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Coronavirus


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‘COVID positive from Vegas.’ Phish concerts leave a long trail of infections, fans say

Phish fans from across the country who attended a series of concerts in Las Vegas have been flooding social media with COVID-19 test results and seat numbers in a grassroots contact tracing effort, sparking fresh concerns about the potential for large indoor venues to trigger mass-spreading events.
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Crime & Courts


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Wu says city will pause removals of unhoused people at Mass. and Cass

The announcement represents a shift for the city on one of the most difficult challenges Michelle Wu inherits as mayor.
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Politics


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Massachusetts lawmakers fail to reach compromise on $3.8 billion spending bill before break

“They shouldn’t be sitting on money,” Marie-Frances Rivera, president of the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, said of legislators. “People in cities and towns across Massachusetts are waiting and hoping that in some way, shape or form, they’ll be seeing these investments. . . . People desperately need these funds.”
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In Roxbury, a thorny battle over a vacant Black church in disrepair

Some of the church’s most devoted congregants have been served with no-trespass orders and taken to court by the church’s Washington, D.C.-based mother organization over their attempts to influence the future of the property.
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Nation


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Overdose deaths reached record high as pandemic spread

An estimated 100,000 Americans died of drug overdoses in one year, a never-before-seen milestone that health officials say is tied to the COVID-19 pandemic and a more dangerous drug supply.
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Catholic bishops avoid confrontation with Biden over communion

The Roman Catholic bishops of the United States backed away from a direct conflict with President Biden on Wednesday, approving a new document on the sacrament of the Eucharist that does not mention the president or any politicians by name.
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Nation


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‘QAnon Shaman’ sentenced to 41 months for role in Capitol riot

Jacob Chansley, whose brightly painted face, tattooed torso, and horned cap became a visual icon of the Jan. 6 attack on the US Capitol, was sentenced Wednesday to 41 months in prison by a federal judge in Washington.
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Political Notebook


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House votes to censure Gosar over video

The House on Wednesday voted to censure Representative Paul Gosar, Republican of Arizona, for tweeting an altered animated video that depicted him killing Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Democrat of New York, and swinging two swords at President Biden. The 223-to-207 vote, with one voting present, marks the first time in more than a decade that the House will act to censure one of its members.
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Belarus brings some migrants in from cold at Polish border

Hundreds of migrants who were camped in the cold on the Poland-Belarus border have been moved to a nearby warehouse in Belarusian territory, reports said Wednesday, with some still harboring hopes of entering the European Union.
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Top US envoy appeals for preservation of democracy in Africa

Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Wednesday appealed for the preservation of democracy in politically and ethnically fractured societies as he began his first official visit to Africa amid worsening crises in Ethiopia and Sudan.
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Unmarried pregnant women abused in church-run homes in Ireland to get compensation

Thousands of unmarried women and their children born out of wedlock who were shunned by Irish society and sought refuge in state-owned homes — where many were then abused by nuns and officials of the Roman Catholic Church — will be eligible for compensation from a new multimillion-dollar initiative the Irish government has established “in acknowledgment of suffering experienced.”
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OPINION


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Boston communities can help Wu improve quality of life for everyone

All of our faces and voices belong in City Hall and other decision-making spaces, at every level of government.
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EDITORIAL


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Schools received billions in federal aid. Why are we in the dark about its spending?

$190 billion has gone to local school districts, but there is no clear accounting of how it’s being spent.
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OPINION


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Stable housing is a key tool for economic stability

As Congress continues working to pass the Build Back Better Act to make bold investments in housing, Massachusetts must make the Tenants Opportunity to Purchase Act a reality for families across the Commonwealth.
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Boston City Council says no to fossil fuel investments

The City of Boston is poised to give final approval to a law that would divest city funds from the fossil fuel industry, a symbolic but forceful message supporting green energy investment.
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‘Our culture, our people, and our pain are not a costume.’ Malden councilor criticized for costume mocking Asian women

Malden City Councilor Jadeane Sica is facing harsh criticism from advocacy groups after a photo of her surfaced online of her dressed up for Halloween as an employee of Orchids of Asia, the Florida spa that ensnared Patriots owner Robert Kraft in a prostitution case in 2019.
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On first full day as mayor, Michelle Wu asks City Council for $8 million to make three bus lines free for two years

The three bus routes serve the neighborhoods of Mattapan, Dorchester, and Roxbury. A 2019 report from a transportation advocacy group found that more than 59 percent of riders on the 23, 28, and 29 buses were low income and more than 96 percent were people of color.
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Damien Harris and Gunner Olszewski are cleared to play for Patriots

The Patriots also activated Chase Winovich off injured reserve, meaning he is eligible to face the Falcons as well.
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Kevin Paul Dupont | On hockey


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Charlie McAvoy’s embrace of a shoot-first mentality showcases the young Bruins defenseman’s transcendent talent

In his fifth NHL season, McAvoy has taken a giant stride in filling out that template of franchise defenseman.
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Hawks 110, Celtics 99


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Celtics can’t cash in on good opportunities in loss to Hawks in Atlanta

Jayson Tatum scored a game-high 34 points for Boston.
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TECH LAB


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One Boston startup says it’s made a quantum leap in computing

QuEra’s new technology comes from researchers at Harvard and MIT.
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SHIRLEY LEUNG


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His mayoral run through, Barros looks to new chapter leading large real estate firm

After seven years leading Boston’s economic development efforts, John Barros is heading to the private sector for a job at real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield.
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THE FINE PRINT


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A safari canceled, a refund long delayed

It took 17 months for two couples to get $46,000 back from a Boston travel company.
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Obituaries


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Ed Bullins, leading playwright of the Black Arts Movement, retired Northeastern professor, dies at 86

Mr. Bullins, who was among the most significant Black playwrights of the 20th century and a leading voice in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and ’70s, died on Saturday at his home in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He was 86.
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Obituaries


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Ed Bullins, leading playwright of the Black Arts Movement, retired Northeastern professor, dies at 86

Mr. Bullins, who was among the most significant Black playwrights of the 20th century and a leading voice in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and ’70s, died on Saturday at his home in Roxbury, Massachusetts. He was 86.
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Visual Arts


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MFA workers stage one-day strike, demanding better wages, benefits

MFA union members on a one-day strike took to the sidewalk outside the museum Wednesday to demand higher wages, better benefits, and more job security.
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DANCE PREVIEW


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At 50, longtime breaker Raphael Xavier wants to show how the art form can grow

“XAVIER’S: The Musician & The Mover” gets its Boston premiere at the Institute of Contemporary Art this weekend, presented by Global Arts Live.
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TELEVISION REVIEW


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Mindy Kaling’s ‘The Sex Lives of College Girls’ doesn’t quite go all the way

The HBO Max series chronicles the relationships of four freshmen roommates at a fictional New England school.
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