30th edition of the IG Nobel Prize, a prestigious award that commemorates the science world's most unorthodox experiments.

The group, led by researchers from Austria and Japan, were attempting to find out whether alligators' vocal communications relate to their body size. At the end, it was their method, rather than their hypothesis, that caught the eye of the awards committee.

Another experiment, which found that narcissists can be identified by their eyebrows, was also honored. And the ceremony's Peace Prize went to the governments of India and Pakistan, for "having their diplomats surreptitiously ring each other's doorbells in the middle of the night, and then run away before anyone had a chance to answer the door" - a reference to an incident that reportedly took place 2 years ago..... (read MORE>> https://www.aksu360.com/2020/09/scientists-gets-award-for-making.html )

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have today joined the foreign ministers of the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain at the White House to mark historic normalization agreements between Israel and the two Arab countries. Trump hailed the occasion, claiming the signing of the Abraham Accords will "change the course of history," and marks "the dawn of a new Middle East."

"Together these agreements will serve as the foundation for a comprehensive peace across the entire region, something which nobody thought was possible, certainly not in this day and age," Trump said. "These agreements prove that the nations of the region are breaking free from failed approaches of the past. Today's signing sets history on a new course and there will be other countries very very soon that will follow these great leaders".
(read more HERE>> https://www.aksu360.com/2020/09/breaking-israel-signs-accords-with-uae.html )

President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have today joined the foreign ministers of the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain at the White House to mark historic normalization agreements between Israel and the two Arab countries. Trump hailed the occasion, claiming the signing of the Abraham Accords will "change the course of history," and marks "the dawn of a new Middle East."

"Together these agreements will serve as the foundation for a comprehensive peace across the entire region, something which nobody thought was possible, certainly not in this day and age," Trump said. "These agreements prove that the nations of the region are breaking free from failed approaches of the past. Today's signing sets history on a new course and there will be other countries very very soon that will follow these great leaders".
(read more HERE>> https://www.aksu360.com/2020/09/breaking-israel-signs-accords-with-uae.html )

Top seed Novak Djokovic was disqualified from the US Open for accidentally hitting a ball at a line judge in his 4th-round match. Djokovic, 33, showed his frustration after losing serve to trail 6-5 against Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta. The Serbian world number one took a ball out of his pocket and hit it behind him, striking the female line judge in her throat. After a lengthy discussion, he was defaulted by tournament officials.

"In accordance with the Grand Slam rulebook, following his actions of intentionally hitting a ball dangerously or recklessly within the court or hitting a ball with negligent disregard of the consequences, the tournament referee defaulted Novak Djokovic from the 2020 US Open. Because he was defaulted, Djokovic will lose all ranking points earned at the US Open and will be fined the prize money won at the tournament in addition to any or all fines levied with respect to the offending incident.".... (read MORE>> https://www.aksu360.com/2020/09/novak-djokovic-earns-disqualification.html )

An investigation has been launched by the Egyptian FA (EFA) after it found that several trophies have disappeared from its headquarters in Cairo, including an original African Cup of Nations. Egypt received the prize after winning the 2010 edition of the tournament, so claiming that particular incarnation of the trophy for a 3rd time.

The trophy, whose style was first used in 2002 after Cameroon were awarded the previous cup having won it 3 times, was given to the EFA by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) after triumphs in 2006, 2008 and 2010. On Friday, the EFA - whose media director confirmed the trophy's loss to the BBC - said it had opened an investigation into the loss of the various trophies.

"As the Egyptian FA is currently developing the main headquarters, including changing the entrance to a small museum of Egyptian football, the management was shocked by the disappearance of some old trophies from the storeroom"...... (read MORE>> https://www.aksu360.com/2020/09/egypt-seeks-to-unravel-disappearance-of.html )

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board says it had lifted the suspension earlier placed on the printing of admission letters, inter-university transfers among others. The organisation said with the development, “all requests for printing of admission letters, inter-university transfers and other processes for previous years which had been hitherto suspended would now be restored from Monday August 31 2020.”

The Head of Media and Public Relations in JAMB, Dr Fabian Benjamin, made the announcement in a statement in Abuja. He said, “to ensure that candidates who took the UTME prior to 2020 and who require certain corrections of their processes are accommodated, JAMB has lifted the suspension earlier placed on processes covering those years"..... (read more HERE>> https://www.aksu360.com/2020/09/jamb-restores-admission-letters.html )

Google is trying to make Working from Home (WFH) life a little easier for people who always have dozens of browser tabs open. This, as the company announced several new features to tabs on its popular Google Chrome browser, including a performance update that it says will make them load 10% faster.

Chrome will also make it easier to organize related tabs into groups - a feature it first announced in May 2020 - by allowing users to expand and collapse several tabs into one.

