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Healthcare


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Mass General Brigham’s plan for surgical centers in suburbs stirs controversy

An ambitious plan by Mass General Brigham to build surgery centers in Westborough, Westwood, and Woburn has set off a fight about the future of outpatient health care in Massachusetts. Competitors worry that the already dominant health care provider could become even more powerful.
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Coronavirus


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Moderna’s CEO says he ‘didn’t lose a minute of sleep’ over potential waiver of vaccine patents

Chief executive Stephane Bancel said there aren’t enough manufacturing sites or skilled workers in the world to rapidly ramp up the supply of messenger RNA vaccines.
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Normalcy is on the horizon. But will we run to meet it?

After more than a year of stress, isolation, and loss, the transition to post-pandemic life will be far from easy, strained by residual fear and safety precautions that have become hard-wired.
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Northeastern’s plan for a 25-story dorm on the edge of Roxbury poses a test for Janey

When Northeastern filed plans in 2019 to build a massive dormitory at Columbus Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard, Kim Janey was not a fan of the proposal. Now she runs the city as acting mayor, and the school’s plans for its dorm are about to land on her desk.
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Florida governor signs voting restrictions into law, making the state the latest to add hurdles to voting

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday enthusiastically embraced former president Donald Trump's demand for tougher election laws, signing into law a slew of new voting restrictions in a live broadcast despite previously touting how smoothly his state's elections ran last fall.
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US announces major conservation effort but offers few details

The ’'America the Beautiful’' report outlines steps the United States could take to protect key areas on land and in the sea to restore biodiversity, tackle climate change, and make natural spaces more accessible to all Americans.
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Observers of Maricopa County recount report procedural problems

The recount of Maricopa County’s nearly 2.1 million ballots was ordered by the GOP-led state Senate, despite the fact that county officials, as well as state and federal judges, found no merit to claims that the vote was tainted by fraud or other problems.
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Political Notebook


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Biden takes infrastructure plan to the South

“When it comes to bridges and roads and the like, I’ve never seen a Republican or Democrat road,” he said with Lake Charles, La., as a backdrop. “I just see roads.”
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Blinken, in Ukraine, warns of dual threats: Russia and corruption

Secretary of State Antony Blinken told Ukraine’s president on Thursday that the United States strongly backed his country’s sovereignty against Russia’s military aggression but also warned that the embattled country was under threat from “internal forces,” including powerful oligarchs who thrive on corruption.
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Super Thursday: Britons vote in a bumper crop of elections

LONDON — Millions of British voters were casting ballots Thursday in local and regional elections, and the choices of Scottish voters in particular could have huge repercussions for the future of the United Kingdom.
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Biden’s support for vaccine patent waivers faces uphill effort in Europe

President Biden’s about-face on pushing pharmaceutical companies to share vaccine patents, in an attempt to help poorer countries, faces a considerable challenge in Europe.
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OPINION


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Bipartisanship at the cost of true policing reform is no real victory

Legislation could preserve the very thing that has shielded officers from accountability: qualified immunity.
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EDITORIAL


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The world’s largest democracy on life support

The Biden White House needs to offer India’s people more than aid. It needs to insist that its leadership uphold the principles of democracy.
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LETTERS


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Biden’s not ‘meh’ — he’s the anti-Trump

Have we reached a place in the 21st century where we read outspoken lies, denials, and insults as passionate, and sophisticated, careful phrasing and insight as "meh"?
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Mikayla Miller remembered as a ‘bright and shining star’ at Hopkinton vigil

A candlelight vigil held late Thursday afternoon at the Boston Marathon starting line drew hundreds who remembered the Hopkinton teen found dead in town in April.
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Construction worker killed in concrete wall collapse at Newton home under renovation

A 55-year-old construction worker was fatally injured Thursday when a concrete wall fell on him while he was working in the foundation of a house under renovation in Newton Highlands, making him at least the fourth person killed on an Eastern Massachusetts job site since February, officials said.
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Her brother’s keeper?

Is a public official accountable for the behavior of their closest relatives? Like everything in life, that depends.
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Red Sox’ high-scoring win over the Tigers shows how much work they need to do

The Red Sox collected 16 hits in the matinee and needed just about every one of them to defeat the team with the worst record in baseball.
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Alex Speier I On baseball


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Xander Bogaerts, 1,000 games into his Red Sox career, is more valuable than ever

Bogaerts plays every day and he plays hurt.
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NESN’s team is happily back at Fenway — but what about going on the road again?

The Red Sox broadcasters have proven they can call a game from the studio, and they have to wonder whether road trips will be permanently canceled to cut costs.
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Boston business leaders launch campaign to raise $10 million for Latino Equity Fund

Eastern Bank and State Street have each committed $1 million to address health and economic inequities in Latino communities in Massachusetts.
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NY AG: ISPs behind millions of fake net neutrality comments

A new report said a campaign funded by the broadband industry submitted millions of fake comments supporting the 2017 repeal of net neutrality.
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Golfers’ return to the links bolsters Acushnet

Investors sure liked the swing of Acushnet Holdings Corp. during its first quarter, and sent the stock up 20.25 percent Thursday.
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Obituaries


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Yale endowment chief David Swensen dies at 67

David Swensen, the chief investment officer at Yale University who helped revolutionize how college endowments are managed, has died.
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Obituaries


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Sharon Pollock, playwright who explored Canada’s identity, dies at 85

Sharon Pollock, an oft-produced Canadian playwright who was known for works that explored Canadian history and identity at a time when few of her contemporaries were doing so, died April 22 at her home in Calgary, Alberta. She was 85.
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George Jung, Weymouth native and notorious ex-cocaine trafficker played by Johnny Depp in movie, ‘Blow,’ dies at 78

Known as "Boston George," the notorious drug smuggler who was immortalized in books and the Johnny Depp film “Blow” died at the age of 78.
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Arts & Lifestyle






FILM FESTIVALS


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See the complete lineups for the 2021 Provincetown and Nantucket film festivals

In-person events are making a comeback this summer. Here’s what else to expect.
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BOOKS


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‘What Kind of Girl’ author shares her story — and her book

Caroline Kautsire came to the Boston area from Malawi when she was 17, and now she’s donating her memoir to libraries across Massachusetts.
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First photos from ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel, ‘House of the Dragon,’ released and we’re here for it

Tantalizing signs of new shows and long-awaited TV returns are starting to emerge, including the first official photos from the upcoming “Game of Thrones” prequel, “House of the Dragon,” and casting news about "Succession" Season 3.
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