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Wednesday, February 23, 2022
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The Massachusetts State House reopened to public Tuesday — mostly
It had been 708 days since legislative leaders closed its doors to the public at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Foundation gives $12.5 million to Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology in transformative gift
The gift is the largest in the history of the school, which trains a largely nontraditional student body for a host of technical careers.
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Business
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Eli Lilly to turn former GE Fort Point site into genetic research center
The pharmaceutical giant is expanding into 15 Necco St., an under-construction 12-story lab and office building fronting the Fort Point Channel.
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Russian invasion of Ukraine would have global impact, specialists say
The specter of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine is raising fears the conflict will spread, triggering a massive humanitarian crisis, significant economic disruptions, and Russian cyberattacks on the United States.
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US and allies impose sanctions on Russia as Biden condemns ‘invasion’ of Ukraine
President Biden accused Vladimir Putin of flagrantly violating international law in what he called the “beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine,” and promised that more sanctions would be coming if Putin proceeds further.
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Supreme Court to hear case of Web designer who objects to same-sex marriage
The case concerns the owner of a website design company who says it serves gay customers but intends to limit its wedding-related services to celebrations of heterosexual unions. She has said she intends to post a message saying the company’s policy is a product of her religious convictions.
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Political Notebook
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Biden halts oil, gas leases amid legal fight on climate cost
The administration said in a legal filing that a Feb. 11 ruling by a Louisiana federal judge will affect dozens of rules by at least four federal agencies.
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Nation
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Three officers in Floyd killing ‘chose to do nothing,’ prosecutor says
In their closing arguments in the federal trial, defense attorneys countered that the officers were too inexperienced, weren’t trained properly, or didn’t have the intent the charges require.
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To preserve its own stability, Pakistan must stabilize Afghanistan first
The euphoria felt by many in Pakistan over a Taliban victory in Kabul six months ago is subsiding. The government had hoped that a friendly — some would say proxy — regime in Afghanistan would ease its concerns about the Pakistani Taliban.
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Colombia decriminalizes abortion, bolstering trend across region
Having an abortion is no longer a crime under Colombian law, the country’s top court has ruled, in a decision that paves the way for the procedure to become widely available across this historically conservative, Catholic country.
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Myanmar opposition protests mark general strike anniversary
Opponents of military rule gathered Tuesday for protests in Myanmar’s cities, defying threats by the authorities to arrest anyone joining demonstrations against the army’s takeover a year ago.
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Editorial & Opinion
EDITORIAL
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Dial up sanctions on Russia as it dials up its Ukraine war
For now, the United States and its allies are holding back on the "mother of all sanctions," preferring to raise the ante incrementally to save Kyiv. In the meantime, lives are at stake.
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OPINION
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What does Putin want?
International efforts to get Vladimir Putin to negotiate or at least fear the consequences of invading Ukraine have failed. Clearly, Putin doesn’t yet have what he wants.
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Why a bust of Maya Angelou was vandalized at BPL during an anti-vaccine protest
Opposition to COVID mandates is a modern version of "state’s rights" — a cloaked excuse for white grievance.
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Metro
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Foundation gives $12.5 million to Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology in transformative gift
The gift is the largest in the history of the school, which trains a largely nontraditional student body for a host of technical careers.
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She’s on a mission to meet — and highlight — the people who make up the fabric of Boston
Naomi Szanto, who recently moved to the city, launched a social media campaign called “Boston Commoners,” where she sets out to spend time and talk with the strangers we pass by everyday — and share their stories with the world.
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Crime & Courts
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Ex-employee in Suffolk DA’s office wrecked state car, arraigned on OUI charge
Suffolk County DA's chief of community engagement under Rachael Rollins totaled a state car in November. Ricky Grant Jr. has pleaded not guilty to OUI and negligent driving.
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Sports
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First steps on the road to the US Open in Brookline will be taken this week
As of Wednesday, the USGA will begin accepting online applications for the 122nd US Open, to be played at The Country Club.
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Bruins are impressed with how Jeremy Swayman has handled a tricky season
A temporary demotion to the AHL to make way for Tuukka Rask didn't faze the relentlessly positive goaltender.
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MLB
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Not much blinking in face-to-face negotiations between MLB and the players
As a demonstration of its disappointment, the league again asked the players to OK bringing in a mediator.
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Business
Business
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Eli Lilly to turn former GE Fort Point site into genetic research center
The pharmaceutical giant is expanding into 15 Necco St., an under-construction 12-story lab and office building fronting the Fort Point Channel.
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Retail
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In $2.8 billion deal, Houghton Mifflin heads back to private equity ownership
The famed Boston textbook publisher is turning the page on a nearly nine-year chapter as a public company with a deal to be acquired by Veritas Capital.
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INNOVATION BEAT
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The end of 3G is not just about phones
On Tuesday, AT&T shut down its 3G network. T-Mobile will start to follow suit in a few weeks, and Verizon by year end. Here's what that means for a wide range of devices.
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Obituaries
Obituaries
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Mark Lanegan, Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age singer, dies at 57
Mr. Lanegan was also known for his searing memoirs detailing the dark sides of success in the rock world.
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Joe Tom Easley, 81, prominent gay rights activist
Joe Tom Easley, renowned gay rights activist and lawyer involved in the repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" military policy that discriminated against gay people and whose 2003 wedding was one of the first same-sex marriages featured in The New York Times, died on Feb. 13 at a hospital in Miami Beach at the age of 81.
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MUSIC REVIEW
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At TD Garden, Billie Eilish is in her happy place
Eilish delivered a high-energy 90-minute set that zig-zagged between songs old and new, backed only by her multi-instrumentalist brother and drummer Andrew Marshall.
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Best-selling author Ben Mezrich goes behind the scenes of his new book, ‘The Midnight Ride’
The new book, out Tuesday, is based on serialized novella “The Mechanic,” which ran in The Boston Globe for three weeks in 2020.
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‘Augmented’ documentary charts what is gained from a reimagined amputation
The film, which premieres on Feb. 23 on PBS, follows the work of MIT scientists and the surgical and technological innovations that are transforming the future of prosthetics.
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