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Monday, January 1, 2024


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Spotlight


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The $600,000 problem. Why does it cost so much to build housing in Boston, and what can we do about it?

Many forces drive the housing crisis here, and the sky-high cost of construction is one of the most powerful.
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Thousands of Mass. children diagnosed with autism are becoming adults. Many families find the state unprepared to help.

A record number of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities turn 22 years old this year and qualify for adult services with the Department of Developmental Services.
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A state program is billed as a salve for the shelter crisis. For some, it’s impossible to access.

HomeBASE is a decade-old emergency housing assistance program run by the state’s housing office. But the system has been nearly impossible to navigate for many Massachusetts residents in need.
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A Harvard student sleuth cracks the code on the hidden lives of Louisa May Alcott and other notable women

Louisa May Alcott's unpublished version of Jules Verne’s “Michael Strogoff” has been all but forgotten in the nearly 150 years since she composed it. But a few years ago, a Harvard doctoral candidate stumbled across the play at the Houghton Library.
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Four years on, long COVID still confounds us. Here’s what we now know.

"We know a lot about this particular coronavirus," said Francesca Beaudoin, chair of the department of epidemiology at Brown University. "That does not translate into an understanding of the long-term consequences of infection."
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Nation


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An overdose antidote becomes a tricky issue at some nightclubs

“Everyone should be carrying naloxone,” said Dr. Ashwin Vasan, commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. “It definitely shouldn’t be taken away from you.”
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The World






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Congo’s incumbent president declared victor in election count marred by delays and protests

KINSHASA, Congo — The president of the Congo, Felix Tshisekedi, was declared the winner Sunday of the December presidential vote in an election marred by severe logistical problems, protests and calls for its annulment from several opposition candidates.
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World


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Russia pounds Ukrainian city ahead of new year, as Putin tries to project normalcy

Russia pummeled the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv with missiles and drones in the hours leading up to New Year’s Eve, in a brutal assault that contrasted sharply with the sense of normality that President Vladimir Putin of Russia tried to project in his New Year’s address.
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North Korea’s Kim vows to launch 3 more spy satellites and produce more nuclear materials in 2024

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says his country will launch three additional military spy satellites and produce more nuclear fissile materials.
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LETTERS


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Media gain access to brothel case hearings. Others watch from afar.

The only path toward ending exploitation requires that buyers be held accountable for the harm that they have caused.
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LETTERS


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Trump saw a void, filled it, and created a cult

Where do we find a common American dream again to rebuild a sense of national community to withstand attacks from people like Trump?
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LETTERS


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Hyde Park train noise is unbearable. Electrify Fairmount line ASAP.

For the last three years, we’ve lived with pounding through the night from idling diesel engines at the Readville train station.
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More notable deaths

From Boston to the cosmos, these people made their marks.
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Massachusetts


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First Night revelers celebrate the New Year on City Hall Plaza

Thousands of revelers flooded City Hall Plaza and spilled into the surrounding streets Sunday for Boston’s iconic First Night New Year’s Eve celebration, filling the final chilly hours of 2023 with music and dancing.
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Gateway Cities


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As the calendar turns, some eastern Mass. cities begin new eras of leadership under new mayors

Ambitious goals for school construction projects and road repairs, housing growth and climate protection are among the top concerns for mayors settling into the corner office for the first time.
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CELTICS 134, SPURS 101


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The Celtics got a taste of Victor Wembanyama, but served up a rout to the Spurs

Jayson Tatum scored 25 points and finished plus-32 in 31 minutes for the Celtics, while Wembanyama had 21 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, and a block.
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Nicole Yang | State of the Patriots


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Bill Belichick avoids a question about his future, again, but he can’t dodge it for much longer

The Patriots have one game remaining before Belichick and owner Robert Kraft will meet to discuss the future of the organization.
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CELTICS NOTEBOOK


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A proud Gregg Popovich is enjoying Derrick White’s ascendance with the Celtics

“He’s one of the greatest guys ever and his confidence has just exploded," said the Spurs coach, who led White for his first 4½ seasons.
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In diverse, progressive Cambridge, women and people of color get few city contracts, study finds

A “disparity study” commissioned by the City Council has found that just one-half of 1 percent of some $260 million in city contracts went to firms owned by people of color over a recent five-year period.
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AI/Robotics


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Northeastern scientists build AI that can predict a person’s life (and death)

According to a peer-reviewed paper published last week, “Life2vec” can accurately assess whether a person is extroverted, whether they are likely to emigrate, and even approximately how long they will live.
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Money Talks


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New year, new you? It starts with your finances.

If you want to stick to the promises you’re making to yourself in these dark winter weeks, here’s a suggestion: start with your wallet.
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Obituaries


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Doris Yaffe, who gave Boston fashion an activist edge, dies at 94

“Fashion is fine and wonderful,” Mrs. Yaffe once said, but “what is most important is the community and volunteerism.”
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NASCAR Hall of Famer Cale Yarborough, a 3-time Cup champion in the 1970s, dies at 84

Cale Yarborough, considered one of NASCAR’s all-time greatest drivers and the first to win three consecutive Cup titles, died Sunday. He was 84.
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Shecky Greene, high-energy comedy star, is dead at 97

Shecky Greene, a high-energy stand-up comedian who for many years was one of the biggest stars in Las Vegas, died Sunday at his home in Las Vegas. He was 97.
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Arts & Lifestyle






TV CRITIC'S CORNER


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Dominic West of ‘The Crown’ speaks of falling-out between him and Prince Harry

The bad feelings apparently stem from details West disclosed about a 2013 trek through Antarctica in which the actor and Harry were among the participants.
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Father’s ‘technical’ marriage raises questions

Advice from Amy Dickinson.
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