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Boston Mayoral Race


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Ayanna Pressley’s endorsement of Michelle Wu takes the race for Boston mayor to another level

Representative Ayanna Pressley, one of the most influential progressive voices in Congress, has endorsed Michelle Wu in the race for Boston’s next mayor.
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Vermont


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‘A very special donkey,’ coaxed to life on Vermont farm, stirs hope for preserving rare breed that dates to Middle Ages

Hamilton the donkey, born this summer, is thought to be the first Baudet du Poitou in the United States successfully bred with artificial insemination — opening new possibilities for infusing the ancient line with fresh blood.
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Crime & Courts


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Alaska man killed when airborne metal tool smashed through his windshield on I-95 in Danvers

The couple was headed to New Hampshire for the first leg of their vacation at the time of the accident. They had also planned to spend time in the Berkshires, Cape Cod, Maine, and Philadelphia.
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Politics


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Women across the nation will take to the streets for abortion rights on Saturday — again

Boston activists plan to rally at Franklin Park Playstead to demonstrate their commitment to reproductive freedom and express their anger about what’s happening in other states.
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Investigations


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They preyed on locals searching for addiction recovery help, prosecutors say

Two men were indicted this week for allegedly offering treatment in sunny Florida, but sending clients to questionable facilities on false insurance policies.
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The Nation






Nation


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Merck says it has first antiviral pill found to be effective against COVID

The new drug would be the first pill to treat COVID-19 and is likely to be followed by a number of other antiviral pills that other companies are racing to bring to market. They have the potential to reach more people than the antibody treatments that are being widely used in the United States for high-risk patients.
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Nation


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Alex Jones loses by default in Sandy Hook defamation lawsuits

Alex Jones, the Infowars founder and conspiracy theorist who claimed that the Sandy Hook school shooting in 2012 was a hoax, has lost two defamation lawsuits filed in Texas by victims’ families because he failed to provide requested information to the court, filings show.
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Nation


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North Korea says it fired anti-aircraft missile, 4th recent test

North Korea said Friday it test-fired a new anti-aircraft missile, the fourth weapons launch in recent weeks that experts say is part of a strategy to win relief from sanctions and other concessions.
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The World






World


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UN says Ethiopia has no legal right to expel 7 UN officials

The United Nations informed Ethiopia on Friday that it has no legal right to expel seven UN officials whom it accused of “meddling” in the country’s affairs.
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South Korea shelves ‘fake news’ bill amid international outcry

President Moon Jae-in and his Democratic Party in South Korea have spent months vowing to stamp out what they have called fake news in the media. But lawmakers had to postpone a vote on a new bill this week when they encountered a problem: no one can agree on exactly how to do it.
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Amid crisis of confidence, London police advise women to challenge officers they don’t trust

The measures, which are not unlike the ones police recommend for dealing with any dangerous situation, struck many as missing the point and once again putting the onus for safety on women rather than the men who commit the crimes.
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OPINION


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What would it take to normalize candidates of color running for office?

A new initiative called New Power x New Politics wants to lower barriers and support a new generation of officeholders who look just like millions of Americans who are disenfranchised or disengaged from voting.
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EDITORIAL


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Elderly prisoners pose little risk, so why won’t the state let some of them free?

Fixing parole law and wider use of clemency are a must on state’s agenda.
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LETTERS


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The perennial assessment of the MCAS is underway

Schools are an integral player in the ecosystem of societal factors necessary to close achievement gaps. All of us, no matter the school district or the social class, have fallen short.
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K-12


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Massachusetts faces legal challenges to universal mask mandates in public schools

Massachusetts education leaders are facing multiple legal challenges to the statewide indoor mask mandate for public schools, which was extended earlier this week until at least Nov. 1.
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Senator’s hit job on Rollins reflects a dysfunctional Capitol

We knew Cotton to be a comprehensively appalling, partisan hack, but here he has outdone himself.
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Crime & Courts


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At Varsity Blues trial, USC water polo teammate says new recruit ‘went to practice with the rest of us’

Johnny Wilson was an active member of the USC water polo team, said his former roommate Andrew Mericle, the first witness called by the defense in the federal bribery trial of Wilson’s father, John B. Wilson, and another parent, Gamal Abdelaziz.
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ON BASEBALL


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‘They got up off the mat:’ Chaim Bloom not satisfied, but proud of his Red Sox

Joining the Red Sox in Washington prior to their all-important final series, the chief baseball officer said he was impressed with how manager Alex Cora kept the players focused, and with a chance to play on past the weekend.
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Red Sox Notebook


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With no DH available in Washington, Red Sox outfield shifts to team’s power hitters

The Red Sox made a calculated decision to try to jumpstart a struggling offense that had scored three or fewer runs in five of the previous six games.
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Patriots


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Tom Brady and Bill Belichick: perfect compliments

Both have been exceptionally complimentary of one another all week, steering clear of anything remotely controversial.
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Business


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Even with new cranes, Port of Boston won’t ease US shipping crunch

The global supply chain is far too complex to be untangled by the addition of one deep-water dock and three high-capacity cargo cranes.
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Technology


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Boston tech scene continues the deal momentum this week

Here are this week's deals spanning the cybersecurity, computing, and health tech sectors.
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Business


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BofA outage shuts out thousands online, Friday

The outage started in the morning and began to be resolved midday. Bank of America’s website and app were both at full capacity by 2 p.m. in New York, according to a company spokesman.
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Obituaries






Obituaries


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Alemayehu Eshete, singer known as the ‘Abyssinian Elvis,’ dies at 80

In the late 1960s, as Emperor Haile Selassie grew old and the grip of his rule loosened, Ethiopia experienced a golden age of nightlife and music, and Alemayehu Eshete became a swaggering star of the so-called swinging Addis era.
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Obituaries


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Alemayehu Eshete, singer known as the ‘Abyssinian Elvis,’ dies at 80

In the late 1960s, as Emperor Haile Selassie grew old and the grip of his rule loosened, Ethiopia experienced a golden age of nightlife and music, and Alemayehu Eshete became a swaggering star of the so-called swinging Addis era.
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Arts & Lifestyle






MUSIC REVIEW


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Boston Symphony Orchestra returns to Symphony Hall with songs of itself

In its first performance for a live Symphony Hall audience since the pandemic shutdown, the BSO leaned on its long history.
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Ahead of the Watertown zine fest, one creator knows ‘zines give people power’

Mary Barba, one of four festival speakers, spoke with the Globe ahead of her “Healing in the Zine Community” presentation.
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Silvia López Chavez’s Hood mural drinks in the company’s legacy

Muralist Silvia López Chavez has poured her creative talents into her latest work — a multi-wall mural at Hood Park to honor the dairy company's 175th anniversary.
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