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COVID-19


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Hospitals prepare for more children, but so far, few are getting very sick from Omicron

Boston Children’s Hospital, which cares for the region’s sickest children, had 17 children with COVID-19 in the hospital this week, up from six on Nov. 23.
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Politics


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As pandemic flares up, Mass. continues to lean on its National Guard

As the latest surge pushes COVID-19 infections to new highs in the state, Massachusetts is once again turning to the National Guard — as it has time and again during the nearly two-year pandemic.
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COVID-19


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Long lines reflect continued coronavirus testing problems in Massachusetts

Throughout the state, Massachusetts residents have swarmed testing sites this week, some seeking assurance they aren’t infectious, others suffering from fever and coughs and looking for confirmation of their worst fears. And the chaotic scenes here are a snapshot of a larger nationwide problem.
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Massachusetts


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‘Rubber stamp’ justice? In Mass., prison officials almost always deny prisoners’ claims of abuse behind bars

A Globe review of more than 1,500 prisoner grievances filed at the state’s six largest prisons found that incarcerated men seldom prevail when they allege they've been abused. Grievance investigators fully corroborated the prisoners’ accounts only nine times.
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RI NEWS


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Rhode Island photographer races to capture the fading lighthouse lights

David Zapatka has photographed 182 of the nation’s 800 active lighthouses at night, but it’s a race against time: The Coast Guard is shutting down lighthouses and climate change is destroying them.
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Political Notebook


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Judge sides with Pentagon on National Guard vaccine mandate

A federal court on Tuesday denied a lawsuit filed by Oklahoma Republican Governor Kevin Stitt that challenged the Pentagon’s military-wide coronavirus vaccine mandate.
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Nation


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Agents with Homeland Security Investigations push to break away from ICE

ICE carries a stigma that is undermining their investigative work across the country, the agents said in an internal report.
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Virus Notebook


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New cases of COVID-19 in the US reach highest level on record

More than a year after the vaccine was rolled out, new cases of COVID-19 in the United States have soared to the highest level on record at over 265,000 per day on average, a surge driven largely by the highly contagious Omicron variant.
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World


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How democracy was dismantled in Hong Kong in 2021

As the days of 2021 dwindled, so did any remaining traces of democracy in Hong Kong.
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World


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As Russia’s courts muzzle Memorial human rights group, activists stress that ‘the truth is on our side’

A Moscow court abolished the Memorial Human Rights Center on Wednesday in the second ruling in two days against Russia’s most prominent human rights group. Russia’s Supreme Court liquidated another wing of the group, the International Memorial Society, on Tuesday in a decision condemned by global human rights organizations.
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Asia keeps Omicron at bay, but a surge may be inevitable

Much of Asia has largely managed to keep Omicron at bay even as the variant rages in other parts of the world, but the region that is home to most of the globe’s population is bracing for what may be an inevitable surge.
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EDITORIAL


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It’s past time for America to do right by Haiti

The Biden administration needs a new policy toward migrants fleeing violence and poverty and to get behind grassroots democratic reform.
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OPINION


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The Boston Celtics, my political activism, and a call for greater freedom

When I was targeted by Turkey for speaking out against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, my Celtic teammates consistently checked in on me and offered to help in any way they could.
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OPINION


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Every level of government must do more for Haitian migrants

The international community dances between stymieing Haiti’s economic growth and supporting bad political actors.
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RI POLITICS


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After losing PawSox, Pawtucket eyes new uses for McCoy, Apex sites

Mayor Donald Grebien talks about replacing the baseball stadium with a consolidated high school and settling a legal battle over five key downtown parcels.
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Elderly woman dies in 3-alarm fire in Cambridge

The fire was in a building on Webster Avenue, fire officials tweeted. Cambridge Fire Chief Gerry Mahoney confirmed that the woman, whose name was withheld, died on the second floor of the three-decker wood-frame residence.
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Metro


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Some Mass. towns facing snowplow driver shortage; officials warn of potential delays to road clearing

The shortage is prompting local officials to warn of possible delays in clearing roads in the event of a big storm.
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Catching up with Terry Francona, who plans to be back in the Cleveland dugout

The former Red Sox manager is prohibited from discussing baseball matters, but he talked about his improving health and the late Jerry Remy.
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On hockey


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Why NHL players should lobby for hockey to be moved to the Summer Olympics for 2024

Rather than shutting down league operations for upward of three weeks during the season, the NHL can stay out of the picture entirely.
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Gary Washburn | On Basketball


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It’s not just 3-pointers; something is clearly missing on the Celtics

The Celtics couldn't handle the shorthanded Clippers at home, making the same mistakes that have plagued them all season.
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INNOVATION BEAT


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Boston startups: ‘Don’t get high’ on all that cash

When it comes to funding for entrepreneurs, this year has been one for the record books. But how much is too much? Where’s all this cash going? And is this boom time going to continue in 2022?
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Technology


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Boston startup’s new drone explores inner space

Cleo Robotics' "Dronut" is a surveillance drone that’s designed to operate indoors, flying through dangerous or hard-to-reach places, like air ducts, oil pipelines, or perhaps a booby-trapped building
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Biotech


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Report: Samsung in talks to acquire Biogen

Biogen is reportedly in talks to be acquired by Korea's Samsung Group in a deal that would value the Cambridge-based drugmaker at $42 billion.
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Obituaries






Obituaries


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Mameve Medwed, who filled her novels with humor and heartbreak, dies at 79

A novelist, critic, and essayist, Ms. Medwed also was an enthusiastic and encouraging writing teacher and a champion of other writers' work.
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Obituaries


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J.D. Crowe, banjo virtuoso and bluegrass innovator, dies at 84

J.D. Crowe, a master banjo player and bandleader who expanded the sound of bluegrass while attracting some of the genre’s most prodigiously gifted musicians into his groups, died Friday at his home in Nicholasville, Ky.
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Neil Marcus, whose art illuminated disability, dies at 67

At each performance of his play “Storm Reading,” writer and actor Neil Marcus offered his audience a reminder: “Disability is not a brave struggle or courage in the face of adversity. Disability is an art. It’s an ingenious way to live.”
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Lifestyle


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Local Vyntage storefront opens in Jamaica Plain

Local Vyntage in Jamaica Plain has your dose of New England nostalgia
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Lifestyle


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These apps can help you stick to your New Year’s resolutions

A dozen apps to help you achieve your goals for the new year
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TV CRITIC'S CORNER


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Happy trumps sappy on Amazon’s ‘With Love’

It’s a five-episode series, and each episode falls on a holiday during the same year.
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