"These days, people are spending a lot of time in their browsers to get things done, whether for work, school or something else," Alex Ainslie, Chrome's director of UX, said in a blog post Tuesday. "And while some write out a formal to-do list to keep track of tasks, for others, their to-do list is their tabs in Chrome.".... (read more HERE>> https://www.aksu360.com/2020/08/chrome-tabs-gets-google-update-makes.html )

The 3-person crew of the International Space Station (ISS) will spend the weekend confined to a single module to help engineers track down the source of a small but persistent air leak there.

NASA announced Aug. 20 2020 that the station’s crew of NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and Roscosmos cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner will stay in the station’s Zvezda module from the evening of Aug. 21 until the morning of Aug. 24. Hatches separating all of the station’s modules from one another will be closed through the weekend.

That effort is intended to identify the source of a small air leak first noticed on the station last September and that has more recently increased. The loss of air took time to characterize, the agency said in a statement, because of other station activities, such as spacewalks and the arrival and departure of spacecraft. .... (read more HERE>> https://www.aksu360.com/2020/08/nasa-working-to-hunt-down-pesky-iss-air.html)

The organizers of the biggest gospel music awards in the world known as Gospel Music Association (GMA) aka Dove Awards in the United States have nominated gospel singer, Osinachi Joseph (Sinach) in 3 categories. The nomination includes the biggest song category of the Dove Awards 2020 with her hit track, ‘Way Maker’.

The lyrical song which has received plausible reviews was nominated ‘Song of the Year’; Spanish Language Recorded Song of the Year (as recorded by Priscilla Bueno); and Worship Recorded Song of the Year (as recorded by Leeland). The Song of the Year Category, which is actually the biggest and flagship of the awards, is given to a songwriter and the publisher adjudged to have produced what is way above the class of competitors.

‘Way Maker’ is now acclaimed the first song written by a Nigerian gospel artiste to make the category.... (Read more HERE>>> https://www.aksu360.com/2020/08/christ-embassys-sinach-gets-dove-awards.html )

Mutineering soldiers in Mali have today detained the country's President and Prime Minister, one of their leaders said. The claim was made after mutinous soldiers surrounded the private residence of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, firing shots into the air and deepening fears of a coup attempt following several months of demonstrations calling for his resignation.

"We can tell you that the president and the prime minister are under our control," the leader, who requested anonymity, told AFP. He added that the pair had been "arrested" at Keita's residence in the capital Bamako. 2 security sources also told Reuters that Keita has been detained.... (read more here>> https://www.aksu360.com/2020/08/breaking-malis-president-arrested-video.html)

Alexander Sedykh was seriously injured while competing in the 2020 World Raw Powerlifting Federation (WPRF) Championships held in Dolgoprudny, which is in the Moscow region of Russia.

In a video Sedykh could be seen attempting to squat the barbell (weighing about 882 pounds) and he collapses under the weight, falling onto his knees in visible pain. Sedykh underwent emergency surgery that lasted 6 hours. "The doctor said that they assembled my knee well, and the quads were sewn with a double stitch," Sedykh was quoted as saying. "My wife also wrote that my meniscus was torn and the tendons flew off. But they have already sewn them all."...... (Read MORE>> https://www.aksu360.com/2020/08/in-attempt-to-squat-900-pounds-power.html )

Google has added an earthquake alert system in California, saying it is working on letting Android-powered smartphones double as tremor detectors. Android phones will receive warnings triggered by a “ShakeAlert” earthquake early-warning system implemented on the West Coast by the US Geological Survey and partners.

ShakeAlert uses signals from hundreds of seismometers across the state to trigger warning messages that “an earthquake has begun and shaking is imminent,” according to the system’s website.

“We saw an opportunity to use Android to provide people with timely, helpful earthquake information when they search, as well as a few seconds warning to get themselves and their loved ones to safety if needed,” principal software engineer...... (click here to read MORE>> https://www.aksu360.com/2020/08/google-unveils-plan-to-use-android.html )

Google has added an earthquake alert system in California, saying it is working on letting Android-powered smartphones double as tremor detectors. Android phones will receive warnings triggered by a “ShakeAlert” earthquake early-warning system implemented on the West Coast by the US Geological Survey and partners.

ShakeAlert uses signals from hundreds of seismometers across the state to trigger warning messages that “an earthquake has begun and shaking is imminent,” according to the system’s website.

“We saw an opportunity to use Android to provide people with timely, helpful earthquake information when they search, as well as a few seconds warning to get themselves and their loved ones to safety if needed,” principal software engineer...... (click here to read MORE>> https://www.aksu360.com/2020/08/google-unveils-plan-to-use-android.html )

Baring any unforeseen circumstance, SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft with NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley will splashdown in the next 10 minutes in the Gulf of Mexico today Sunday, the 2nd of August 2020. The spacecraft's touch down off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, today Sunday at 2:48 pm ET (7:48 Nigerian time) will mark the end to an historic 2 month mission and pave the way for the US to once again become a world leader in human spaceflight. The astronauts have been aboard the Crew Dragon spacecraft, named Dragon Endeavour, since Saturday evening when it undocked from the International Space Station.

