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Wednesday, March 23, 2022
Today's Headlines
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Massachusetts

From menial jobs to a Tufts neurologist, a doctor’s long and torturous journey

Dr. Peter Tatum, a fourth-year resident at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, has led an improbable life. Continue reading →

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Mayor Wu urges state education board against Boston Public Schools takeover

Concerns about the state attempting to place BPS into receivership mounted last week, after news broke that the state would conduct a review of the district. Continue reading →

Politics

Ketanji Brown Jackson hearings provide platform for potential 2024 GOP presidential candidates to grab spotlight

Supreme Court nominations are one of the rare times when the business of Congress breaks through to average Americans — and lawmakers dreaming of the White House don’t want to miss the moment. Continue reading →

Health

Teens are trying — but failing — to quit vaping nicotine, new research shows

Many teens are increasingly struggling with nicotine addiction, largely from vaping e-cigarettes, scientists say. Continue reading →

World

Ukraine thwarts Russian advances as battle continues for Mariupol

Ukrainian forces battled continuing Russian efforts to occupy Mariupol and claimed to have retaken a strategic suburb of Kyiv on Tuesday, mounting a defense so dogged that it is stoking fears Russia’s Vladimir Putin will escalate the war to new heights. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Alcohol-related deaths spiked during the pandemic, a study shows

The startling report comes amid a growing realization that COVID-19’s toll extends beyond the lives of nearly 1 million Americans claimed directly by the disease. Continue reading →

Politics

New Mexico official found guilty of illegally entering Capitol grounds on Jan. 6

The outcome of the trial could have a ripple effect, helping other Capitol riot defendants decide whether to let a judge or a jury decide their case. Continue reading →

Nation

Federal court partially blocks Biden ‘priority’ system for immigration enforcement

A federal judge in Ohio has blocked some elements of the Biden administration’s attempt to limit deportations by giving narrower “priorities” to Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, a ruling that potentially leaves more immigrants subject to arrest and detention. Continue reading →

The World

World

No survivors found in China Eastern crash, officials say

Emergency workers have found no survivors more than 24 hours after a Boeing 737 plane carrying 132 people crashed in southern China, officials said Tuesday. Continue reading →

World

Pakistan’s cricket-star-turned-prime-minister fights for survival

Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan is fighting for his political survival after opposition political parties have moved for a no-confidence motion in Parliament and the country’s powerful military has withdrawn its support for his government. Continue reading →

World

How Ukraine’s outgunned air force is fighting back against Russian jets

Military analysts had expected Russian forces to quickly destroy or paralyze Ukraine’s air defenses and military aircraft, yet neither has happened. Instead, “Top Gun”-style aerial dogfights, rare in modern warfare, are now raging above the country. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

BPD foot-dragging on Jan. 6 probe hits new lengths

A Boston cop out on medical leave for more than a year has gone from D.C. rally to anti-vax activist. Continue reading →

OPINION

Democrats’ sunken-failure agenda vs. GOP’s don’t-ask-because-we-aren’t-telling path

A battle of flawed approaches. Is this any way to run an election? Continue reading →

LETTERS

Hot market in NFL for QBs, and still no Kaepernick

This continued hypocrisy is a big part of why I no longer watch football. Continue reading →

Metro

Politics

Former Mass. advocate for the deaf sued Baker, charging he was fired to give governor ‘political cover.’ A federal judge tossed the case.

A US District Court judge ruled that state law gave Governor Charlie Baker's administration “broad discretion” in terminating the-then head of the Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing after it investigated his ties to a fraternity where members wore robes resembling Ku Klux Klan garb. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Group wearing neo-Nazi insignia lined up at St. Patrick’s Day parade, drawing outcry

Organizers of the South Boston St. Patrick’s Day Parade emphasized Monday that a group of people wearing neo-Nazi insignia along its route Sunday were “neither invited, nor welcome at our parade.” Continue reading →

Transportation

Wu, Janey, Pressley tout benefits of new fare-free bus service in Boston

A recent city evaluation of eliminating fares on one bus line found that ridership increased 23 percent compared with other lines. Continue reading →

Sports

on baseball

With just two weeks left, taking a crack at a Red Sox Opening Day roster

The complicated process of weighing immediate needs against maintaining depth in the minor leagues has been thrown into a blender as teams try and prepare their players and make decisions in a condensed time frame. Continue reading →

kevin paul dupont | on hockey

Don Sweeney says he isn’t thinking about a possible Patrice Bergeron retirement, but shouldn’t he?

The Bruins captain is on an expiring contract and hasn't divulged his plans, but if he were to retire, there had better be a plan in place for that contingency. Continue reading →

ben volin | on football

Brown’s E.J. Perry is a rarity: An Ivy League quarterback who is an almost certain NFL draft pick

Only one Ivy League QB since 1984 has been drafted, but Perry has done nothing but dazzle NFL talent evaluators. Continue reading →

Business

Business

‘Kill more’: Facebook fails to detect hate against Rohingya

A new report has found that Facebook failed to detect blatant hate speech and calls to violence against Myanmar’s Rohingya Muslim minority years after such behavior was found to have played a determining role in the genocide against them. Continue reading →

Business

Baker says he’ll try again for funds to boost downtowns post-pandemic

The economic development bill could include money to reimagine central business districts as Mass. emerges from the pandemic. Continue reading →

Business

Eviction rates higher in communities of color during pandemic, report finds

In the year following the expiration of the eviction moratorium in October 2020, over half of filings occurred in areas where the majority of residents identified as Black, Latino, Asian American/Pacific Islander, or Indigenous. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Chris Madden, lifestyle author and personality, dies at 73

Ms. Madden, who wrote books on decorating, was sometimes compared to Martha Stewart, the steely lifestyle guru — but a kinder, gentler version. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Names

Zendaya and Tom Holland spotted in Boston on Sunday

The A-listers were spotted Sunday at Tatte Bakery & Cafe at the corner of Boylston and Tremont streets. Continue reading →

Names

Mitski postpones two Boston concerts after positive COVID test among touring party

The sold-out Mitski shows, originally scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, were two of the first scheduled at Roadrunner, the shiny new music venue at Boston Landing. Continue reading →

Theater

Broadway In Boston’s new season to include ‘Tina,’ ‘Six,’ ‘Jagged Little Pill’

The lineup of eight musicals announced Tuesday includes two shows that will be making a return to Boston: “Come From Away” and the previously announced “Hamilton.” Continue reading →