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Wednesday, January 15, 2025
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Elections
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Defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth faces fierce hearing, with Reed and Democratic women senators leading the opposition
None of the 13 Democrats on the Armed Services Committee appeared to believe Hegseth, an Army veteran and Fox News personality, was qualified to run one of the largest and most complex institutions in the world.
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Politics
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Very few women have delivered babies while serving in elected office. Here’s what a few had to say.
Wu is the newest member of a tiny but growing group of prominent women politicians who have delivered children while serving in office.
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Cambridge and Somerville
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Residents evacuated Cambridge condo building amid structural issues. Now they’re worried it may have to be demolished.
Residents of Cambridge's Riverview fear they will never be able to return home.
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Nation
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Fierce winds threaten to ignite new LA-area blazes
Intense wind gusts sweeping across Southern California on Tuesday threatened to drive some of the most destructive wildfires in the state’s history into new areas and ignite additional fires that could endanger lives and property, officials said.
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Politics
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Special counsel report says Trump would have been convicted in election case
The report amounted to an extraordinary rebuke of a president-elect, capping a momentous legal saga that saw the man now poised to regain the powers of the nation’s highest office charged with crimes that struck at the heart of American democracy.
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Boston Globe Today
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Professor: Trump deserves ‘some credit’ for pitch to buy Greenland
US Naval War College professor Mary Thompson-Jones spoke to guest host James Pindell about how the president-elect was right to raise the idea.
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Doctors are unionizing. Here's what we're watching.
Physicians are on the picket line. Reporter Jonathan Saltzman highlights what they want and what could happen next.
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Antibiotics on the menu at some fast food chains
STAT senior writer and Pharmalot columnist Ed Silverman unpacks how some restaurants are playing chicken with your health.
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The Nation
Nation
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Moderate drinking raises health risks while offering few benefits
Among both men and women, drinking just one alcoholic beverage a day increases the risk of liver cirrhosis, esophageal cancer, oral cancer, and injuries of various kinds, according to a federal analysis issued Tuesday.
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Climate
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Chemicals in sewage sludge fertilizer pose cancer risk, EPA says
When people eat or drink foods containing “forever” chemicals, the compounds accumulate in the body and can cause kidney, prostate, and testicular cancer.
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Nation
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Hundreds of teachers lost homes in LA fires
“There’s not going to be anything resembling normal for the rest of the semester,” a union official said.
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The World
World
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Israel and Hamas are ‘on the brink’ of cease-fire agreement, Blinken says
Negotiators said Hamas seemed ready to accept the deal, including its details about the exchange of Palestinian prisoners for hostages and the specific movements of Israeli troops as they withdraw from positions in Gaza, a source said.
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World
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After economic meltdown and war with Israel, Lebanon’s new prime minister vows to rebuild
The selection of Salam was widely seen as a major political blow to the Lebanese militant group and political party, which has served as the real power in Lebanon for decades.
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World
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Ukraine launches ‘massive’ drone attacks inside Russia, officials say
The attacks, mostly in southwestern Russia, were the latest in a series demonstrating Ukraine’s ability to strike deep inside the country.
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Editorial & Opinion
OPINION
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While Trump spreads lies about the California wildfires, Mexico and Canada send their best
In a probable message to the incoming president, a Mexican official said "cooperation has no borders."
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EDITORIAL
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What good is health care price transparency if no one’s shopping?
State’s CompareCare website gets little traffic
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OPINION
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TikTok ban would give teens a needed reset
When it comes to TikTok, it will be vital to make and, over time, to prove the case that American teens are better off without the platform.
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Metro
Massachusetts
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In Revere, a push for answers after man arrested with assault rifle and 10 pounds of fentanyl at state shelter
The council voted Monday to have state officials discuss vetting procedures for shelter residents at a future council meeting.
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Lawmakers say they want transparency, but they don’t want to talk about it
Senate President Karen Spilka and House Speaker Ron Mariano have both suggested that they want to make it easier for the public to know what the Legislature is doing. But it’s the details that matter.
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Transportation
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A game-changer for transportation: Healey proposes $8 billion to stave off job losses and service cuts
To quickly stabilize transportation infrastructure and operations statewide, the plan calls for tapping into a greater portion of the state’s so-called millionaires tax.
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Sports
Women's Beanpot: BU 2, Harvard 1 (OT)
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Lindsay Bochna scores in overtime as Boston University tips Harvard in opener of Women’s Beanpot
The graduate student, playing in her first Beanpot after transferring from Providence, lifted her new team.
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celtics notebook
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Celtics to begin receiving bids from prospective buyers next week
According to a letter obtained by the Globe, the Celtics ownership group expects the "first close" on the sale to come this spring.
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Bruins notebook
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Matt Poitras recalled from AHL as Bruins make series of roster moves ahead of game vs. Lightning
The other moves related to injury classifications, with franchise defenseman Charlie McAvoy surprisingly placed on the injured reserve list.
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Business
Housing
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In townwide vote, Needham rejects housing plan
The suburb became the latest to rebuff a controversial state housing law. The town will now have until July to craft a new plan.
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innovation beat
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AI could solve greatest human challenges, if we let it, Moderna cofounder says
Combining human efforts, nature, and AI in what Noubar Afeyan calls “polyintelligence” could solve problems such as climate change or cancer, he wrote.
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THE FINE PRINT
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They spent $10,000 on a heat pump. So why didn’t their National Grid gas bill get any cheaper?
The couple's gas bill was as high as before they switched to electric heat.
Clearly, something was wrong.
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Obituaries
Obituaries
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Oliviero Toscani, driving force behind provocative Benetton ads, dies at 82
His shock-and-awe campaigns in the 1980s and ’90s helped turn Benetton from a small Italian brand into a global fashion powerhouse.
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Obituaries
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Claude Jarman Jr., child star in ‘The Yearling,’ dies at 90
Mr. Jarman Jr., won a juvenile Academy Award for his performance in “The Yearling,” as a lonely towheaded boy who adopts an orphaned fawn.
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Arts & Lifestyle
STAGE REVIEW
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‘Crumbs from the Table of Joy’ spreads its storytelling too widely
Terrific performances can’t fully anchor the show.
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MOVIE REVIEW | ★★★
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In ‘Diane Warren: Relentless,’ a songwriting legend gets her due
Like its subject, this documentary is equal parts profane and poignant.
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Music
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Country star Carrie Underwood will perform at Trump’s inauguration
Country music star Carrie Underwood will perform “America the Beautiful” at Donald Trump’s inauguration next week.
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