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Thursday, June 23, 2022
Today's Headlines
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Economy

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. Continue reading →

THE GREAT DIVIDE

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. Continue reading →

Elections

‘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. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

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. Continue reading →

Health

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. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

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. Continue reading →

Nation

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. Continue reading →

Nation

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. Continue reading →

The World

World

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. Continue reading →

World

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. Continue reading →

News Analysis

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. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

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. Continue reading →

OPINION

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? Continue reading →

OPINION

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. Continue reading →

Metro

Politics

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. Continue reading →

Metro

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. Continue reading →

Politics

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. Continue reading →

Sports

Red Sox Notebook

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. Continue reading →

Alex Speier | On baseball

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. Continue reading →

On basketball

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. Continue reading →

Business

Residential

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. Continue reading →

Business

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. Continue reading →

Business

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. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

James Rado, who co-created groundbreaking ‘Hair,’ dies at 90

Mr. Rado co-wrote the story and lyrics of the genre-twisting musical. Continue reading →

Obituaries

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. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Movies

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." Continue reading →

Books

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.” Continue reading →

Names

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. Continue reading →