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Today's Headlines: ‘This report is unflinching’: Harvard University confronts its ties to slavery
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| Date | April 27, 2022 9:15 AM |
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‘This report is unflinching’: Harvard University confronts its ties to slavery
The university will spend $100 million to provide educational opportunities for communities descended from enslaved people and to continue researching slavery and its legacy in the modern world.
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‘This report is unflinching’: Harvard University confronts its ties to slavery
The university will spend $100 million to provide educational opportunities for communities descended from enslaved people and to continue researching slavery and its legacy in the modern world.
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Continue reading →
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Accountability
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Municipal electric companies lag on using clean energy
The state’s 40 municipal light plants make up 14 percent of the state’s energy grid. According to a new report from the Massachusetts Climate Action Network, they may represent some of the dirtiest energy in the state.
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Continue reading →
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Politics
[link removed]
What should Mass. do with $50 billion? A debate in the House highlights a philosophical divide.
As it rolls in cash, should the state spend more of it, including to help those in need, or should it “give back,” as Governor Charlie Baker has argued, by lessening the tax burden on residents?
[link removed]
Continue reading →
[link removed]
COVID-19 Vaccines
[link removed]
Wealthy nations falter on global vaccine commitments
For a number of reasons, the pace of Western aid commitments — particularly from the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe — has slowed considerably since last year.
[link removed]
Continue reading →
[link removed]
Health
[link removed]
More than half of Massachusetts residents have been infected with COVID-19, and an even higher percentage nationwide
The data show wide variation among New England states, with 53 percent of Massachusetts and Rhode Island residents infected by mid-February, but only 29 percent of those in Vermont.
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Continue reading →
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Go to Page One →
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New details underscore House GOP role in Jan. 6 planning
In a court filing and text messages, new pieces of evidence have emerged in recent days fleshing out the degree of involvement between ultraconservative members of Congress and the Trump White House in strategy sessions.
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Continue reading →
Nation
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Supreme Court struggles over Biden’s bid to end ‘Remain in Mexico’ program
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Nation
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Trump saved this old-fashioned lightbulb. Biden’s now phasing it out.
The Energy Department finalized two rules Monday requiring manufacturers to sell energy-efficient lightbulbs, effectively putting a ‘’sell-by’' date on older, inefficient bulbs that don’t meet the new standards.
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Beijing starts testing 20 million to try to avoid a lockdown like Shanghai’s
Faced with a growing number of coronavirus infections across Beijing, city officials are trying to test most of the capital’s 22 million residents in the hope of avoiding the pain of imposing a citywide lockdown like in Shanghai.
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Continue reading →
World
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North Korea holds military parade with nuclear threat
North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, vowed to expand his nuclear arsenal “at the fastest possible speed” and threatened to use it, as his government displayed a large array of missiles and other weapons, including its newest intercontinental ballistic missile, during a nighttime military parade Monday, the North’s state media said.
[link removed]
Continue reading →
World
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As diplomacy hopes dim, US marshals allies to furnish long-term military aid to Ukraine
The increasing flow of Western weapons into Ukraine — including howitzers, armed drones, tanks and ammunition — amounted to another sign that a war Putin had expected would divide his Western adversaries had instead drawn them much closer together.
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Continue reading →
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Go to The World →
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Editorial & Opinion
EDITORIAL
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France, and the world, dodge a bullet
Emmanuel Macron’s election victory should not lead to complacency for the French president — or for other Western democracies feeling pressure from the far right.
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Continue reading →
OPINION
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French lessons for American democracy
The French center held. Will ours?
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OPINION
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The Constitution protects your right to vote — and your right not to
Why a mandatory voting law would make Americans less free.
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Continue reading →
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Go to Editorial & Opinion →
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Metro
Crime & Courts
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Son of famed American artist charged in Jan. 6 Capitol riot
An Athol man, the son of famed American artist, is charged in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot
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Continue reading →
K-12
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Mass. education leaders propose raising MCAS graduation requirements
In raising the standards board members said they aim to ensure students who receive a diploma meet the state’s expectations on a new version of the MCAS test and are prepared for college and career success.
[link removed]
Continue reading →
Massachusetts
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‘I want all my neighbors to see it’: Locals fly Ukrainian flags in show of solidarity
Massachusetts residents share why they are flying Ukrainian flags in support of the country invaded by Russia in February.
[link removed]
Continue reading →
[link removed]
Go to Metro →
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Sports
Bruins 4, Panthers 2
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With win over league-leading Panthers, Bruins know they can defend against any team come the playoffs
Erik Haula and Taylor Hall scored six seconds apart in the first period to give Boston a 2-1 lead.
[link removed]
Continue reading →
Bruins notebook
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Bruins forward Jake DeBrusk focused on the playoffs, not his future
DeBrusk’s bounce-back season earned him the Bruins’ Masterton Trophy nomination. The award is for sportsmanship, perseverance, and dedication to hockey.
[link removed]
Continue reading →
Blue Jays 6, Red Sox 5
[link removed]
Bullpen falters in ninth, Red Sox lose to Blue Jays in 10th
Jake Diekman had a three-run lead in the ninth, but was touched for two doubles and a homer to send the game into extras.
[link removed]
Continue reading →
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Go to Sports →
Business
Technology
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Musk takeover means big changes for Twitter — and maybe the Web
The $44 billion deal will lead to big changes in how the service works. It could also boost efforts to build a social media rival with less concentrated ownership, kicking off a trend of decentralized web apps.
[link removed]
Continue reading →
Business
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After questions, Healey OK’s Fenway’s new cashless payment system
The baseball park switched to a cashless payment system earlier this month, a move that angered some critics.
[link removed]
Continue reading →
Biotech
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Apertura Gene Therapy launches with $67m to design new viruses for gene delivery
The startup is based on the work of scientists at the Broad Institute and Harvard Medical School
[link removed]
Continue reading →
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Go to Business →
Obituaries
Obituaries
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L. McCrae Dowless Jr., 66, dies; operative at heart of election scandal
L. McCrae Dowless Jr., the North Carolina political operative who was at the center of a scandal involving absentee-ballot harvesting and tampering that led to the first rerun of a federal election in some 40 years, died on Sunday at his daughter’s home in Bladen County, North Carolina. He was 66.
[link removed]
Continue reading →
Obituaries
[link removed]
World’s oldest person, a Japanese woman, dies at 119
A Japanese woman recognized as the world’s oldest person, Kane Tanaka, has died at age 119, just months short of her goal of reaching 120.
[link removed]
Continue reading →
[link removed]
[link removed]
Continue reading →
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Go to Obituaries →
Arts & Lifestyle
BOTTLES
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I got to try a Cold IPA, and all I can say is, as a beer fan, I’m excited
“What you get is freaking wild,” Mike Dyer, vice president and co-owner of Scituate’s Untold Brewing, says while explaining the brewing process for “Frozen Fractals."
[link removed]
Continue reading →
FOOD
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A vegan paradise in the Pioneer Valley
In Western Massachusetts, love and compassion for humans and animals alike fuels eclectic plant-based eateries.
[link removed]
Continue reading →
DEVRA FIRST
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I’m obsessed with Japanese grocery store Maruichi
Brookline’s two branches offer everyday ingredients, regional specialties, and the joy of discovery.
[link removed]
Continue reading →
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Go to Arts & Lifestyle →
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