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Monday, July 29, 2024
Today's Headlines

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Housing

This family wants to redevelop their Roxbury home into much-needed housing. It isn’t working.

Amid a citywide housing crisis, the Webster family hoped to turn their single-family home on Elmwood Street into 47 mini-apartments. Then neighbors got involved. Continue reading →

Around New England

In Maine, a case of poisoned trees brings angry phone calls and a quest for criminal charges

Fear and loathing in vacationland: Maine’s poisoned-tree case has brought angry phone calls and a quest for criminal charges. Continue reading →

Politics

In closed-door talks, legislative leaders hiked earmarks for top Democrat’s district ‘out of thin air’

During closed-door budget negotiations, Massachusetts legislative leaders inflated the money earmarked for Senate President Karen E. Spilka’s district by more than $500,000, nearly tripling the amount originally approved for a pair of her district’s pet projects. Continue reading →

Politics

Kamala Harris is running on Joe Biden’s record, but she’d likely be a different kind of president

“The vice president believes that just because something has always been done a certain way doesn’t mean it has to be done that way moving forward,” said her former aide Rachel Palermo. Continue reading →

Nation

A blood test accurately diagnosed Alzheimer’s 90% of the time, study finds

The results, presented Sunday at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Philadelphia, are the latest milestone in the search for affordable and accessible ways to diagnose Alzheimer’s. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Thousands battle Western wildfires as smoke puts millions under air-quality alerts

The largest blaze, Park Fire, had scorched more than 550 square miles of inland Northern California as of Sunday morning, darkening the sky with smoke and haze. Continue reading →

Nation

At the NRA, a battle between the old guard and the new

The group's top two leaders have not put forward a unified front, underscoring the management disarray that persists after more than a half-decade of corruption scandals and leadership turmoil. Continue reading →

Nation

Inside the powerful Peter Thiel network that anointed JD Vance

Silicon Valley entrepreneurs see Vance as their emissary in Washington, spreading a doctrine that government and entrenched corporate giants from Google to Lockheed Martin stifle innovation, while nimble, bold-thinking startups can propel the national interest. Continue reading →

The World

World

As F-16s arrive, Ukraine still faces steep challenges in the skies

The assaults on Ukrainian air bases underscore Russia’s determination to limit the impact of the F-16s before they enter the fight. Continue reading →

World

Russia punches through weakened lines in eastern Ukraine

Military analysts say the swift gains reflect Moscow’s improved ability to exploit cracks in Ukrainian defensive lines, which have been thinned by manpower shortages and strained by relentless Russian attacks. Continue reading →

World

Venezuelans anxiously await results of presidential election that could end one-party rule

The election will have ripple effects throughout the Americas, with voters signaling their interest in joining the exodus of 7.7 million Venezuelans who have already left their homes for opportunities abroad. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

Local residents lose in closure of Carney, Nashoba Valley hospitals

Bankrupt Steward Health Care could not find buyers for the two facilities. Now it needs to ensure a plan is in place for patients to transfer their medical records and find new doctors. Continue reading →

OPINION

To help prevent another pandemic, we must protect US farmworkers from avian flu

America’s farmworkers are at the front line of dealing with H5N1 and they need to be protected adequately — not only for their own health but to prevent a broader pandemic. Continue reading →

LETTERS

A menagerie of politicians: The animals are laughing at us

Scot Lehigh likened the Republicans to "an asylum of loons navigating a long lake on a misty night." I have a close summer association with loons, and I can state that they display more intuitive intelligence. Continue reading →

Metro

Politics

So it begins: Business-backed group opposing MCAS ballot question rolling out $250,000 ad campaign

The digital spots appear to be among the first ballot question ads to spring up ahead of the November election, when voters will decide five different initiatives, the most since 2000. Continue reading →

Animals

A turkey badly damaged a Boston woman’s car. A video of the attack has gone viral: ‘Without proof, it sounds insane.’

For about a year, Alicia Mastroianni and the wild turkeys of Boston lived together in peace. That ended last week. Continue reading →

Rhode Island

‘I’ve never seen anything like it’: Videos show swarms of dragonflies invading R.I. beach

Videos of the phenomenon posted on social media quickly racked up views, with commenters saying the swarms looked like a movie scene or the apocalypse. Continue reading →

Sports

Yankees 8, Red Sox 2

Tanner Houck falls behind early, Red Sox can’t catch up in loss to Yankees

New York tagged Houck for three earned runs in the first inning. Continue reading →

PATRIOTS NOTEBOOK

Kayshon Boutte happy ‘dumb’ gambling decision behind him, eager to focus only on Patriots

Boutte was facing one count of computer fraud (a felony) and one count of gaming prohibited for persons under 21 (a misdemeanor) as a result of actions that allegedly took place when he played at LSU. Continue reading →

PATRIOTS

Patriots lineman Christian Barmore out indefinitely following team announcement he has blood clots

The 6-foot-5, 315-pounder, who turned 25 on Sunday, is coming off a career season where he finished with 8½ sacks. Seen as one of the best young defensive linemen in the league, he agreed to a four-year extension in April worth up to $92 million. Continue reading →

Business

innovation beat

CrowdStrike fiasco shows it may be harder to regulate ‘big tech’ than it seems

The vulnerability of Windows PCs to such a glitch goes back to a 15-year-old antitrust settlement between Microsoft and the European Commission. Continue reading →

chesto means business

Who will be Boston’s ‘next Jack Connors’?

Who could move as deftly as Connors across the worlds of philanthropy, business, higher ed, health care, and politics? Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Gail Lumet Buckley, chronicler of Black family history, dies at 86

Ms. Buckley was inspired to chronicle her family history in the early 1980s when her mother, Lena Horne, asked her to store an old trunk in her basement. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Edna O’Brien, Irish literary giant who wrote ‘The Country Girls, dies at 93

She was a literary outlaw in Ireland, targeted by censors and criticized by her family and church, before gaining international acclaim as a storyteller. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

MUSIC REVIEW

A day of heavy hitters, barely knowns, and happy ears at Newport Folk Festival

And we're betting those barely knowns are about to be big names. Here's what it was like to be at Fort Adams State Park Saturday, with so much good music to choose from. Continue reading →

BOSTON AT A BARGAIN

Free things to do this week: a multisensory City Hall performance, chamber concert, and more

Welcome to August — well, almost. Check out our roundup of free events and activites, from July 29 to Aug. 4. Continue reading →

BOOKS

Boston Book Festival to kick off with Malcolm Gladwell

Now in its 16th year, the Boston Book Festival announces its keynote speaker, the bestseller Malcolm Gladwell. Continue reading →