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Tuesday, May 24, 2022
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Social Justice

New housing strategy behind Mass. and Cass cleanup offers ‘hope, dignity’ — and may be a solution to homelessness, officials say

State health officials say they are expanding an effort to get former residents of the Mass. and Cass area in Boston off the streets and into permanent housing. Continue reading →

THE GREAT DIVIDE

State releases blistering review of Boston Public Schools: ‘BPS needs immediate improvement’

Four major operational areas emerge in the report as key areas of concern: transportation, facilities, data reporting, and school safety protocols. Continue reading →

Politics

Why Wisconsin Republicans’ new interest in empowering the secretary of state has alarmed democracy experts

The battle for America’s election machinery is emerging as a major theme in the midterms, which is why this 81-year-old bureaucrat says he’ll keep the job just as it is. Continue reading →

Health

Internal analysis shows Black patients at Brigham faced more security calls

Researchers found that 2.8 percent of Black patients had security called on them, compared with 1.6 percent of white patients. Continue reading →

Nation

Pfizer COVID shot 80 percent effective in young kids, early data show

Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, said Monday that an early analysis showed their three-dose coronavirus vaccine regimen triggered a strong immune response in younger children, proving 80% effective at preventing symptomatic infections in children 6 months to 4 years old. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

In Texas, a proxy fight over Democrats’ stance on immigration

Locked an ideological battle over immigration with a progressive hopeful, US Representative Henry Cuellar, a Democrat from South Texas, is set to face off against immigration lawyer Jessica Cisneros in a Democratic run-off this Tuesday. Continue reading →

Nation

Pence push for Kemp caps end of Georgia primary campaign

Former Vice president Mike Pence made an in-person push for Gov. Brian Kemp’s reelection a day before the Republican incumbent faces his biggest challenge from a GOP candidate backed by Pence’s old boss. Continue reading →

Nation

Maryland man who sprayed fire extinguisher at police on Jan. 6 given 33-month prison term

A Howard County man who discharged a fire extinguisher into a group of police officers trying to hold back the surging mob at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, while also exhorting rioters to press forward, was sentenced to 33 months in prison Monday by a federal judge in the District. Continue reading →

The World

World

Biden to begin new Asia-Pacific economic bloc with a dozen allies

President Biden has enlisted a dozen Asia-Pacific nations to join a new loosely defined economic bloc meant to counter China’s dominance and reassert US influence in the region five years after his predecessor withdrew the United States from a sweeping trade accord that it had negotiated itself. Continue reading →

World

Monkeypox likely spread by sex at two raves in Europe, expert says

A leading adviser to the World Health Organization described the unprecedented outbreak of monkeypox in developed countries as “a random event” that might be explained by sexual behavior at two recent raves in Europe. Continue reading →

World

Climate change fuels heat wave in India and Pakistan, scientists find

They said that the chances of such a heat wave increased by at least 30 times since the 19th century, before widespread emissions of planet-warming gases began. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

DA Kevin Hayden believes in criminal justice reform and public safety. What’s so bad about that?

“The notion that I’m going to turn the clock back, the notion that criminal legal reform doesn’t matter to me, that I’m going back to traditional prosecution, nothing could be further from the truth, and my career bears that out,” said Hayden. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

A damning audit calls for action at BPS

It’s up to Mayor Wu to take action that would ward off state takeover of the Boston schools. Continue reading →

OPINION

Communications 101: Closing the language barriers in state agencies

Inconsistent and often substandard language access practices across state government agencies continually hinder non-English speakers. Continue reading →

Metro

Crime & Courts

Suffolk DA Kevin Hayden rules police were legally justified in using deadly force in Roxbury and Revere fatal shootings in 2019

Hayden on Monday concluded that the officers in each case acted to protect themselves or members of the public from potentially fatal harm. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Everett officials step down after being criticized for racist and offensive behavior

The mayor announced the departures Monday afternoon, in advance of a rally against racism planned tonight across from City Hall. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

SJC allows former owners of Everett casino property to pursue suit seeking another $40 million for land

The state’s highest court handed a win to the former owners of the Encore Boston Harbor casino site, ruling that a judge had erroneously dismissed a lawsuit they filed against the Massachusetts Gaming Commission in a bid to collect an additional $40 million for the Everett land. Continue reading →

Sports

Peter Abraham | On baseball

Red Sox have fielded two wildly different teams

The Sox averaged 3.27 runs in their first 29 games and had an embarrassing .621 OPS. They have since averaged 6.58 runs with a .854 OPS. Continue reading →

patriots

Mac Jones dedicated his offseason to conditioning, and it shows at Patriots practice

“I’ve learned more this offseason than I probably ever have about nutrition, sleep, wellness, all that stuff,” said the second-year quarterback. Continue reading →

ADAM HIMMELSBACH | INSTANT ANALYSIS

Observations as Celtics run away from ice-cold Heat early to square the Eastern Conference finals, 2-2

The Heat missed their first 14 shots from the field in Game 4, their starters had just 12 first-half points as a group, and Boston won a laugher at TD Garden to make the series a best-of-three. Continue reading →

Business

Business

Experimental pill prompts some to regrow a nearly full head of hair

Lexington-based Concert Pharmaceuticals said its therapy could restore hair in up to 42 percent of people with a severe form of hair loss. Continue reading →

TALKING SHOP

Nail wraps, bibimbap, and robotic salad-makers: What’s new in Boston this spring

Spend the next weekend visiting the new spate of storefronts by the Seaport Common and in Boston Public Market. Or eat a salad made by “Alfred.” Continue reading →

Business

For the first time, there’s a new name calling the shots at Sullivan Tire

Our weekly roundup of the movers and shakers who make up Boston's business scene. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Simon Preston, Acclaimed Organist and Conductor, Dies at 83

Simon Preston, an organist, conductor and composer who was an instrumentalist of consummate, intelligent virtuosity and a force in the early-music movement, died on May 13. He was 83. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Music

A Del Fuegos reunion rewinds to the 1980s and the heyday of the Channel

It'll be a belated 40th anniversary party at Roadrunner for the Channel, the gritty, grimy warehouse club that anchored the city's music scene in the 1980s. Saturday's show will also feature the Nervous Eaters and a band of Boston all-stars. Continue reading →

Theater

SpeakEasy, Huntington, Gloucester Stage lead the honorees at a virtual Norton awards ceremony

“The Bluest Eye,” “People, Places & Things,” “BLKS,” and “Tiny Beautiful Things” won three awards each Monday night. Continue reading →