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Saturday, August 10, 2024
Today's Headlines
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Immigration

Many migrant families given reprieve from shelter evictions — at least for now

Friday marked the start of a new state policy that limits stays at the overflow sites to five business days, but shelter operators have the flexibility to grant extensions. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Plan for mid-Cape homeless shelter pits two towns against nonprofit developer

The proposal is the latest flashpoint over how to confront a record increase in homelessness in Barnstable County. Continue reading →

Elections

With Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee, the Divine Nine is set to play a key role heading into November

As Harris, a graduate of Howard University, a historically Black school, has made a point of highlighting her membership and spoken at several Black Greek-letter organization events, members have grown excited about her candidacy. Continue reading →

Climate

The Perseid meteor shower is this weekend. It could be one of the last times we see it.

The Perseid meteor shower peaks this weekend, raining as many as 75 meteors per hour across the night sky. But as light pollution worsens, advocates worry: How many more of these will be visible in Massachusetts? Continue reading →

Boston Globe Today

Have the Olympics damaged Jayson Tatum's reputation?

WATCH: The Celtics All-Star has spent some time on the sidelines. Reporter Gary Washburn explains why he thinks the forward isn't playing. Continue reading →

Rookie Drake Maye’s short-lived debut

WATCH: The new quarterback saw only one series in the Patriots first preseason game. As reporter Christopher Price explains – it was all part of the plan. Continue reading →

Matthew Judon’s continuing contract issues

WATCH: The linebacker has been pushing for a new contract. Reporter Christopher Price discusses how this could affect the Patriots’ upcoming season. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Ferguson 10 years later: how protests gave way to politics and policy

When Michael Brown, an unarmed Black teenager, was fatally shot in 2014 by a white police officer and his body left in the street under the August sun, the small St. Louis suburb of Ferguson roiled and plunged into crisis. Continue reading →

POLITICAL NOTEBOOK

Trump open to curbing access to abortion pills through federal regulations

Roundup of national political news. Continue reading →

Nation

NYPD officer charged with using chokehold banned after George Floyd’s death

Officer Omar Habib was arraigned Thursday on charges including strangulation, criminal obstruction of breathing or blood circulation, and using unlawful methods of restraint, Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark said. Continue reading →

The World

World

About 400 million people worldwide have had long COVID, researchers say

The team estimated that the economic cost — from factors like health care services and patients unable to return to work — is about $1 trillion worldwide each year, or about 1 percent of the global economy. Continue reading →

World

Israeli troops launch a new assault into Gaza’s Khan Younis as mediators push for cease-fire talks

A wave of Israeli airstrikes in the city Friday killed at least 21 Palestinians, medics at the city’s Nasser Hospital said. Continue reading →

World

Moscow rushes to send troops as Ukrainian attack on Kursk tests Kremlin

Russia said Friday it was moving more troops and weapons to the western Kursk region, where Ukrainian forces have been mounting a major cross-border assault for four days. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

Ukraine’s house is on fire and the Truth Squad is dialing 911

Putin’s propaganda war ramps up. Continue reading →

OPINION

Exploding watermelons, orange cats, and other chance encounters

She’s one of those people I have an immediate easy connection with but never really know and often never see again. Continue reading →

LETTERS

A long to-do list for Beacon Hill, which left so much undone

Readers are dispirited and outraged by legislative inaction in the session just ended on a range of issues, from climate to a moratorium on prison construction to raises for community college faculty and staff. Continue reading →

Metro

Crime & Courts

Lawyers for Karen Read argue for dismissal of two charges at hearing

The defense’s request is premised on jurors who have come forward to say they unanimously reached not guilty verdicts on the charges of second-degree murder and leaving the scene of an accident. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

‘Lone Sailor’ statue unveiled at Quincy’s new Navy Park at Squantum

Quincy dedicates a "Lone Sailor" statue, the centerpiece of the new Navy Park at Squantum, honoring Navy veterans from the South Shore city and its long history with the nation's defense. Continue reading →

Politics

Massachusetts ‘millionaires tax’ generated $2.2 billion in first year, but budget gap remains

After adjusting for the new tax revenue, the state currently faces a budget gap of around $233 million for the fiscal year that ended June 30. Continue reading →

Sports

celtics

‘It’s well past time to be back to work’: One-on-one with Celtics president of basketball operations Brad Stevens in Paris

Stevens spoke about the trio of Celtics on Team USA, Jaylen Brown's Olympic omission, Kristaps Porzingis's injury rehab, and more. Continue reading →

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Alex Cora says Triston Casas’s return is ‘up to him’

Triston Casas played games in three straight days for Worcester from Tuesday through Thursday and 10 of the 19 balls he’s put in play clocking in with an exit velocity of 95 miles per hour mph or greater. Continue reading →

Red Sox

Red Sox bullpen falters as homestand opens with 8-4 loss to Astros

The newcomers to the Red Sox bullpen were part of a late-innings collapse that saw a 3-1 lead entering the seventh unravel in an 8-4 loss to the Astros at Fenway Park. Continue reading →

Business

Energy

Vineyard Wind lays out cleanup plan for damaged turbine, but doesn’t say when wind farm will resume spinning

GE Vernova, meanwhile, is running a comprehensive check of all its Haliade-X style blades. Continue reading →

Healthcare

Brigham and Women’s nurses union reaches tentative deal to increase wages, averting potential strike

The Massachusetts Nurses Association, the union for 4,000 nurses, said negotiators from Brigham’s parent organization have agreed to a wage increase of up to 30 percent over the next two and a half years. Continue reading →

Consumer

Streaming TV rate hikes: Here we go again

With the rapid growth of streaming services coming to an end, streamers have only two options for growing revenues — selling ads or raising prices. And even ad-sponsored services are becoming more costly for consumers. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Tom Korologos, shepherd of Republican nominees, dies at 91

A onetime reporter on winter sports, he would become known for helping hundreds of presidential nominees through their Senate confirmation hearings. Continue reading →

OBITUARY

Hall of Fame golfer and eight-time PGA winner Juan ‘Chi Chi’ Rodriguez dies at 88

He also had 22 victories on the Champions Tour from 1985-2002 and was inducted into the PGA World Golf Hall of Fame in 1992. A cause of death was not made public. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Music

Jordan Knight and NKOTB plan to impress hometown crowd with ‘Magic’ Mansfield show

"There’s always an extra level of energy when we go to the Boston area," Knight said ahead of New Kids on the Block’s return to the Xfinity Center this weekend. Continue reading →

Music

New Hampshire may have the Eras Tour experience you need

A Taylor Swift impersonator at Canobie Lake Park has gone viral on TikTok for her uncanny resemblance to Swift and lively performances. Continue reading →

Music

STL GLD’s free hip-hop festival returns to City Hall Plaza this weekend with Ghostface Killah

The Wu-Tang Clan rapper joins the Boston hip-hop group and more local stars for the second annual GLD FSTVL. Continue reading →