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‘A tragedy waiting to happen’: What’s behind the steep rise in opioid overdoses among Black men?

Even before COVID-19 struck, overdose deaths were on the rise among Black people nationwide. Then came the loneliness and anxiety of living in a pandemic.
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Metro


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Police officer and 14-year-old boy drown in Worcester pond

A five-year veteran of the Worcester Police Department and a 14-year-old boy drowned in a pond in the city’s largest park Friday afternoon after several officers went into the water to help a struggling swimmer.
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Janey pauses surveillance network proposal that would connect 9 communities in Greater Boston

Acting Mayor Kim Janey this week hit pause on the plan to hire a vendor to link up and maintain a surveillance network of more than 1,000 cameras in Greater Boston. A chorus of advocates are calling on her to drop it altogether, citing privacy and civil liberties concerns.
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Job growth rebounds, but President Biden warns of ‘ups and downs’ as economy recovers

The labor market got its mojo back last month, doubling the number of new jobs from a disappointing April as the economy continued its solid but bumpy recovery from the pandemic.
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I don’t understand a lot about Bitcoin. But as the mother of a son trying to become a crypto millionaire, there’s one thing I do know

Where do you buy these things? Where do you spend them? What is a block reward, or a DAO or a DEX, or even a fork, the one having to do with blockchain, whatever that is, not the utensil?
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Senate GOP pans Biden infrastructure plan, preps new offer

President Biden was talking again Friday with the lead GOP negotiator, Senator Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia, in what the White House characterized as a discussion rather than an exchange of formal proposals.
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2 deputies fired at man killed in Minneapolis arrest attempt

Crowds vandalized buildings and stole from businesses in Minneapolis’ Uptown neighborhood after law enforcement officers on a US Marshals Service task force fatally shot a man they were trying to arrest for illegally possessing a gun, authorities said Friday.
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Biden administration moves to bring back endangered species protections undone under Trump

The decision to bolster the federal government’s power to protect vanishing plants and animals comes as the world finds itself in the midst of what United Nations scientists say is a worldwide decline in biodiversity that threatens to erode food systems and other key parts of the global economy.
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Hong Kong police seal off park, issue jail threats ahead of banned Tiananmen vigil

For the first time in more than three decades, Victoria Park was empty on the anniversary, a stark symbol of Hong Kong’s dramatic loss of freedoms. Still, hundreds of black-clad people gathered in and around the perimeter of the park, turning on the flashlights on their phones, lighting a candle, or carrying an electric flame to honor the memory of those lost on June 4 — and to mourn the crackdown in their own city.
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Belarus opposition slams dissident TV confessions as coerced

The Belarusian opposition said Friday a dissident journalist was coerced to appear in a video on state TV in which he wept and praised the country’s authoritarian ruler, a broadcast sharply criticized by Western officials.
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Prominent German cardinal offers to resign over church sexual abuse

Cardinal Reinhard Marx, who has not been accused of abuse, said he had been considering the decision for months.
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We need to talk about the Boston Teachers Union contract

The current contract expires at the end of August, and the city — especially the mayoral candidates — should be discussing the issues now.
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Time is running out. Senate Democrats must act to protect voting rights.

Protecting an arcane rule in the Senate is less important than defeating the imminent threat to the very foundation of our democracy: the right to vote.
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Police officer and 14-year-old boy drown in Worcester pond

A five-year veteran of the Worcester Police Department and a 14-year-old boy drowned in a pond in the city’s largest park Friday afternoon after several officers went into the water to help a struggling swimmer.
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The life of a single father swan on the Esplanade

The two swans on the Esplanade were likely going to spend their lives together. Then, about a week after their babies started hatching, the mother swan died. Since then, the father swan has been taking care of their young, and getting lots of attention.
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Two Braintree police officers wounded, suspect dead in confrontation

The two officers were in surgery Friday afternoon, and it appears they will recover, Norfolk DA Michael Morrissey said. A police K9 that was a 12-year veteran of the force was fatally shot by the suspect, he said.
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Showtime’s ‘The Kings’ documentary revisits a golden age of boxing that featured Marvelous Marvin Hagler

The four-part series chronicles the remarkable and intertwined careers of Hagler, Roberto Duran, Thomas Hearns, and Ray Leonard.
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RED SOX 5, YANKEES 2


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Rafael Devers, Red Sox put a fast end to long losing skid in New York

His three-run home run in the first inning set the tone, and Nathan Eovaldi (six innings, one earned run) and two relievers shut down New York.
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Patriots quarterback Cam Newton ends Friday practice early with hand injury

Patriots trainers appeared to be looking at either Newton's thumb or the base of the index finger on his throwing hand.
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I don’t understand a lot about Bitcoin. But as the mother of a son trying to become a crypto millionaire, there’s one thing I do know

Where do you buy these things? Where do you spend them? What is a block reward, or a DAO or a DEX, or even a fork, the one having to do with blockchain, whatever that is, not the utensil?
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Staples is back with new bid for Office Depot, this time just to get its consumer business

The Framingham-based retailer would pay $1 billion to get Office Depot stores, along with OfficeMax locations.
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Nearly 60 percent of Boston workers want their employer to require COVID-19 vaccinations, survey shows

The results show that many remain hesitant about being around their coworkers after more than a year of working from home or following strict safety protocols in the workplace.
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Sophie Rivera, photographer best known for portraits of Puerto Rican New Yorkers, dies at 82

Part of a group of Puerto Rican photographers, mostly men, who had set about documenting their community, Sophie Rivera was one of those who sought to wrest back their story from the wider society in which they were often stereotyped.
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Mike Marshall, first relief pitcher to win Cy Young Award, dies at 78

A reliever who set the major league record for appearances in a single season, Mike Marshall developed extraordinary endurance through his knowledge of kinesiology, the mechanics of bodily movement, long before pitchers used high-tech equipment in hopes of improving their performance and warding off arm injuries.
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LOVE LETTERS


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A general question about who proposes and why …

Why don't more women propose to men? Thoughts?
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TV CRITIC'S CORNER


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Some series to look forward to this summer

A few tidbits regarding shows from FX and FX on Hulu.
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MUSIC


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BSO boosts concert capacity for 2021 Tanglewood concerts

Tickets will soon go on sale for previously sold-out events featuring Yo-Yo Ma and John Williams.
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