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Protests and prayers

Federal regulations designed to protect critically endangered whale populations are forcing Maine's proud lobster fishermen to adapt, but many are refusing change.
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She overcame monumental challenges after arriving in Boston as a child. Now, Tania Fernandes Anderson will break multiple barriers as city councilor.

In January, the 42-year-old will be sworn in as the first Muslim to serve on the Boston City Council, joining a body that increasingly reflects the city’s racial and ethnic diversity. She will also be its first formerly undocumented member and first African immigrant.
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Brigham and Women’s nurses accuse hospital of defying state order to delay certain surgeries

The union wrote that nonessential surgeries such as tummy tucks were continuing unabated as patients who need urgent surgery for broken bones and brain injuries were sometimes waiting for operating rooms.
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‘You’re looking at just a huge shortage.’ Eggs could largely disappear from store shelves in January without legislative action, industry warns

Massachusetts lawmakers are at an impasse over an animal welfare bill, a delay that threatens the state's egg supply.
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State will distribute 2.1 million free COVID-19 rapid at-home tests to hardest hit communities, Baker says

Governor Charlie Baker said that the state will start distributing millions of at-home COVID-19 tests in 102 communities across Massachusetts as the state braces for an expected winter surge of infections.
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After tornadoes, at least 74 confirmed dead in Kentucky

As the death toll continued to fluctuate from Friday night’s devastating swarm of tornadoes, Governor Andy Beshear of Kentucky said Monday that there were 74 confirmed deaths in his state — the hardest hit — though he predicted that the number would rise as crews search the ruins.
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House Jan. 6 committee poised to vote on holding Meadows in contempt for defying subpoena

The House select committee investigating the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob is poised to vote to hold Mark Meadows, the former White House chief of staff, in criminal contempt for defying a subpoena.
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Senate candidate known for debate stunts dies at 62

Max Linn, a former US Senate candidate from Maine who shook up a high-profile race with his antics during debates, has died. He was 62.
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No US troops will be punished for deadly Kabul strike, Pentagon chief decides

None of the military personnel involved in a botched drone strike in Kabul that killed 10 civilians will face any kind of punishment after Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III approved recommendations from two top commanders, a senior Pentagon official said.
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Blinken competes with top Russian official in Indonesia

Fresh from delivering a stern new warning to Russia over Ukraine, Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Indonesia on Monday to find a top aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin already in Jakarta for security talks.
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Across the world, COVID anxiety and depression take hold

A recent cartoon in the French daily Le Monde featured a bedraggled man arriving at a doctor’s office for a COVID-19 vaccine. “I am here for the fifth shot because of the third wave,” he says. “Or vice versa.”
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Massachusetts’ emissions targets take a couple of hits

Rather than suffer this 'one-two punch' in stoic silence, let’s get busy. We have a million homes to retrofit with electric heating systems and efficiency upgrades. We have enormous offshore wind potential, and we have untapped solar capabilities.
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Why aren’t all New England’s senators unified to end the filibuster for voting rights?

Seven senators are failing to send a clear message about their commitment to procedural reform that would help protect Americans’ right to vote.
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Boston should follow New York’s lead and allow noncitizens to vote in local elections

It is a massive exercise in enfranchisement.
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Governor Charlie Baker said that the state will start distributing millions of at-home COVID-19 tests in 102 communities across Massachusetts as the state braces for an expected winter surge of infections.
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A sure thing in Vermont

The chances are starting to look overwhelming that Vermont voters will send a woman to Congress for the first time, and, boy, it’s about time.
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Baker signs $4 billion COVID relief bill, but wrests control of how, and when, to distribute worker bonuses

“We could send out $500 checks to almost 1 million Massachusetts residents as soon as possible," Baker wrote to lawmakers.
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USA Gymnastics, USOPC reach $380m settlement with victims

The legal wrangling between USA Gymnastics and the hundreds of victims of sexual abuse by former national team doctor Larry Nassar, among others, is over after a $380 million settlement was reached.
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Jayson Tatum drops 42 points on Bucks, Celtics snap three-game losing streak with 117-103 victory

Jaylen Brown added 19 points in his return to the lineup after a five-game absence.
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After dominating the Ivy League, Andover native and Brown QB E.J. Perry hopes to make his mark in the NFL

NFL scouts have flocked to Providence this season to see Perry, the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year and a potential draft pick in April.
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Anchors away? City launches bidding process for popular spot on Charlestown waterfront

Since 2019, "Shipyard Park" has been occupied by The Anchor, a beer-garden-and-beyond. Now the Boston Planning and Development Agency is seeking to award a new license for the use of the property through February 2025.
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Now you can save money on gas with an E-ZPass

Installed at 27 Alltown service stations around the state, the system lets you save 30 cents a gallon and was developed by Boston-based PayByCar.
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Wilmington robotics maker going public in $5.5 billion SPAC deal

Symbotic, a maker of warehouse robots, said Monday that it plans to merge with a blank check company sponsored by Japanese investing giant SoftBank. Its customers include Walmart and Albertsons.
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Juliet Relis Bernstein, activist who set up a GoFundMe so she could die in her home, passes away at 108

A feminist and an abortion-rights supporter since the 1930s, Mrs. Bernstein spent decades advocating for women's rights and for peace.
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Football Hall of Famer Claude Humphrey dies at 77

One of the NFL’s most fearsome pass rushers during the 1970s with the Atlanta Falcons, Claude Humphrey was long overlooked as a dominant player on mostly losing teams.
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Theater


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For Eugene Mirman’s holiday show, the more the merrier

The “Eugene Mirman and Friends Holiday Show” plays City Winery on Saturday.
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At the Orpheum, a Louis C.K. reboot

Having spent most of two years in self-imposed exile and another year and a half in lockdown, the comedian is calculating that he has served his penance for sexual misconduct.
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I left my husband for someone who has left me

"I miss and still love him. What am I supposed to do now?"
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