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Saturday, April 17, 2021
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COVID-19 Vaccines
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Vaccination disparities across race and ethnicity persist in Mass. communities most affected by COVID-19
Despite efforts to ensure the COVID-19 vaccines are distributed equitably across Massachusetts, predominantly Black and Latino communities, where the risk of infection is greatest, still have among the lowest inoculation rates in the state, according to a new analysis.
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Politics
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Lowell is an immigrant city on the precipice of change
Tensions are high as this immigrant city faces the beginning of the end of majority-white rule. The old guard is begrudgingly making room for more diverse leadership, and community activists are demanding that city leaders recognize racism as an urgent problem.
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Emily Rooney apologizes after accusations of ‘demeaning and racist commentary’ on ‘Beat the Press’ segment
Longtime GBH-TV host Emily Rooney apologized Friday for on-air comments she made in response to concerns raised by filmmakers of color about PBS’s decades-long relationship with documentarian Ken Burns.
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Metro
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How a lockdown game became a monthly treasure hunt with a cult following
Ryan Collins created “Happy Hunting” to distract himself and his friends. Now, his intricate puzzles have a growing fan base of devotees who race around the state each month looking for his hidden treasures.
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Politics
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After blowback, White House says Biden will move to lift Trump-era refugee caps
The White House on Friday said President Biden plans to lift his predecessor’s historically low cap on refugees by next month, after initially moving only to expand the eligibility criteria for resettlements.
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The Nation
Nation
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Hundreds march in Chicago, protesting police shooting of Adam Toledo, 13
Hundreds of people marched through the Logan Square neighborhood in Chicago on Friday evening, calling for overhauls to the city’s police department after the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo by a police officer in March.
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Nation
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Trump loyalists start America First Caucus to promote US as ‘uniquely Anglo-Saxon’
Far-right Republicans in Congress are forming an “America First Caucus” that would promote nativist policies, according to materials outlining the group’s goals first obtained by Punchbowl News.
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Minnesota mayor blasts police tactics to control protesters
Elected leaders in the Minneapolis suburb where a police officer fatally shot Daunte Wright want officers to scale back their tactics amid nightly protests, leaving some law enforcement called in to assist asking whether the city still wants their help.
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The World
World
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Hong Kong court sentences Jimmy Lai and other pro-democracy leaders to prison
Jimmy Lai has skewered the Chinese Communist Party for decades. The 73-year-old founder of a fiercely pro-democracy newspaper in Hong Kong, Lai helped give voice to critics of the city’s leaders and their bosses in Beijing, winning friends in Washington and other places along the way.
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World
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Russia to expel 10 US diplomats in response to Biden administration sanctions
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday that Russia would expel 10 US diplomats and blacklist eight US officials in response to US sanctions and expulsions.
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World
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Iran starts enriching uranium to 60 percent, its highest level ever
Iran began enriching uranium Friday to its highest-ever purity that edges Tehran close to weapons-grade levels, attempting to pressure negotiators in Vienna amid talks on restoring its nuclear deal with world powers after an attack on its main enrichment site.
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Editorial & Opinion
EDITORIAL
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Biden’s delay on refugees
The White House’s failure to lift the historically low refugee cap means thousands of lives hang in the balance.
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OPINION
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Can Michelle Wu fix Boston Public Schools?
While big thinking is necessary for change, the mayor’s job is loaded with immediate problems and crises.
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LETTERS
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Can you believe it? Religion’s been taking a hit
I support and will defend your right to model what you believe your deity would do in living a religious life. But if you speak for God, then you shut out any discussion.
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Metro
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How a lockdown game became a monthly treasure hunt with a cult following
Ryan Collins created “Happy Hunting” to distract himself and his friends. Now, his intricate puzzles have a growing fan base of devotees who race around the state each month looking for his hidden treasures.
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K-12
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Plaintiffs seek emergency injunction to halt Boston exam school admission decisions as they pursue appeal
A federal court decision on temporary changes to the admission of students to Boston exam schools is being called historic by civil rights leaders who also say it could lead to a permanent revision of the admission policy.
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Former Hudson middle school teacher charged with raping student
A former Hudson middle school teacher pleaded not guilty Friday to charges she repeatedly raped a 13-year-old girl a decade ago after meeting her at the school where she worked and where the child was a seventh-grader.
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Sports
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The Revolution are all-in for a run at an MLS championship. Here’s a look at their game plan
Coach Bruce Arena, who shows no signs of losing his winning touch, leads his team into the season opener at Chicago Saturday.
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Bruins
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David Pastrnak gets untracked, Bruins take back-to-back games from Islanders
Pastrnak scored his 17th goal of the season and his first since April 3 in the Bruins' victory.
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ON BASEBALL
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How a former Rookie of the Year helped the Red Sox snag revelation Garrett Whitlock
Bob Hamelin, whose contract the Red Sox didn't renew last September, was the scout who clued them in to a potential-laden pitcher with the Yankees' Double-A club.
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Business
Business
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BPDA OKs re-do of Jamaica Plain’s Mildred Hailey complex
The Boston Planning & Development Agency board approved plans to replace 253 low-income apartments at the complex and add 425 new units geared at a variety of income levels, as well as a new community center.
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Business
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Harvard Club, developer plan 11-story building along Mass. Pike
The Harvard Club, along with developer Trinity Financial, filed plans with the city to build two buildings on what’s now the club’s annex and a surface parking lot. The Newbury Street project includes housing and a parking garage.
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Business
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ZoomInfo leases space in Waltham with room to grow
The business marketing firm is expanding its East Coast headquarters.
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Obituaries
Obituaries
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German-Australian author Walter Kaufmann dies at 97
Walter Kaufmann survived the Nazi persecution of Jews and later played a prominent role in the literary scene of Communist East Germany.
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Obituaries
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Donald Ryder, architect of Black heritage sites, dies at 94
Donald P. Ryder, whose firm designed important repositories of Black culture and social history in becoming one of the nation’s most prominent partnerships of Black architects, died Feb. 17 at his home in New Rochelle, New York. He was 94.
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Arts & Lifestyle
PHOTOGRAPHY
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‘Postcards from Allston’ photographer captures a changing neighborhood and its residents
Edward Boches set out to document "one of the most authentic communities in Boston.”
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HISTORY
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With a gallery revamp, Concord Museum summons forgotten voices of 1775
The Battle of Lexington and Concord is reframed to include the contributions of white women and people of color.
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LOVE LETTERS
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How do we solve the intimacy problem?
Is the letter writer being used? Is this relationship transactional? Help.
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