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Friday, May 20, 2022
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Crime & Courts
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Suspect in Whitey Bulger murder has been in solitary ever since
Fotios “Freddy” Geas, a Mafia enforcer from West Springfield serving a life sentence for two gangland murders, has been held in solitary confinement at a West Virginia federal prison since Bulger was beaten to death by inmates in 2018.
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High Schools
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Stranded: Bus woes hamper Boston student-athletes
Curbside strandings in some cases have triggered challenging treks to unfamiliar places.
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Energy
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Gas station owners also hate sky-high prices. Here’s why.
When oil prices spike, retailers try to hold on to customers by eating some — and sometimes all — of their higher fuel costs.
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Higher Education
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On campus, the next generation of antiabortion activists is optimistic about what’s to come
Advocating against abortion on campuses in New England can be a lonely calling, but students involved in the work now have real hope that a court decision will allow some states, at least, to outlaw abortion.
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Massachusetts
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New Orange Line trains taken out of service after brake problem found
The setback is but the latest in a series of incidents that have hit the beleaguered agency in the past few months.
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The Nation
Nation
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Oklahoma Legislature passes bill banning almost all abortions
The Oklahoma Legislature on Thursday gave final approval to a bill that prohibits nearly all abortions starting at fertilization, which would make it the nation’s strictest abortion law.
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Nation
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Republican panic grows after Mastriano wins
Republicans openly used words and phrases like “suicide mission,” “disaster,” and “voyage of the Titanic” to convey what they believed state Senator Doug Mastriano's candidacy for governor of Pennsylvania will spell for their party.
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Political Notebook
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Conservatives gather for conference in Budapest
The two-day conference reflects a deepening of ties between the American right wing and the autocratic government of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
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The World
World
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Israeli military ID’s gun that may have killed journalist
The Israeli military has identified a soldier’s rifle that may have killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, but said it cannot be certain unless the Palestinians turn over the bullet for analysis, a military official said Thursday.
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World
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Israeli government loses majority, raising prospect of election
A second lawmaker quit Israel’s governing coalition Thursday, giving the opposition a narrow two-seat majority in parliament and raising the possibility of the fifth election in three years.
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World
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G-7 finance ministers race to secure more Ukraine aid
Top economic officials from the world’s advanced economies moved closer toward agreement on a global rescue package for Ukraine on Thursday, with finance leaders negotiating the details of a multibillion-dollar plan to keep the Ukrainian government operating amid Russia’s onslaught.
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Editorial & Opinion
EDITORIAL
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In prison, phone calls home aren’t a frill. They’re as important as food and clothes.
Sheriffs shouldn’t balance their budgets with onerous fees. Lawmakers can right that wrong.
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OPINION
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The politics of white backlash and the endless cycle of racial violence, division, and anger
The 19th-century “Lost Cause” advocates have become the 21st-century defenders of a racial status quo many thought relegated to history’s dustbin in the aftermath of Barack Obama’s election.
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LETTERS
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Question of a state takeover of BPS stirs debate
Successful strategies deployed by receivers could be implemented in Boston without a state takeover. The point is that they haven’t been.
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Metro
Health
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Monkeypox is not highly contagious, scientists say. So why is it suddenly in nine countries?
The Boston case is one of more than 100 confirmed and suspected cases across nine countries in Europe and North America.
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Massachusetts
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Vermont native slain in Texas had plans for a swim in the hours before she was killed, court documents say
Anna Moriah Wilson, the 25-year-old Dartmouth graduate and professional gravel cyclist slain May 11 in Austin, Texas, days before a race, told a friend hours before her death that she was going for a swim with a male cyclist, according to legal filings that detailed Wilson’s final hours.
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Metro
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The feds protected Whitey Bulger for decades. Now they’re protecting themselves.
By dragging its heels in charging the prime suspect in Bulger’s murder in a federal prison in West Virginia, the government is avoiding scrutiny of what led officials to put Bulger in a position to be killed.
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Sports
RED SOX NOTEBOOK
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Impressed by J.D. Martinez’s start to 2022 with the Red Sox? He knows he can do more.
The designated hitter has a .931 OPS with five homers and just had an 18-game hitting streak broken, but doesn’t feel as if he’s hot at the plate.
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Game 2: Celtics 127, Heat 102
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Celtics silenced the Heat fans in Game 2, and now the series shifts to Boston
The Celtics wiped away an early 10-point deficit and did whatever they pleased after that.
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Cam Neely leaves open the possibility that Bruce Cassidy may not return as Bruins coach
The Bruins president said Don Sweeney will return as general manager but also said, "I do think we need to make some changes."
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Business
INNOVATION BEAT
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Woburn startup aims to break China’s grip on rare metals
Phoenix Tailings says it has developed a pollution-free way to refine metals from mining waste — which could help turn rare earth mining into a major US industry.
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Business
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At long last, Kendall Square will have a CVS
The Rhode Island-based pharmacy giant will open in a shuttered Au Bon Pain on a corner of the building’s ground floor.
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INNOVATION BEAT
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Will Boston join the crypto crowd?
Other cities are going to great lengths to position themselves as so-called crypto capitals.
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Obituaries
Obituaries
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Ben Roy Mottelson dies at 95; shed light on the shape of atoms
Ben Roy Mottelson, an American Danish theoretical physicist who shared a Nobel Prize for revealing how the motion of protons and neutrons could distort the shape of the nuclei of atoms, died Friday. He was 95.
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Obituaries
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Rosmarie Trapp of the ‘Sound of Music’ family dies at 93
Ms. Trapp traveled and performed with the Trapp Family Singers for years and was a presence at the lodge in Stowe, where she would hold singalongs for the guests.
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Obituaries
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Vangelis, Oscar-winning composer of ‘Chariots of Fire’ theme, dies at 79
His score for "Chariots of Fire" brought Vangelis international fame, and the soundtrack became the fastest-selling LP at the time.
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Arts & Lifestyle
PHOTOGRAPHY
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Pictures of the year on display in Copley Square
The Boston Press Photographers Association’s annual contest winners are on display there through May 25, then they’ll head to Jamaica Plain.
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Lifestyle
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Here’s where Boston ranks among the nation’s top places to live, according to US News & World Report
While Boston moved up on the list this year, one other New England city ranked higher.
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Movies
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‘I didn’t intend to do an abortion drama,’ says ‘Happening’ director
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court leak, Audrey Diwan’s film about a young woman trying to end an unwanted pregnancy in 1960s France has new urgency in the US.
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