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‘You need to govern from the streets.’ What small-business owners on one block want to see from Boston’s next mayor

Small-business owners are the backbone of Boston’s economy, and 19 months into the pandemic, many are hanging on for dear life, grappling with back rent, labor and supply shortages, and an economy still deeply altered by life under COVID-19.
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Michelle Wu holds big lead over Annissa Essaibi George in mayor’s race, 62 percent to 30 percent, new poll finds

The survey found Wu ahead of Essaibi George 62 percent to 30 percent, and a majority of voters favor Wu’s progressive policy proposals such as rent control, even as some respondents said Essaibi George performed unexpectedly well in their first televised face-off last week.
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State employees who missed vaccine deadline face suspension and eventual termination

Nearly 1,600 state employees have not proven they’ve been vaccinated against COVID-19 or sought an exemption, but it wasn't clear how many will be punished a day after the deadline passed.
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ALCS GAME 3: RED SOX 12, ASTROS 3 | RED SOX LEAD SERIES, 2-1


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Red Sox blast Astros with four more homers to win 12-3 and take a 2-1 ALCS lead

Kyle Schwarber hit Boston's third grand slam in two games in the second inning, further depleting Houston's pitching, as Eduardo Rodriguez assembled a largely masterful six innings at a raucous Fenway Park.
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Former secretary of state Colin Powell dies of complications from COVID-19

Colin Powell, the first Black secretary of state in US history, has died of complications due to COVID-19, his family said. He was fully vaccinated. The New York Times reported that he also suffered from a form of cancer known as multiple myeloma.
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Biden administration plans new regulations for toxic ‘forever chemicals’

Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl compounds, or PFAS, refer to more than 4,000 man-made chemicals that are often called “forever chemicals” because they do not break down in the environment.
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Justice Department asks Supreme Court to block Texas abortion law

Leaving the law in effect, the brief said, would allow Texas to flout a half-century of Supreme Court precedents that forbid states from banning abortions before fetal viability.
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Nation


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Fate of NYC City Hall Jefferson statue unclear after vote

An 1833 statue of Thomas Jefferson will be removed from New York’s City Council chamber by the end of the year, a little-known city commission voted Monday, but it’s unclear where it will go.
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Russia breaks diplomatic ties with NATO

Russia plans to cease its diplomatic engagement with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Russian foreign minister said Monday, in the latest sign of unraveling relations between Moscow and the West.
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FBI is working in Haiti to recover kidnapped missionaries

The FBI and the Department of State are working with the US Embassy in Haiti and local authorities to recover a group of 17 missionaries and their children who were kidnapped in Haiti, White House and law enforcement officials said Monday.
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Washington hears echoes of the ‘50s and worries: Is this a Cold War with China?

When Kevin Rudd, the former Australian prime minister and longtime China specialist, told a German newsmagazine recently that a Cold War between Beijing and Washington was “probable and not just possible,” his remarks rocketed around the White House, where officials have gone to some lengths to squelch such comparisons.
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In Chelsea, environmental justice rises as a political issue

María Belén Power is running for City Council to highlight the need to take action on policies that lie at the intersection of the environment and public health, housing, and industrial and commercial development.
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A chance for Congress to turn concern over Big Tech’s sway into action

If the largest platforms can’t be trusted to enforce even their own anticompetitive policies, then Washington has little choice but to act.
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LETTERS


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The Boston accent: political tool or just the way some people talk?

Making a blanket statement implying that my accent is "a tangible emblem of kinship for older white voters" is horrifying.
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In Boston City Council race, campaign mailer featuring dark image of Black candidate sparks charge of racism

The flier sent to voters in District 6 last week showed Mary Tamer, an Arab-American and former school committee member, in color and Kendra Hicks, a Black Dominican community organizer, in black-and-white.
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Super PAC accuses Wu of wanting to ‘defund police’ in new negative ad

Bostonians for Real Progress, a pro-Annissa Essaibi George super PAC, released a new 30-second spot Sunday hitting rival Michelle Wu over her stance on police reform and the MBTA.
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In Vermont, mud season comes early

While the hills are alive with beauty, the fields and indoor arenas at high school games are poisoned by ugly taunting.
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Dan Shaughnessy | ALCS Game 3: Red Sox 12, Astros 3


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Red Sox seem to have been anointed by the baseball gods to punish the cheating Astros after these two beatdowns

The Astros are paying for their cheating scandal, humiliated in back-to-back losses in the ALCS.
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Alex Speier | On Baseball


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The Red Sox offense, sharply focused, is hitting its stride at the perfect time in the ALCS

The Boston lineup has been lethal throughout the postseason, kicking it up a further notch against the Astros in Games 2 and 3.
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The same Astros scout found Kiké Hernández and J.D. Martinez in 2009. Here’s what he remembers

Greg Brown was a first-year evaluator in 2009, and just watched the pair beat up on the Rays — whom he now works for as a minor league hitting coordinator.
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BOLD TYPES


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New owner of Upper Crust brings back original pizza recipes, with a twist

Raising money again for More Than Words; Back on the chicken-dinner-and-a-speech circuit; And how much Panera can one man eat?
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Technology


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Boston startup’s robotic tug completes 1,000-mile sea voyage

An automated tugboat controlled by software from Boston's Sea Machines arrived in Hamburg on Friday, the last stop on a 16-day voyage aimed at proving the practicality of self-driving ships.
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Dropbox CEO: Pandemic caused ‘the death of the office as we’ve known it’

Acton-bred Drew Houston says the file storage service has cut its space by 80 percent worldwide.
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Obituaries


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Tom Morey, inventor of wave-riding Boogie Board, dies at 86

One of Southern California's finest surfers of the 1950s and early '60s and, at the same time, a working jazz musician and an aeronautical engineer, nothing Tom Morey did made as big a splash as the 3 1/2-foot board he carved from a piece of foam in 1971.
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Andrea Martin, R&B songwriter, dies at 49

A songwriter behind a string of R&B hits, including Monica’s “Before You Walk Out of My Life” and Toni Braxton’s “I Love Me Some Him,” Andrea Martin was also a talented vocalist, initially finding work as a backup singer before signing a contract as a solo artist.
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Lifestyle


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College towns plan to challenge results of 2020 census

College communities such as Bloomington, Ind.; Tuscaloosa, Ala.; and State College, Penn., are exploring their options for contesting the population counts, which they say do not accurately reflect how many people live there.
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Music


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From E Street to the Bada Bing!, Steven Van Zandt’s life is now an open book

In an interview, the actor and musician talks about his new memoir, his regret about once quitting the E Street Band, and the great advice he once got from Peter Wolf.
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Why insult ‘Clickbait’? Because ‘Clickbait’ insulted viewers.

The one thing that gets under my skin when it comes to plot-driven dramas like this one is a lousy, lazy denouement.
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