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Sunday, August 17, 2025


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Michelle Wu vs. Josh Kraft: Each has raised over $1 million for the mayoral race, and
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‘This war against mRNA, I just don’t understand it’: RFK Jr.’s latest victim is what could power the future of medicine

The Nobel Prize-winning technology underpinning COVID-19 vaccines is also fueling a host of biotechs developing treatments for cancers, cystic fibrosis, and rare diseases.
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Higher Education


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Alan Garber’s former student now holds the keys to Harvard’s future

Two of the frontline antagonists in the battle between Harvard and President Trump are bound by deep social ties and a shared academic interests.
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‘I’m glad Mitch is leaving’: Fight to replace McConnell in Senate may be about who rejects his legacy

During 40 years in office, the Senate titan has defined Kentucky. His successor may win by defining contrasts to him.
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‘Is that the look you want to give?’ Suffolk Sheriff Steven Tompkins relies heavily on employees for campaign donations

Since starting his second full term in January 2023, Tompkins has relied heavily on donations from those who work for him.
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Ukraine tries to understand why Trump suddenly abandoned idea of cease-fire

After President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin ended inconclusive peace talks in Alaska, Ukraine was left in a position it knows all too well.
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A fraudulent cancer breakthrough, a test for the future president of MIT, and a new age of doubt in science

It seemed like Duke scientists had developed a “Holy Grail” of cancer treatment. Then the truth came out.

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One Maine scientist can’t sleep at night because he’s thinking about how this creature could unlock human regeneration

Could a slimy, cute little specimen change modern medicine?
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A planned seven-story building behind Fenway Park could ruin the Green Monster. Don’t do it, Red Sox.

Is a monster still a monster if it’s being dwarfed?
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With a shovel and a dream, woman finds 2.3 carat diamond in Arkansas

She was on a mission: to find a diamond for her engagement ring.
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The potential key to upgrading toothpaste? Sheep’s wool and human hair.

The next major innovation in dental care just might be a new ingredient added to our toothpaste and mouthwash from an unlikely source: sheep’s wool or human hair.
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Where D.C. crime is bad, residents question Trump’s motives

In the Congress Heights neighborhood in the southeast corner of Washington, D.C., where there have been several murders and more than a dozen robberies so far this year, residents have greeted President Trump's promise of liberation from crime with a mix of skepticism, suspicion and outright derision.
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Erdogan calls it an anticorruption drive. His rivals call it a political crackdown.

In the five months since Turkey detained President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's top political rival, the authorities have arrested hundreds of others associated with the opposition in what Erdogan's critics call an attempt to undermine his competitors.
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Spain’s old ways may show how to keep cool

Throughout this long and miserable summer, Seville, in Spain's south, has become a furnace of southern Europe. Its residents hope for some relief. But the city, like everywhere else, has no quick fix for the disastrous consequences of a warming planet.
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US aid cuts condemn hungry children abroad

The women walked miles through the dusty streets of Maiduguri, in the northeastern corner of Nigeria, carrying their emaciated children. At 7 a.m., they began lining up to wait, for hours, to be handed a small red packet containing a special paste that could bring their children back from the brink of starvation.
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Was your cargo ship hijacked? Try this guy.

Max Hardberger is an international repo man for ships that have been illegally seized by white-collar pirates. When negotiations fail, waterborne jailbreaks can occur.
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Once again, Trump sends soldiers to do police officers’ jobs

The military’s job is to fight America’s enemies, not to police its citizens.
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Case of NIMBY-ism in West Roxbury is about a vocal few, not the whole community

A reader responds to an editorial about NIMBY-ism over a potential homeless shelter in West Roxbury, pointing out that concerns have been raised by a vocal few, not the community as a whole.
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Metco, nearly 60, at crossroads amid search for next leader

Amid a search for a new Metco CEO, advocates and parents said the next leader must take a more public role in holding participating districts accountable on addressing harassment and closing achievement gaps.
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Higher Education


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New international student college enrollment could drop by up to 40 percent this fall, study finds

The drop in international students could result in a $7 billion revenue loss for the United States.
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‘It will be a little bit different this year.’ Here’s what you need to know about fall vaccines.

Recommendations have changed under Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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Patriots’ Efton Chism continues to press his case to make team with six catches for 71 yards in win

Chism has taken the Patriots by a storm these past couple of weeks, showing out in practice and in the team’s two preseason games.
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MLB has improved its product in recent years, so why is the World Series starting on a Friday?

MLB needs a metaphorical mound visit and a pep talk because before anyone can believe in your product, you have to believe in it yourself.
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Eli Dershwitz has represented the US in fencing in three Olympics. Now he’s focused on inspiring the next generation.

The road that took Dershwitz all around the world is taking him home, with his recent purchase of Zeta Fencing in Ashland.
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UNH to pay New Hampshire $250,000 to settle air pollution lawsuit

The university was accused of violating the state’s Air Pollution Control Act by not performing required maintenance and inspections at a power plant on its Durham, N.H., campus.
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N.H. to train air traffic controllers amid national shortage

Nashua Community College will be home to the state’s first such program.
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Social media is dead

The early aughts brought us the innovation meant to foster connection. It’s consumed us, instead.
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Even if I had asked, there was little I could have done for one homeless patient

We are not doing enough to meet the needs of our most vulnerable patients: children without housing.
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Lifestyle


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For Gen Z, ‘little treats’ are worth going over budget

Many in Gen Z have embraced “treat culture,” the habit of indulging in small luxuries, like a $12 jumbo-size coffee or a $5 baked dessert, to reward themselves or practice self-care, even if the treats are outside their budgets.
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In troubled times on Earth, the world’s largest digital camera delivers staggering beauty from way, way out in space

Breathtaking celestial photographs, most recently from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, capture a vastness beyond terrestrial concerns.
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How ‘South Park’ became the buzziest thing on TV — in its 27th season

The animated comedy has had an attention-grabbing couple of weeks.
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Where to eat in Rome and Sicily

How did I assemble this list?, you might ask. Simple. They’re all restaurants we’d return to in a heartbeat.
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Keys dropped in toilets, shockingly unprepared travelers, missing kids. These are tales from the visitor center.

How tourism’s front-line workers do more than give directions.
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Home of the Week: For $1.29m, a Boxborough Colonial with a sweet suite

Property comes with four bedrooms, 4.5 baths, a lower level with its own entrance, and a koi pond.
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