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Wednesday, August 21, 2024


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Money, Power, Inequality


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‘I didn’t have the words’: Genealogists link woman to Elizabeth Freeman, who helped end slavery in Mass.

Genealogists have located a direct descendant of Elizabeth Freeman, a formerly enslaved woman whose 1781 freedom lawsuit helped abolish slavery in Massachusetts.
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Politics


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‘Just glad they’re here’: Harris’s 2020 backers celebrate Democrats lining up behind her now

Delegates who once supported other candidates see a candidate who has grown as a leader and a communicator since her failed 2020 campaign.
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Business


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State’s Steward exit plan is no sure thing, as landowners, creditors push back

A group of creditors that extended $575 million in secured loans to Steward said it has the right to block the sale of its hospitals.
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Maine


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In final report, Maine commission probing Lewiston shooting details multiple failures to stop gunman

The gunman's Army Reserve unit “failed to undertake necessary steps to reduce the threat he posed to the public,” the commission wrote in the 215-page report.
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Elections


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Obamas close DNC’s second night with a rousing Harris endorsement and pointed warnings about Trump

“I am feeling hope,” Obama told the Democratic National Convention in Chicago just minutes after his wife, the former first lady Michelle Obama, told the same crowd that, “Something wonderfully magical is in the air, isn’t it?”
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Transgender teen permitted to play girls’ soccer, for now

WATCH: A federal judge in New Hampshire ruled in favor of 15-year-old Parker Tirrell. Reporter Steven Porter unpacks what could happen next.
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OPINION: Should Mass. flunk the MCAS?

WATCH: Keeping the graduation requirement is on the ballot in November. Associate editor and columnist Adrian Walker makes the case for it to stay.
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Why you should wear sunscreen every day

WATCH: Yes, even when its cloudy. Why? And, what’s better – chemical or mineral? Is it safe to make your own? Correspondent Izzy Bryars spoke to experts
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Why Amtrak’s system keeps breaking down: It’s 100 years old

Much of Amtrak’s vulnerabilities along the Northeast Corridor can be traced back to the system’s astonishing age and long-outdated technology.
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The DNC might feature a lot of white pantsuits. It’s not just fashion.

This week, the white pantsuit's presence will be a visual marker of how much has changed in national politics over the last eight years — as well as the last four weeks.
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Nation


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Behind the Obama-Harris friendship: a key endorsement and a kindred spirit

Kamala Harris’s early endorsement of Barack Obama's presidential bid paid off, and Obama has never forgotten it.
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War is draining Ukraine’s male-dominated workforce. Enter the women.

Women are reshaping Ukraine’s traditionally male-dominated workforce, which experts say has long been marked by biases inherited from the Soviet Union.
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World


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Israel says it recovered bodies of 6 hostages in Gaza

Israeli officials said the six bodies had been retrieved from Hamas tunnels beneath the city of Khan Younis.
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Putin makes surprise trip to Chechnya amid Ukraine’s cross-border incursion

Fighters from Chechnya, whose bid for independence after the Soviet Union’s collapse led to years of war with Russian government forces, are participating in both sides of the conflict in Ukraine.
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Eased path to college still needs clear markers to point the way

"There is an urgent need for more high school guidance counselors to ignite excitement about free college," writes one observer. Another writes that "financial aid needs to be extended to cover living expenses as well."
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Free community college advances, thanks to Fair Share Amendment

Students who may have been struggling to stay in school or were not even trying to pursue higher education because of the costs are now feeling relieved.
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Mass., what took you so long on midwifery?

When I lived in Seattle, insurance was required to cover midwifery care, including postpartum and well-baby evaluations, breast-feeding support, and prenatal classes.
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State auditor is taking aim at nondisclosure deals and wants Healey to sign an order barring them

State Auditor Diana DiZoglio wrote the order, which would bar nondisclosure agreements in many state settlement agreements and void any past ones, when she thought she might be acting governor.
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‘We deserve to feel safe’: Caribbean cultural organizations condemn shooting at Dominican Festival

The calls come days ahead of this year’s Caribbean Carnival, which draws thousands of revelers to parade through Roxbury to Franklin Park in Dorchester.
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‘It can be quite heartbreaking:’ Michelle Wu shares new details about her pregnancy as she makes the case for Harris-Walz

To become pregnant with her third child, Wu said she turned to “assisted reproductive technology” — “the very health care treatments … that some are seeking to ban across the entire country.”
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To play or not to play a young quarterback? Bill Parcells discusses the pros and cons.

Parcells has had a lot of experience with young quarterbacks, from Phil Simms to Drew Bledsoe to Tony Romo.
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Even with Connecticut Sun winning at TD Garden, and WNBA arriving in Boston, it could have been better

The league did not televise the game nationally, despite a soldout Garden.
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Red Sox 6, Astros 5


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Jarren Duran’s home run in eighth helps Red Sox edge Astros

The teams conclude the three-game series on Wednesday afternoon.
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State’s Steward exit plan is no sure thing, as landowners, creditors push back

A group of creditors that extended $575 million in secured loans to Steward said it has the right to block the sale of its hospitals.
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Retail


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Logan Paul’s Prime energy drink faces off against Boston company over ... coconuts?

The celebrity company, which sells energy drinks and hydration sticks, allegedly failed to pay for shipments and falsely painted Agrovana’s powders as unsafe.
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Healthcare


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Pharmacy benefit managers such as CVS Caremark face mounting scrutiny

Critics accuse the companies of driving up the cost of drugs and forcing independent drug stores out of business.
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Obituaries






Obituaries


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Maria Branyas Morera, world’s oldest person, dies at 117

Having been born before the emergence of the telephone, Ms. Morera came to embrace the digital revolution, fashioning herself on social media as “Super Catalan Grandma.”
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Brazilian entertaining legend Silvio Santos dies at 93

A Brazilian television executive and presenter, Silvio Santos was known for his beaming smile and catchphrase “Who wants money?”
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Harold Meltzer, composer of impossible-to-pigeonhole works, dies at 58

His compositions intertwined melodic themes and rich ensemble textures with the sharp-edged angularity of modernism.
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APPRECIATION


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Before there was comment culture, there was Phil Donahue

The pioneering talk show host, who died Sunday at 88, understood the American public’s desire to be heard — and women’s distaste for being talked down to.
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Music


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Boston to celebrate 40 years of New Edition with a mural, street dedication, and concert

As the new jack swing stars celebrate over 40 years in music, the city wants to show it’s still in love with New Edition.
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Food & Dining


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In this Cambridge kitchen, teens are frying chicken and cooking up confidence

The Roundtable Culinary Kings & Queens Program aims to equip students “in a way that excites them, with skills that they can use to help support themselves and their community.”
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