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Biden accepts nomination, vows to lead nation out of ‘season of darkness'

The 77-year-old Biden, who would become the oldest president ever if elected, is an unlikely figure to be the standard bearer of the leftward-charging Democratic Party, with his somber message of restoring the “soul” of the nation and an old school emphasis on working across the aisle.
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Feds to seek death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber

The Justice Department will seek to reinstate a death penalty for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man who was convicted of carrying out the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, Attorney General William Barr said Thursday.
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In surprise endorsement that roils party’s left wing, Pelosi throws support behind Kennedy

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is endorsing Representative Joseph Kennedy III in his primary challenge to incumbent Senator Edward Markey, a boost for the challenger in what polls suggest is a neck-and-neck race.
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I wanted to see how COVID-19 had changed Manhattan. I found that in many ways, it hadn’t.

Three months after I left New York for Boston while both cities were at a standstill, I returned to a re-emerging city.
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Ex-Trump aide Steve Bannon pleads not guilty in border wall scheme

Stephen Bannon, President Trump’s former adviser and an architect of his 2016 general election campaign, was charged Thursday with defrauding donors to a private fund-raising effort called We Build the Wall, which was intended to bolster the president’s signature initiative along the Mexican border.
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Trump goes on offensive, ripping Biden and Harris

President Trump unleashed a scorched-earth campaign on Thursday against former Vice President Joe Biden hours before Biden was to accept the Democratic presidential nomination, predicting “mayhem” if his rival won the general election in November.
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Senate Democrats investigating whether USPS changes held up prescription drug deliveries

Two top Senate Democrats are opening their own investigation into the US Postal Service, aiming to explore whether changes to mail processing and delivery have prevented seniors, veterans, and other patients from receiving their prescription drugs on time.
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Trump must turn over tax returns to DA, judge rules

A federal judge on Thursday rejected President Donald Trump’s latest effort to block the Manhattan district attorney from obtaining his tax returns, roundly dismissing Trump’s arguments that the prosecutor’s grand jury subpoena was “wildly overbroad” and issued in bad faith.
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Rappers, activists arrested in crackdown on Thai protests

Thai police arrested nine prodemocracy activists, including two rappers, in a crackdown on growing protests that have emerged as the most serious threat to the government led by a former army general they accuse of incompetence and corruption.
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France sticks to school openings despite jump in infections

France’s president insisted Thursday that the country will send millions of students back to school starting Sept. 1, despite the biggest weekly spike in confirmed coronavirus cases since the height of its national outbreak in March and April.
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Russian dissident hospitalized in suspected poisoning

The prominent opposition leader was reported to be in serious but stable condition in intensive care in Siberia after his flight to Moscow was forced to make an emergency landing.
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The Democrats bring it all together

Joe Biden is getting by with a little help from his many friends
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Why East Boston’s coronavirus infection rate is higher than the rest of the city

It’s over 50 percent higher than that of the second-highest neighborhood.
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Mass. to provide rapid mobile coronavirus testing this fall to school districts that need it

Massachusetts school districts will be able to request rapid mobile testing units from the state this fall if they need assistance testing students and staff members for the coronavirus after a number of people have already tested positive.
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Climate change likely to hit hard on the North Shore, new report finds

The report finds potentially catastrophic effects from rising seas and heavier storms on the beaches, sea walls, salt marshes, and a range of coastal development in 13 communities on the North Shore.
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Baker says 16 communities have moved from moderate to low risk for COVID-19

Governor Charlie Baker on Thursday said 16 communities in Massachusetts have moved from moderate to low risk for coronavirus as the battle against the deadly contagion continues.
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In wait, Bruins now can take their game off ice for a break

With the Hurricanes ousted in five games, bubble-bound Boston awaits second-round foe, in 5-6 days.
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Gordon Hayward’s playoff status uncertain beyond four weeks: ‘It’s definitely gutting’

The fact that Hayward has been through a serious ankle injury before could benefit him in this recovery.
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The ’96 Red Sox started even worse than the current team, but they were far more fun

A team with former MVPs Roger Clemens, Mo Vaughn, Jose Canseco, and Kevin Mitchell someone managed to begin the season 6-19.
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Brockton Stop & Shop reinvents itself to meet COVID-19 needs

The once-shuttered Belmont Street store has been reinvented to meet shopping needs during the pandemic.
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Another plea for a corporate titan to do the right thing: Reopen Haverhill’s Brooks Brothers factory

But so far, the new owner has been silent about its plans for the site.
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US jobless claims jump back above 1 million in face of virus

In Massachusetts, new claims rose to 16,700 from 14,700 a week earlier.
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Norman Carlson, forceful head of federal prisons, at 86

It was an inmate at the Iowa State Penitentiary who first suggested to Norman Carlson that he get a job at the federal Bureau of Prisons. It was more progressive than the state system, the inmate said, and might be a better fit.
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Marvin Creamer, a mariner who sailed like the ancients, 104

Had Marvin Creamer not been a geographer, he very likely would not have lived to be 104.
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