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Friday, February 16, 2024


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📅 Feb. 16 | 8 p.m. (ET): Join Globe culture columnist Jenee Osterheldt in conversation with Representative Ayanna Pressley (D‑Boston) at the Museum of Science. 🎟️
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Housing


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After Milton vote, the question remains: What now?

Milton now faces the politically delicate task of writing yet another new zoning plan, while living under legal limbo for violating the state’s most ambitious housing law in decades.
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LIFESTYLE


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Slip on a caftan and party like Mrs. Roper from ‘Three’s Company.’ The Roper phenomenon has arrived in Boston.

Across the country, thousands are getting in touch with their inner Helen through the International Order of Mrs. Ropers and Roper Romps.
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Retail


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A digital camcorder for $25.54? Boston-based Temu offers deals that seem too good to be true.

The Chinese-owned startup, which invited viewers to “shop like a billionaire” in its multiple Super Bowl ads, is betting that consumers care most about ultra-low prices.
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Maine shootings


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Lewiston shooter left note saying ‘he’s had enough and is trained to hurt people,’ State Police say

Three days before Robert R. Card II committed the worst mass shooting in Maine’s history, he typed out an ominous note on his cellphone.
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Metro


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For Boston’s only free youth track program, a displacement that is a blessing in disguise

The Boston United Track and Cross Country Club's old home is being converted to a temporary shelter for migrants. Now, they're relocating to the nearby Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Roxbury.
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Boston Globe Today | February 14, 2024

WATCH: Wednesday's episode. Stories include the fight over student loan forgiveness.
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What’s behind the MBTA's budget crisis?

WATCH: Boston’s transit system is on track to go broke with no long-term fix in place. Transportation reporter Taylor Dolven explains the proposed solutions.
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Promising gene therapy could treat childhood deafness

WATCH: There are currently no medications to improve hearing, but that could change. Reporter Jonathan Saltzsman breaks down the science and its ties to Boston.
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Nation


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Trump’s first criminal trial set for March in N.Y. on hush money charges

New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan said he will go forward with the trial on charges that Trump falsified business records during the heat of the 2016 political campaign to keep secret a past sexual liaison with an adult-film star.
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Political Notebook


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Biden’s lawyers strongly protested wording in Hur report

White House and personal lawyers for Biden wrote to Attorney General Merrick B. Garland the day before he released the report by the special counsel, objecting to passages in which Hur suggested that Biden’s memory was failing.
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Nation


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US failed to safeguard many migrant children, review finds

An independent government watchdog found serious lapses at the Department of Health and Human Services in its protection of children who migrate to the United States on their own, according to a report released Thursday.
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The World






World


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6 people are killed, 18 injured by a missile strike in the Russian city of Belgorod, officials say

A missile strike on the Russian city of Belgorod near the Ukraine border on Thursday killed six people, including a child, and injured 18 others, a Russian official said.
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World


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Israeli forces storm the main hospital in southern Gaza, saying hostages were probably held there

RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli forces stormed the main hospital in southern Gaza on Thursday, hours after Israeli fire killed a patient and wounded six others inside the complex. The Israeli army said it was seeking the remains of hostages taken by Hamas.
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World


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In Munich, Harris aims to reassure European allies as Trump disparages NATO

Arriving in Munich even as House Republicans block military aid to Ukraine and former president Donald Trump vows to encourage Russia to attack “delinquent” NATO allies, Harris has the unenviable task of telling European leaders not to worry too much about those things.
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EDITORIAL


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Steward debacle shows the need for transparency in for-profit health care

Company sued the state to avoid providing financial statements.
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OPINION


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Lindsey Graham is a metaphor for the retreat of Reagan Republicanism in a time of Trump

The South Carolina senator now thwarts causes he once championed alongside John McCain.
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LETTERS


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A sun shield? Haven’t we done enough damage to the natural world?

The idea of creating a giant sun shield the size of Argentina to combat the effects of burning fossil fuels is absurd.
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Metro


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For Boston’s only free youth track program, a displacement that is a blessing in disguise

The Boston United Track and Cross Country Club's old home is being converted to a temporary shelter for migrants. Now, they're relocating to the nearby Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Roxbury.
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Money, Power, Inequality


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The Rev. Virgil Wood works to honor Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy

Wood is among 69 names honored on Embrace Boston's 1965 Freedom Plaza on the Boston Common.
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Politics


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Healey put her political clout behind Milton housing plan. Voters rejected it anyway.

“We are going to continue to make our case to every city and town that creating more housing is good for families, good for their communities, and essential for our state,” a Healey adviser said Thursday.
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Sports






BRUINS NOTEBOOK


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Parker Wotherspoon settles into Bruins coach Jim Montgomery’s defense rotation

Wotherspoon has been switching off with Kevin Shattenkirk to skate alongside Derek Forbort. Montgomery noted Wotherspoon's growing self-assurance.
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red sox


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Will Ceddanne Rafaela be the Opening Day center fielder for the Red Sox?

His offensive struggles in 2023 indicated he would be back in Triple A, but the team seems to be rethinking its approach with him.
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Answering your five burning questions about the Patriots’ new coaching staff

They could have taken a big swing with Mike Vrabel, but their main goal apparently was simply to untether from Bill Belichick.
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Technology


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Toast is latest tech company to tumble, slashing 550 jobs

The Boston-based restaurant software firm said Thursday it would cut about 10 percent of its staff and reorganize its offices in a drive to reach profitability more quickly.
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commentary


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‘No winners here’: Milton residents voted down a plan for more housing. But the state isn’t our colonial overlord.

To her Milton neighbors who voted “No,” Globe columnist Shirley Leung asks that you please come up with a plan to comply. This isn't the Boston Tea Party.
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Real Estate


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Boston could face budget woes as office building values dip, report says

The declining value of Boston’s office buildings could mean the city will face a revenue shortfall of between $1.2 billion and $1.5 billion over the next five years.
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Obituaries






Obituaries


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Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez, the diva of ‘Diva,’ dies at 75

While “Diva” was Ms. Fernandez’s last appearance on celluloid, it was merely a prelude to a long career that included her New York City Opera debut in 1982.
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BASEBALL


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Don Gullett, who started three World Series games against 1975 Red Sox as ace of the Big Red Machine, dies at 73

No cause of death was initially reported for Gullett, a member of the Reds Hall of Fame whose career was ended by a shoulder injury at 27, but not before he pitched for four straight World Series winners from 1975-78.
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Obituaries


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Joel Belz, trailblazer in Christian journalism, is dead at 82

The founder of World, Joel Belz led the pioneering Christian magazine that covered politics, culture, and other topics through a biblical lens while occasionally drawing wider notice for its reporting on prominent religious figures behaving less than holy.
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Arts & Lifestyle






PARENTING UNFILTERED


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What to do during February vacation week

Here are 11 family-friendly winter break ideas, from fire eating to comedy classes.
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ESSAY


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My parents didn’t just own a restaurant. They lived it.

A daughter reflects as Out of the Blue in Somerville closes after more than 20 years.
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MOVIE REVIEW | ★★


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‘Bob Marley: One Love’ fails to catch a fire

This man was a national treasure. So how, in the name of all that is irie, does “Bob Marley: One Love” make his story so flat, lifeless, and dull?
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