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Friday, August 25, 2023
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Politics
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At Mass. and Cass, a plan for a new sleeping space for homeless people is met with uproar
The shelter is part of a new strategy by city officials to respond to the myriad public health problems at Mass. and Cass, the city’s top public health official said during a virtual meeting on Tuesday.
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TRAVEL
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Return to splendor: Provincetown’s Gifford House makes a queer comeback
Several of Provincetown’s beloved, independently owned inns have recently been sold by locals to hospitality and real estate companies. The 165-year-old Gifford House seemed headed toward the same fate. Then Steve Azar stepped in.
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Higher Education
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‘A massive weight lifted off’: Mass. program to cover community college costs brings relief and hope for students
Governor Maura Healey said in an interview she believes MassReconnect will help address “severe workforce shortages” across Massachusetts’ largest industries and provide affordable opportunities for students to land livable wages.
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Transportation
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T promises this fall’s subway shutdown won’t be like the one last year. The plan: ‘Get in, get it done, and get out.’
The MBTA will suspend service on the Red Line’s Ashmont branch and Mattapan Line for more than two weeks in October to repair tracks and speed trains.
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Crime & Courts
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After rollout, Mass. police watchdog agency acknowledges holes, possible errors in disciplinary database
Within hours of it coming online, the list drew criticism from advocates who said it was full of inconsistencies, and from policing organizations that said it treated officers unfairly by listing every infraction.
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The Nation
Nation
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CIA stairwell attack among flood of sexual misconduct complaints at spy agency
At least two dozen women have come forward in recent months with their own complaints of abusive treatment within the CIA.
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Nation
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Trump surrenders at Atlanta jail on charges he tried to overturn his 2020 election loss
He was released on $200,000 bond and headed back to the airport for his return flight home to New Jersey.
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Nation
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Biden policy allowing migrants from 4 countries into the US is praised during Texas trial
An American sponsoring one of the migrants in the program praised its economic benefits.
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The World
World
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Emerging nations group agrees to expand by adding 6 countries
Seeking more political and economic influence in a global system dominated by the United States and Europe, the BRICS club of emerging nations agreed Thursday to expand by bringing on six new countries.
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World
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While world media speculates on Wagner chief’s presumed death, Russian state media shies away
State TV channels Russia 24 and Russia 1 on Thursday largely stuck to describing the investigation into the previous day’s crash that killed 10 people.
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Three small Palestinian villages emptied out this summer. Residents blame Israeli settler attacks.
The exodus from al-Qabun, a small Bedouin village northeast of the city of Ramallah that numbered 89 people before the evacuation, represents the third case over four months in which a Palestinian community emptied out, according to data from UN monitors.
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Editorial & Opinion
OPINION
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In GOP presidential debate, Asa Hutchinson and Nikki Haley are the big winners
Count Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis as the night’s losers.
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EDITORIAL
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With crisis at Mass. and Cass, officials can’t only plan for tomorrow
By mostly focusing their rhetoric on long-term solutions to homelessness and drug addiction, lawmakers have created a vacuum of ideas for initiatives that could provide a meaningful, near-term remedy for people at Mass. and Cass.
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OPINION
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The myth of right to shelter in Massachusetts
While we would be provided a hotel to live in, it was located 108 miles from our home community. With our schools, jobs, and doctors all in the proximity of our hometown, this move threatened to destabilize our lives beyond the havoc wrought by homelessness.
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Metro
TRAVEL
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Return to splendor: Provincetown’s Gifford House makes a queer comeback
Several of Provincetown’s beloved, independently owned inns have recently been sold by locals to hospitality and real estate companies. The 165-year-old Gifford House seemed headed toward the same fate. Then Steve Azar stepped in.
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Crime & Courts
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Boston police agree to eliminate public records backlog within 6 months, settling lawsuit
The commitment to responding to months-old requests is part of a larger overhaul of the public records system Boston police agreed to as part of the settlement.
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Wisconsin police investigating if lawyer accused in Charlestown, North End rapes is connected to assaults in his college town
Police in Madison, Wis., confirmed they are investigating whether Matthew Nilo is also a suspect in any unsolved rapes from over a decade ago in the city where he went to college.
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Sports
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Patriots suddenly have a good problem — too many wide receivers
They may not have the high-end talent to match the Bills, Bengals, and Dolphins, but their depth is looking better than expected.
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MLB
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Two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani’s future with Angels, or elsewhere, murky after latest elbow injury
Ohtani won’t pitch again this season, although the American League's leading MVP candidate seems likely to keep hitting for the final 5½ weeks. The Angels didn’t have an immediate update Thursday on the impending free agent's plans.
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Christopher L. Gasper
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Patriots defense has something to prove, too — that it can beat the high-level quarterbacks
There was a big difference in the performance of the defense in wins and losses last season, and changing that is a key to the 2023 season.
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Business
Residential
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This Eastie apartment includes free pizza. The current tenants didn’t know. Now they get one pie a week.
The owner of a Maverick Street apartment (and the restaurant downstairs) wanted to find a competitive edge for the unit — so he landed on a cheesy perk.
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chesto means business
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MassDOT is trying again for federal funds to realign the Pike in Allston. Will it have better luck this time?
The state gave the federal government a much more competitive application this week for funds to support the $2 billion Pike project than it did in the previous go-round last year.
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Jobs
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Fewer Americans apply for jobless benefits as labor market keeps humming along
In Massachusetts, about 1,915 individuals filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week, down 214 from the week prior, according to the Labor Department.
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Obituaries
Obituaries
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Steve Sidwell, former Patriots defensive coach, dies at 78
Mr. Sidwell served as linebackers coach for the Patriots from 1982-84 and was New England’s defensive coordinator from 1997-99.
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Robert Paulson, long-term ALS survivor, author, is dead at 86
In his book, “Not in Kansas Anymore: A Memoir of the Farm, New York City and Life with ALS” (2009), Robert Paulson wrote, “The diagnosis of this disease need not be a death sentence.”
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Obituaries
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Terry Funk, Hall of Fame hardcore wrestler, dies at 79
That extreme quality to Terry Funk's matches made him among the most celebrated wrestlers of his generation in a sport built on performer-athletes playing exaggerated or downright invented versions of themselves.
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Arts & Lifestyle
MUSIC
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At 75, James Taylor’s life is sweet, baby
In an interview, the singer recounts a couple of summer surprises while reflecting on the possibility of retirement, the enjoyment he still gets from touring, and the next generation of Taylors.
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Visual Arts
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At Peabody Essex Museum, Gio Swaby’s virtuosic portraits of Black women in thread and fabric
Displaying stunning fluency in an original medium, the 31-year-old Bahamian artist draws freehand on canvas — with a sewing machine.
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Regina Spektor is ready to make a new Martha’s Vineyard memory
The singer last visited the island as a teen. On Sunday, she'll return as part of a robust lineup for the Beach Road Weekend festival in Vineyard Haven.
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