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Saturday, January 4, 2025


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Dramatic House speaker vote poses ominous sign for Trump’s new Republican trifecta in Washington

Speaker Mike Johnson won on the first ballot, but not without some eleventh hour negotiation.
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Nation


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Alcohol is a leading preventable cause of cancer and drinks should carry warning label, surgeon general says

Growing research has linked drinking, sometimes even within the recommended limits, to various types of cancer.
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Higher Education


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‘My biggest fear is that a lot of students will drop out’: Surge in community college enrollment prompts calls to boost staffing, pay

Enrollment has soared, but the number of existing faculty has not.
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As one of her last official acts, Vice President Kamala Harris will certify her own loss. It’ll send a message.

It will be the anniversary of the day a violent mob broke into the Capitol to try to overturn Donald Trump's defeat four years ago.
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There are plenty of tickets on the market for Sunday’s Patriots game, and many are less than face value

“Demand has plummeted,” said Jim Holzman, owner of Ace Ticket, about sales for Sunday's Patriots-Bills game, the final one of a dismal season in New England.
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The end is finally near: Patriots season finale looms

Where did it all go wrong for New England? And who is most to blame? Columnists Chad Finn and Tara Sullivan know where to point the finger.
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Celtics stumble on path to secure banner 19

Could the Cavaliers give the C’s trouble? Is the team’s biggest concern their health? Columnists Chad Finn and Tara Sullivan play “Fair or Foul.”
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Boston sports predictions for 2025

Columnist Chad Finn forecasts Jerod Mayo’s future with the Patriots, another Red Sox free agency whiff, and the Celtics’ champion chances.
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After deadly New Orleans attack, police ramp up security and somber crowd pays respects

Police are increasing security in New Orleans’ busy French Quarter in the wake of a New Year’s Day attack that killed 14 people.
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Biden blocks takeover bid of US Steel by Japan’s Nippon

President Joe Biden blocked the $14 billion takeover of U.S. Steel by Nippon Steel of Japan in an announcement Friday based on grounds that the sale posed a threat to national security.
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Nation


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Will a devastating New Year’s Eve explosion change Hawaii’s fireworks culture?

Authorities and residents in Hawaii are wondering whether a New Year's Eve explosion that killed three people and wounded more than 20 will dampen the state's enthusiasm for illegal pyrotechnic displays.
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Impeached president faces down detention bid, stoking South Korea’s crisis

SEOUL, South Korea — When around 100 criminal investigators and police officers entered a hilly compound in central Seoul on Friday morning, they tried to achieve something that has never been done before in South Korea: detain a sitting president.
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European ministers visit Syria to strengthen ties with new government

Syria’s new leaders met the French and German foreign ministers in the capital, Damascus, on Friday in one of the highest-level Western diplomatic visits since the fall of President Bashar Assad last month.
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Israeli strikes kill at least 42 in Gaza as ceasefire talks set to resume in Qatar

“We woke up to the missile strike. We found the whole house disintegrated,” Abdul Rahman Al-Nabrisi said in the Maghazi refugee camp.
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After Putin: Could a modern Khrushchev reshape Russia-West relations?

Putin vs. Khrushchev: Divergent paths for Russia’s future.
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OPINION


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The photo from New Orleans that crushed me

Someone gave the heartbreaking order to clean up all that chaos and someone else arrived with a power washer to methodically wash the visible remnants of that morning into the gutters and down the storm drains.
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A disability, a shelter visit, and the unexpected gift of cats

I wasn’t sure I needed a cat and had turned my attention to service dogs. But I also saw little trouble with a couple of cats and imagined my cat, Florrie, lonely for late-life company. I imagined wrong.
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Health


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The surgeon general says that there is a direct link between alcohol and cancer. What does that mean for you?

Alcohol use is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the United States, after tobacco and obesity. It contributes to nearly 100,000 cancer cases and about 20,000 cancer deaths each year.
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Massachusetts


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MIT scientists study particles from distant asteroid for clues to the outer solar system’s origin

“We’re showing that, everywhere we look now, there was some sort of magnetic field that was responsible for bringing mass to where the sun and planets were forming,” said Benjamin Weiss, MIT’s Robert R. Shrock professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences.
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51 people died of fire-related causes in Mass. in 2024, officials say

About 80 percent of fatal non-vehicular fire, which exclude fire-related deaths from car crashes, took place in residential settings, according to a post on X by the Massachusetts Department of Fire Services.
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Jahlani Tavai clarifies comments after saying fans need to ‘know their place’ when calling for Jerod Mayo to be fired

Mayo said Friday he addressed Tavai's comments, and understood the frustration: "Look, no one is happy," Mayo said.
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Walker Buehler left the Dodgers to bet on himself by signing a free agent deal with the Red Sox

"I think this team is ready to be able to compete in the division and in the whole league,” said Buehler, a free agent righthander who signed a one-year, $21.05 million deal with the Red Sox.
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CELTICS NOTEBOOK


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Ime Udoka pleased to see Celtics take that final, championship step forward

The former Celtics coach, who lost the 2022 NBA Finals while in charge, wasn't the least bit surprised to see them win the title last season.
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In $250 million deal, Boston influencer marketing firm Later adds e-commerce

The merger of Later and Mavely is aimed at helping advertisers track how sponsoring influencers leads to online sales.
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Brandeis revokes lifetime email access for alumni, despite protests

The move will affect thousands of accounts on Jan. 8.
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US fines JetBlue $2 million for ‘chronic’ flight delays on several East Coast routes

The agency said it’s the first time it has fined an airline for chronic delays on specific routes, which it blamed on “unrealistic scheduling” by JetBlue.
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Obituaries


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Wayne Osmond, singer and guitarist with the Osmonds, dies at 73

Osmond was an original member of the family singing group, which had a string of pop hits in the 1970s. He died Wednesday in Salt Lake City.
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Rosita Missoni, who turned zigzag sweaters into high fashion, dies at 93

Rosita Missoni, who, with her husband, Ottavio, built a luxury clothing brand on a foundation of boldly colorful striped and zigzagged knitwear that helped make Milan a capital of Italian high fashion, died Wednesday at her home in Sumirago, in northern Italy. She was 93.
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New Bedford to honor ‘Moby-Dick’ author Herman Melville with statue capturing his ‘own journey into and out of the whale’

Sculptor Stefanie Rocknak’s design reflects Melville’s relationship with the city.
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Arts


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The Cut in Gloucester is closed, for now

The venue may still return in the spring.
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Television


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2025 Golden Globes: Where to stream some of this year’s top nominees

Looking to catch up on some of this year’s top titles? Here’s a guide to all of the 2025 nominees available to stream at home.
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