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Thursday, August 20, 2020
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Kamala Harris seizes historic moment in accepting nomination for vice president
Kamala Harris made history on Wednesday as the first Black woman and first Asian American to accept a spot on a major party’s presidential ticket, a moment intended to galvanize Democratic voters heading into the fall campaign against President Trump.
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Warren touts Biden’s plans — drawn from her own — to animate progressives for November
Speaking from a classroom in a temporarily shuttered early learning center in Springfield, Senator Elizabeth Warren said in a speech Wednesday night during the Democratic National Convention that Joe Biden “has some really good plans.” Left unsaid was that they were her plans first.
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Most Mass. students will be required to get the flu vaccine this year
Nearly all Massachusetts students under the age of 30 will be required to get the flu vaccine by the end of 2020, state health officials announced Wednesday.
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Teachers unions want to work from home, but offer few ideas for improving virtual school
The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped and redefined the discussion around how best to educate the state’s children and the state’s three influential teachers unions have played a key role in elevating health concerns related to reopening,
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They survived life on a submarine and at the South Pole. Here’s their advice for staying sane this winter.
Create minievents to look forward to. Learn something new. Don’t fall into “Is it over yet?” syndrome.
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Colleges should rethink using standardized test scores for admissions, major counselors’ group says
It’s time for colleges and universities to rethink their use of standardized test scores as a factor in admissions during and after the coronavirus pandemic, a report by the world’s largest postsecondary counseling and admissions group says.
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Florida deaths from coronavirus top 10,000 amid school reopening fight
Deaths in Florida from the coronavirus surpassed 10,000, while teachers and state officials argued in court over whether in-person schools should reopen this month.
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Pelosi says postmaster has no plans to restore mail cuts
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s postmaster general has no intention of restoring mail equipment or funding overtime hours he cut, despite public outcry that operational changes are undermining service before the November election.
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Local officials in China hid coronavirus dangers from Beijing, US agencies find
A new US intelligence report says top officials in Beijing were in the dark in early January on the true dangers of the virus.
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Venezuela deploys security forces in coronavirus crackdown
Venezuelan officials are denouncing people who may have come into contact with the coronavirus as “bioterrorists” and urging their neighbors to report them. The government is detaining and intimidating doctors and specialists who question the president’s policies on the virus.
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EU rejects Belarus election, without demanding a new one
As the European leaders conferred by teleconference, riot police were reappearing on the streets of Minsk, the capital of Belarus.
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Boston housing activists, teachers, parents rally for eviction protections and remote learning
The Wednesday rally, led by City Life/Vida Urbana, a housing justice organization, started with a caravan from Jamaica Plain to the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building, where the BPS superintendent and school committee are headquartered.
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Are Joe Kennedy’s efforts to define Ed Markey coming too late?
In recent weeks, Kennedy has sharpened his attempts to paint Markey as out-of-touch with constituents. But has Kennedy, whose polling lead has diminished, waited too long to push this sharply unflattering portrait?
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Appeals court rules in favor of Robert Kraft in Florida prostitution case, tosses video footage
A Florida appellate court on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling tossing video footage that allegedly captured New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft paying for sex on two consecutive days at a spa in that state last year.
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Bruins beat Hurricanes to move on to second round of Stanley Cup Playoffs
David Krejci and Patrice Bergeron scored in the second period for Boston.
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Celtics 128, 76ers 101
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Observations as Celtics dominate 76ers to take 2-0 series lead
Jayson Tatum continued his offensive onslaught, scoring 33 points in leading the Celtics over the 76ers. Kemba Walker added 22.
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A sweep for Boston, but here’s hoping Xander Bogaerts doesn’t get the Mookie Betts treatment
Rumors surfaced this week that the Red Sox would consider dealing Bogaerts before his trade veto kicks in.
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Revere was going through a revival before COVID-19. Can it stay on track?
The seaside city was having a moment before COVID-19 hit. Revere’s revival was well underway until the pandemic wreaked health and economic havoc in a city that’s home to many immigrants and service industry workers. When and how it emerges will provide a measure of the “new” Revere’s resiliency.
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On Shirley Avenue, preserving the spine of a neighborhood amid growth
Revere's main commercial district, home to dozens of immigrant-owned businesses, is a microcosm of the city's future.
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A beachside boomtown, but for whom?
As Revere attracts residential development, there are fears that the city may become unaffordable for lower-income residents.
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Obituaries
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Dan H. Fenn Jr., founding director of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, dies at 97
Dan H. Fenn was a staff assistant to President John F. Kennedy before becoming the first director of the JFK's presidential library.
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Gisèle Halimi, influential French lawyer and feminist, 93
Ms. Halimi championed feminist causes and other human rights efforts for more than seven decades.
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Dan Budnik, who photographed civil rights movement, dies
Acclaimed photographer Dan Budnik, noted for his portraits of artists in New York in the 1960s and documenting the civil rights movement and Native American culture, has died. He was 87.
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