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There is no playbook as restaurants head into a second pandemic winter

The challenges include new variants, temperamental guests, supply chain issues, and an eerily quiet downtown.
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Tents to be cleared from Mass. and Cass by Jan. 12, Wu announces

People living in the homeless encampment will be connected with housing and other services.
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As Omicron outbreak increases, colleges are recalculating pandemic risks

A number of campuses have seen post-Thanksgiving Omicron clusters, but public health experts are urging college and university leaders to think twice before they impose severe restrictions.
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Omicron is spreading faster than labs’ ability to track it

Scientists in Massachusetts have spotted at least 15 cases of the variant, but the state is staying mum.
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Fed shifts to inflation battle, winding down pandemic support

Federal Reserve policymakers moved into inflation-fighting mode Wednesday, saying they would cut back more quickly on their pandemic-era stimulus at a moment of rising prices and strong economic growth, capping a challenging year with a policy shift that could usher in higher interest rates in 2022.
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Nation


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Senate approves $768 billion defense bill directing review of Afghanistan war, military justice reforms

The bill contains several historic measures and instructions to establish an independent commission that will scrutinize the legacy of the Afghanistan war.
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Derek Chauvin pleads guilty to violating George Floyd’s civil rights

Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering George Floyd, pleaded guilty Wednesday to separate federal charges that he violated Floyd’s civil rights.
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Biden administration releases previously classified JFK assassination files

The Biden administration released a batch of secret government files Wednesday related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the latest milestone in a decades-long push by advocates to have all of the documents about the former president’s untimely death declassified.
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Russian is convicted in murder of Chechen man in a Berlin park

A German court ruled Wednesday that the Russian state had orchestrated the murder of a Chechen former separatist fighter in a Berlin park in the summer of 2019 and sentenced the Russian citizen convicted of pulling the trigger to life in prison.
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Putin and Xi show united front amid rising tensions with US

President Biden may have his alliance of democracies, but as a video summit on Wednesday underscored, Russia and China still have each other.
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The Nobel Peace Prize that paved the way for war

Accepting the Nobel Peace Prize in December 2019, Abiy Ahmed, a former soldier, drew on his own experience to eloquently capture the horror of conflict.
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EDITORIAL


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Let the sun shine in the Suffolk DA’s office

Governor Baker’s pick for Rachael Rollins’s replacement should be about good management and transparency, not politics.
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New school in Lynn is a call to arms against public education’s failings

When the public education sector doesn’t have the answers, our communities — particularly communities of color — are coming up with answers of their own.
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Stand taken against racism as two Black principals in Newton are targeted

Members of our faith community are working, to the best of our abilities, through our words and actions, to dismantle white supremacy culture and its pernicious effects on all of us.
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R.I. child advocate sounds the alarm, saying ‘it has never been this bad’

“When I tell you that the situation has become much more dire and frankly dangerous in the last 60 days, I am telling you the truth,” Jennifer Griffith said.
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Harvard professor’s lawyer tells jurors, ‘You will see no villains in this case.’

Harvard University professor Charles Lieber's attorney said his client never hid his ties to the Chinese program from anyone and the investigation that led to his indictment had been bungled from the start.
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The expanded child tax credit is a success. So naturally, it has to end.

Lord knows there is plenty to be angry about in this country right now. But ending the tax credit boost is particularly cruel, short-sighted, and self-defeating.
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Swastika found at Danvers High School

In the latest act of antisemitism in Danvers, a swastika was found drawn in a high school bathroom, principal Adam Federico disclosed in a letter to the school community Wednesday.
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Initially disappointed to be traded by his hometown Brewers, here’s why Alex Binelas is now happy to be with the Red Sox

The ex-Louisville slugger was dealt, along with Jackie Bradley Jr. and fellow Brewers prospect David Hamilton, to the Sox for Hunter Renfroe.
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Like the rest of the world, sports, often viewed as an escape, can’t escape COVID-19

COVID is the one common opponent that every team has on its schedule.
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‘Is it reflecting who we’re taking care of?’ Massachusetts Hospital Association urges members to increase board diversity

A survey by the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association found that 81 percent of hospital board members are white and 38 percent are women.
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Les Otten lines up new financing for his Balsams resort reboot

Provident Resources Group, a Louisiana nonprofit, will seek to raise up to $125 million for the New Hampshire project through the sale of tax-exempt bonds.
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Rebounding from pandemic, Boston’s ezCater raises new cash at $1.6 billion valuation

The $100 million funding deal is a possible turning point for a company that suffered significant layoffs and revenue loss during the pandemic.
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At Jamaica Plain’s new BYTE Shop, you can geek out over very old computers, or get your 21st-century model fixed

Gems on display in this storefront include the IMSAI 8080, like the one in the 1983 film “WarGames,” and the Apple II.
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Ben Affleck talked about his drinking and divorce from Jennifer Garner in a new interview. The backlash was swift.

Ben Affleck opened up about his personal life in a two-hour interview with Howard Stern on Tuesday, touching on his divorce from Jennifer Garner, his struggles with sobriety, and his rekindled romance with Jennifer Lopez.
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Sister-in-law’s annual gift cards just don’t cut it

Advice from Amy Dickinson.
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