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Wednesday, February 16, 2022


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With new masking guidance, is Mass. marching back toward some version of normal?

There remains wide disagreement among public health officials and others over whether states, including Massachusetts, should be pulling back on restrictions or their guidance to the public.
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Economy


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With Omicron on the wane, consumers edge back out into the world, but carefully

There’s a growing sense that COVID may finally become endemic like the flu. But the shift in mentality has made people question what a more-normal world means for their wallets.
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Climate Science


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Northeast is likely to experience more than a century’s worth of sea level rise from 2000 to 2050, report finds

By 2050, sea levels in Boston and elsewhere in the Northeast are likely to rise about 16 inches higher than they were in 2000 — significantly more than they have risen over the previous century, according to a new federal report.
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Mass. lawmakers will vote on driver’s licenses for undocumented people. Police helped lead the fight.

Passage in the House, while necessary, may not be sufficient, some lawmakers believe. Leaders have been working to secure enough votes to override a potential veto from Governor Charlie Baker, who has opposed versions of the bill in the past.
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Connecticut


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Sandy Hook families settle with gunmaker for $73 million over massacre

The families of nine Sandy Hook school shooting victims settled a lawsuit for $73 million Tuesday against the maker of the AR-15-style rifle used in the massacre, in what is believed to be the largest payout by a gun manufacturer in a mass shooting case.
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Former officer said he thought colleagues cared for Floyd’s health

Tou Thao is one of three former officers charged in federal court with violating the constitutional rights of 46-year-old Black man George Floyd while Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into Floyd’s neck for almost 10 minutes.
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Biden administration looks to stiffen emission rules on trucks

The new regulations would be drawn from truck pollution rules recently enacted by California and come as the Biden administration is moving to restore that state’s legal authority to set auto emissions limits that are tighter than federal standards, according to two sources.
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How Josh Mandel, son of suburban Ohio, became a right-wing warrior

As he runs for the US Senate in Ohio, the 44-year-old politician has become one of the nation’s most strident crusaders for Trumpism, melding conspiracy theories and white grievance politics to amass a following that has made him a leading contender for the GOP nomination in this Republican-leaning state.
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As Russia welcomes talks, Biden warns invasion is still possible

President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Russia would “partially pull back troops” deployed near Ukraine and was seeking a “diplomatic path” to resolving a tense standoff with the West, while President Biden welcomed further negotiations but warned that a Russian invasion “remains very much a possibility.’’
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Ottawa police chief resigns amid criticism of police response to protests

The chief of police who had led the effort to end the occupation of Ottawa, Ontario, resigned on Tuesday, a day after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau intervened amid criticisms that a tepid police response has failed to end the blockade buffeting the nation’s capital.
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A world away from Ukraine, Russia is courting Latin America

In the midst of his brinkmanship over neighboring Ukraine in recent weeks, President Vladimir Putin has also been busy trying to expand Russia’s influence thousands of miles away: in Latin America.
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Glasnost on Beacon Hill

The House is scheduled to actually hold a vote on a controversial proposal to allow undocumented immigrants to apply for drivers licenses, after two decades of killing the idea behind closed doors.
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OPINION


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What does immigration status have to do with a driver’s license?

No rational person thinks that residents who entered the country without a visa should be barred from applying for a debit card, signing up for Netflix, or getting a COVID vaccine.
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OPINION


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Mitch McConnell’s no longer useful idiot

The Kentucky senator is trying to wrest control of the GOP from Trump. So far, it’s not working.
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Black History Month


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Sergeant Horatio Homer, Boston’s first Black police officer and lover of music and art

On Christmas Eve in 1878, Horatio J. Homer reported for duty as Boston’s first Black police officer. It was the start of a 40-year career, much of it spent at the old police headquarters in Pemberton Square.
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Politics


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Harvard professor Danielle Allen to ‘wind down’ gubernatorial campaign

The Democrat boasted a sterling academic resume and had seen some fundraising success.
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Newly appointed Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden will run to permanently succeed Rachael Rollins

Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden is announcing plans to seek a full term as the county’s top prosecutor.
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Celtics notebook


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Daniel Theis happy to be back in the middle of Celtics’ plans

The center signed a four-year, $36 million deal with the Rockets this past summer, but the team started 1-16.
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Rangers 2, Bruins 1


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Bruins lose marathon shootout to Rangers in the bottom of the ninth

Mika Zibanejad, Artemi Panarin, and K'Andre Miller scored in the shootout for New York.
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Celtics 135, Sixers 87


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Celtics blast Sixers for ninth straight win; lose Marcus Smart to injured ankle

The Celtics ran off to an 11-2 lead and were up by 27 points at halftime, allowing the starters to rest up for Wednesday’s home game against Detroit.
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As the spring housing market nears, there’s little to buy around Boston

Sales are down as prices start to level off after 18 torrid months of increases.
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Akamai adds cloud-computing platform with $900 million acquisition of Linode

The deal will add a new type of service to Akamai's offerings ― hosting content for web sites and online applications.
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Fidelity Charitable donors give $10.3 billion in another record year

People with Fidelity Charitable donor-advised accounts authorized $10.3 billion worth of grants last year, up 41 percent from pre-pandemic levels in 2019.
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Obituaries


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P.J. O’Rourke, outspoken political satirist, dies at 74

The satirist, political commentator, and bestselling author was known for a range of books and for his appearances on the NPR show “Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me.”
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Obituaries


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P.J. O’Rourke, outspoken political satirist, dies at 74

The satirist, political commentator, and bestselling author was known for a range of books and for his appearances on the NPR show “Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me.”
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Music


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Jake Blount is bringing old-time music to new audiences

The 26-year-old, who was awarded the 2020 Steve Martin Banjo Prize, is bringing traditional folk music to places it is rarely found, like the Middle East in Cambridge, where Blount and his band play on Sunday.
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Lifestyle


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Simone Biles engaged to Jonathan Owens on Valentine’s Day

Olympic great Simone Biles said it was “THE EASIEST YES” when fellow elite athlete Jonathan Owens popped the question on Valentine’s Day.
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Two years on, the Black Seed Writers Group is finally returning to Brookline Booksmith

The Black Seed Writers group is gearing up for its first reading at Brookline Booksmith since the onset of the pandemic.
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