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Thursday, January 2, 2025


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Driver rams New Year’s revelers in New Orleans, killing at least 15; FBI doesn’t believe he acted alone

More than 30 people were injured as Wednesday’s attack turned festive Bourbon Street into macabre mayhem.
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Healthcare


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‘Very new’: Doctors are unionizing, from Mass General Brigham to Beth Israel. Here’s why.

Physicians at Mass General Brigham, Beth Israel, and Cambridge Health Alliance are driven by a conviction that their employers are putting business considerations over medical ones.
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Lifestyle


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MAGA Red is everywhere, but can Trump and his supporters really ‘own’ red?

Despite its historical association with the left, today red is emblematic of the right.
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Lions and taxes and parents, oh my! A look at what new Massachusetts laws take effect in 2025 and who they impact.

A raft of Massachusetts laws take effect in 2025, promising to reshape everything from what people and businesses pay in taxes to how students in Massachusetts earn their high school diplomas.
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Climate


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Massachusetts shifts gears: New Mass Save plan targets rental units for green upgrades

Landlords and people living in rentals — who make up more than one-third of households in the state — have been largely left out of Mass Save's effort to slash greenhouse gas emissions by upgrading homes.
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Houseplant problems? The doctor is in.

WATCH: What common mistakes do plant parents make? What gimmicks should you watch out for? Julio César Román of Micro Plant Studio in Southie has answers.
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Climb every mountain on skis

WATCH: The little sibling of downhill and cross-country skiing is gaining popularity. Reporter Amanda Gokee explains what's behind it and how to get started.
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Is pet insurance worth it?

WATCH: Senior assistant business editor Andy Rosen unpacks the dollars and cents to help you decide if it’s an essential safety net, or unnecessary expense.
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As marijuana use grows, effect on road safety remains a blind spot

Law enforcement officials lack tools to detect cannabis-impaired driving as reliably as they can identify people who get behind the wheel drunk.
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Will Yellowstone National Park erupt? Scientists have new answers.

With its famous hot springs and gushing geysers, Yellowstone is one the most iconic national parks in the country and astonishes millions of visitors every year.
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New Orleans barriers to prevent vehicle attacks were in the process of being replaced

City officials have not confirmed whether the intersection where the truck sped through was actively under construction or said if the replacement project created a vulnerability.
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Rebels easily toppled Syria’s army. Their challenge now: rebuilding.

More than 50 tanks and military vehicles lay scattered and abandoned across the parade and training grounds of an army base in northern Syria, captured by rebels in their lightning-fast offensive that toppled President Bashar Assad.
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Ukraine halts the flow of natural gas from Russia to Europe

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine had warned for months that he would not renew the prewar contract, which expired at midnight on Dec. 31, because of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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Fishing coins from Trevi Fountain and putting wet money to work

There’s a good chance that many first-time visitors to the Trevi Fountain in Rome know the drill. To ensure a return to the Eternal City, the legend goes, stand with your back to the water and toss a coin with your right hand over your left shoulder.
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Cost and compatibility questions remain for White Stadium proposal

Would park land in any other part of Boston be given up so readily to privatization?
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Last-minute health care bills make needed reforms

Although neither is perfect, Healey should sign the bills on drug pricing and market oversight into law.
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Trump tests Supreme Court power with TikTok intervention

Trump’s TikTok brief is an alarming preview of how he sees the Supreme Court and how he intends to treat it once he returns to office: as another arm of his MAGA empire that he can control on demand.
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With wedding vows and wet weather, hundreds of swimmers ring in New Year with L Street Brownies plunge

Hundreds took the annual Jan. 1 dip into Dorchester Bay in South Boston on Wednesday to ring in the new year.
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Health


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Jewish communities in Mass. concerned as antisemitic hate crimes increase for third straight year

Discriminatory crimes against both Jewish and Arab individuals in Massachusetts increased in 2023.
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Roxbury lost its recreation center for a time. Now the challenge is to reconnect it to the community.

The Cass center in Roxbury recently reopened after it was converted into a shelter for migrants earlier this year.
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Patriots quarterback Drake Maye in line to start season finale against Bills

The only condition coach Jerod Mayo seemed to put on Maye’s availability is whether he’s healthy enough to play. The rookie suffered a head injury last week.
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It’s difficult to repeat, and that’s what the Celtics are already finding out

For every example like the Chiefs, who are gunning for a third consecutive Super Bowl, there are countless instances where teams tried and failed to pull off back-to-back titles.
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Jerod Mayo’s done, the Celtics will repeat, the Bruins will stumble, and more Boston sports predictions for 2025

We’ve got some serious business ahead with our favorite Boston sports teams, and so we must take our predictions seriously too.
Plus, I’m really, really trying to be right for once.
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Boston’s startup economy is poised for growth in 2025

Growing enthusiasm for AI, lower interest rates, and a boost from government at the state and federal levels should help.
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Nurses licensed in 42 other states and jurisdictions will soon be eligible to practice in Mass.

The change could help ease rampant staffing shortages, but the state’s nurses union fears it might also be a short-term fix that keeps hospitals from improving pay or working conditions.
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Here’s an AI-powered gadget that actually works — and one that needs work

A new wave of PCs and phones are putting miniature versions of artificial intelligence right inside our devices.
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Obituaries


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Charlie Maxwell, who hit homers in 4 consecutive at-bats, dies at 97

Mr. Maxwell, who debuted as a Red Sox outfielder, was a two-time All-Star.
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Rodessa Barrett Porter, member of a storied gospel trio, dies at 94

Rodessa Barrett Porter, the last living member of the Barrett Sisters, a Chicago gospel trio renowned for their exuberant operatic sound and thrilling harmonies, died Dec. 16 in Harvey, Illinois. She was 94.
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Harry Chandler, Navy medic who survived Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, dies at 103

Harry Chandler, a Navy medic who helped pull injured sailors from the oily waters of Pearl Harbor after the 1941 Japanese attack on the naval base, has died. He was 103.
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Arts & Lifestyle






Lifestyle


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How to stick to your New Year’s resolutions

It’s not willpower that helps us stick with a New Year’s resolution.
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BOOKS


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Boston-based physician Freida McFadden writes best-selling thrillers. And ‘The Housemaid’ movie is on the way.

Sydney Sweeney and Amanda Seyfried are among the names attached to the movie, to release in 2025.
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Feuding siblings trap mediator sister in the middle

Advice from R. Eric Thomas.
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