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Saturday, February 3, 2024


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The Newton teachers strike ends, returning students to school Monday

The agreement puts an end to a negotiating impasse that lasted months and, since Jan. 19, kept schools closed due to an illegal strike.
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North Shore


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A startup newspaper is big news in Ipswich

Building a reputation from scratch, editor John Muldoon says his goal was to report hard, and without agenda.
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Healthcare


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Steward buys time, seeks buyers as state makes plans amid hospital crisis

On Friday Steward announced it had secured a temporary lifeline, while state officials said they have begun daily monitoring of many of the system’s nine hospitals.
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Theo Epstein’s return doesn’t instantly make the Red Sox contenders again, but it can only help

As a baseball executive, Epstein has been relentless in his pursuit of championships. He made smart, bold moves, and hired the right people.
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US retaliates with airstrikes in Syria, Iraq

Attacks against Iranianforces signal new upsurgein war in Middle East
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Prosecutor in Trump Georgia case admits relationship with colleague

The admission came almost a month after allegations of an “improper, clandestine personal relationship” between the two surfaced in a motion from one of Trump’s co-defendants.
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Trump’s tariffs hurt US jobs but swayed American voters, study says

The sweeping tariffs that former President Donald Trump imposed on China and other American trading partners were simultaneously a political success and an economic failure, a new study suggests. That’s because the levies won over voters for the Republican Party even though they did not bring back jobs.
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Could a giant parasol in outer space help solve the climate crisis?

It’s come to this. With Earth at its hottest point in recorded history, and humans doing far from enough to stop its overheating, a small but growing number of astronomers and physicists are proposing a potential fix that could have leaped from the pages of science fiction: the equivalent of a giant beach umbrella, floating in outer space.
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Israel suggests military could advance on southern area crowded with civilians

Israel’s defense minister has signaled that Israeli ground forces could advance on Rafah — one of the last southern cities in the Gaza Strip that Israeli ground forces have not yet reached — raising concerns in a corner of the enclave where hundreds of thousands of people have crowded for shelter from the war.
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Over 800 officials in US and Europe sign letter protesting Israel policies

The letter is the first instance of officials in allied nations across the Atlantic coming together to openly criticize their governments over the war, say current and former officials who are organizing or supporting the effort.
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North Korea tests more cruise missiles as leader Kim calls for war readiness

North Korea on Friday extended a provocative series of weapons tests by firing cruise missiles into the sea, as leader Kim Jong Un called for his military to step up war preparations and toured a shipyard.
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‘Why Roxbury? Try Wellesley!’ Has Boston done enough to ease the state’s migrant crisis?

The untenable situation forced Maura Healey to convert the Melnea Cass Recreational Complex in Roxbury into a temporary overflow shelter to accommodate up to 100 homeless families, including migrants.
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Harvard students aren’t snowflakes

If Ken Griffin is as worried as he says he is that Harvard is failing to produce the next generation of leaders, he should meet some of my past students.
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A full life, an assisted death

Readers have a wide variety of reactions to the Globe's photojournalistic portrait of Lynda Bluestein, who traveled to Vermont from Connecticut to die on her own terms.
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With Newton strike deal imminent, judge holds off on arbitration decision

Judge Chris Barry-Smith’s decision was partially influenced by an opening statement from a School Committee attorney who said a deal between the two sides on new educator contracts was likely to be reached shortly.
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Now that the Newton strike is over, how will students make up the missed school days?

They may not get a full April break this year.
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Justice rules initial hearings in Mass. brothel case will be made public

Associate Justice Frank M. Gaziano wrote that making the hearings public “promotes transparency, accountability, and public confidence in the judiciary by demonstrating that each individual accused of these crimes, no matter their station in life, is treated equally.”
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Theo Epstein joins Fenway Sports Group as part-owner and senior adviser

Epstein's role with Major League Baseball will now be an informal and not formal consultant as he rejoins the organization he left in 2011.
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What can the Patriots expect from an Alex Van Pelt offense? Experience, and a personal touch.

"Just a real relatable guy. Very understanding,” Baker Mayfield said of Van Pelt, with whom he worked in Cleveland, in 2021. “The open communication is pretty essential to what has been our success so far.”
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Senior Bowl is another chance for quarterback Michael Penix to show his stuff

The Washington star is 23 and has an injury history, so those will be factors as NFL teams make their assessments.
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Harvard Book Store shelves plan for second location in the Pru

The owners blamed “considerable” economic challenges, “including supply chain disruptions and escalating costs.”
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The job market just won’t quit

Hiring in January blew past forecasts, likely delaying any Federal Reserve interest rate cut until May or June at the earliest.
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Boston firm Motional is latest victim of self-driving car backlash

The autonomous vehicle company will no longer be funded by Dublin-based Aptiv, which acquired the MIT startup NuTonomy in 2017.
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Obituaries


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Carl Weathers, who starred in ‘Rocky’ movies, ‘The Mandalorian,’ and more, dies

A former NFL linebacker, Carl Weathers became an action movie and comedy star, playing Apollo Creed in the “Rocky” movies, facing off against Arnold Schwarzenegger in “Predator” and teaching golf in “Happy Gilmore."
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Adele Springsteen, rock star’s mother, dies at 98

“She willed we would be a family and we were,” Bruce Springsteen wrote in “Born To Run,” his memoir, of his mother. “She willed we would not disintegrate and we did not.”
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This Groundhog Day, take a quick lesson on hurkle-durkling — or lazing about — courtesy of TikTok and . . . Scotland?

Aye, the people who brought us haggis and "hairy coo" (relax, it literally means hairy cow) also coined the term "hurkle-durkle," meaning to lounge or laze about in bed when it’s time to get up or go to work.
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Remember when music’s biggest stars sang ‘We Are the World’ for Ethiopian aid? Netflix does — in entertaining new doc.

To the extent anyone is familiar with the song nearly four decades later, it’s probably due to the video: It became ubiquitous when “We Are the World” was released in 1985.
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MFA to pull Native objects from display

The Museum of Fine Arts will remove eight Native American objects to comply with updated NAGPRA regulations.
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