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Wednesday, January 1, 2025


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Obituaries


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Farewell to those whose light flickered across the generations

The honor, grace, and accomplishments of those who departed in 2024 are vast and deeply affecting.
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‘Something we were up against’: Efforts to ban competitive suppliers fizzled. A key lawmaker was dating their lobbyist.

A top negotiator on the bill to regulate third-party electric suppliers is state Representative Jeff Roy, who is dating a lobbyist who represents one of these companies.
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For 20 years, a Mission Hill housing development has sat in limbo. Now developers face fresh opposition.

Neighbors and city leaders say trust has eroded among residents who see the development as another sign of a quickly changing city that has some of the highest housing costs in the nation.
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Politics


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Governor Maura Healey orders an 11 percent increase to lawmakers’ base salary, hiking top Democrats’ pay to $224,000 in 2025

Thanks to the various pay increases due in 2025, the total pay for each of Massachusetts’ six statewide constitutional officers and the Legislature’s leading Democrats will all top $200,000 for the first time.
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Business


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Campus no-confidence votes are a sign of widening divide between university executives and faculty members

Professors have issued more votes than ever against campus leadership, a sign of the widening divide between university executives and faculty.
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Top Boston pop culture moments of 2024

From Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, to "pommel horse guy," assistant digital editor Matt Juul looks back on the year that was, and forecasts 2025 trends.
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Wa, Wa, Wachusett: Behind New England’s iconic jingles

Some of the region’s most recognizable brands were defined by their tunes. Reporter Spencer Buell takes a trip down memory lane.
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Boston becomes inclusive running club hub

The goals go beyond a workout. Boston.com correspondent Nia Harmon unpacks the groups that are building community with every step.
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Nation


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Farewell, across many fields and disciplines

A look at others who died in the waning days of 2023 and in 2024.
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Nation


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Quiet reflections on a homegrown president from the folks in Plains

In Plains, population barely 500, there were different reflections. For the first time in a century, the town awoke without Jimmy in their midst.
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$850 for a table at Applebee’s? Welcome to Times Square on New Year’s Eve.

If you have some cash to burn — and a taste for Double Crunch boneless wings or unlimited breadsticks — some venues around Times Square are offering a respite from the mayhem.
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US imposes Russia, Iran sanctions over attempted election interference

The Treasury Department said the actions included using artificial intelligence to disseminate false information.
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He didn’t know his father was on the doomed flight until it crashed

The accident, the world’s deadliest plane crash in recent years, turned the airport in South Korea into a place of colossal grief and shock for the hundreds of victims’ relatives who had rushed there.
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South Korea clears way to detain president in martial law inquiry

It remained unclear how President Yoon Suk Yeol and his secret service bodyguards would react to an attempt to detain him for questioning.
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Something to celebrate about 2024: Violent crime is down.

The Economist called Boston “the safest big city in America,” and the city recorded the fewest homicides since 1957.
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OPINION


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Jimmy Carter: An uncommon product of his times

Born in the Jim Crow South, the former president saw injustice as something to be eradicated, not tolerated.
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LETTERS


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Zionism is simply the belief that Israel has the right to exist

Israeli media and protesters alike are vociferous in their opposition to their country’s policies; these Israeli protesters are Zionists, believing deeply in their country’s right to exist and to do better.
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Crime & Courts


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White teenager pleads guilty to attempted murder charge for trying to drown Black teen at Chatham pond in 2023

John Sheeran pleaded guilty to charges of attempted murder and assault with a dangerous weapon. He is set to be sentenced in February.
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Money, Power, Inequality


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Mass. grants $26 million to marijuana business owners affected by the ‘War on Drugs’

Massachusetts state officials announced grants for cannabis businesses owners from communities disproportionately harmed by marijuana prohibition and enforcement.
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Massachusetts


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Annual First Night event brings Boston families, visitors downtown for New Year’s Eve festivities

First Night Boston, a tradition in the city since 1976, consisted of holiday staples like ice sculptures, live music, and fireworks displays, while also adding new indoor programming for families.
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Red Sox have struck out on big-name talent, but they rule one aspect of free agency: They’re kings of interest

The Sox “had interest” or made offers to Juan Soto, Corbin Burnes, Teoscar Hernandez, Blake Snell, and Max Fried, but didn't sign one of them.
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Bruins close in on midpoint of up-and-down season with matinee loss to Capitals in Washington

The Bruins are back in action Thursday night against the struggling Rangers at Madison Square Garden.
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Celtics heat up in third quarter, get right with a brilliant second half in rout of Raptors

Confidence was needed after the Celtics were drubbed on Sunday by the Pacers. It came in the form for a boffo second half in which Boston scored 80 points on 74.4 percent shooting.
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Campus no-confidence votes are a sign of widening divide between university executives and faculty members

Professors have issued more votes than ever against campus leadership, a sign of the widening divide between university executives and faculty.
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Business


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Nearly all of Puerto Rico is without power on New Year’s Eve

Nearly 90 percent of 1.47 million clients across Puerto Rico were left in the dark. For some, it could take two days to restore power.
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Owners of Harpoon and Smuttynose breweries announce merger

As the Barrel One Collective, the company will oversee seven brewery-taprooms in four states, more than a dozen brands, and a production volume of almost 165,000 barrels.
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Obituaries


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Farewell to those whose light flickered across the generations

The honor, grace, and accomplishments of those who departed in 2024 are vast and deeply affecting.
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Obituaries


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Ruth Butler, who brought artists’ muses to life, dies at 93

An expert on late 19th century European sculptors, Dr. Butler had served as chair of the art department at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
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Lenny Randle, major leaguer repeatedly in the spotlight for 12 seasons, dies at 75

Dubbed “The Most Interesting Man in Baseball” by Rolling Stone, Mr. Randle often found himself in some of the oddest situations in baseball during his generation. A few were of his own making.
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Arts & Lifestyle






NAMES


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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt reach divorce settlement after 8 years

Jolie, 49, and Pitt, 61, were among Hollywood’s most prominent couples for 12 years. The two Oscar winners have six children together.
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A short history of the longevity of red lipstick in politics. It’s always had bipartisan appeal.

A new lipstick, MAGA Red No. 47 by GoRed Cosmetics, is advertised as “embodying patriotism with every swipe.” But pairing red lipstick with patriotism is hardly new.
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Checking out what’s been checked out in 2024

Here are the most popular checked-out library books in Massachusetts in 2024.
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