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Friday, August 9, 2024


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GOP attacks on Walz’s military service echo ‘swift-boating’ of Kerry two decades ago. Democrats say they’ve learned since.

That tactic has resurfaced with a veteran on the Democratic presidential ticket for the first time since Kerry, with Republican Donald Trump’s campaign taking the lead.
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Retail


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In a cutthroat grocery store landscape, where does Stop & Shop stand?

The No. 1. grocer in Massachusetts, which plans to close 32 stores, is renovating locations and expanding promotions to stay in the game.
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Higher Education


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‘It feels so relieving.’ Students celebrate free community college program

News that the $58 billion state budget includes free community college for students of all ages seemed almost too good to be true for many students.
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‘Where is the accountability?’: Chaos at the Cannabis Control Commission leaves $7 billion pot industry in the lurch

Months of scandal and a call for receivership have many questioning who is at the helm of the state agency, and what their dysfunction means for consumers and marijuana companies.
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Climate


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It’s electric! In Boston, buildings are testing cutting-edge technology to transition fully to renewable energy.

From solar batteries to wind-powered heating systems, some local building owners are testing the latest green technology.
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Timing Debby's arrival in New England

WATCH: Lead meteorologist Ken Mahan forecasts the storm's trajectory and where it may hit the hardest.
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Extra pay becomes the rule on Beacon Hill

WATCH: Reporter Emma Platoff dives into a Globe investigation to explain why leadership stipends have become the norm for state lawmakers.
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Rhode Island shark camp makes waves

WATCH: Reporter Carlos R. Munoz set sail with the University of Rhode Island's marine science program that's opening new horizons for underrepresented students.
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Seven years after ‘summer of hell,’ the subway approaches another crisis

Now, with congestion pricing on hold, experts warn that a return to hell is inevitable for New York City commuters.
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A deadly tornado, flooding rains, and swollen rivers plague residents in the path of Debby

Debby was a tropical depression by late Thursday afternoon, heading north with maximum sustained winds around 35 miles per hour.
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Nation


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How Lahaina’s more than 150-year-old banyan tree is coming back to life after devastating fire

One year after the fire, here's what to know about the banyan tree and the efforts to restore it.
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Suspects in foiled attack on Taylor Swift shows were inspired by Islamic State group, officials say

Three sold-out concerts were canceled Wednesday because of the plot, devastating Swifties from across the globe.
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World


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At least 16 killed in Israeli strikes near Gaza school buildings

Israel’s military said the attacks were intended to destroy Hamas “command-and-control centers” inside the school compounds. The military claimed it had taken steps “to mitigate the risk of harming civilians.”
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World


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An aid worker’s airport disappearance stirs fear of repression following disputed Venezuela election

Edni López was being held, incommunicado, by Venezuela’s feared military intelligence police on unknown criminal charges, unable to see an attorney or speak with her family.
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EDITORIAL


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Healey’s no-win shelter situation

The "right to shelter" was a promise that the state can’t actually keep.
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OPINION


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Who is to blame for the Wall Street panic attack? The Federal Reserve.

Investors are not sure what the Fed will do. Suddenly, the process of moving beyond the recent bout of inflation while avoiding a recession looks far less orderly than it did just a week ago.
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LETTERS


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Of some public interest, though personal: Mayor Wu’s pregnancy

"I strongly encourage Wu not to squander this chance to be a role model for the family-friendly policies she espouses," writes one reader. Another writes, "Put the question on the ballot and let the voters tell her what to do. Or ask JD Vance. Just don’t leave it up to a (shudder) woman!"
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Brian McGrory


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As bankrupt Steward sells and closes hospitals, Ralph de la Torre visits Versailles to watch the Olympics

One person with knowledge of the trip by Ralph de la Torre, who is CEO of Steward, described it as a long-planned family vacation with “unfortunate timing.”
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Immigration


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On eve of Mass. overflow shelter evictions, activists plea for compassion

Dozens of activists gathered at the State House Thursday afternoon to deliver a letter, signed by more than 300 health care providers and 30 community organizations, urging Healey to change course on a new policy that limits stays in overflow shelters to five business days.
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Massachusetts


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Healey signs ‘big deal’ veterans benefits law

Governor Maura Healey signed off Thursday on a new veterans’ benefits law, while Veterans’ Services Secretary Jon Santiago told a packed town hall in Lexington that the Holyoke Veterans Home had been awarded licensure by the Department of Public Health.
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On Olympics


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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone’s world record in the women’s 400-meter hurdles a crowning Olympic triumph in an impressive American medal haul

McLaughlin-Levrone's gold in the women's 400-meter hurdles capped an extraordinary night for the Americans, who gathered up eight medals in four events in track and field.
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Olympic men's basketball | US 95, Serbia 91


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Stephen Curry came through in the clutch, rallying US men’s basketball in win over upset-minded Serbia

Warriors star scored 36 to lead Team USA from a 13-point deficit at the start of the fourth to a 95-91 victory.
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Instant analysis


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Patriots waste a good opportunity to get Drake Maye some work in victory over Panthers in preseason opener

The rookie quarterback only played one series, in the first quarter.
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THE BIG IDEA


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In the Massachusetts suburbs, mansions are taking over

The trend of building properties clocking in at 4,000, 7,500, or even 10,000 square feet bodes ill for the state’s efforts to solve, or at least ease, its housing crisis.
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Media


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‘Living paycheck to paycheck’: Hearst journalists in Connecticut announce they’re starting a union

The Connecticut News Guild, which represents journalists at more than two dozen print and digital news outlets, says pay is a key issue.
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Why Google’s antitrust defeat might not matter

A federal court found that Google’s internet search business violates federal antitrust law features. Now comes the more daunting challenge: What to do about it.
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Obituaries


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Betsaida Gutiérrez, Jamaica Plain’s voice of community and tenacity, dies at 72

“She was this great organizer who kept things easy to understand,” said Harry Smith, an activist who has lived in Jamaica Plain since 1992.
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Obituaries


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Barbara Howar, whose hit memoir dished on D.C. society, dies at 89

Defiantly unorthodox, she wore pajamas to an embassy gala, drove an orange motorcycle through a Georgetown park, and had a barbed wit that brought her a reputation as the enfant terrible of the capital’s social scene.
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Obituaries


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Joss Naylor, the English king of racing up mountains, dies at 88

In competitions that sometimes lasted a week, he survived on sconelike cakes and black currant juice with a dash of salt and cod liver oil that he swilled from a bottle.
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MUSIC REVIEW


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Green Day delivers punk rock sermon as ‘Saviors’ tour takes over Fenway Park

Green Day’s stylized brand of punk rock may not save your soul, but it’s come an awful long way since the band’s bratty beginnings.
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Theater


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Three-play series ‘Suffrage in Black and White’ highlights Boston history

National Parks of Boston and Plays in Place collaborated on the project, which explores the city’s intersections with women’s suffrage and the early antislavery movement.
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PARENTING UNFILTERED


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The novel that will make you happy to live in Boston

In “Plays Well With Others,” Harvard grad Sophie Brickman satirizes competitive New York City parenting.
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