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Governor Charlie Baker says he’ll pursue tax breaks for renters, seniors, parents, and low-income workers

“To encourage our citizens to continue to call Massachusetts home and to help those struggling to make ends meet because of rising inflation, we’ll file several tax breaks in our budget later this week,” the governor said at his final State of the Commonwealth speech, delivered Tuesday in Boston.
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Baseball Hall of Fame


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Slugger David Ortiz, Red Sox legend and three-time World Series champ, elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Former Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens and Barry Bonds, the steroid-tainted all-time home runs leader, both failed to reach the 75 percent threshold for induction in their final year on the ballot.
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Australians can be fined $1,000 for not reporting a positive rapid test. In Massachusetts, reporting a test isn’t even possible.

Even with thousands of COVID-19 infections being officially reported every day in Massachusetts, that data likely underestimates the prevalence of the virus, as countless positive rapid tests go unreported.
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A cold January brings a warning for New England’s electric grid

New England’s grid has its own glaring weakness, one that comes up every winter: an overreliance on natural gas.
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State health care watchdog rebukes Mass General Brigham for high spending

The decision by the Massachusetts Health Policy Commission is the first time the agency has held a health system accountable for its spending in the six years it has reviewed market transactions.
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COVID-19 Vaccines


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With some voters ‘ready to move on,’ Democrats search for new message on virus

Despite the wave fueled by the Omicron variant, Democratic officials are largely skipping mask mandates and are fighting to keep schools open, sometimes in opposition to health care workers and their traditional allies in teachers’ unions.
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Abortion opponents eye priorities as high court ruling looms

In the nearly two months since a conservative majority of justices on the Supreme Court indicated openness to dramatic new restrictions on abortion, money has poured into the political fund-raising arm of the antiabortion group Susan B. Anthony List.
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Air Force honors Black pilots as ‘Top Gun’ fliers 73 years later

During an era of heavy segregation in the Air Force, four pilots of the first all-Black squadron clinched victory in the first "Top Gun" contest in 1949 for their record achievements as aerial fighters. That accolade was recognized recently after being buried for nearly a century.
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Prison attack in Syria is latest evidence of ISIS resurgence

An audacious attack on a Syrian prison that houses thousands of Islamic State detainees. A series of strikes against military forces in neighboring Iraq. The dissemination of a video showing the beheading of a kidnapped Iraqi police officer.
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UK police say they are investigating Downing Street lockdown parties

Boris Johnson, prime minister of Britain, may have to face the police's ire in addition to the public's, as British officers are beginning to investigate the pandemic parties attended by government officials like Johnson that occurred during the COVID-19 lockdown nearly two years ago.
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CIA-backed Afghan fighters are still waiting to reach US

Five months after the chaotic evacuation from Afghanistan, CIA-backed Afghan counterterrorist fighters who aided American soldiers and civilians still wait with their families for government approval to move to the United States, some saying they feel forgotten and stranded.
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OPINION


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There’s a phrase for senators like Kyrsten Sinema

JFK called them profiles in courage.
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OPINION


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Ron DeSantis — white supremacy’s helicopter parent

Why stop at banning American history? Florida Governor Ron DeSantis now wants to outlaw white “discomfort” and “guilt.”
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Enough talk. Implement the city vaccine mandate.

Mayor Michelle Wu has given city workers plenty of time to get vaccinated ahead of the city’s requirement. This week’s delay should be the last.
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Mayor Wu commits $40 million to affordable housing projects, including building hundreds of new units

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is committing $40 million to preserve 718 affordable housing units across the city, she announced during a news conference Tuesday morning.
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A Berkshire forest blossoms into a new kind of graveyard

Florida, Mass., is home to a new-fangled cemetery on stunning, tree-studded land.
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Deb Goldberg to seek third term as Massachusetts state treasurer

The Brookline Democrat's decision to seek reelection was widely expected in political circles after Goldberg opted against running for an open congressional seat in 2020.
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David Ortiz’s election seems to be another sign of a shift in Hall of Fame voting philosophy

Statistically, Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were both much better than Ortiz, but they are out and he is in.
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Baseball Hall of Fame


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What Curt Schilling, Roger Clemens said after falling short in Hall of Fame vote

Both Schilling and Clemens were denied in their 10th and final year on the ballot.
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David Ortiz already had a presence in the Hall of Fame. Now, he’ll be immortalized.

A walk through the Cooperstown museum reveals memorabilia from the Red Sox slugger's iconic career scattered throughout its exhibits. After Tuesday's announcement, though, Ortiz becomes a baseball immortal.
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A cold January brings a warning for New England’s electric grid

New England’s grid has its own glaring weakness, one that comes up every winter: an overreliance on natural gas.
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OSHA withdraws its workplace vaccine rule

The Biden administration is withdrawing its requirement that large employers mandate workers be vaccinated or regularly tested, the Labor Department said Tuesday.
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Commerce Department survey uncovers ‘alarming’ chip shortages

The findings showed a critical need to support domestic manufacturing and called on Congress to pass legislation aimed at bolstering US competitiveness with China by enabling more American production, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said.
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Steve Schapiro, a witness, with camera, to seminal moments and people in the American tapestry, dies

Mr. Schapiro trained his camera’s eye on an astonishing array of people across the American landscape as he sought to capture the emotional heart of his subjects, whether they were narcotics users in Harlem, migrant workers in Arkansas, or movie luminaries in Hollywood.
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Steve Schapiro, a witness, with camera, to seminal moments and people in the American tapestry, dies

Mr. Schapiro trained his camera’s eye on an astonishing array of people across the American landscape as he sought to capture the emotional heart of his subjects, whether they were narcotics users in Harlem, migrant workers in Arkansas, or movie luminaries in Hollywood.
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Bad Bunny to play Fenway Park Aug. 18

The Puerto Rican rapper joins Zac Brown Band, Def Leppard and Mötley Crüe, Aerosmith, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers with shows scheduled at Fenway this summer.
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Taylor Swift slams musician Damon Albarn for claiming she doesn’t write her own songs: ‘False and SO damaging’

British singer and musician Damon Albarn has apologized to Taylor Swift after accusing her in a Los Angeles Times interview published Sunday of not writing her own songs — which set off a firestorm on social media when the pop superstar denounced the comments as "completely false and SO damaging."
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Warm up, game on, and rock out: 10 video games featuring Boston-bred bands and artists

Boston-bred musicians are no strangers to the world of gaming, as long-time fans might remember Aerosmith’s classic arcade shooter, “Revolution X,” or “Make My Video” with Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch.
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