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Thursday, June 23, 2022
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Economy
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The stock market has tumbled quickly, and longtime savers are at a loss
Tough times on Wall Street have people near retirement or readying for college tuition checks wondering what to do next.
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THE GREAT DIVIDE
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Progress stalls on agreement to avert Boston school takeover, city officials say
Commissioner Jeff Riley continues to balk at Mayor Michelle Wu’s proposed “partnership” between the city and state.
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Elections
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‘A huge step forward’: Female candidates are facing off statewide, changing the narrative for future elections
Female candidates are running in many Massachusetts races and facing off against one another in four primary elections.
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Crime & Courts
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Six teenagers were involved in a robbery that killed a Weymouth high school student. So far, only one has been arrested.
Despite multiple accounts that six teenagers were involved in a botched robbery that ended in the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old, only one, an 18-year-old who is Black, sits in jail.
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Health
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Impatient for children’s vaccine after a long wait, parents scramble for appointments
Surveys suggest that only a minority of parents intend to vaccinate their little ones against COVID-19. But those who want the vaccine want it badly, and they want it now.
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The Nation
Nation
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Biden pushes Congress for a three-month gas tax holiday
President Biden called on Congress on Wednesday to temporarily suspend the federal gas tax, an effort to give Americans “just a little bit of breathing room” from soaring fuel prices even as economists and lawmakers in both parties expressed skepticism that the move would make much of a difference.
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Nation
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Justice Department expands Jan. 6 probe with fresh subpoenas
The subpoenas appear to be part of a widening probe of how political activists supporting former president Donald Trump tried to use invalid electors to thwart Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory.
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Nation
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Minnesota city reaches $3.2m settlement in Wright shooting
The city of Brooklyn Center, Minn., has agreed to pay a $3.2 million settlement to the family of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by a police officer during a traffic stop in April 2021 near Minneapolis.
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The World
World
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Afghanistan quake kills 1,000 people, deadliest in decades
A powerful earthquake struck a rugged, mountainous region of eastern Afghanistan early Wednesday, flattening stone and mud-brick homes and killing at least 1,000 people. The disaster posed a new test for Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers and relief agencies already struggling with the country’s multiple humanitarian crises.
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World
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Russia gains in the east, threatening to overrun Luhansk
Ukrainian forces dug in for a last-ditch defense against Russian advances Wednesday in Luhansk province, where the invaders now threaten to overrun two major cities that had resisted their halting progress.
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News Analysis
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Frustrated Finland, blocked from NATO by Turkey, practices patience
Spurred by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Finland, and Sweden applied last month to join NATO, anticipating swift and smooth entry into the alliance. Instead, they are in a bind, their path blocked by the unpredictable Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
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Editorial & Opinion
EDITORIAL
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Suspending the gas tax is a gimmick
The only real answer to rising gas prices is the slowest, but it would also have the greatest long-term effect — reducing the US’s dependence on oil.
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OPINION
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Integrity and honor didn’t matter to Trump, but it did to GOP officials in Georgia and Arizona
Will voters show the same character when it comes to their own role in our democracy?
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OPINION
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The Herculean task facing the Jan. 6 committee
The cleansing surge of water — the public outrage — that we hope will come and sweep out the dung may not come.
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Metro
Politics
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Mass. legislative leaders respond to Biden’s call to suspend state gas tax: No way!
Democratic leaders of the Massachusetts House and Senate on Wednesday rebuffed calls from President Biden for states to suspend their gas tax in the face of rising prices at the pump, arguing any savings are unlikely to be passed on to the drivers who actually need it.
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Metro
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The true heroes of democracy
It now takes near-superhuman resolve in some states to be an elections worker who believes in everyone’s right to vote.
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Politics
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Mass. high court rules ‘millionaires tax’ question was written ‘fairly.’ It goes before voters in November.
The ruling is a victory for labor unions, Democratic lawmakers, and others who’ve spent years pushing the measure to a November vote.
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Sports
Red Sox Notebook
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Red Sox give Jeter Downs a debut surprise as he starts at third base, not shortstop
Downs hasn't played third base since high school, making his big-league debut an even bigger leap Wednesday.
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Alex Speier | On baseball
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For the unvaccinated Jarren Duran, the Red Sox upcoming trip to Toronto will be a lost opportunity
With Canada requiring any visitors to the country to be vaccinated at least 14 days in advance of entry, Duran will be ineligible to stay with the Sox and join closer Tanner Houck on the restricted list.
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On basketball
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Following the first three or four players, the NBA draft is a crapshoot
With so many unproven players, including those entering the draft strictly on potential, teams are truly uncertain about who will be able to help.
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Business
Residential
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How much do you need to earn to afford a house in Greater Boston? At least $181,000 a year, says new study.
The Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies determined just how expensive it is to buy a home in Greater Boston. And it’s only getting worse.
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Business
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Startup Elucid hopes that AI can help cardiologists prevent heart attacks
The Boston firm raised $27 million for FDA-cleared software that reads scans and makes recommendations for preventative treatments.
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Business
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Japanese drug giant Takeda will move into 16-story building planned for Kendall Square
The company says it wants to create a consolidated campus in Cambridge and is signing a 15-year lease on a planned 600,000 square-foot lab and office space at 585 Third St.
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Obituaries
Obituaries
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James Rado, who co-created groundbreaking ‘Hair,’ dies at 90
Mr. Rado co-wrote the story and lyrics of the genre-twisting musical.
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Obituaries
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Tony Siragusa, who helped Ravens win Super Bowl, dies at 55
Tony Siragusa, the charismatic defensive tackle who helped lead a stout Baltimore defense to a Super Bowl title, has died. The cause of death was not immediately available.
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Arts & Lifestyle
Movies
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Roxbury International Film Festival offers hybrid program, in-person screenings
"Remember Me: The Mahalia Jackson Story" and "Triggered Life" are among the offerings at the festival, dedicated to "celebrating films by, for, and about people of color."
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Books
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Sy Montgomery’s latest book delves into the wild world of hawks
“Dinosaurs did not become extinct,” says Sy Montgomery. “They just turned into birds.”
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Names
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These are the 2022 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winners
The awards are an annual prize for children’s and young adult literature. Winners and honorees will be celebrated in October.
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