Click here to read MORE>>> https://www.aksu360.com/2020/08/spacex-rocket-splashes-back-to-earth.html

NASA’s most sophisticated Mars rover yet is on its way to the red planet after a successful launch today July 30 2020. A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 7:50 a.m. Eastern.

The liftoff took place on schedule with no issues reported during the countdown. The only hiccup was a minor earthquake felt at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the control center for the mission, shortly before liftoff; the quake did not affect center operations..... (click the link below to READ>> https://www.aksu360.com/2020/07/mars-rover-perseverance-lifts-off.html)

NASA’s most sophisticated Mars rover yet is on its way to the red planet after a successful launch today July 30 2020. A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket lifted off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 7:50 a.m. Eastern.

The liftoff took place on schedule with no issues reported during the countdown. The only hiccup was a minor earthquake felt at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the control center for the mission, shortly before liftoff; the quake did not affect center operations..... (click the link below to READ>> https://www.aksu360.com/2020/07/mars-rover-perseverance-lifts-off.html)

This is to inform all the candidates who scored 160 and above in the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination as well as Direct Entry (DE) candidates to apply for the Post-UTME screening exercise for admission into the Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU) for 2020/2021 academic year.

Eligibility:
(1) ONLY Candidates who scored 160 and above in the 2020 UTME conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and Direct Entry (DE) candidates who made the Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU) their First Choice Institution, are eligible for screening.
(2) In addition, each candidate must possess credit passes in at least five (5) subjects including English Language at not more than two (2) sittings.
(3) Direct Entry candidates must be holders of A’ Level/ND/NCE/HND/First Degree in relevant discipline and subjects.

Uploading of oLevel Result:
(1) All candidates are to upload........ (click the link below to read MORE>>> https://www.aksu360.com/2020/07/aksu-2020-post-utme-and-direct-entry.html )

Secondary schools in Nigeria are to reopen from the 4th of August 2020 for exit classes of JSS3 and SS3 only. Students will have 2 weeks within which to prepare for the West African Examinations (WAEC) due to start on the 17th of August 2020. This was the unanimous decisions reached at a virtual consultative meeting between the Federal Ministry of Education, Honorable Commissioners of Education of the 36 states, the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), the proprietors of private schools and the Chief Executives of examination bodies.

A statement from the Director of Press and Public Relations in the Federal Ministry of Education says that, "it was agreed that exit classes should resume immediately after the Sallah break, from the 4th of August 2020 to enable them prepare for the WAEC examinations scheduled to commence from the 17th of August 2020"..... (click here to read MORE>> https://www.aksu360.com/2020/07/federal-government-okays-resumption-of.html)

An amazing video has surfaced of Master Timilehin Falana, who was 6 years old at the time, now 8 years old. He was given an opportunity to share his thoughts during a Sunday service at House on the Rock church to commemorate children's' day celebration and at the end, the lad left an everlasting impression on the minds of all that listened.

Timilehin's message was titled "Rule your World - Living your Inheritance in Christ"

Quick Take from the video:
Timilehin Falana is an excellent impression of an adult preacher.
He brought the Word with precision.
He brought the Word with such boldness.
Timilehin was not be distracted by the cheers and applause of the congregation...... (click the link below to read MORE>> https://www.aksu360.com/2020/07/parenting-and-parenthood-leadership.html)

An amazing video has surfaced of Master Timilehin Falana, who was 6 years old at the time, now 8 years old. He was given an opportunity to share his thoughts during a Sunday service at House on the Rock church to commemorate children's' day celebration and at the end, the lad left an everlasting impression on the minds of all that listened.

Timilehin's message was titled "Rule your World - Living your Inheritance in Christ"

Quick Take from the video:
Timilehin Falana is an excellent impression of an adult preacher.
He brought the Word with precision.
He brought the Word with such boldness.
Timilehin was not be distracted by the cheers and applause of the congregation...... (click the link below to read MORE>> https://www.aksu360.com/2020/07/parenting-and-parenthood-leadership.html)

Doctors in Akwa Ibom State under the aegis of Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) have elected a new State Officers Committee (executives) to pilot the affairs of the association from 2020 to 2022. The keenly contested elections held at Doctors' Mess,Uyo; saw the emergence of Dr Ime Sylvester Udoh as the 17th chairman of the association.

Others who were also elected and subsequently sworn in are:

*Dr Mary Udoh - Vice Chairman
*Dr Ekem Emmanuel John - Secretary
*Dr Enefiok Hezekiah Jumbo - Assistant Secretary
*Dr Usenobong Morgan - Treasurer
*Dr Imoh Johnson- Financial Secretary and Dr Nsisong Asanga - PRO..... (click the link below to read MORE>>> https://www.aksu360.com/2020/07/akwa-ibom-state-nma-elects-new-state.html )