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Thursday, February 10, 2022
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Massachusetts

‘Completely blindsided’: Tewksbury home evacuates seniors after citing disputed emergency order

More than 30 memory care residents were uprooted from Wood Haven Senior Living in late January after they and their families were told the fire department ordered an evacuation. Continue reading →

Health

Mass. school mask mandate lifted, but no road map for what comes next

Masks will come off just as thousands of students return from school vacation and traveling, sparking concerns about new infections. Continue reading →

Transportation

Mayor Michelle Wu’s push for free buses is spurring other cities and towns to act

Riders of the MBTA’s 23, 28, and 29 buses, which run through Mattapan, Dorchester, and Roxbury, will not be charged any fares starting in March, marking progress toward a campaign goal of the mayor to make public transit free. Continue reading →

NFL

Brian Flores is taking on the NFL at great personal risk. It doesn’t surprise those who know him best.

Flores’s friends describe him as a man of integrity and character whose motivation has always been “doing what’s right.” Continue reading →

Business

Susan M. Collins becomes first woman of color to lead Boston Federal Reserve Bank

The economist will join the Fed in July from the University of Michigan, where she has been provost and executive vice president for academic affairs since 2020. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Private contractor to drop facial recognition requirement for all state and federal agencies after backlash over IRS plan

The announcement came one day after the IRS said it would abandon its plan to require anyone seeking to access their tax records online to submit a “video selfie.” Continue reading →

Nation

National Archives asks Justice Department to investigate Trump’s handling of White House records

The referral from the National Archives came amid recent revelations that officials recovered 15 boxes of materials from the former president’s Mar-a-Lago residence that weren’t handed back to the government as they should have been. Continue reading →

Nation

Trump lawyers asked prosecutor for voting machines after election

In the weeks after the 2020 election, Rudy Giuliani and other legal advisers to then-President Donald Trump asked a Republican prosecutor in northern Michigan to get his county’s voting machines and pass them to Trump’s team, the prosecutor said. Continue reading →

The World

World

Violence erupts at Syrian camp for Islamic State families, leaving a child dead

At a detention camp in northeastern Syria where tens of thousands of family members of Islamic State fighters have been held for years, guards opened fire at residents this week after women and children attacked them with rocks and knives, according to a top security commander for the region. Continue reading →

World

Protesters block 3rd point along US-Canada border

A new trucker blockade protesting pandemic restrictions snarled traffic at a third point along the Canadian and the United States border Wednesday, putting more pressure on the automotive industry, which depends on the seamless movement of parts and components between the countries. Continue reading →

World

Finns fear for Ukraine as Russian forces amass at borders

For decades, Finland survived as an independent and unoccupied democracy in the shadow of the Soviet Union by handing the Kremlin outsized influence over its politics and hewing to a delicate neutrality during the Cold War. That model — known in diplomatic circles as Finlandization — is now being invoked as a possible solution to the standoff over Ukraine. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

Supreme Court shows its true colors by greenlighting Alabama’s racial gerrymander

There was no denial that Alabama’s new map blatantly discriminated against Black voters. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

This regressive ‘tax’ should go

Parole and probation fees fall hardest on those least able to pay. Now Baker wants to end them. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Canadian truckers, the Greatest Generation, and service to others

What if our grandparents had paralyzed cities to oppose military conscription? Continue reading →

Metro

Education

With Mass. lifting school mask mandate, local districts now weigh their own requirements

Multiple school districts said Wednesday they have not yet decided whether to require masks in schools after the state’s mandate ends. Several communities, including Boston, said they would initially continue mask mandates. Continue reading →

Black History Month

Richard T. Greener left a legacy of trailblazing as an academic and activist

Richard T. Greener is best known today as the first Black graduate of Harvard University, but during his life, he was an influential public figure on par with Frederick Douglass and Booker T. Washington. Continue reading →

Metro

In Massachusetts, a banner election year

This year, Massachusetts is looking at its most interesting and wide-open political season in a long time. Continue reading →

Sports

christopher l. gasper

It’s clear Roger Goodell raised the shield to protect those who have tarnished it of late — the NFL’s owners

Goodell can change rules, but it’s going to take NFL owners changing their hearts and minds to effectuate meaningful progress. Continue reading →

dan shaughnessy

We just said goodbye to Tom Brady, and he’s already talking about a comeback?

Feeding his seemingly endless desire for attention, Brady floated the idea of playing in the NFL again on his podcast. Continue reading →

ben volin | on football

Roger Goodell’s answer on Deflategate wasn’t satisfying, but Patriots fans need to remember Spygate

Feelings of anger have resurfaced for Patriots fans, who believe that Tom Brady and their team were framed and unjustly punished in Deflategate. Continue reading →

Business

Business

Susan M. Collins becomes first woman of color to lead Boston Federal Reserve Bank

The economist will join the Fed in July from the University of Michigan, where she has been provost and executive vice president for academic affairs since 2020. Continue reading →

Technology

Boston data firm nearly triples valuation after raising $250 million

The deal makes Starburst Data one of the most highly valued private technology firms in Massachusetts. Continue reading →

Business

Samsung unveils new phones as premium market share shrinks

One of the most noticeable changes in the Samsung lineup is the addition of a built-in pen to take digital notes and draw on the screen of the Galaxy S22 Ultra 5G smartphone model that will cost $1,200. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Greta Ferusic, who survived Auschwitz and siege of Sarajevo, dies at 97

Ms. Ferusic is thought to be the only person to have survived both Auschwitz and the siege of Sarajevo. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Arts

The Obamas’ presidential portraits are heading to Boston this fall

In September, the MFA will present portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama as part of an extended National Portrait Gallery tour. Continue reading →

Visual Arts

One hour on a bench with the $1 sketch artist of Boston Common

Nick Shea spends many of his days drawing strangers on Boston Common for $1. "It’s done a lot for me," Shea said, sitting on a bench on the Common on a rainy Monday. Continue reading →

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

Get set for season 3 of ‘My Brilliant Friend’

The series is based on Elena Ferrante’s Neapolitan novels. The new season, based on the third book in Ferrante’s series, “Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay,” will premiere on Monday, Feb. 28. Continue reading →