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As federal eviction moratorium ends, can cities alone stop the wave?

Boston this week joined Somerville and Malden to ban evictions during COVID. But critics say the move is legally dubious, while many advocates call for a broader approach.
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With no centralized system, businesses and institutions struggle to verify vaccination status

As the Delta variant’s spread shows few signs of abating, the ability to resume normal activities increasingly hinges on being able to prove you’ve been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. But in Massachusetts, at least, the proof is a flimsy, handwritten paper card that can be easily duplicated, faked, or shared.
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Taking a closer look at the COVID-19 outbreak that has engulfed the Red Sox

Eleven members of the team’s traveling party, including eight players, have been sidelined at a time when deteriorating play has loosened the team’s already tenuous hold on a playoff spot.
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Supreme Court lets Texas six-week abortion ban stay in effect

A deeply divided Supreme Court is allowing a Texas law that bans most abortions to remain in force, stripping most women of the right to an abortion in the nation’s second-largest state.
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Acting Mayor Kim Janey was absent from 30 of 60 mayoral forums held since April

Her four major campaign rivals, by contrast, have logged near-perfect attendance. Janey and her campaign say that unlike her competitors, she has been hard at work leading the city through a string of crises.
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Social Security is projected to be insolvent a year earlier than previously forecast

The financial outlook for Social Security is eroding more quickly than previously expected, as the coronavirus pandemic has drained government revenues and put additional strain on one of the nation’s most important social safety net programs.
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Officers, paramedics charged in Elijah McClain’s 2019 death

Three suburban Denver police officers and two paramedics were indicted on manslaughter and other charges in the death of Elijah McClain, a Black man who was put in a chokehold and injected with a powerful sedative two years ago, Colorado’s attorney general said Wednesday.
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US faith groups unite to help Afghanistan refugees after war

America’s major religions and denominations, often divided on other big issues, have united behind the effort to help receive an influx of refugees from Afghanistan following the end of the United States’ longest war and one of the largest airlifts in history.
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UN: Weather disasters soar in numbers, cost, but deaths fall

Weather disasters are striking the world four to five times more often and causing seven times more damage than in the 1970s, the United Nations weather agency reports.
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It’s election season in Germany. No charisma, please!

The most popular politician who would like to be chancellor isn’t on the ballot. The leading candidate is so boring people compare him to a machine. Instead of “Yes, We Can!” voters are being fired up with promises of “Stability.”
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Pope inadvertently quotes Putin to chide West’s Afghan war

Pope Francis has criticized the West’s two-decade-long involvement in Afghanistan as an outsider’s attempt to impose democracy — although he did it by citing Russian President Vladimir Putin while thinking he was quoting German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
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Are Marty Walsh and his mom on the same page in the Boston mayoral race?

Annissa Essaibi George could be Walsh’s not-so-secret favorite candidate. But her agenda is about tweaks, not shake-ups. And she does nothing to discourage speculation about Walsh’s support.
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History has its eyes on Boston’s mayoral race

In a city long marked by white hegemony, it matters that the next elected mayor will be a person of color.
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It’s never been more urgent to give safe injection sites a try

With overdose deaths surging and an HIV outbreak, Massachusetts needs to fund pilot facilities. Boston should be home to at least one of them.
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Mass. officials blast restrictive Texas law banning most abortions in state

Advocates and elected officials in deep-blue Massachusetts on Wednesday blasted a Texas law banning most abortions in the Lone Star State that took effect earlier at the stroke of midnight.
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Boston College receives record $75 million donation

The gift, which was to be announced on Thursday, will provide funding for a number of projects, including financial aid and the maintenance of the Robsham Theater Arts Center, said Jim Husson, BC’s vice president for university advancement.
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‘Slowly going back to normality’: College students return to campus in Boston

With a new lease cycle beginning on Sept. 1 and many college classes starting next week, the city is once again filled with students who are cautiously optimistic about the academic year ahead.
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Chris Sale, Christian Vázquez and Jarren Duran help Red Sox grind out a much-needed win over the Rays

Sale delivered six strong innings, allowing two runs, while Vazquez went 3 for 4 with a pair of RBIs as Sox scored a 3-2 win in Tampa.
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Chaim Bloom had few concrete answers when asked repeatedly about Red Sox’ COVID-19 outbreak

"I wish we knew exactly why this happened and why it happened when it happened,” he said.
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Infielder Yairo Muñoz joins list of Red Sox players to test positive for COVID

“We’re scrambling right now roster-wise, making phone calls, and see what we’re going to do,” manager Alex Cora said during an interview on WEEI.
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As federal eviction moratorium ends, can cities alone stop the wave?

Boston this week joined Somerville and Malden to ban evictions during COVID. But critics say the move is legally dubious, while many advocates call for a broader approach.
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Supreme Court lets Texas six-week abortion ban stay in effect

A deeply divided Supreme Court is allowing a Texas law that bans most abortions to remain in force, stripping most women of the right to an abortion in the nation’s second-largest state.
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Afghans face hunger crisis, adding to Taliban’s challenges

The United Nations’ stockpiles of food in Afghanistan could run out this month, a senior official warned Wednesday, threatening to add a hunger crisis to the challenges facing the country’s new Taliban rulers as they endeavor to restore stability after decades of war.
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Lee (Scratch) Perry, Bob Marley mentor and reggae innovator, dies at 85

Lee (Scratch) Perry, the innovative Jamaican producer who mentored Bob Marley and pushed reggae into the sonic avant-garde with his dub productions, died Sunday in Lucca, Jamaica. He was 85.
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Lee (Scratch) Perry, Bob Marley mentor and reggae innovator, dies at 85

Lee (Scratch) Perry, the innovative Jamaican producer who mentored Bob Marley and pushed reggae into the sonic avant-garde with his dub productions, died Sunday in Lucca, Jamaica. He was 85.
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Boston’s immersive Van Gogh exhibit postponed less than 48 hours before scheduled debut

“Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience,” the first of two traveling exhibits dedicated to the Dutch artist set to arrive in Boston this year, will not open on Thursday, Sept. 2, as scheduled, according to comments left on a Facebook page that has heavily promoted and sold tickets to the event.
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I guess we’re all introverts now?

If socializing has become a little weird for you, this book might be able to help.
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Lifestyle


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Firework display to return to Boston Harbor Friday

This Friday, Illuminate the Harbor brings a nighttime display of fireworks to Labor Day weekend, plus family-friendly events leading up to the show.
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