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Thursday, October 9, 2025


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‘They just let this system crumble’: Frozen funds leave courts short-staffed, buildings in disrepair

The clerks and others involved in the justice system say a state hiring freeze that went into effect in July, the start of the new fiscal year has left them struggling to meet basic requirements.
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Israel and Hamas agree to ‘first phase’ of plan to end fighting and release hostages, Trump says

The deal calls for Hamas to release all 20 living hostages in the coming days, while the Israeli military will begin a withdrawal from the majority of Gaza, people familiar with the matter told AP.
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Norfolk County’s sheriff charged a business course to his office. Then he started his own money-making venture.

Sheriff Patrick McDermott said there was no correlation between his outside interest in real estate and the taxpayer-funded charges.
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Joan Bennett Kennedy, who advocated for others while facing her own struggles, dies at 89

"I believe we can use our mistakes as building blocks for deeper insight and for change," said Ms. Kennedy, who was candid about her own challenges.
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Boston’s police commissioner says street takeovers are ‘getting out of control’

“They’re well aware of what they’re doing and where they’re going,” Michael Cox said Wednesday of the crowds that descend on intersections.

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Federal government shutdown grinds into a week two as tempers flare at the Capitol

As the government shutdown entered a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
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Comey pleads not guilty and will seek to dismiss charges as vindictive

James Comey, the former FBI director targeted by President Trump, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges he lied to Congress. His lawyer said he would move to quickly dismiss the case, calling it a "vindictive" and "selective" prosecution.
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Professor who teaches about anti-fascism at Rutgers moves to Europe after death threats

“Since my family and I do not feel safe in our home at the moment, we are moving for the year to Europe,” the history professor said in an email to students.
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Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded for discovery that could trap C02 and bring water to deserts

The chemists worked separately but added to each other’s breakthroughs over decades, beginning with Robson’s work in the 1980s.
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UNICEF warns that number of children in Haiti displaced by violence has nearly doubled

A new UNICEF report has found that the number of children displaced by violence in Haiti has nearly doubled to 680,000.
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EU moves to ban the use of meat names for veggie fare

The amendment follows an initiative by Europe’s largest center-right political family, the European People’s Party (EPP), that backers say aims to protect farmers.
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Can Trump militarize American cities? It’s up to the Supreme Court.

And that should worry us all.
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A compact answer to Trump’s ‘compact’: No

Universities should refuse the administration’s offer of preferential funding if they give up their independence.
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Pope Leo and Zach Bryan are singing the same song against Trump immigration policies

Could that strange and unexpected pairing of voices encourage others to speak out against the roundup of immigrants across this country?
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Norfolk County sheriff, accused of misusing campaign money, resigns as head of statewide sheriffs’ association

Sheriff Patrick McDermott was accused last month of unlawfully using campaign money.
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Mayor Wu condemns attacks on police at pro-Palestinian protest on Boston Common

Thirteen people were arrested and four police officers injured during a protest in Boston that turned violent Tuesday evening.
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Harvard mathematician among New Englanders awarded $800,000, no-strings-attached MacArthur ‘genius’ grants

Professor Lauren Williams was joined by a cultural anthropologist in Providence and a cartographer and basketmaker from Maine as the New Englanders named to this year's class of MacArthur fellows.
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Bruins name Hampus Lindholm their third alternate captain, joining David Pastrnak and Charlie McAvoy

The Bruins will start the season without a captain for the first time since 2001.
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The biggest revelation for the 2025 Patriots: The downfield passing attack is back with Drake Maye and Josh McDaniels

The Patriots of the last two seasons could barely throw the ball.
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Maybe we shouldn’t be thinking playoffs for the Patriots just yet, but their softer-than-soft schedule says otherwise

Not enough has been made of the clear path the Patriots have been handed. Welcome to the March of the Tomato Cans, 2025.
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Boston nonprofit distributes 80,000 diapers to help families struggling with rising costs

Diapers alone can cost $1,000 per child per year. Nonprofits are organizing diaper drives and other initiatives to help struggling families.
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Developer Tom O’Brien will draw up new plans for Carney Hospital site, closed after Steward Health Care bankruptcy

City officials have said that any redevelopment on the Carney site should include some sort of health care service.
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Federal Reserve Bank of Boston president talks about tariffs, jobs, and why inflation is ‘still elevated’

Without committing to another rate cut, Susan Collins says she expects inflation to moderate once tariffs work their way through the economy.
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Obituaries


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Joan Bennett Kennedy, who advocated for others while facing her own struggles, dies at 89

"I believe we can use our mistakes as building blocks for deeper insight and for change," said Ms. Kennedy, who was candid about her own challenges.
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Ken Jacobs, visionary experimental filmmaker, is dead at 92

For 65-plus years, Mr. Jacobs experimented with cinematic form on his way to becoming one of the leaders of American avant-garde.
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‘Bridgerton’ author Julia Quinn to chat about the allure of Regency romance at Boston Book Festival event this month

Julia Quinn on Boston romance authors, and what *she’s* watching on TV.
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Add this to your New Year’s Eve options: Seth MacFarlane sings with the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall

The “Family Guy” creator and RISD grad will perform favorites from the Great American Songbook, plus big band standards.
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Heavily sanitized and fully repaired, Improv Asylum is set to reopen

A flood over St. Patrick’s Day weekend had filled the comedy venue with a foot and a half of water.
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