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Wednesday, June 8, 2022
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Business

Raytheon relocating headquarters from Waltham to just outside DC

The defense giant said the move will take place in the third quarter of this year and will not reduce the company’s local workforce. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

SJC orders new trial in 1984 Dorchester felony-murder conviction but avoids ruling on broad retroactive review of similar cases

The state’s high court Tuesday ordered a new trial for Joseph Jabir Pope but bypassed the issue Pope and his supporters fervently wanted them to address: retroactively abolishing the felony murder rule that imprisons people who do not actually kill. Continue reading →

Business

The decision to have an abortion changed their lives

The leaked Supreme Court draft opinion overturning Roe asserted that the effect of abortion rights “is hard for anyone — and in particular, for a court — to assess.” Here are the people whose futures were altered by the procedure. Continue reading →

Health

‘The numbers just continue to rise’: Patients awaiting psychiatric treatment crowd emergency rooms

Unlike COVID surges — which seem to wax and wane with new variants — the surges of behavioral health patients coming to emergency rooms never seems to recede. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Short-staffed and strapped for cash, state parks struggle to handle surge of warm-weather crowds

State parks have enjoyed a renaissance during the pandemic. But with an influx of visitors stretching parks to their limits, years of underfunding and understaffing, combined with a historically tight labor market, are taking their toll. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

FDA advisers back COVID shots by Novavax, a vaccine latecomer

Before the FDA can authorize the shots, it would need to sign off on Novavax’s manufacturing process, which has stumbled again and again over the course of two years. Continue reading →

Politics

Jan. 6 hearings give Democrats a chance to recast midterm message

Democrats plan to use made-for-television moments and the meticulously crafted unveiling of revelations over the course of six hearings to remind the public of the magnitude of Trump’s effort to overturn the election. Continue reading →

Political notebook

Son of Buffalo victim pushes Congress: ‘What are you doing?’

The son of Ruth Whitfield, an 86-year-old woman killed when a gunman opened fire in a racist attack on Black shoppers in Buffalo, challenged Congress Tuesday to act against the “cancer of white supremacy” and the nation’s epidemic of gun violence. Continue reading →

The World

World

Report: ‘Perpetual’ Israeli occupation at root of violence

Investigators commissioned by the United Nations’ top human rights body say tensions between Palestinians and Israelis are underpinned by Israel’s “perpetual occupation” of Palestinian areas with no apparent intention of ending it. Continue reading →

World

Ukraine’s strategic dilemma in Sievierodonetsk: Stand and fight, or pull back?

Just to enter Sievierodonetsk, Ukrainian soldiers run a gantlet of Russian artillery shells zeroed in on the only access route: a bridge littered with the burned husks of cars and trucks that didn’t make it. Continue reading →

World

Senators call for investigation into killing of US journalist in West Bank

Senators Mitt Romney, Republican of Utah, and Jon Ossoff, Democrat of Georgia, sent a request to the State Department on Monday for a “full and transparent investigation” into the death of Shireen Abu Akleh, a Palestinian American journalist who was killed while reporting on an Israeli military raid in the West Bank last month. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

Dispelling gun-law disinformation and deflections

Right-wing rhetoric notwithstanding, well-designed gun laws work. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Free school meals: Yes, we can do that

With federal program expiring, the state must pick up the tab so students don’t go hungry. Continue reading →

OPINION

The Jan. 6 hearings are must-see TV. Will America tune in?

It’s not political theater. For anyone who cares about our beleaguered nation, now is not the time to move on and tune out. Continue reading →

Metro

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Boston parents ask federal appeals court to overturn exam school admission decision and let their children attend

A group of white and Asian parents in Boston is seeking to have at least five students admitted to the city’s exam schools after they failed to secure seats under the temporary admission policy last year. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

‘Glook-sister’: Golden State Warriors try their best — but fail — to pronounce Massachusetts towns

“Uh, what is this?” says forward Otto Porter Jr. when challenged to take a crack at Gloucester. “Glooks-sister?” Continue reading →

Massachusetts Governor's Race

Following Democratic convention win, Healey promises to tackle affordability, housing

Speaking to business leaders, Attorney General Maura Healey sounded gubernatorial in tone and content. After all, increasing the number of houses and apartments in the state usually falls outside the chief law enforcement official’s purview. Continue reading →

Sports

On Basketball

The Celtics — particularly Jayson Tatum — can’t be the nice guys against Draymond Green and the Warriors

Tatum is never one for trash talking or false bravado, but the Celtics star can't back down in this series. Continue reading →

Bruins

General manager Don Sweeney concedes that Bruins could be facing a rebuild after firing Bruce Cassidy

The messaging got stale, said Sweeney, who emphasized the need for a new voice for a club in transition. Continue reading →

on hockey

It’s still not clear what Bruce Cassidy did wrong enough to get fired by the Bruins

There is something that general manager Don Sweeney either doesn’t want to say or can’t quite figure out. Continue reading →

Business

Business

Raytheon relocating headquarters from Waltham to just outside DC

The defense giant said the move will take place in the third quarter of this year and will not reduce the company’s local workforce. Continue reading →

Business

The decision to have an abortion changed their lives

The leaked Supreme Court draft opinion overturning Roe asserted that the effect of abortion rights “is hard for anyone — and in particular, for a court — to assess.” Here are the people whose futures were altered by the procedure. Continue reading →

Business

Around the Garden, good times return after a difficult two years

After struggling with pandemic closures and other restrictions, restaurants and bars near TD Garden are looking forward to a busy week with the NBA Finals in town. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Former longtime Illinois congressman John E. Porter, champion of biomedical research, dies at 87

For his support, the National Institutes of Health dedicated the John Edward Porter Neuroscience Research Center in Bethesda, Md. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Jim Seals of ’70s group Seals and Crofts dies at age 80

Seals and Crofts were among a wave of soft-rock groups that included America, Bread, and England Dan and John Ford Coley. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Dance Review

Malpaso steps out at the Majestic

The Cuban dance company appeared as part of Global Arts Live’s Spring Dance Fest. Continue reading →

Names

How author Sulari Gentill wrote her Boston Public Library mystery from a continent away

‘The Woman in the Library’ is about a woman in Boston writing about a woman in Boston. And then, there’s a murder. Continue reading →

WHAT SHE'S HAVING

These four condiments are all you need to add spice, crunch, and zest to your summer menus

Nothing here requires you to work hard. If there’s one you particularly like, double the recipe so there’s plenty on hand. In fact, the beauty of these condiments is how much you get for your effort. Continue reading →