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Wednesday, August 14, 2024


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Investigations


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Healey administration conceals key information about state shelter system even as it triples spending

The Healey administration has concealed key information about contracts, citing concern about anti-migrant protests.
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Massachusetts


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Four, five, six, or even more roommates: Young adults in Boston get creative to afford rent

Renters in their mid-20s say they have no choice but to reside with more and more people if they want to stay in the city.
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Higher Education


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Socialism’s at the core of pro-Palestinian movement’s next phase on college campuses

A summer camp called the “Western Massachusetts Popular University for Palestine” is meant to bring attention to the war in Gaza. But participants also view the conflict as a symptom of a wider global malaise.
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Mass. more than doubles eviction notices to families staying at overflow shelters

Meanwhile, in Quincy, tents for migrants on church property are removed after health code concerns, city says.
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Consumer


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‘How can it be so high?’: Blistering heat and brutal humidity cause electric bills to skyrocket

An increasing number of Greater Boston residents are unplugging appliances, turning off lights, and limiting A/C use when they can to keep electric bills down.
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Nation


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Hot summer threatens efficacy of mail-order medications

The scorching temperatures enveloping the country could be endangering people’s health in an unexpected way: by overheating their medications.
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Nation


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Arizona will vote on abortion in November, potentially giving Democrats an edge in races there

Democrats have leveraged Americans’ unhappiness over Roe v. Wade’s demise into gains in elections up and down the ballot over the last two years.
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Nation


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Walz’s handling of George Floyd protests draws fresh scrutiny

Walz’s decisions in those painful, pivotal days after Floyd was killed are facing newfound scrutiny now that Vice President Kamala Harris has selected Walz as her running mate.
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The World






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Why China’s and Russia’s militaries are training together

The military exercises are a vivid expression of an alignment between China’s top leader, Xi Jinping, and President Vladimir Putin of Russia as they have sought to challenge the United States.
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World


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Israel was less flexible in recent Gaza cease-fire talks, documents show

Documents make it clear that the behind-the-scenes maneuvering by the Netanyahu government has been extensive — and suggest that agreement may be elusive at a new round of negotiations set to begin Thursday.
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Where 16-year-olds run the streets: Bangladesh in limbo

After overcoming a deadly crackdown and toppling Bangladesh’s iron-fisted leader, the student protesters are now seeking to set a new course for a nation born in bloody rupture five decades ago and marked by political violence since.
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EDITORIAL


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Wu’s tiff with the Senate president over a tax bill accomplishes nothing

Especially when the city budget is hers to cut to fit diminishing revenues.
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LETTERS


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Sox star Jarren Duran’s words sting

"I am satisfied with his apology, his two-game suspension, and the donation the team will make to PFLAG," writes one reader. Another asks, "Is a homophobic slur less egregious and painful than being called any of the other terms people may think but dare not say?"
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Mass. needs to break free from single-use plastics

At midnight on July 31, Plastic Free July came to an end, as did the legislative session hours later, and state lawmakers failed to act.
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Transportation


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Boston officials unveil plans to add 100 new Bluebikes stations across the city

Mayor Michelle Wu’s office said the expansion will occur in phases, with stations added this fall in neighborhoods across the city.
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Crime & Courts


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Former leader of Mass. trucking company linked to N.H. crash that killed 7 pleads guilty

Dunyadar Gasanov’s guilty plea marks the first criminal conviction in the case that exposed years of bureaucratic neglect at the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles.
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Politics


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Yusufi Vali, Wu’s outgoing deputy chief of staff, bids bittersweet farewell to Boston City Hall

Vali is well known for his years of public service, leadership, and advocacy through his work at the city.
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On football


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If this joint practice had been a game, it would have been a disaster for Patriots

The Patriots committed eight penalties on offense and regressed significantly facing the Eagles.
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On Baseball


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Liam Hendriks has spoken out for LGBT causes before, and believes Jarren Duran will learn: ‘I know where his heart’s at’

Hendriks, who has said in the past he would not sign with teams that do not have a Pride Night, believes Duran "had a slip of the tongue and said the wrong word."
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Red Sox


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The Red Sox promote its top three prospects in a joint maneuver to Triple A Worcester

The Red Sox kept the Big Three — catcher Kyle Teel, shortstop Marcelo Mayer, and outfielder Roman Anthony — together in Double A Portland for the majority of the season before their graduation to Triple A on Sunday.
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Energy


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Construction resumes at Vineyard Wind, but power production remains shut down

The Vineyard Wind project began producing power for New England's electrical grid earlier this year, but operations came to a halt after one of wind turbines sustained damage on July 13.
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Business


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Cannabis Control Commission acting chair will take medical leave, adding to uncertainty at the agency

Ava Callender Concepcion will take at least a month off per medical advice, leaving the commission to find an acting chair for the second time in the past year.
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Biotech


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Eli Lilly opens $700 million research center on Fort Point spot where GE headquarters was once planned

The 346,000-square-foot building will accommodate Lilly’s expanding workforce in Massachusetts and serve as the company’s hub for gene-based treatments.
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Obituaries


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Rachael Lillis, who voiced popular ‘Pokémon’ characters, dies at 55

Ms. Lillis voiced the original English versions of Misty and Jessie, popular characters in the 1990s “Pokémon” anime television series.
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Obituaries


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Frank Selvy, 91, dies; scored 100 points in a college basketball game

He was also known for his efforts in 1962 to bring the Lakers their first title since moving to Los Angeles. After sinking a series of baskets, he missed the final shot of the fourth quarter of Game 7 of the championship series, a shot that would have given the team the title over the Boston Celtics. Boston would win the game, and the title, in overtime.
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Arts & Lifestyle






Movies


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Fans — including Matt Damon — want a Robin Williams statue in Boston Public Garden. Here’s why it hasn’t been built (yet).

"I don’t know if it will happen, but I really hope it does," Damon recently said of a proposed tribute to his late "Good Will Hunting" costar.
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Arts


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MIT students create original movie-musical inspired by ‘La La Land’

Student film explores tension between pursuing the arts versus a “practical” career.
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FOOD


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Any way you slice it, it’s the most wonderful time of the year for tomato fans

Here’s what makes for a great tomato, and what to do when you get your hands on one.
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