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Hate speech in Mass. school sports: Painful progress was made in 2021, but challenges remain

It was a turbulent year within local schools, with high-profile incidents in Duxbury and Danvers. What's changed?
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Business


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Walking Mass. and Cass with bleach kits, granola bars, and a chance to get off the streets

As Boston's homelessness and opioid crisis spirals, social workers are often the last, and most determined, lifeline for people struggling on the city's streets.
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New England is warming faster than the rest of the planet, new study finds

The region is warming significantly faster than global average temperatures, and that rate is expected to accelerate as more greenhouse gases are pumped into the atmosphere and dangerous feedback loops contribute to climate change.
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COVID-19


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As experts advise better masks to protect against Omicron, government is starting to provide them

N95, KN95, and KF94 masks are made of material with an electrostatic charge, so they block aerosol particles more effectively than masks made of cloth. The price has dropped considerably since the beginning of the pandemic.
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Two CDC reports indicate COVID vaccines rarely lead to problems in younger children

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released one study Thursday that found few side effects among children receiving Pfizer shots, and a second finding that nearly all children who became seriously ill had not been fully vaccinated.
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Nation


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Ungerrymandered: Michigan’s maps, independently drawn, set up fair fight

One of the country’s most gerrymandered political maps has suddenly been replaced by one of the fairest.
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Manhattan DA leaves office with one big case up in the air

Much of the furniture had been hauled away. The walls were stripped bare. And the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus Vance Jr., sat on a brown leather couch in his eighth-floor office this month, considering the last big question before him as his term neared its end: Would he decide whether to charge Donald Trump with a crime?
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Record December snow in West brings major drought relief, hope for 2022

It’s been a record-breaking December for snow in California, as a series of winter storms have blasted the state in the past few weeks. Experts say a big water year, along with real drought recovery, is possible if storms continue in the coming months.
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Hong Kong editors charged with sedition, US criticizes raid

Two former editors from a Hong Kong online prodemocracy news outlet were charged with sedition and denied bail Thursday, a day after one of the last openly critical voices in the city said it would cease operations following a police raid on its office and seven arrests.
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Former Afghan president says he fled nation to ‘save Kabul’

Former president Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan said he fled the country to prevent the destruction of Kabul as Taliban fighters advanced on the capital, offering the most detailed defense of his actions since the government’s collapse in August.
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Biden, Putin talk nearly an hour as alarm rises over Ukraine

President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke for nearly an hour late Thursday amid growing alarm over Russia’s troop buildup near Ukraine, a simmering crisis further complicated as the Kremlin has stepped up its calls for security guarantees and test fired hypersonic missiles to underscore its demands.
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A year after a seditious insurrection, why won’t federal prosecutors treat it that way?

History is full of examples where other uprisings have resulted in charges of sedition conspiracy and insurrection, something that — despite ample video evidence and the admissions of those involved — hasn’t happened here.
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Policing the police finally gets underway

Transparency, diligence key to ushering in a new post-George Floyd era in public safety in Massachusetts.
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OPINION


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In memoriam of victims of domestic violence

This year, 13 women and one man in Massachusetts were allegedly killed by their partners, two of whom then committed suicide. Another victim was simply associated with a target. At least 23 children are now without a parent.
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A pandemic false dawn and political milestones: A look back at some of the top local stories in 2021

Along with the relentless pandemic, the year brought political shifts and milestones, the return of a cherished communal event, and a plan to deal with the tragedy unfolding in plain sight on Boston’s streets.
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A First Night in Boston with vaccinations, boosters, and COVID tests

City officials on Thursday urged First Night Boston revelers to take precautions amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and said vaccinations, boosters, and rapid tests will be available at Friday’s annual downtown bash.
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Mass. Teachers Association assails state’s ‘last minute scramble’ to test educators, as state announces tests are delayed

The president of the Massachusetts Teachers Association slammed what she called the state’s “last-minute scramble” to get 200,000 COVID-19 test kits to teachers and school staffers before the return to class from the holiday break, as state officials announced Thursday that the tests would be delayed.
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Brad Stevens says Celtics have ‘had moments, but they’ve been too few and far between’

With the Feb. 10 trade deadline fast approaching, the Celtics could find themselves at a bit of a crossroads.
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Some New Year’s resolutions for our local sports teams

Here is one opinion on the things the Patriots, Celtics, Bruins, Red Sox, and Revolution need to improve on in 2022.
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Trevor Lawrence, the No. 1 draft pick from Clemson, has gone from first to worst

The can't-miss prospect is the quarterback of the worst offense in the NFL.
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Walking Mass. and Cass with bleach kits, granola bars, and a chance to get off the streets

As Boston's homelessness and opioid crisis spirals, social workers are often the last, and most determined, lifeline for people struggling on the city's streets.
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Study finds positive results for J&J vaccine against Omicron in South Africa

The data underscores the utility of Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine against the new variant, which has concerned scientist and public health officials with its ability to potentially evade existing vaccines and treatments.
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Biogen falls back to earth as Samsung denies merger reports

Biogen stock falls again as Samsung denies report of acquisition, capping a tumultuous year for Cambridge drugmaker.
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Obituaries


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Karen Ferguson, founder of pension watchdog group, dies at 80

Karen Ferguson, the founder of the Pension Rights Center, a nonprofit organization that seeks to protect the interests of workers and retired people and helps promote legislation on their behalf, died Dec. 23 at her home in Washington. She was 80.
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Karen Ferguson, founder of pension watchdog group, dies at 80

Karen Ferguson, the founder of the Pension Rights Center, a nonprofit organization that seeks to protect the interests of workers and retired people and helps promote legislation on their behalf, died Dec. 23 at her home in Washington. She was 80.
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Lifestyle


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‘Nobody wrote sentences like her’: A Didion scholar talks the enduring magic of the late writer’s prose

"She would describe the situations and let you have the feelings," said Kathleen Vandenberg, a Boston University professor whose book on Joan Didion's writing was published earlier this year.
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Lifestyle


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We asked 10 local therapists their advice as we enter 2022. Here are their responses

"Of course you’re tired, unmotivated, sad, etc," said therapist Monique Bellefleur. "We are in the third year of a global pandemic and that cannot be discounted."
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In Helina Metaferia’s show at the MFA, an ‘army of women’ wear history on their heads

"Generations" weaves together protest, performance art, and stories of BIPOC activism through decades.
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