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The Great Divide


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Changes in admission rules for Boston exam schools boosted diversity of accepted students

The data analysis confirms earlier projections that temporarily suspending the admissions exam and instead using grades and ZIP codes would lead to a more diverse selection of applicants and lower the portion of white and Asian students receiving admission offers.
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Politics


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A disappointing jobs report shows rocky road for the recovery and President Biden’s efforts to push new spending

The 266,000 jobs added in April marked a steep drop from the previous month and came in far below analysts’ forecasts of nearly a million new hires driven by COVID-19 restrictions easing.
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Coronavirus


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The outdoor mask mandate has been loosened. So why is everyone still wearing them?

Fear of looking like a Trump supporter. Confused about the new rule. Clinging to our security blankets. Masks, we can’t quit you.
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Finance


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Eli Broad’s medical research legacy will ‘touch almost the whole world’

Broad’s name will forever be tied to the role that the institute he founded played in helping the region emerge from the global pandemic. But the billionaire philanthropist, contemporary art collector, and entrepreneur, who died April 30, will be remembered for much more.
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In a crowded, diverse mayoral field, where does Marty Walsh’s base go?

Walsh’s ascension from City Hall to US labor secretary not only triggered a crowded scramble in this year’s mayor’s race but also raised the question of which candidate might inherit the voter base that powered the Dorchester Democrat’s victories.
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Texas GOP’s voting restriction bill passes House

Hours after Florida installed a rash of new voting restrictions, the Republican-led Legislature in Texas pressed ahead Thursday with its own far-reaching bill that would make it one of the most difficult states in the nation in which to cast a ballot.
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Nation


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Keisha Lance Bottoms won’t seek second term as Atlanta mayor

The first-term Atlanta mayor rose to national prominence this past year with her stern yet empathetic televised message to protesters but has struggled to rein in her city’s spike in violent crime.
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Nation


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Anti-racism, tattoos and no more ‘wench auctions:’ Disney’s ‘woke’ moves spark a conservative backlash

Those are not likely to be the last changes at the parks as Disney examines its history with a more critical eye — and looks to the future with a bigger emphasis on inclusion.
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Talks ‘intensify’ on bringing US back to Iran nuclear deal

World powers held a fourth round of high-level talks Friday aimed at bringing the United States back into the nuclear deal with Iran, with both sides signaling a willingness to work out the major stumbling blocks.
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Pfizer seeks US approval of vaccine to be permanent

The approval process is likely to take months.
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WHO panel OKs emergency use of China’s Sinopharm vaccine

The move could pave the way for millions of the doses to reach needy countries through a UN-backed program rolling out coronavirus vaccines.
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OPINION


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Nayib Bukele’s creeping authoritarianism in El Salvador

There’s a direct line between the stability of a functioning democracy and the number of immigrants who show up at our borders.
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EDITORIAL


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Lessons from the Almond case — and beyond

Doing right by kids in state care means DCF and the courts need to focus on the thorny issue of reunification.
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LETTERS


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They’re coming for MCAS again, and maybe it’s about time

An editorial criticizing the Massachusetts Teachers Association for its stance against MCAS stirred strong reaction across the spectrum.
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Crime & Courts


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Here’s what we know — and do not know — about the death of Mikayla Miller

The death of Mikayla Miller, a 16-year-old in Hopkinton, has fueled outrage and skepticism over authorities' responses.
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Crime & Courts


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Citing First Step Act, judge tosses life sentence for man who built bomb that killed Boston police officer in 1991

A federal judge found an “extraordinary and compelling reason” under the First Step Act, a sentencing reform measure passed in 2018, to void Alfred Trenkler’s current life sentence and replace it with a fixed term of 41 years.
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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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After a lost regular season, could Ondrej Kase play a part in the Bruins’ postseason plans?

The 25-year-old winger skated Friday with his teammates for the first time since Jan. 16, when a hit from New Jersey’s Miles Wood sent him into concussion protocol.
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Jabari Parker relegated to garbage time because he doesn’t know the Celtics’ system yet

Parker played double-digit minutes in his first five appearances but played just 13 total minutes in the past five games.
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red sox notebook


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Kiké Hernández placed on injured list

Michael Chavis was activated.
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COVID-19 relief efforts for India gather steam; tech executive Jonathan Bush commits up to $500,000

Several Massachusetts business executives have assembled millions of dollars in medical equipment for India, which they are airlifting to the virus-ravaged country.
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COVID-19 relief efforts for India gather steam; tech executive Jonathan Bush commits up to $500,000

Several Massachusetts business executives have assembled millions of dollars in medical equipment for India, which they are airlifting to the virus-ravaged country.
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Obituaries






Obituaries


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Michelangelo Lovelace, artist of city life in Cleveland, dies at 60

An artist whose poignant sketches of people he cared for as a nursing home aide and whose bold paintings of urban Black life gained increasing attention and critical praise late in his life, Michelangelo Lovelace drew distinctive cityscapes of his hometown.
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Holocaust survivor Yitzhak Arad, who led Yad Vashem memorial, dies at 94

Yitzhak Arad's parents were among the 6 million Jews killed by Nazi Germany and its collaborators during World War II. He managed to escape and joined the Soviet partisans in 1943, at the age of 16. He remained with them until the end of the war, fighting the Nazis in Belarus and Lithuania.
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Edmond Freeman, newspaper publisher who shook up 1960s Arkansas, dies at 94

Edmond Freeman, a small-city Arkansas newspaper publisher whose principled editorials and ambitious news coverage influenced the course of race relations, politics and wilderness conservation, died May 3 at his home in Little Rock. He was 94.
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‘I miss you’: JFK’s intimate letters to Swedish mistress up for auction

The then-US senator from Massachusetts penned the eight page-collection — one full letter and two partial messages on government letterhead — to Gunilla von Post between 1955 and 1956, a few years into his marriage to Jackie Kennedy.
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NAMES


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Jane Goodall on the pandemic’s wake-up call: ‘We need a new relationship with the natural world’

The famous scientist will be honored Saturday during a virtual Zoo New England gala.
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Arnold Arboretum brings the blooms online for Lilac Sunday

With no formal in-person program this year, alternatives include a digital photo exhibition and virtual lilac tour.
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