All of the headlines from today's paper.
Friday, September 15, 2023
Today's Headlines
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On baseball

Timing of Red Sox’ decision to fire Chaim Bloom came as a shock, but their decision to move on did not

The business of baseball teams — and particularly, a Red Sox franchise that has won four World Series in the 21st century — is to win. Continue reading →

Health

Dana-Farber, in break with Brigham and Women’s, will build new cancer center with Beth Israel

The new hospital will be located on Beth Israel’s Longwood Medical Area campus. Continue reading →

Transportation

After new safety troubles, federal regulators imposes restrictions to prevent further failures

They again ordered the MBTA to take immediate actions to prevent further safety failures and imposed new restrictions on the agency’s access to its own tracks. Continue reading →

Politics

Planned Parenthood hoped to meet the post-Roe moment, but layoffs shake its staff

A Globe review of documents and interviews with more than a dozen staffers painted a picture of Planned Parenthood in the year since the Dobbs decision as an entity that appears to have made decisions at odds with its stated goals. Continue reading →

Biotech

Saudi fund sets up in Boston to plow $1 billion a year into research and drugs to extend life

The source of funding may present a dilemma for some scientists and entrepreneurs because of the kingdom’s record on human rights. Continue reading →

The Nation

Politics

Trump won’t be tried with Powell and Chesebro next month in the Georgia election case, a judge rules

Trump and other defendants had asked to be tried separately from Powell and Chesebro, with some saying they could not be ready by the late October trial date. Continue reading →

Nation

Hunter Biden indicted on false statement, gun charges in Delaware

President Biden’s son Hunter was indicted Thursday for allegedly making false statements and illegally possessing a handgun. Continue reading →

Nation

Federal court rules Obama-era DACA program still unlawful

A federal court has again declared illegal a federal program that aims to protect undocumented immigrants brought to America as young children from deportations. Continue reading →

The World

World

Libya struggles to deal with thousands of corpses in shattered Derna

Up to 20,000 people are feared dead in Libya’s devastated east, with search and relief efforts ongoing Thursday, four days after the coast was pounded by Storm Daniel, submerging neighborhoods and pulling countless residents out to sea. Continue reading →

World

Ukraine intensifies attacks on Russia in Crimea and Black Sea

Ukraine is stepping up its long-distance attacks into Russian-occupied Crimea and the Black Sea, launching several new strikes Thursday, in a campaign to break down the Kremlin’s war effort by hitting targets far behind the front lines where soldiers are fighting and dying. Continue reading →

World

Israel has quietly taken steps toward cementing its control of the occupied West Bank

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a leader of the settlement movement, assumed new powers over the occupied territory in his coalition agreement with Netanyahu. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

Today’s ‘unprecedented’ flooding extremes will be tomorrow’s good old days

Without addressing the cause of climate change, we can’t build or innovate our way out of the ever-increasing impacts that will come. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Massachusetts tax relief can’t wait

It’s been 20 years since lawmakers enacted major changes to the tax code, while other states have barreled ahead with cuts to income and corporate taxes. Continue reading →

LETTERS

By all means, bring on the reform of primary care

One aspect of the current broken system is the incorrect assumption by payers, including Medicare, that the people they cover have timely access to primary care. Continue reading →

Metro

Social Justice

In Roxbury, historic duplex offers chance to amplify Boston’s slavery ties

Anyone unfamiliar with the history of 42-44 Shirley may grimace at the aging structure, but historians see the dilapidated house as a prime candidate for community investment. Continue reading →

Immigration

AG Campbell launches grant program to support immigration workers amid influx of arrivals

Andrea Campbell said the grant program will fund nonprofits and their community partners, and provide money for “a wide range of immigration-related legal services” including employment authorization, to help immigrants get jobs more quickly. Continue reading →

Metro

Leominster mayor says damage from devastating storm could total ‘$25 to $35 million’

The mayor of Leominster Thursday said the damage from Monday’s devastating storm, which caused roads to collapse and left much of the city’s downtown underwater, could run to $35 million. Continue reading →

Sports

red sox

Red Sox fire chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom and will go in ‘a new direction’

Bloom is the third consecutive baseball ops head to last less than four years on the job. The Red Sox went 267-262 under him. Continue reading →

on football

Tua Tagovailoa came out firing in Week 1. Here’s how the Patriots can stop him.

The Dolphins have built an offense that takes advantage of Tagovailoa’s quick release and short-distance accuracy. Continue reading →

dan shaughnessy

Chaim Bloom is not the only guy to blame for this Red Sox mess

“There’s blame to go around,” said Red Sox president Sam Kennedy. “There’s blame on me. Our ownership. The on-field staff deserves blame.” Continue reading →

Business

chesto means business

After frosty start, Mayor Wu’s relationship with the business community appears to be warming

Wednesday's Chamber speech, and the response, reflects a growing recognition that the mayor and the business community need each other for Boston to thrive. Continue reading →

Economy

Incomes grew in Greater Boston last year, but not as fast as inflation

The area is still among the most affluent places in the country, but the annual income increase of 3.5 percent was outpaced by all but two of the nation’s 40 largest cities. Continue reading →

analysis

What would happen if Google loses its antitrust case?

In opening statements, lawyers for the Justice Department and state attorneys general accused Google of making unfair deals to favor its search engine, such as paying Apple more than $10 billion a year to be the default on iPhones and Macintosh computers. Consumers could have benefitted if other search services protected their privacy better or offered other innovations, they argued. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

William Phillips, who exposed corruption in police ranks, dies at 92

After more than four decades of court and parole battles, books, a documentary, and disputes among judges, lawyers and witnesses, the question still remains: Did he commit murder or was he framed in retaliation for breaking the blue wall of silence? Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Arts

After a long pause, Regattabar’s reopening brings jazz back to Harvard Square

Three and a half years after it was forced to close at the outset of the pandemic, a pillar of the local jazz scene is making its re-entry Friday ahead of what promises to be a robust season. Continue reading →

STAGE REVIEW

In the Huntington’s ‘Prayer for the French Republic,’ antisemitism comes home, again

Joshua Harmon's multigenerational drama, wonderfully acted by an 11-member cast under the pitch-perfect direction of Loretta Greco, opens the fall season at the Huntington. Continue reading →

TELEVISION REVIEW

A so-so thriller is lurking in this ‘Wilderness’

The six-parter from Amazon milks the cheated-on-wife trope for all it’s worth. Continue reading →