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Sunday, July 30, 2023
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Massachusetts

In Boston Saturday, Harris warns of ‘full-on attempt to attack’ hard-won rights, freedoms

”We know every day we must be vigilant in protecting that which we have achieved, and keeping our eyes on ... our collective vision of how we continue to strengthen our nation,” Harris said. Continue reading →

Metro

Fifty years later, families reflect on Logan plane crash that killed 89 people

In a moment, the crash of Delta Flight 723 upended many New England families' lives forever. This weekend, some will meet one another for the first time. Continue reading →

Health

To deliver medical care in space, doctors are training in the most remote, austere places on Earth

A new Space Medicine Fellowship by Mass General and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston is preparing for the need for medical care on the verge of a boom in space travel. Continue reading →

Business

‘He’s a force’: Teamsters head Sean O’Brien, who just reached UPS deal, has deep Mass. labor roots

O’Brien, who led Local 25 in Charlestown for more than 15 years, vowed to make the Teamsters a more militant organization when he was elected in late 2021. So far, he’s living up to that promise. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

‘A dangerous combination’: Teenagers’ accidents expose e-bike risks

“The speed they are going is too fast for sidewalks, but it’s too slow to be in traffic,” said Jeremy Collis, a sergeant at the North Coastal Station of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office. Continue reading →

Nation

In border towns, a ‘dangerous combination’ of heat and water cutoffs

For families like the Quilatans who live in colonias, the impoverished settlements outside established cities that have always existed somewhat apart from the rest of Texas, just the ability to cool off has become a painful reminder of the social divide prevalent in border communities. Continue reading →

Politics

US hunts Chinese malware that could disrupt military operations

The discovery of the malware has raised fears that Chinese hackers, probably working for the People’s Liberation Army, have inserted code designed to disrupt U.S. military operations in the event of a conflict, including if Beijing moves against Taiwan in coming years. Continue reading →

The World

World

From coast to coast, a corridor of coups creates chaos in Africa

“I’m very worried that Sahelian Africa is going to melt down,” said Paul Collier, a professor of economics and public policy at Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government. Continue reading →

World

Russia strikes another grain terminal, extending a campaign against Ukraine’s ports

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has vowed to enhance air defenses around the port and the southern coast, but Kyiv’s resources are stretched thin and it faces difficult choices about where to deploy the limited number of air defense systems that can shoot down Russia’s most sophisticated missiles. Continue reading →

World

It’s a miracle, say family of Japanese soldier killed in WWII, as flag he carried returns from US

The flag, known as “Yosegaki Hinomaru,” or Good Luck Flag, carries the soldier's name, Shigeyoshi Mutsuda, and the signatures of his relatives, friends and neighbors wishing him luck. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

LETTERS

The answer to homelessness: more housing in high-cost states

The culprit that causes both higher minimum wages and increases in homelessness: States that have built too few new housing units. Continue reading →

LETTERS

We haven’t learned yet how to stop worrying about AI

Will we eventually build an AI smarter than us? It seems likely, and then it’s hard to imagine that people will be able to control it. Continue reading →

LETTERS

A great many victims in Brandeis shuttle crash

I hope future coverage about this story combines what is known thus far with critical analysis of why so many Americans are forced to work long hours at multiple jobs just to (barely) make ends meet. Continue reading →

Metro

Metro

Fifty years later, families reflect on Logan plane crash that killed 89 people

In a moment, the crash of Delta Flight 723 upended many New England families' lives forever. This weekend, some will meet one another for the first time. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Body camera footage shows State Police stop of U-Haul from Patriot Front demonstration in Boston

Recently released footage from State Police body-worn cameras has shed new light on efforts by law enforcement to catch up with Patriot Front organizers after they paraded through Boston last July. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Studies retracted after Harvard professor who researches honesty faces allegations of fraud

The accusations, concerning four studies Francesca Gino coauthored, have raised fears that the fraud is more widespread. Continue reading →

Sports

On football

The Bills aren’t shy about it, the 2023 season is all about winning the Super Bowl

In the last three years, the Bills have won 37 games and three straight AFC East titles. But playoff success has eluded them. Continue reading →

Dan Shaughnessy

Here’s a vote of confidence for Bill Belichick, and other hot summer thoughts

The Patriots will be better than you think and all this nonsense about Belichick's job being in jeopardy will be dust in the wind. Continue reading →

giants 3, red sox 2

Red Sox rally in ninth before losing to Giants on walkoff home run by J.D. Davis

Davis took the first pitch he saw from Red Sox closer Kenley Jansen deep to left field. Continue reading →

Business

Business

‘He’s a force’: Teamsters head Sean O’Brien, who just reached UPS deal, has deep Mass. labor roots

O’Brien, who led Local 25 in Charlestown for more than 15 years, vowed to make the Teamsters a more militant organization when he was elected in late 2021. So far, he’s living up to that promise. Continue reading →

NH Business

Nashua sued for blocking asphalt plant that neighbors opposed

The lawsuit, which asks a judge to overrule the city’s Planning Board, claims the mayor put his thumb on the scale. Continue reading →

Ideas

IDEAS

The hubris of AI hype

Artificial intelligence is a powerful technology, but it’s still just a human tool that portends neither deliverance nor apocalypse. Continue reading →

IDEAS

America has a loneliness epidemic. How about religious groups as part of the solution?

The surgeon general’s 80-page advisory mentions religion only once — as a factor in what exacerbates our isolation from one another. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Jean Fagan Yellin, who uncovered a slavery tale’s true author, dies at 92

A historian, Jean Fagan Yellin, spent six years of sleuthing to reveal that what had been presumed to be a 19th-century white author’s fictional account of a young woman’s life as a slave in the American South was, in fact, written by a formerly enslaved woman. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Arts

Before they went full Hollywood, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles broke the mold in Northampton

With a little sleuthing, you can still see traces of their origins around town — before you see the new TMNT movie, ‘Mutant Mayhem.’ Continue reading →

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK

Beyoncé, and the making of a ‘Renaissance’ woman

Beyoncé's talent, instincts, and shrewd moves have made her a superstar who’s always a step ahead. Continue reading →

Movies

When they reminisce over you: Hip-Hop turns 50

Our film critic looks back at how hip-hop culture influenced him and recommends some films in the Coolidge’s upcoming hip-hop film series. Continue reading →

Travel

TRENDSPOTTING

The future of travel is on the industry’s mind today. And the ‘Hotel of Tomorrow’ is closer than you’d think.

At think tanks across the globe, they’ve imagined vertical resorts, hotels in which the furniture retracts into the floors and ceilings, robot bartenders and butlers, and guest suites that can sense and respond to their occupants’ needs. Continue reading →

TRAVEL

Transfixing moments under, in, and above the clouds at Olympic National Park

Even 10 days spent in campsites, a chalet, and a timeshare, and limited to the northwest part of the park, were not enough to absorb all the top attractions. Continue reading →

Real Estate

Real Estate

No-sting operation: Beekeeper networks stand ready to capture swarms

Desperately looking for more space, a better space, or to overthrow their queen, these insects set out on their own house hunt — and move into some very inconvenient places. Continue reading →

Real Estate

Invasion of the biodiversity snatchers

Neighbors form weeding groups to keep pest plants, once desirable and sold in catalogs, from taking over. Continue reading →