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Tuesday, February 15, 2022
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THE GREAT DIVIDE
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Schools, businesses want early college program greatly expanded for underrepresented students — but will Mass. do it?
The state's Early College Initiative aims to help high school students from low-income families and communities of color earn free college credits and receive support, making higher education more attainable.
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Politics
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Michelle Wu has raised over $1 million for her inaugural festivities, most of it from Boston’s power brokers
Her inaugural fund as Boston mayor places Michelle Wu squarely within an age-old political tradition: tapping the wealthy and powerful to pay for festivities where top donors gain access to the city’s new leader.
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Massachusetts
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‘Everything’s going up’: Seniors struggle with the prices of food, fuel, and medicine
The last time prices rose this fast, today’s seniors were in their prime and drawing paychecks. Now they’re older, retired, and feeling the crunch in a world where everything suddenly costs more.
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Health
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Clinicians are leaving their jobs at mental health centers amid rising demand, survey finds
A survey found that for every 13 clinicians who leave positions at community mental health clinics around the state, only 10 can be found to replace them. As a result fewer patients are getting care than before the pandemic, while many more are seeking it.
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Higher Education
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Tufts University president Anthony Monaco is latest higher education leader to step down
Anthony Monaco has served as Tufts' leader for 12 years. He said he hopes to continue to work to solve “societal challenges” from a new post in academia or another sector.
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The Nation
Nation
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How bad is the Western drought? Worst in 12 centuries, study finds
The megadrought in the American Southwest has become so severe that it’s now the driest two decades in the region in at least 1,200 years, scientists said Monday, and climate change is largely responsible.
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Nation
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Pedestrian deaths spike in US as reckless driving surges
After a festive evening spent viewing a display of holiday lights, Aditya Bhattacharya and his family were crossing a street to head home.
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Nation
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Trump-allied accounting firm abandons former president
Donald Trump’s longtime accounting firm abruptly cut ties with his family business and retracted their financial statements assessing the value of Trump-owned properties, not outright saying that they were overvalued by the firm but stating that such documents are no longer reliable, a letter addressed to the Trump Organization said.
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The World
World
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Russia obliquely cooperative, mood of Ukraine crisis changes
The ominous atmosphere of the Ukrainian border dispute seemed to lift slightly as Russia’s top diplomat endorsed additional talks with the West, and Ukrainian officials signaled concessions to avert war with Russia.
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World
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DNA analysis of elephant ivory reveals trafficking networks
As few as three major criminal groups are responsible for smuggling the vast majority of elephant ivory tusks out of Africa, according to a new study.
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World
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Migrants left in limbo after policy change to help busy border officials
Beginning last spring, immigration officials were so overwhelmed that they admitted tens of thousands of migrants while issuing them a new document that did not include the typical hearing dates or identification numbers recognized in the immigration court system. The change sped up the process of releasing them into the country, but also made it much harder for the new arrivals to start applying for asylum — and for the government to track them.
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Editorial & Opinion
LETTERS
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How do you solve a problem like Eric Lander?
The problem really began when that insult or loud, obnoxious putdown was allowed to go unanswered by his peers, subordinates, and supervisors. And now, a great scientist is brought low by his own hubris.
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EDITORIAL
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Senate needs to hurry up on Russia sanctions
Stopping Putin requires that the United States speaks with one voice.
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LETTERS
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Mitch McConnell stuck his neck out, but leave his spine out of it
Not even the likes of Lee Atwater or Karl Rove could have orchestrated the Merrick Garland debacle that McConnell successfully pulled off.
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Metro
Globe Local
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Contractor faces $624,000 in fines for safety violations at East Boston job site
The contractor was already facing perjury charges and $1.3 million in fines for workplace safety violations after two workers were killed in a downtown Boston dump truck accident.
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Black history month
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Elma Lewis brought Boston’s thriving Black arts scene to the national stage
With $300, 12 beat-up folding chairs, and two used pianos, Elma Lewis took a risk and opened her own school.
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Politics
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Mass. poised to be last state in continental US to reopen state capitol to public
The Massachusetts State House will reopen to the public on Tuesday, Feb. 22, officials said. The reopening will come almost two years after it closed at the onset of the COVID-19 crisis.
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Sports
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As baseball standoff continues, the forecast for spring remains cloudy
That spring training will not start on time later this week is certain, and the lack of urgency in negotiations is what’s most disappointing.
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Christopher L. Gasper
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Rock star Rams coach Sean McVay needed this Super Bowl victory for the ring, and redemption
He's the biggest star on a team loaded with talent, and he rewrote his legacy with a victory.
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Beanpot Final | BU 1, Northeastern 0
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Dylan Peterson’s late goal lifts Boston University to first men’s Beanpot title since 2015
Dylan Peterson scored the only goal of the game with less than three minutes to play to end Northeastern's run of Beanpot dominance.
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Business
Business
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Canadian PM invokes emergency powers to end protest, border blockade
Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau invoked emergency powers Monday to quash the paralyzing protests by truckers and others upset over Canada’s COVID-19 restrictions, seeking to not only to tow away their rigs but also to strike at their wallets and their jobs.
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Business
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Federal Reserve officials call for a measured response to inflation
Federal Reserve officials call for a measured response to inflation.
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Business
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No-fly list talks in the US escalate as anti-mask violence soars
Partly due to violent incidents caused by flight passengers, upset they were being told to put on a mask, prominent airlines in the US have been working with the White House to create a no-fly list for individuals identified to be dangerous or unruly.
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Obituaries
Obituaries
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Ivan Reitman, producer, ‘Ghostbusters’ director, dies at 75
Mr. Reitman, the influential filmmaker and producer behind beloved comedies from “Animal House” to “Ghostbusters,” was 75.
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Obituaries
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Ivan Reitman, producer, ‘Ghostbusters’ director, dies at 75
Mr. Reitman, the influential filmmaker and producer behind beloved comedies from “Animal House” to “Ghostbusters,” was 75.
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Arts & Lifestyle
TV CRITIC'S CORNER
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We now return to our regularly scheduled programming
“Bridgerton,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” and other series are back after pandemic-related hiatus.
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LOVE LETTERS
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I dream of my late ex-husband
“He kept asking me for help with various things (for example, doing his laundry, which I did happily). He divorced me nonetheless and died several months later.”
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MUSIC REVIEW
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Violinist Randall Goosby brings top-tier talents to Boston
On Sunday afternoon, pianist Zhu Wang joined the rising star soloist for a recital at Dorchester’s Parish of All Saints.
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