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Sunday, January 5, 2025


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Massachusetts


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‘It’s like a rebirth’: At 83, a feminist icon from Jamaica Plain unravels a Holocaust family mystery

Vilunya Diskin has lived in Greater Boston since the '60s, and in her 20s, she was a member of a local 13-member collective that wrote “Our Bodies, Ourselves."
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Boston’s poet laureate opens ‘first of its kind’ independent bookstore in Dorchester

‘People do rest as a political act, but I’m arguing for leisure and fun and joy as a kind of political act,’ says bookshop cofounder Porsha Olayiwola.
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Turning patients into profit: How Steward embodies the risk of private equity’s push in American health care.

An investigation into Steward Health Care reveals a cautionary tale about the role of private equity in American health care and the corporate push for profits — often at the expense of patients.
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Renters hate to pay broker fees. Could this be the year those fees go away?

In a super-expensive rental market, tenant-paid broker fees can add insult to injury. Now officials in Boston, Cambridge, and Somerville are pushing to end the unusual practice — and hoping state lawmakers will let them.
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Israeli airstrikes in Gaza kill at least 21, hospital workers say, as talks underway

Thousands rallied again in Israel to press for a ceasefire deal, hours after Hamas released a video showing one of the hostages still held in Gaza. Such videos, like an uptick in airstrikes, have been seen as attempts to assert pressure during talks.
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Five women. One set of china.

Some antique dealers say that they don’t accept china anymore — it just doesn’t sell. The dishes are frequently one of the items left over at estate sales. Storage units and landfills are brimming with it.
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‘I joined ISIS’: The New Orleans attacker’s secret radicalization

His electric truck was already headed toward New Orleans, traveling from his trailer home outside Houston and past the twinkling oil refineries to the east, when Shamsud-Din Jabbar began capturing a video on his phone in the dark.
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New Orleans releases most names of victims killed in attack

On Friday evening, the city released the names of 12 of the 14 victims. All had died of blunt force injuries.
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The fragile Israel-Hezbollah truce is holding so far, despite violations

A ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has held up for over a month, even as its terms seem unlikely to be met by the agreed-upon deadline.
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Drones, exploding parcels and sabotage: How hybrid tactics target the West

Hybrid attacks are not new, but they have escalated in recent years.
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Venezuela opposition leader recognized by US as election victor embarks on international tour

A crowd of a few hundred Venezuelan migrants broke into shouts of “Edmundo, Presidente” as Edmundo González emerged from a meeting with Argentine President Javier Milei in Buenos Aires.
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The top 10 Boston Globe Magazine stories of 2024

A look back at the most-read stories of the past year, from the tale of a social worker who posed as a teen to the story of Salem’s Satanic Temple.
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In pricey Boston, choosing between your pet and housing is heartbreakingly common

When people struggle, pets struggle. Here’s how the community can help, according to the head of the Animal Rescue League of Boston.
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How a three-legged dog taught this old human a new trick

My dog has been schooling me. I just didn’t know it.
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EDITORIAL


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Massachusetts legislative reform requires more than lip service

Closed door meetings, few roll calls, and top-down rule won’t cut it in 2025.
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LETTERS


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Traffic cameras alone will not remove dangers of poor road design

Traffic cameras are generally installed where there is a history of infractions and accidents. In many of these cases, they are a lazy way to address bad intersection design.
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Pearl Harbor, Hiroshima survivors were models of resilience

How ironic that both lived long and productive lives after sustaining such horrific events in their early years.
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Community behavioral health centers were supposed to ease the ER boarding crisis. Now some are struggling financially.

Workers say many beds in these urgent care clinics are still sitting empty.
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‘Certainly not a weird one-off’: Experts decry social media trend seen in Assumption ‘To Catch a Predator’ case

Five students at Assumption University in Worcester are facing criminal charges for allegedly kidnapping a man they lured to campus in a sting modeled on similar stunts on social media, records show.
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Pet squirrels and racoons? N.H. lawmakers say some may be OK.

The high-profile seizure of a pet squirrel and raccoon in New York prompted New Hampshire lawmakers to consider allowing some exotic pets.
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Sports






BRUINS NOTEBOOK


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Mark Kastelic feels sense of belonging with Bruins, takes ice for first game after scoring new contract

Kasteklic signed a three-year, $4.7 million contract through 2027-28 with the Bruins.
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This is Drake Maye’s team, so he should start the Patriots season finale Sunday

As coach Jerod Mayo likes to say, football players get better by playing football.
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‘That guy, he’s different’: Those around baseball believe the Red Sox acquired a special pitcher in Garrett Crochet

The 25-year-old lefthander brought a significant return, with the White Sox acquiring four of the Red Sox’ top prospects, including Braden Montgomery and Kyle Teel.
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IDEAS


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Why do disability stories have only two endings?

Once you pick up on the pattern of ‘kill or cure,’ you start to see it everywhere.
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IDEAS


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How the Democrats come back

The Democratic Party expected that an increasingly diverse country would deliver an enduring majority. The election proved the folly of that prediction — or did it?
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Obituaries


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Martin Karplus, Harvard professor who shared 2013 Nobel Prize for chemistry, dies at 94

Dr. Karplus once said that he "realized what I really wanted to do was understand biological systems, and the only way to do this was to do chemistry and physics."
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Martin Karplus, Harvard professor who shared 2013 Nobel Prize for chemistry, dies at 94

Dr. Karplus once said that he "realized what I really wanted to do was understand biological systems, and the only way to do this was to do chemistry and physics."
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critic's notebook


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What does going ‘inside’ really offer?

News and entertainment TV programs both have developed a focus on the inside look.
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PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW | MARK FEENEY


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At the Clark, a photographer pays homage to two great painters

Abelardo Morell conjures up the worlds of Claude Monet and John Constable.
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A trip down candlepin memory lanes at the Worcester Historical Museum

“Strikes, Spares & Deadwood,” a new exhibition on display through March, is a compelling reminder that candlepin, which originated in Worcester, was once king.
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TRAVEL


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Don’t stay in this winter. We’ve got you covered.

With the proper gear, you can endure — no, enjoy! — whatever Mother Nature dishes out.
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TRENDSPOTTING


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Can’t always travel? There are close-by places that can bring the world to you.

We're talking about the Latin Quarter in Jamaica Plain; Little Saigon and the Polish Triangle, both in Dorchester; Nueva Esperanza, a Puerto Rican neighborhood in Holyoke; and a nascent Korea Town in Allston.
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Real Estate


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Micro-apartments will become a cost-effective solution for renters — eventually

Originally designed to be affordable, there’s still a high barrier to entry for these tiny living spaces.
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Real Estate


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Home of the Week: Maxwell redefines smart living in Everett

Pet-friendly, modern apartment building offers coworking spaces, a lounge, a swimming pool, state-of-the-art security and package protection, a demo kitchen, fire pits, and more.
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