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Thursday, August 18, 2022


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Climate


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The Green New Deal is a concept, not a plan. Advocates say Mayor Wu is missing that so far.

Dozens of experts and advocates praised the mayor for doing far more than her predecessors to spotlight the climate crisis. But as Wu’s administration has struggled to find the right leader for city climate efforts, her broader mission remains undefined.
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Health


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Right-wing groups hit Boston Children’s with barrage of threats over trans health program

A hostile online campaign has prompted the hospital to seek help from law enforcement.
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Massachusetts Governor's Race


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She cleared the Democratic field for governor. Now, Healey is redefining the race to be her running mate.

Presumptive Democratic gubernatorial nominee Maura Healey isn’t just casting a shadow over the contest to be her running mate in November. Her presence has all but infiltrated it, remixing how the candidates pitch themselves and influencing how voters may choose.
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Health


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In an effort to address its missteps during Covid, CDC plans an ‘ambitious’ agency overhaul

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an agency that has had its reputation battered by a series of missteps in the COVID-19 pandemic, and a slow response to the monkeypox outbreak, will undergo an “ambitious” overhaul, Director Rochelle Walensky announced Wednesday.
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Crime & Courts


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Lawsuit accuses Peabody gym teacher of sexual abuse of students over decades

The suit also names the City of Peabody as a defendant.
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Nation


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Giuliani faces grand jury in Georgia 2020 election probe

Rudy Giuliani faced hours of questioning Wednesday before a special grand jury in Atlanta as a target of an investigation into attempts by former president Donald Trump and others to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia.
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Nation


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Liz Cheney says she’s ‘thinking’ about running for president in 2024

Representative Liz Cheney said early Wednesday that she was “thinking” about running for president in 2024, a prospect that would test the national viability of a conservative, anti-Trump platform that failed resoundingly in Wyoming.
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Lisa Murkowski and Sarah Palin survive primary battles, but a Democrat breaks through

Two of the most prominent women in Alaskan Republican politics — Senator Lisa Murkowski and Sarah Palin — appeared to be on divergent paths early Wednesday following the state’s special election and primary.
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Israel and Turkey to restore full diplomatic ties

After years of testy, on-again-off-again relations, Israel and Turkey announced Wednesday that they were restoring full diplomatic ties and would be exchanging ambassadors again after not doing so for four years.
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World


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Crimea attacks point to Ukraine’s newest strategy, official says

Ukraine is hoping that a new strategy of attacking key military targets deep inside Russian-occupied territory will undermine Moscow’s ability to hold the front lines ahead of an eventual Ukrainian counteroffensive, Ukraine’s defense minister said Wednesday.
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Mexico sees its energy future in fossil fuels, not renewables

On a recent scorching afternoon in his home state of Tabasco, the president of Mexico celebrated his government’s latest triumph: a new oil refinery.
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EDITORIAL


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Mission Hill school investigation must be made public

Accountability starts with transparency.
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OPINION


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More mush from Mike Pence

At a Politics & Eggs breakfast at Saint Anselm College, Pence stayed true to reputation.
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OPINION


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Acting the part

We are no strangers to actor-politicians.
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Elections


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In a rarity, a billionaire-backed super PAC enters race for Mass. lieutenant governor

The political action committee is expected to spend significant sums to bolster Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll in her three-way primary with state Senator Eric Lesser and state Representative Tami Gouveia. Among the PAC’s top donors listed on the ad: billionaire Robert T. Hale Jr., chief executive of Quincy-based Granite Telecommunications.
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Massachusetts


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See how Mayor Wu’s proposed pay raises for top Boston officials stack up with other cities

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu recently proposed hefty salary increases for several elected and appointed positions, including mayor, city councilor, and police and fire commissioners, saying the raises are needed to bring the city’s pay scale in line with its peers.
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Spurning debate offers, Geoff Diehl only agreed to forums on conservative radio. His campaign says that’s his strategy.

Shunning mainstream media has become de rigueur for some Trump-aligned candidates, experts say.
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HIGH SCHOOLS


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Massachusetts high school athletes can now sign NIL deals

Mass. is the 16th state to allow high school athletes to capitalize on their name, image, or likeness — a growing movement among college and youth athletes.
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On football


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How the Patriots offense is being implemented by Josh McDaniels in Las Vegas

McDaniels said the last two years prepared him for this assignment. He worked with vastly different quarterbacks in Cam Newton and Mac Jones.
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Red Sox 8, Pirates 3


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Red Sox recover from early hole behind Alex Verdugo’s bat, change speeds on the mound to beat Pirates again

After Rich Hill got through five innings with break and command, heat out of the bullpen kept Pittsburgh off balance.
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Business


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Fed saw evidence of a slowing economy at its last meeting

Federal Reserve officials saw signs that the US economy was weakening at their last meeting but still called inflation “unacceptably high” before raising their benchmark interest rate by a sizable three-quarters of a point in their drive to slow spiking prices.
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Biotech


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‘We’re finally here’: Harvard graduate spearheads custom gene therapy for younger brother

The therapy was developed by a Harvard grad’s nonprofit, Cure Rare Disease, to treat his younger brother’s unique form of muscular dystrophy
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Biotech


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Bluebird Bio’s first gene therapy for rare blood disease wins FDA approval

At $2.8 million, the Somerville company’s one-time treatment is the most expensive drug in the US.
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Obituaries






Obituaries


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Frederick Buechner, prolific novelist and theologian, dies at 96

Frederick Buechner, a Presbyterian minister who found his flock not in a church but among the readers of his books, dozens of works of fiction, nonfiction, memoir, and theology in which he sought to capture "the elusive presence of the holiness of God," died Aug. 15 at his home in Rupert, Vt. He was 96.
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Obituaries


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Frederick Buechner, prolific novelist and theologian, dies at 96

Frederick Buechner, a Presbyterian minister who found his flock not in a church but among the readers of his books, dozens of works of fiction, nonfiction, memoir, and theology in which he sought to capture "the elusive presence of the holiness of God," died Aug. 15 at his home in Rupert, Vt. He was 96.
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Theater


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Inaugural South Asian American Theater Festival offers plays in several languages

Boston’s first South Asian American Theater Festival makes its debut this weekend with an array of performances that highlight the many unique perspectives of the world’s largest diaspora.
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Books


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Nubian Square to host new Roxbury Book Festival and Writers Fest, highlighting local authors

Previously a part of the fall Boston Book Festival, this year's standalone event takes place in person, in and around Nubian Square.
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Theater


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Ukrainian children’s troupe brings a sobering message about family separation to Brookline

The eight children who have been performing "Mom on Skype" — a series of monologues and songs — for US audiences will be returning soon to a country under attack.
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