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Wednesday, August 3, 2022
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‘I have no choice but to do this.’ A Boston-based group is distributing cash to displaced Ukrainians.
Much of the money Cash for Refugees hands out in western Ukraine goes toward day-to-day needs — phone cards, children’s clothing, soap and toothpaste, laptop chargers.
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Politics
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Mass. House speaker accuses Baker of keeping key tax info from lawmakers before tax relief package stalled
Speaker Ronald Mariano accused Governor Charlie Baker’s administration of keeping lawmakers in the dark about the potential of the state triggering a 1980s-era law that could require it to send billions to taxpayers. Baker's team denied the charge.
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Transportation
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In Mattapan, bike lanes divide the community: ‘They’re just trying to push us out’
Cycling advocates say bike lanes are long overdue in Mattapan, whose large Black and Latino communities have often felt overlooked by City Hall. But some residents see them as a subtle, yet powerful, agent of gentrification that will only aggravate traffic congestion.
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Tom Brady recommitted to the Patriots in 2019. It turns out he was having talks about playing for the Dolphins.
An NFL investigation found that Miami was recruiting Brady in 2019, his final year with the Patriots. The Dolphins and team owner Stephen Ross were both hit with big punishments on Tuesday.
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Transportation
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MBTA said to be considering 30-day shutdown of Orange Line to perform maintenance
The shutdown, which would stretch into September, would allow the T to perform long-overdue maintenance.
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The Nation
Nation
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Justice Dept. sues Idaho over its abortion restrictions
The lawsuit is the first the Biden administration has filed to protect access to abortion since the Supreme Court ruling in late June that ended the constitutional right to terminate pregnancies.
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Nation
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Alex Jones claims created ‘living hell,’ Sandy Hook parents testify
The witnesses were heard in the final day of testimony in the two-week defamation damages trial against Alex Jones and his media company Free Speech Systems. Plaintiffs are seeking at least $150 million in damages.
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Politics
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White House retrofits infrastructure bill to better help poor communities
On Tuesday, top officials with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Agriculture Department unveiled a plan to provide technical assistance to 11 impoverished communities in the South, Appalachia, and tribal areas.
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The World
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For the Taliban, a new era of isolation has arrived
Hours after a US drone strike killed the leader of Al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahri, in downtown Kabul, Taliban security forces rushed to seal off the site. Green tarps were thrown over destroyed windows. Checkpoints were put up, and shops were closed.
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Gentle into that good night? Not Boris Johnson.
Less than three weeks after he announced his resignation, and with rumors already swirling that he plans a comeback, Britain’s scandal-scarred prime minister, Boris Johnson, received the sort of self-care advice best dispensed by a family member.
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As Pelosi arrives, quiet defiance in Taiwan
In Washington, there has been anxious debate over whether House Speaker Nancy Pelosi should risk the visit. In Beijing, there have been anger and threats. In Taiwan, where Pelosi landed late Tuesday, the new flare-up in tensions has been met with a subdued defiance.
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Editorial & Opinion
OPINION
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Pelosi’s visit makes clear the dangers of an incoherent US policy on Taiwan
No matter what immediate tit-for-tat reactions there are to the visit, the troubling long-term implication points to the urgent need for the Biden administration and Congress to better coordinate their handling of the Taiwan issue.
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EDITORIAL
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Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan is high-risk, low-reward
The speaker of the House’s decision to visit the island is only helping to escalate tensions with China — all without serving any real purpose.
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OPINION
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Public life needs more good losers
Why Boston officials should attend the Christian flag-raising ceremony on City Hall Plaza.
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Metro
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‘It was crazy,’ says MBTA commuter rail passenger who saw riders exiting train after it lost power
John Branagan was taking the commuter rail home from work Monday evening when suddenly the train stopped and lost power.
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Nathan Carman, accused of killing his mother at sea, ordered held without bail in federal court
Crawford said the government’s case linking Carman to his mother’s death was strong, and his “acrimonious feud” with his aunts over his inheritance and his interest in guns “all are evidence of a volatile situation.”
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A new face for an old, beloved clock
The 87-year-old clock tower atop Dover's City Hall is showing its age and needs a makeover for which this town of 32,000 is willing to spend $576,000.
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Sports
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To hear Mac Jones tell it, Patriots offense has a ways to go
“I think we have a lot of room to grow here,” Jones said in regard to the streamlined offense the coaches are implementing.
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On Baseball
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Red Sox were buyers and sellers at the trade deadline
After their trades and acquisitions, the Red Sox emerged better in some spots, worse in others.
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Rafael Devers makes an immediate impact in return to reshuffled Red Sox in win over Astros
The Sox star was reinstated from the IL Tuesday and drove in both runs — including a solo homer — to help beat Houston.
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Business
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Russia brands Ukrainian steel plant defenders terrorists
Russia’s Supreme Court declared Ukraine’s Azov Regiment a terrorist organization Tuesday, a move that could lead to terror charges against some of the captured fighters who made their last stand inside Mariupol’s shattered steel plant.
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Axcella’s experimental drug helps patients in small study of long COVID
The Cambridge biotech says participants reported improvements in their mental and physical condition.
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JPMorgan Chase eyes big expansion in Mass.
JP Morgan Chase CEO outlined plans Tuesday to double the bank's presence in Mass.
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Obituaries
Obituaries
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Killed at 71, Ayman al-Zawahri led a life of secrecy and violence
While Osama bin Laden, who was killed by an American raid in 2011, was widely seen as the terrorist mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, many counterterrorism experts considered Dr. Zawahri more responsible.
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Eli Evans, ‘poet laureate’ of the Jews of the South, dies at 85
An author and memoirist, Eli N. Evans explored through the lens of his family the history of the Jews of the American South, a population that has been called the Dixie Diaspora.
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Arts & Lifestyle
Music
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For Barry Manilow, it all began with a fortnight in New England
He can laugh about it now, but the hitmaker's career started inauspiciously with a two-week gig at Paul's Mall. "It was a horrible experience," he says.
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Books
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Put a little poetry in your summer with these August events
The Boston Poetry Marathon and the Summer Poetry Festival have readings in store in August.
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FOOD
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We asked 7 female chefs to weigh in on ‘The Bear’ and toxic kitchen culture. They had a lot to say.
The Hulu series is this summer’s hit show. But for some people who work behind the scenes in restaurants, it also hits a little too close to home.
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