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Monday, August 28, 2023
Today's Headlines
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Health

How an offer by Dr. Rochelle Walensky to donate blood sparked an eight-year mission to change the nation’s antiquated rules

New rules announced earlier this summer that open blood donation to millions of gay and bisexual men recently went into effect. Continue reading →

Climate

As climate warming drives more extreme weather, ‘everything we care about is on the line’

Even for climate scientists who have long warned that climate-fueled extreme weather was coming, the onslaught of recent crises has been nothing short of shocking. Continue reading →

North Shore

You used to see them, now you don’t: In Salem, there’s a magician shortage

For a half-century, the Witch City Assembly has been a booming collective of area magicians. But their numbers have dwindled, and they're seeking recruits. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Boston community leaders denounce weekend violence

Community leaders on Sunday denounced the violence in Boston over the weekend that left eight people injured in a shooting Saturday during an early morning J’ouvert celebration and two more injured in attacks that night. Continue reading →

World

Russia officially confirms Prigozhin’s death in plane crash

Russian authorities have officially confirmed the death of the Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny V. Prigozhin, with investigators saying on Sunday that genetic testing showed that the victims of a plane crash last week matched all the names on the jet’s manifest. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Shrinking California still dreams, but more modestly

Recent data released by the state Finance Department now offers a stunning prediction: The population could stagnate for the next four decades. Continue reading →

Nation

Sheriff provides the first details of how a white man fatally shot 3 Black people at a Florida store

A 21-year-old white man fatally shot three Black people in Florida with guns he bought legally despite once being involuntarily committed for a mental health exam, the local sheriff said Sunday. Continue reading →

Nation

Prominent scholar who claimed to be Native American resigns

There had been accusations for at least 15 years that Andrea Smith, a prominent ethnic studies professor, had falsely claimed to be Native American. Her scholarship was partly built on what she said was her Cherokee identity, but she never publicly — and scholars and former friends say, privately — offered a detailed explanation for her Cherokee claims. Continue reading →

The World

World

More than 600 firefighters backed by water-dropping aircraft struggle to control wildfires in Greece

More than 600 firefighters, including reinforcements from several European countries and backed by a fleet of water-dropping planes and helicopters, were tackling the remnants of three major wildfires in Greece Sunday, two of which have been raging for days. Continue reading →

World

A US Marine Osprey crashes during drills in Australia, killing 3 and injuring 20, some critically

A US Marine Corps aircraft with 23 Marines aboard crashed on a north Australian island Sunday, killing at least three and critically injuring at least five during a multinational training exercise, officials said. Continue reading →

World

Russia says Ukraine fired drones at three regions

Russia said Ukraine fired a string of drones over the weekend in an attempt to attack border regions and the capital, Moscow, in the latest strikes deep inside Russian borders. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

It’s time for a new State House frontier for the statue of JFK

As the real estate mantra goes, what’s important here is location, location, location. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Businesses charting more active course in combating climate change

New England plays an impressive role on the world climate stage, with an increasingly engaged business community collaborating with others to resolve conflicts at the intersection of climate and the economy. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Slow and steady and, still, driver thrown for a loss at speed hump

A self-described "habitually slow" driver says she still met with misfortune driving over a speed hump in Somerville. Continue reading →

Metro

Transportation

In Massachusetts, anyone 16 and older can pilot a boat without completing a safety course

In Massachusetts, anyone 16 and older can take to the water with no boater education, belying the state’s reputation for regulatory oversight and raising concerns that young boaters are not adequately prepared. Continue reading →

Higher Education

After summer away, college students bring the bustle back to Boston

Home to around 30 colleges and universities, Boston hosts more than 150,000 students — around a fifth of the city's total population. Continue reading →

Health

Before and after: See how ChatGPT helped local doctors make medical forms easier to understand

Doctors at Brown University and Mass. General are using artificial intelligence to create simplified versions of complicated medical consent forms. Continue reading →

Sports

Dodgers 7, Red Sox 4

Red Sox can’t hang with explosive Dodgers, drop series as Houston comes to town

The Red Sox (69-62) fell 4½ games behind Houston for the third wild-card spot after the Astros blew out Detroit, with a two-run home run by Mookie Betts helping the Dodgers push Boston closer to the postseason brink. Continue reading →

ON BASEBALL

Mookie Betts takes care of business in return to Fenway Park and shows Red Sox exactly what they’re missing

For all the handshakes and hugs this weekend, Betts was a cold-blooded terminator between the lines. Continue reading →

patriots

Will these Patriot hopefuls have their roster bubble burst?

The Patriots have already started to trim their roster down ahead of Tuesday’s cutdown deadline, but several critical moves are still to come. Continue reading →

Business

Trendlines

Nvidia is the AI boom’s first big moneymaker

Sales of the company’s computer chips used to power artificial intelligence-based systems have exploded, especially since ChatGPT was released to the public in November. Continue reading →

Business

Shoe lovers of the world unite: Boston startup aims to give new life to old pumps.

Coblrshop is hoping not only to revive the art of shoe repair but also to reduce the environmental impact of the footwear industry. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Woody Kaplan, an activist ‘unafraid to stand up for the unpopular,’ dies at 80

Mr. Kaplan's causes included free speech, atheism, marriage equality, and reproductive rights. Affluent himself, he thought he and everyone else who is wealthy should be taxed more. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Yevgeny Prigozhin, renegade mercenary chief who rattled Kremlin

Mr. Prigozhin had long leveraged a close relationship with the Kremlin to gain lucrative government construction and catering contracts, and he built up the paramilitary force, known as Wagner, in close cooperation with Russia’s military intelligence services. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Arts

N.C. in N.H.: Rare Wyeth painting found in thrift store to be auctioned off for $250,000

A woman browsing through a Savers thrift store in Manchester, N.H., in August 2017 found the painting, but took years to learn of its value, according to a spokesperson for Bonhams Skinner auction house in Marlborough. Continue reading →

MUSIC REVIEW

At Leader Bank Pavilion, Alex G and Alvvays hold an indie rock summit

With Alex G and Alvvays releasing arguably their best records yet in 2022, the co-headlining tour that stopped in Boston Friday night had the air of a well-earned celebration. Continue reading →

ASK AMY

Betrayal is bigger than breaking ‘girl code’

Advice from Amy Dickinson. Continue reading →