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Wednesday, August 20, 2025


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From Ozempic envy to ghosting friends: How GLP-1s are reshaping relationships

Jealousy, secrecy, and lies are rippling through friendships, marriages, and even doctors’ appointments as GLP-1s go mainstream.
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Massachusetts


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Wealthy households are driving Boston’s rising income segregation. Here’s how.

People at the ends of the socioeconomic spectrum are clustering together more, new research shows.
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Education


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Miss Hall’s School failed to stop teacher from sexually abusing five students over 20 years, independent investigator finds

The investigation also discovered that seven other former employees allegedly engaged in sexual misconduct with students dating back to the 1940s.
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Gateway Cities


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Federal authorities probing controversial 2023 arrest by Lawrence police of Black man over noise complaint

At least four officers were subpoenaed in January to testify before a federal grand jury the following month, records show.
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Nation


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Veterans’ voices shape a report on the Afghanistan War’s lessons and impact

The bipartisan Afghanistan War Commission aims to reflect such veterans’ experiences in a report due to Congress next year, which will analyze key strategic, diplomatic, military, and operational decisions made between June 2001 and the chaotic withdrawal in August 2021.
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Justice Department investigating D.C. police over alleged fake crime data

The criminal probe being run out of the D.C. federal prosecutor’s office, led by US Attorney Jeanine Pirro, is expected to examine not just police but also the actions of other local officials, according to three people familiar with the investigation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private deliberations.
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Oklahoma will test some incoming teachers with ‘America-first’ exam

The test’s 50 questions will cover topics about US government, religion, and gender, according to examples shared by the office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, Republican Ryan Walters.
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Defying RFK Jr., pediatric group urges COVID shots for young kids

The American Academy of Pediatrics on Tuesday urged parents to get their youngest children vaccinated for COVID, part of a broader effort by medical organizations to bypass Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his criticism of broadly administering coronavirus vaccines.
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The World






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Netanyahu faces pressure from far right over new cease-fire proposal

Far-right members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition denounced a proposed ceasefire deal with Hamas that would see the release of some of the remaining hostages held in the Gaza Strip in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
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The athletes at China’s robot games fell down a lot, but also showed possibilities

There's a very real concern that robots could eventually make some of our jobs obsolete. But at a robot-only sports competition in China over the weekend, the immediate concern was that they would fall over or crash into each other.
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India’s Modi meets China’s top diplomat as Asian powers rebuild ties

Relations between the two countries plummeted in 2020 after security forces clashed along the border.
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Editorial & Opinion






Columns


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The convictions that count are the ones that sometimes sting

Do you stick to principle even when it doesn’t suit your interest?
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Editorials


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The Boston City Council isn’t doing its job by dodging tough issues

It’s been a hot, dry summer, but does the City Council really need to carry this much water for Mayor Wu?
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Free cash to poor families isn’t helping the kids

New study finds that stipends have limited impact on the development of children.
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‘Boston will not back down’: Wu blasts Trump administration after Bondi’s latest demands on immigration enforcement

Wu blasted a letter from US Attorney General Pam Bondi renewing the Trump administration’s demand that Boston end policies the president views as impeding federal immigration enforcement efforts.
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‘She did an unbelievable job’: Sixth grader springs into action to help to rescue boy from well

And 11-year-old girl in Tyngsborough heard an urgent shout outside and raced to help, calling 911 and rushing over with a ladder.
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Two adults, two children found dead in N.H. home in apparent murder-suicide, officials say. A toddler was found uninjured.

A 911 call was placed from the home around 8:20 p.m. on Monday, police said.
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Sports






Celtics


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‘We’re not playing for second.’ Bill Chisholm and Wyc Grousbeck discuss sale of the Celtics and where they go from here.

The deal will close in two phases, with Chisholm’s group taking 51 percent ownership now, and the balance closing in 2028.
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Red Sox


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Red Sox manager Alex Cora is still a difference-maker in the dugout

Cora has mixed and matched, maximizing a Red Sox roster that looks ticketed to return the franchise to the postseason for the first time since 2021.
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Busy day for Drake Maye, which could indicate he won’t play Thursday, and other notes from Patriots practice

Coach Mike Vrabel said Monday that this week’s practice reps would inform him for personnel decisions on Thursday.
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Technology


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Meet the Harvard librarian fighting publishers for cheaper ebooks

Kyle Courtney is working on legislation that would compel publishers to cut libraries a better deal.
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Business


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If Trump doesn’t think you’re good at your job, he’ll tell you. That’s worrisome.

The president has started to reach into companies, from Goldman Sachs to Intel, and reprimand workers.
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Grace Lee reached the pinnacle of her banking career. Then she walked away.

Lee took inspiration from former state economic secretary Yvonne Hao when she made the decision to walk away from M&T Bank to have more time to be there for her husband and mother.
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Obituaries






Obituaries


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Robin Lakoff, expert on language and gender, is dead at 82

Ms. Lakoff was a linguist who analyzed what she considered the unique ways women speak and argued that language enforces the power imbalance between the sexes.
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Joe Caroff, who gave James Bond his signature 007 logo, dies at 103

He also designed posters for movies that spanned from “West Side Story” and "Cabaret" to “A Hard Day’s Night.”
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Lifestyle


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Hurricane Erin’s massive waves threaten to isolate North Carolina’s Outer Banks

Officials have ordered evacuations of Hatteras and Ocracoke islands even without a hurricane warning because that tiny ribbon of highway called N.C. 12 will likely be torn up and washed out in several places, isolating villages for days or weeks.
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Music


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A small but mighty Brattleboro opera company takes on Wagner’s epic ‘Ring.’

The production is only one of a few attempts nationally this year to stage one of opera's most intimidating works.
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Food & Dining


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To celebrate 75 years, the Kowloon is throwing a block party

We spoke with Bobby Wong about the restaurant’s history, future plans, most popular dishes, and more.
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