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Business
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State promises more fixes to troubled vaccine website, as officials, vendor trade blame over crash
Massachusetts officials said they are planning a key upgrade to the state’s vaccine website that should resolve a major frustration people are having with the system: losing their time slot while they fill out the lengthy forms to confirm their appointment.
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The Battle for the GOP
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Economic hardship and anxiety have accelerated the Republican Party’s radicalization, experts say
It's seen as part of a complex mix that includes racism along with other factors such as sexism and xenophobia and long-simmering resentment of the expansion of the federal government.
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Boston’s new contracting goal could steer an additional $160 million to entrepreneurs of color over the next few years
An executive order Mayor Walsh signed this week requires that at least 10 percent of the money the city spends annually on outside contracts for construction and professional services and goods goes to companies owned by people of color.
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CHRISTOPHER MUTHER
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Ted Cruz: Poster child for bad travel decisions
The senator’s Cancun trip shows callousness not just toward the Texans he left behind, but toward every American actually following the rules.
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Billy Baker
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I may not be cut out for ice fishing. Or ice drinking
One of the largest events on the New Hampshire winter calendar is a two-day ice fishing competition that takes place on Lake Winnipesaukee. The derby is famous for raising lots of money for scholarships and local programs, and infamous for just about everything else.
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The Nation
The Battle for the GOP
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Economic hardship and anxiety have accelerated the Republican Party’s radicalization, experts say
It's seen as part of a complex mix that includes racism along with other factors such as sexism and xenophobia and long-simmering resentment of the expansion of the federal government.
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Nation
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US alleges wider Oath Keepers conspiracy, adds more charges in Jan. 6 Capitol riot
Six more people linked to the far-right Oath Keepers militia group have been indicted on charges that they planned and coordinated with one another in the attack on the US Capitol, authorities said Friday.
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Nation
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Southern cities hit hard by storms face new crisis: No water
Texas authorities ordered 7 million people — a quarter of the population in the nation’s second-largest state — to boil tap water before drinking it because low water pressure could have allowed bacteria to seep into the system. A man died at an Abilene health care facility when a lack of water pressure made medical treatment impossible.
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The World
World
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Muted reaction in Israel and Gulf to US push for Iran talks
The formal announcement that the Biden administration was seeking a return to nuclear negotiations with Iran, following the collapse of the 2015 agreement under former president Donald Trump, was initially met with a muted response — not just in Jerusalem but also in the Gulf states of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which also oppose too generous a rapprochement with Iran.
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Harry and Meghan to give up official royal family duties
Prince Harry has relinquished his honorary military titles and royal patronage appointments, Buckingham Palace said Friday, cementing the split between him and the royal family that opened up last year when he and his wife, Meghan, announced that they wanted to step back from their official duties.
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Erik Prince, Trump ally, violated Libya arms embargo, UN Report Says
Erik Prince, the former head of the security contractor Blackwater Worldwide, violated a United Nations arms embargo on Libya by sending weapons to a militia commander who was attempting to overthrow the internationally backed government, according to U.N. investigators.
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Editorial & Opinion
OPINION
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Lesson unlearned: Why Black and Latino residents are at the back of the vaccine line
The Baker administration seemed to give in to pressure to distribute the vaccine as widely as possible, a goal that is at odds with prioritizing equity.
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EDITORIAL
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How not to pick a police commissioner
Marty Walsh bungled the process, choosing Dennis A. White as the city’s top cop without a search or serious background check. The next mayor shouldn’t repeat that mistake.
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LETTERS
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After Trump acquittal, accountability is still sought
"A court of law is where neither power nor popularity is supposed to exempt a criminal from due process and potential consequences."
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Metro
Billy Baker
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I may not be cut out for ice fishing. Or ice drinking
One of the largest events on the New Hampshire winter calendar is a two-day ice fishing competition that takes place on Lake Winnipesaukee. The derby is famous for raising lots of money for scholarships and local programs, and infamous for just about everything else.
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Billy Baker
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I may not be cut out for ice fishing. Or ice drinking
One of the largest events on the New Hampshire winter calendar is a two-day ice fishing competition that takes place on Lake Winnipesaukee. The derby is famous for raising lots of money for scholarships and local programs, and infamous for just about everything else.
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thomas farragher
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There are new all-stars at Fenway Park, carrying syringes of vaccine and doses of hope
Inside Fenway Park, trained nurses waited, their syringes filled with a COVID-19 vaccine to help put down a pandemic.
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Sports
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Adrian Phillips plugged some holes and was a valuable addition to Patriots secondary
The defensive backfield shouldn't need much overhaul this offseason, pending the statuses of J.C. Jackson and Stephon Gilmore.
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Red Sox lefthander Eduardo Rodríguez declares, ‘I feel 100 percent’
After his bouts with COVID and myocarditis last year, the big question is durability, but he has every intention of making his 34 starts.
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GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL
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With Kemba Walker pointing the way, Celtics finally put all the pieces together at the perfect time
Walker had 28 points, his highest total in more than a year, and all five starters were in double figures as Boston responded just 48 hours after ugly loss to Atlanta.
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Business
Business
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State promises more fixes to troubled vaccine website, as officials, vendor trade blame over crash
Massachusetts officials said they are planning a key upgrade to the state’s vaccine website that should resolve a major frustration people are having with the system: losing their time slot while they fill out the lengthy forms to confirm their appointment.
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Commentary
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Boston’s new contracting goal could steer an additional $160 million to entrepreneurs of color over the next few years
An executive order Mayor Walsh signed this week requires that at least 10 percent of the money the city spends annually on outside contracts for construction and professional services and goods goes to companies owned by people of color.
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Business
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State promises more fixes to troubled vaccine website, as officials, vendor trade blame over crash
Massachusetts officials said they are planning a key upgrade to the state’s vaccine website that should resolve a major frustration people are having with the system: losing their time slot while they fill out the lengthy forms to confirm their appointment.
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Obituaries
Obituaries
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Patricia Lynch, NBC journalist who focused on cults, dies at 82
An investigative television journalist who specialized in exposing cults and their leaders, including Lyndon LaRouche, a political extremist who ran for president eight times, Patricia Lynch died Feb. 3 at her home in Manhattan. She was 82.
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Obituaries
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Johnny Pacheco, musician whose Fania record label launched salsa music, dies at 85
Mr. Pacheco, who was dubbed the “godfather of salsa,” was a Juilliard-trained musician and bandleader, but his greatest contributions may have been as an impresario.
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Obituaries
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Prince Markie Dee, founding member of rap trio Fat Boys, dies at 52
As a member of the trio Fat Boys, Prince Markie Dee released some of hip-hop’s most commercially successful albums of the 1980s and helped speed the genre’s absorption into pop culture.
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Arts & Lifestyle
CHRISTOPHER MUTHER
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Ted Cruz: Poster child for bad travel decisions
The senator’s Cancun trip shows callousness not just toward the Texans he left behind, but toward every American actually following the rules.
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LOVE LETTERS
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I want it to be the four of us
Help a letter writer who wants to spend time with her husband and another couple.
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TV CRITIC'S CORNER
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‘The Knick’ deserves a binge, and (maybe) a spinoff
The show, which was canceled way too soon, may become the proud parent of a spinoff, one that will focus on Andre Holland’s character, Dr. Algernon C. Edwards.
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