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Under pressure, state Senate redraws map, adding new majority-minority district in Brockton

Advocates had pushed hard for the change. “Often we wonder, is it worth it to testify? Is it worth it to show up? And the answer is yes,” said Beth Huang, executive director of the Massachusetts Voter Table.
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‘There is an urgency’: Janey unveils Mass. and Cass plan as city declares addiction and homelessness a public health crisis

Boston authorities declared addiction and homelessness in the city to be a public health crisis, while Acting Mayor Kim Janey unveiled steps aimed at combating the problems plaguing the local geographic heart of that crisis, the area known as Mass. and Cass.
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As state law requires steep emissions cuts, utilities face an urgent quandary: to build or not to build new gas pipelines?

Eversource says a western Springfield community has too many customers reliant on just one pipeline. But local residents and environmental advocates oppose the utility's massive new pipeline project, which could perpetuate the use of a fossil fuel that a new state law aims to eliminate.
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In the second debate, fireworks between Michelle Wu and Annissa Essaibi George

During a substantive policy conversation with far more fireworks than were on display in previous forums, the candidates tussled on topics from policing to housing to transportation.
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With campaign donations, Boston city workers have staked out their preferred mayoral candidate

Less than a month from Election Day, new campaign finance data show a stark divide among city workers willing to put money behind one of the two sitting councilors in the race for mayor.
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Biden tells Democrats that package of up to $1.9 trillion should be new target of talks

President Biden told Democrats during a private meeting Tuesday that he believed they could secure a deal on a new tax-and-spending proposal between $1.75 trillion and $1.9 trillion, far less than some in the party initially sought, even as some lawmakers later maintained it still would allow them to accomplish broad swaths of their vast economic agenda.
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Navy probe finds major failures in fire that destroyed ship

A Navy report has concluded there were sweeping failures by commanders, crew members, and others that fueled the July 2020 arson fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard, calling the massive five-day blaze in San Diego preventable and unacceptable.
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Tuberculosis, like COVID, spreads in aerosols, scientists report

Upending centuries of medical dogma, a team of South African researchers has found that breathing may be a bigger contributor to the spread of tuberculosis than coughing, the signature symptom.
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Africa’s last mountain glaciers will soon be gone, UN report warns

The last three mountain glaciers in Africa are receding at such a rapid pace that they could disappear within two decades, a symbol of the broader devastation being wrought by climate change on the continent, according to a new United Nations report.
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Kidnappers in Haiti demand $17 million to free missionary group

The gang that kidnapped 17 people with a US-based Christian aid group in Haiti on Saturday is demanding a ransom of $1 million for each person they are holding, the country’s justice minister, Liszt Quitel, said Tuesday.
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro should face homicide charge for COVID negligence, leaked Senate report says

A special Senate committee investigating Brazil’s response to the pandemic will accuse President Jair Bolsonaro of committing crimes against humanity for his role in the public health disaster that killed hundreds of thousands of people, a senior lawmaker said Tuesday.
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State police, correction unions forget the public good

Vaccine mandates must trump collective bargaining agreements in these perilous times.
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It isn’t tax cuts that are driving federal deficits

The government has a too-much-spending problem, not a too-little-revenue problem.
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Heat rises in Boston City Council race

Two views from our readers, one over a disturbing campaign flier, the other over a candidate's voting record.
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In Wellesley, an attack spurs outrage, protest over school bullying

The handling of the incident has spurred an outcry in the Massachusetts town of 30,000, where Ade and other parents say school administrators have brushed off queries and concern about bullying.
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Concord’s Middlesex School invited Nikole Hannah-Jones to speak during Black History Month. Then canceled it

Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Pulitzer-Prize winning New York Times journalist who conceived The 1619 Project, said Tuesday that she was disinvited from speaking at Middlesex School, a private boarding school in Concord, during Black History Month.
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After 10 years, Lawrence wants to take back control of its schools. But Commissioner Riley is showing no signs of letting go of state receivership

Though some in Lawrence have long lamented the receivership, which the district was put under in 2011 due to poor student performance, the issue came to a head late Monday night during a meeting to address recent reports of violence at the city’s high school.
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Red Sox owner John Henry: ‘It’s hard not to appreciate what’s going on here.’

With the core of the team solidly in place, Henry believes there is hope even beyond this postseason.
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What’s up with Bill Belichick on fourth down? The Patriots offense needs to get more aggressive

The coach has gone uncharacteristically conservative with his rookie quarterback, and the analytics say it's not worth it.
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With six outs to go and a 3-1 ALCS lead beckoning, the Red Sox can’t hold off the exploding Astros, and the series is tied

Garrett Whitlock and Nate Eovaldi were entrusted to carry the Sox through the eighth and ninth, and neither emerged unscathed.
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With the fall weather, a slightly mellower Greater Boston housing market

The latest data show that home prices are leveling off and sales slowing as buyers reach the limit of what they can afford.
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SJC rules insurers must compensate for ‘inherent loss of value’ after an auto accident

The unanimous decision by the state's highest court means owners might be able to recover money beyond the cost of repairs.
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YouTube sued over animal abuse videos, accused of not enforcing ban

The videos are disturbing. A giant python wraps its thick body around the neck of a puppy, which thrashes and squeals in panic. A baby monkey, trembling and screeching in horror, is poked, prodded, and pinched inside a basket. Another monkey is forced to fend off a giant snake slithering toward it while tied to the ground.
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Betty Lynn, Thelma Lou on ‘The Andy Griffith Show,’ dies at 95

The actress, who portrayed Thelma Lou, the patient girlfriend of Barney Fife, the neurotic deputy sheriff of Mayberry in the 1960s sitcom “The Andy Griffith Show,” died Saturday in Mount Airy, North Carolina. She was 95.
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Betty Lynn, Thelma Lou on ‘The Andy Griffith Show,’ dies at 95

The actress, who portrayed Thelma Lou, the patient girlfriend of Barney Fife, the neurotic deputy sheriff of Mayberry in the 1960s sitcom “The Andy Griffith Show,” died Saturday in Mount Airy, North Carolina. She was 95.
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In ‘Queens Girl in the World,’ a Black teen’s awakening during a time of upheaval

Jasmine M. Rush sparkles as multiple characters in the solo play at Central Square Theater.
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In Davis Square, a musical about resentful MBTA riders is back in service

For the first time since 2016, “T: An MBTA Musical” returns to the stage, this time at The Rockwell in Somerville.
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Boston Asian American Film Festival displays a diverse range of talent

The Boston Asian American Film Festival showcases 10 features films along with a wide variety of shorts, documentaries, and filmmaker Q&As. In its 13th year, the festival opens on Oct. 20 and closes on Oct. 24.
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