All of the headlines from today's paper.
Tuesday, August 29, 2023
Today's Headlines
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Health

In the absence of any proven treatment, can people with long COVID recover?

Some people with long COVID get at least partially better, while many continue to suffer. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

‘It’s criminal behavior’: Hundreds involved in a series of violent incidents across Boston

Between two incidents at city movie theaters, police arrested 13 teenagers. Continue reading →

Books

‘Satisfaction for women is everywhere,’ says E. Jean Carroll, who’s collaborating on a romance novel with Mary Trump

Trump is the writer, Carroll her adviser, and Northampton legal scholar Jennifer Taub her editor. Continue reading →

Transportation

Mass. transportation secretary will step down fewer than eight months after she started. Why?

Massachusetts Secretary of Transportation Gina Fiandaca is the first member of Governor Maura Healey’s Cabinet to announce her departure, after one of the shortest tenures for a Cabinet secretary in recent memory. Fiandaca said she will leave Sept. 11. Continue reading →

Politics

Judge sets trial date in March for Trump’s federal election case

A federal judge on Monday set a trial date of March 4 in the prosecution of former president Donald Trump on charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election, rebuffing Trump’s proposal to push it off until 2026. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Not over yet: Late-summer COVID wave brings warning of more to come

A late-summer wave of coronavirus infections has touched schools, workplaces, and local government, as experts warned that COVID-19 would spread this fall and winter. Continue reading →

Nation

Florida governor declares widespread state of emergency ahead of Idalia’s expected landfall

Florida residents loaded up on sandbags and evacuated from homes in low-lying areas along the Gulf Coast as Tropical Storm Idalia intensified Monday and forecasters predicted it would hit in days as a major hurricane with potentially life-threatening storm surges. Continue reading →

Nation

Ahead of 2024, Biden builds a platform on health care costs

As his reelection effort gets underway, President Biden is signaling that health care — and particularly the cost of it — will be central to his campaign. Continue reading →

The World

World

Ukraine claims to retake a small southern village

Ukraine’s military said Monday that its forces had retaken the small village of Robotyne, a sign that the troops waging Kyiv’s counteroffensive are pushing through Russia’s initial defenses on the southern front line. Continue reading →

World

Libya’s foreign minister suspended, flees country after meeting with Israel’s chief diplomat

Libya’s foreign minister on Monday was suspended and fled the country, a day after Israel revealed that its chief diplomat met with her last week — news that prompted scattered street protests in the chaos-stricken North African nation. Continue reading →

World

Son stolen at birth hugs Chilean mother for first time in 42 years

“Hola, mamá.” What seems like an unremarkable greeting between mother and son was in this case anything but. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

Report: Cambridge police fatality leaves the public ‘wondering why’

Report says the officer’s name could have been released without committing any legal or ethical violations. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Why is the Fed so obsessed with 2 percent inflation?

Even though inflation has seen a remarkable turnaround in the last year, the Federal Reserve is still willing to risk wrecking the economy all because of an arbitrary number. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Hardening schools is not the best solution to promote safety

The implementation of restorative justice practices reduces student misconduct and disciplinary sanctions while improving school climate and academic performance. Continue reading →

Metro

SCIENCE

Why scientists are hooking up oysters to biosensors

The data will help researchers at University of New Hampshire understand what’s going on in the water when oysters are doing poorly. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Husband killed ‘Lady of the Dunes’ found in Provincetown in 1974, DA concludes

Monday’s announcement by Cape and Islands District Attorney Robert Galibois marked the end of a case that took a half-century to close and had only been solved with the help of modern DNA technology. Continue reading →

Transportation

Chelsea bus stop is transformed into a ‘Flower Walk’

The transformed bus stop, which is at Broadway and 3rd street, is called the “Flower Walk” and was unveiled on Tuesday by the group who collaborated on the project. Continue reading →

Sports

Women's hockey

Boston will get a team in the new Professional Women’s Hockey League

The new Boston team will begin play in January alongside squads from Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, New York City, and Minnesota. Continue reading →

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Simply competing again would have been a triumph for Simone Biles. But now she’s making more history.

Her gymnastics career was on hold for two years as she focused on her physical and mental health, and her eighth national title showed she is still incomparable. Continue reading →

ON BASEBALL

Stunningly, the Red Sox raised the white flag against the Astros

They entered an important game without any lefthanded relievers in the bullpen and at least four righthanders who were deemed unavailable. Continue reading →

Business

Business

Want to take a piece of Wegmans home? Here’s your chance.

You can stock up on fixtures and equipment from the grocery chain — including neon signs, deli slicers, and a pizza oven — for as low as a buck. Continue reading →

Trendlines

Is the long IPO drought over? A spate of deals kindles revival hope.

Three tech firms filed to go public last week, including Boston’s Klaviyo, the state's most valuable startup. Continue reading →

BOLD TYPES

Mahoney wrote the book on being a chief marketing officer. Now he is one again.

Bold Types is our weekly roundup of the movers and shakers on Boston's business scene. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Joe the Plumber, who questioned Obama’s tax policies during the 2008 campaign, has died at 49

Mr. Wurzelbacher went from toiling as a plumber in Ohio to life as a media sensation when he asked Obama about his tax plan during a campaign stop. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

LOVE LETTERS

They just want to be friends

What am I doing wrong? Continue reading →

Lifestyle

Touring North America, singer-songwriter Maisie Peters comes of age

British pop singer Maisie Peters’s tour, which includes a stop in Boston Oct. 11, follows the June release of her sophomore album “The Good Witch.” Continue reading →

Arts

Founder of failed Fyre Festival is attempting a sequel

Billy McFarland claims the first 100 tickets to Fyre Festival II sold out within days. Revenue from ticket sales, he says, “will be held in escrow until the final date is announced.” Continue reading →