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Friday, February 2, 2024


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Governor Healey calls for third-party help in ending Newton teacher strike

The strike is causing “irreparable harm” to the district’s roughly 12,000 students, according to documents filed with the Middlesex Superior Court. Campuses remain closed on Friday for an 11th school day.
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Debate swirls on Beacon Hill over proposal to admit students to vocational schools by lottery

Civil rights advocates want lawmakers to mandate a lottery to increase student diversity while also urging Governor Maura Healey to go around Beacon Hill to revamp state regulations to require a lottery.
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Maine shootings


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‘Find the failures and plug the holes’: Families, survivors of Lewiston shooting testify before fact-finding commission

Relatives of those killed in October said they endured agonizing waits for news.
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Politics


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Federal prosecutors sought records linked to suspended cannabis regulator as part of grand jury probe

The subpoena that the office of the US attorney for Massachusetts sent state officials last fall does not disclose the scope of prosecutors’ investigation or who it may be targeting, according to a copy viewed by the Globe.
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Spotlight follow-up


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Boston’s hospital chiefs have turned away from sitting on outside boards

The culture has shifted dramatically since a 2021 Globe Spotlight investigation.
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Boston Globe Today | February 1, 2024

WATCH: Thursday's episode. Stories include: Tips to save money on prescription medications, and free things to love this February.
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Accused murderer allegedly orchestrates witness intimidation campaign

WATCH: Court docs say Karen Read sent confidential information to the blogger 'Turtleboy.' Reporter Travis Andersen explains the scheme and its implications.
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Boston workers don’t want to work in person, but companies persist

WATCH: Employers are increasing in-office mandates and being creative in how they go about it. Reporter Katie Johnston predicts how long hybrid work will last.
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Nation


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Mother of Michigan school shooter denies any responsibility for gun used to kill four students

Jennifer Crumbley, 45, and husband James, 47, are accused of making a gun accessible at home and ignoring Ethan Crumbley’s mental health needs.
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Elections


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Austin says cancer diagnosis was a ‘gut punch,’ regrets secrecy

“I want to be crystal clear: We did not handle this right. I did not handle this right,” Austin said.
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Nation


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USAID’s Samantha Power, genocide scholar, confronted by staff on Gaza

Like other members of President Biden’s National Security Council, Power oversees an agency deeply divided about Washington’s military support for Israel’s war in Gaza and refusal to demand a cease-fire.
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Ukraine says its sea drones sank a Russian warship. Moscow says Patriot missiles downed its plane

Ukraine said Thursday it used sea drones to sink a small Russian warship in the Black Sea as Russian investigators alleged that a Russian military transport plane that crashed last month was brought down by two US-made Patriot missiles fired by Kyiv’s forces.
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European Union overcomes threat of Hungary veto to seal $54 billion aid package for Ukraine

Leaders of the 27 European Union countries sealed a deal Thursday to provide Ukraine with 50 billion euros ($54 billion) in support for its war-ravaged economy after Hungary dropped weeks of threats to veto the measure.
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Iran tries to avoid war with US after stoking Mideast conflicts

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council held an emergency meeting this week, deeply worried that the United States would retaliate after an Iran-aligned militia in Iraq killed three American soldiers and wounded more than 40 others in Jordan.
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OPINION


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It’s the end of the world as we know it; do you feel fine?

If it’s the apocalypse, “let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
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EDITORIAL


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Help Steward patients but don’t bail out the hospital system

The state should refuse to spend taxpayer dollars on an organization that contributed to its own demise, but money may be required to care for Steward patients.
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Maine governor makes a measured move on guns

After Lewiston and Bowdoin shootings, Janet Mills hopes to pass gun reform that will stand the test of political time.
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Higher Education


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New Harvard president worried by ‘social shunning’ of Jewish students

Harvard University’s interim president Alan Garber waded into the debates over antisemitism and free speech this week in his first interview with a news organization.
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Higher Education


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Harvard’s chief diversity officer targeted by plagiarism accusations

The Washington Free Beacon reported Tuesday that Sherri Ann Charleston is accused of plagiarizing multiple passages of her dissertation and improperly taking credit for her husband’s earlier research in a paper they later coauthored, allegations corroborated by a Globe analysis.
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Money, Power, Inequality


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In Byron Rushing, Boston has a steward for its Black history

He succeeded civil rights giant Mel King to represent the South End, as well as parts of Roxbury, the Fenway, and Back Bay, in the State House for 36 years.
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NFL game-fixing? Worry about Kayshon Boutte, not Taylor Swift.

The ridiculous claims barely merit acknowledgment, but here we are, driven to madness by media trolls insisting the television coverage is inordinately focused on Swift.
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LAKERS 114, CELTICS 105


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Against a Lakers team missing its star performers, Celtics act up and lose on ‘tough night’

A home loss to the undermanned Lakers, who have been mediocre even when at full strength, ends a grueling stretch for the NBA-leading Celtics.
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CELTICS NOTEBOOK


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Sam Cassell follows Celtics boss Joe Mazzulla’s rule to a D by challenging Buddy Hield

Hield, who has history with the Celtics, put up shots during timeouts. “We got a rule, you can’t make baskets on us,” Cassell told the Globe. “That’s Joe rule."
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AI/Robotics


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IRobot faces a murky future amid rising Roomba competitors

This week’s collapse of a proposed acquisition by Amazon leaves the Bedford company in search of new options for success as an independent company beset by ferocious competition.
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Empty office towers could pose a risk for Boston’s bottom line. Here’s how.

Thursday was the deadline for landlords to seek tax relief from City Hall. Many experts think there'll be a wave of filings amid a slump in the office market.
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Venture capital fund backed by MIT spins off startup support unit

The Engine Accelerator will offer desks, lab space, and other amenities to tech startups at its massive four-story office at 750 Main St. in Cambridge.
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Obituaries






Obituaries


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Anne Edwards, bestselling ‘queen of biography,’ dies at 96

Anne Edwards published bestselling books about actresses Vivien Leigh and Katharine Hepburn as well as 14 other celebrity biographies, eight novels, three children’s books, two memoirs, and one autobiography.
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Obituaries


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Dick Traum, 83, dies; marathoner championed disabled athletes

He was regarded as the first person to run a marathon on a prosthetic leg, finishing New York’s race in 1976, and he went on to found the Achilles Track Club to encourage other disabled athletes.
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Arts & Lifestyle






PARENTING UNFILTERED


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Why do kids engage in antisemitic incidents?

Acts of hate are on the rise. Kids should be innocent, right? Phil Fogelman, education director for ADL New England, explains why they happen (and how to address them).
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Arts


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Annette Bening is Hasty Pudding’s 2024 Woman of the Year

This year's festivities will now take place on Tuesday after "unforeseen conflicts" postponed last month's ceremony.
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TELEVISION REVIEW


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After ‘Atlanta,’ a spy caper? ‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’ is Donald Glover’s mission improbable

Glover subverted expectations with “Atlanta,” and here he is doing it again, delivering a light-hearted action-romance series when audiences might be prepared for something bolder and more unusual.
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