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Tuesday, August 20, 2024


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Biden delivers swan song address to the Democratic convention as delegates wrestle with mixed emotions

“I love you,” Biden said as the crowd refused to stop in an outpouring of affection. Then they began chanting even louder, “Thank you, Joe.”
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After deal to save six Steward hospitals, pressure rises to keep Carney, Nashoba Valley open too

A growing chorus of politicians and advocates are urging Healey administration to take more aggressive steps to keep last two Steward hospitals from closing.
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Immigration


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East Boston church offering shelter to migrants amid emergency housing crunch

“With the need of the new migrant families, we don’t say no to anyone,” said Sandra Nijjar, director of the East Boston Community Soup Kitchen. “Anyone who makes it here, we help them.”
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Higher Education


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One judge, two different rulings on MIT, Harvard lawsuits

Based on the allegations outlined in each complaint, the judge found that Harvard administrators displayed “deliberate indifference” to the concerns of Jewish and Israeli students while MIT leaders did not.
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Blinken says talks are ‘maybe the last’ chance for Gaza cease-fire

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had accepted a “bridging proposal” put forward by mediators trying to broker a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
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Grisly discovery on Sandwich beach remains unsolved

WATCH: Reporter Emily Sweeney details her latest Cold Case investigation of a man found dismembered in 2014, what investigators know, and how you can help.
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Electric vehicles need Black drivers

WATCH: EV sales are up but not in diverse communities. Tech reporter Hiawatha Bray explains why and what manufacturers can do.
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Junk fees hiding in plain sight

WATCH: Senior audio producer Jazmin Aguilera highlights how to spot and negotiate your way out of hidden fees.
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Nation


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George Santos pleads guilty to identity theft and wire fraud

George Santos, the disgraced former Republican member of Congress from New York whose penchant for lying led to one of the oddest sideshows in modern US politics, pleaded guilty Monday to aggravated identity theft and wire fraud.
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House GOP makes impeachment case against Biden without proof of crime

The Bidens and several of their business associates have repeatedly denied that Biden was involved in his son’s businesses, despite the efforts of some business partners to cut him into deals after he left the vice presidency.
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Protesters rally outside of Democratic National Convention as Chicago officials pledge to keep peace

A few thousand protesters marched toward the site of the Democratic National Convention on its opening day Monday to voice their opposition to the war in Gaza, as Chicago officials said they were committed to keeping the demonstrations peaceful.
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Civilians flee Pokrovsk as Russia’s army bears down on the key eastern Ukraine city

Civilians with small children in their arms and lugging heavy suitcases fled Monday from Ukraine’s eastern city of Pokrovsk, where the Russian army was bearing down fast despite a lightning Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk region.
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World


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China, Philippines trade blame after ships collide in disputed waters

Chinese and Philippine coast guard ships collided at sea, damaging at least two vessels, in an encounter early Monday near a new flashpoint in their increasingly alarming confrontations in the disputed South China Sea.
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Survivors of doomsday starvation cult testify against pastor and 93 associates

An evangelical pastor in Kenya ordered his flock to shun education and medicine and starve their children to death in order to meet Jesus, witnesses in a manslaughter trial said.
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EDITORIAL


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Bringing maternal health care into the 21st century

Despite its impasse on other issues, the Legislature managed to pass a bill that aims to license midwives and expand childbirth options.
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OPINION


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Does race impact voting preferences?

A new study shows that race plays no substantial role in voter decisions about candidates.
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Opinion


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Why does Trump hate people with disabilities so much?

To Trump, we’re just a bunch of losers.
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NEW HAMPSHIRE


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Federal judge orders N.H. to let transgender girl keep playing on girls’ soccer team, for now

The judge said that 15-year-old Parker Tirrell had likely demonstrated that barring her from school sports would be a violation of Title IX and the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment.
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What does half a million sunflowers blooming on 20 acres look like? Pure joy.

A weekly photo column by Pulitzer Prize winner Stan Grossfeld, brings the stories of New England to Globe readers.
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Crime & Courts


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Judge dismisses defamation suit by former Boston police commissioner Dennis White

US District Judge Leo T. Sorokin found there were “no material disputes for a jury to resolve” and dismissed White’s claims alleging defamation, violation of his right to privacy, and lack of due process.
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red sox notebook


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Red Sox recall righthander Greg Weissert, send lefty Bailey Horn to Worcester in bullpen shuffle

Prior to his demotion at the end of July, Weissert compiled a 4.24 ERA in 46⅔ innings to go along with a 1.436 WHIP. In four appearances for Worcester, however, Weissert had a 1.50 ERA and a 1.000 WHIP.
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Yainer Diaz’s walkoff home run lifts Astros over Red Sox in series opener

After Lucas Sims allowed the tying run in the eighth inning, Diaz took Red Sox closer Kenley Jansen deep in the ninth.
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Bullpen falters again as the Red Sox’ playoff hopes dim

The Red Sox’ late-innings black hole appeared in Houston, with the team blowing a one-run, eighth-inning lead en route to a 5-4 walkoff loss to the Astros.
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Boston is the big loser in the tax fight between Wu and Spilka

Homeowners could face bigger property tax bills if commercial real estate values decline by hundreds of millions of dollars as remote work empties buildings. It’s time to wheel and deal.
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Real Estate


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How a small-town bank from Arkansas became a big player in building Boston’s biotech scene

Bank OZK has issued more construction loans than anyone in recent years, including $215 million for next phase of Fan Pier.
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Biotech superstar Bob Langer gets a sweet prize: a chocolate named after him

Bold Types is our weekly roundup of movers and shakers on Boston's business scene.
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Obituaries






Obituaries


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Ruth Colvin, who founded global literacy corps, dies at 107

Beginning in her basement in Syracuse, N.Y., she created a tutoring service that would, years later, become Literacy Volunteers of America.
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Ruth Colvin, who founded global literacy corps, dies at 107

Beginning in her basement in Syracuse, N.Y., she created a tutoring service that would, years later, become Literacy Volunteers of America.
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Arts & Lifestyle






LOVE LETTERS


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I feel trapped in this relationship

We have a child now.
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TV CRITIC'S CORNER


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‘Bad Sisters’ to return for a second season

The comic drama resumes on Apple TV+ in November.
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Things To Do


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Boston’s hottest night out: no music, no talking, just books

Silent book clubs and writing groups have won over local readers and introverts alike.
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