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Lawmakers press Baker on COVID, arguing for more aggressive posture

The leaders of a legislative committee peppered the governor and his health secretary with questions over a combined 75 minutes, at times engaging in testy exchanges about Baker's turbulent distribution of masks to educators and his administration’s resistance to a universal mask mandate.
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Models show Omicron cases may peak in Mass. within two weeks, while hospitalizations could continue to surge

Massachusetts should gird for about two more weeks of skyrocketing COVID-19 case increases fueled by the Omicron variant before a steep decline toward the end of this month, according to experts and pandemic models.
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In effort to prevent dropouts, community colleges are focusing on a sense of belonging and connection for their students

As students have returned to some in-person learning, it is a sense of connection that many have lost.
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In preliminary decision, Medicare offers only limited coverage of Aduhelm

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services would allow the Alzheimer's drug only for patients who participate in clinical trials, a move that will significantly restrict the number of people who can get a costly medicine whose benefits and risks have been fiercely debated.
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In Georgia speech, Biden calls on senators to pass voting rights bill and backs filibuster changes

Pounding his hand for emphasis, President Biden challenged senators Tuesday to “stand against voter suppression” by changing Senate rules to pass voting rights legislation that Republicans are blocking. Biden’s speech was forceful, blunt and explicit, referring to new efforts to limit voting access as “Jim Crow 2.0.”
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Justice Dept. forms domestic terrorism unit to address growing threat

The news comes just a few days after the anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol, an event that some lawmakers say showed the FBI underestimated the threat posed by domestic extremists.
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Christmas tree behind fire that killed 12, officials confirm

“We are left with the words of that 5-year-old child, that traumatized 5-year-old child, to help us understand how the lighter and the tree came together with tragic consequences,'' the fire commissioner in Philadelphia said.
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Maya Angelou becomes first Black woman on a quarter

The coin is the first in the American Women Quarters Program; other honorees are Sally Ride, the first American woman in space; Wilma Mankiller, a Native American activist; Nina Otero-Warren, a leader in New Mexico’s suffrage movement; and Anna May Wong, the first Chinese American film star in Hollywood.
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Russia, US take tough stands ahead of more talks on Ukraine

Moscow and Washington both took uncompromising stands Tuesday ahead of more talks amid a Russian troop buildup near Ukraine, with the United States rebuffing a demand to halt NATO expansion and the Kremlin saying it will quickly see if it’s worthwhile to even keep negotiating.
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Kazakhstan says Russian troops can start leaving this week

In Moscow, Russia’s defense minister, Sergei K. Shoigu, did not mention specific plans for the troops to withdraw, leaving it unclear when they would actually leave.
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A pandemic party again has Boris Johnson on the hot seat

If Prime Minister Boris Johnson of Britain had hoped to put a perilous stretch of political and ethical blunders behind him this year, his hopes were dashed Tuesday by a fresh kerfuffle: a BYOB garden party at 10 Downing Street that violated his own government’s pandemic lockdown rules.
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Qualified progress on qualified immunity

State commission recommends some worthy reforms, but punts on larger question of whether to change controversial rule that shields police officers from legal liability for abuse.
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To save ‘America’s soul,’ Biden must fight harder for voting rights

Time is running out for the president to be the man who saved democracy instead someone who failed to stop its demise on his watch.
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Clock is ticking on what Garland needs to do about Trump’s bid to overturn 2020 election

The plotters’ initial seditious efforts could easily have succeeded. The fact that they failed cannot justify avoiding a robust investigation of those efforts as part of an apparent conspiracy that landed, with vengeance, in the House and Senate chambers.
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Time to put Willie Horton to rest: Governor Baker should commute Koonce, Allen sentences

Baker has just a few days to decide whether to approve clemency for Thomas E. Koonce, who has been in prison since 1987 for the killing of a New Bedford man.
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Prosecutors file more charges against wife of father of missing N.H. child

New Hampshire prosecutors are filing eight additional misdemeanor counts alleging public assistance fraud against the estranged wife of Adam Montgomery, the man charged with assaulting his missing daughter Harmony Montgomery, a 7-year-old who disappeared in the fall of 2019, legal filings show.
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Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll running for lieutenant governor

She called herself a pragmatic executive who can provide a voice for cities and towns within a new Democratic administration.
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By agreeing to prorated $1 million contract, Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask showed it’s not always about the money

Rask lived up to his recent word that it was team loyalty and a simple desire to play again, that guided his decision.
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Patriots’ Jerod Mayo would take a head coaching job interview, but he’s focused on game-planning for the Bills

Mayo and Josh McDaniels indicated that getting an opportunity to be a head coach is something they would welcome, in time.
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Expectations for Black NFL coaches continue to be higher, but the leash shorter

Despite the Dolphins going 9-8 this season, the Dolphins fired coach Brian Flores because they didn't make the playoffs.
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In preliminary decision, Medicare offers only limited coverage of Aduhelm

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services would allow the Alzheimer's drug only for patients who participate in clinical trials, a move that will significantly restrict the number of people who can get a costly medicine whose benefits and risks have been fiercely debated.
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Baker administration’s next climate task: curbing heat emissions from buildings

State panel set to start work on plans to reduce carbon footprint of buildings in Massachusetts.
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Boston self-driving car company Optimus Ride closes its doors

Boston-based autonomous vehicle company Optimus Ride has been acquired by a Canadian technology manufacturer, causing the company to shutter nearly 7 years since its genesis.
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Obituaries


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Chris Dickerson, champion bodybuilder and first Black Mr. America, dies at 82

Chris Dickerson, who rose from a childhood in the Jim Crow-era South to become one of the world's greatest bodybuilders, breaking barriers as the first Black Mr. America and the first openly gay Mr. Olympia, died Dec. 23 at a hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was 82.
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Chris Dickerson, champion bodybuilder and first Black Mr. America, dies at 82

Chris Dickerson, who rose from a childhood in the Jim Crow-era South to become one of the world's greatest bodybuilders, breaking barriers as the first Black Mr. America and the first openly gay Mr. Olympia, died Dec. 23 at a hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was 82.
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Lifestyle


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Special rescues help ailing owners find pets’ next home

Pet rescuers, advocates, and volunteer adoption services are educating and calling on pet owners and veterinarians alike to help slow the ever-increasing rate of pets going without homes, which has been on the incline in the midst of the pandemic.
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John Cena on ‘Peacemaker,’ rocking to ’80s hair metal, and what it means to grow up in New England

The West Newbury native isn’t planning to suit up as a more established superhero, instead, putting his mighty muscles behind a lesser known crime fighter for HBO Max’s “Peacemaker.”
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In honor of National Quinoa Day, we’re demystifying whole grains

There are about 20 varieties of whole grains, but we’re focusing on the ones you’re most likely to cook and eat.
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