All of the headlines from today's paper.
Saturday, October 15, 2022
Today's Headlines
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Massachusetts

An environmental group wants to make Harvard allow public access to its boathouse docks. The university is pushing back.

The Charles River Watershed Association says the university's exclusive use of two swaths of waterfront property needs to come to an end. Continue reading →

Transportation

Warren, Markey put MBTA officials in hot seat over safety incidents

The senators questioned the leaders of the transit agency and its regulator in an aggressive style typically seen during congressional examinations of Wall Street titans and chief executives of technology companies. Continue reading →

New Hampshire

‘Person of interest’ in slaying of N.H. couple was investigated in fatal stabbing four years ago

Logan L. Clegg, described by police as a “highly dangerous” transient with no local ties, claimed self-defense in the Spokane, Wash., death and wasn’t prosecuted. Continue reading →

boston marathon

2021 Boston Marathon champion Diana Kipyokei is provisionally stripped of title for doping

Kipyokei would be the second Kenyan women’s winner in seven years to have her title taken away, following Rita Jeptoo in 2014. Continue reading →

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

Is Massachusetts losing its competitive edge? Business groups say they’re worried.

Business groups warn housing costs, the rise of remote work, and tax policy could harm the Massachusetts economy. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

‘We don’t have answers’: Neighborhood reels after fatal attacks

Authorities said an armed 15-year-old boy set off on a rampage, fatally shooting five people and leaving a normally calm neighborhood grappling with the aftermath of devastating violence, as investigators tried to piece together a motive for the attacks. Continue reading →

Nation

Judge rules new DACA program can continue temporarily

There can be no new applicants for DACA and that those who are already in the program can continue to be in it and renew their applications. Continue reading →

Nation

Parkland shooter prosecutors call for probe of juror threat

Prosecutors of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz called for an investigation Friday after a juror said another panelist threatened her during the deliberations that ended with a life sentence for Cruz’s murder of 17 people four years ago at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Continue reading →

The World

World

UK government reverses course on fiscal plan that rattled markets

In a stark retreat, Prime Minister Liz Truss of Britain on Friday fired her finance minister and partly reversed a tax plan that had rattled global financial markets, unsettled investors, and set off a spiraling crisis that still threatens her political survival. Continue reading →

World

Russians criticize Kremlin for deaths of new recruits in Ukraine

With criticism from pro-war bloggers over the reported deaths of new recruits fighting in Ukraine intensifying, President Vladimir Putin of Russia on Friday defended his recent draft, saying he had no regrets about the war in Ukraine. Continue reading →

World

N. Korea fires missile, artillery shells, inflaming tensions

The North Korean moves suggest it is reviving an old playbook of stoking fears of war with provocative weapons tests before it seeks to win greater concessions from its rivals. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

Give Beacon Hill time to rework tax refund law, Governor Baker

Unless lawmakers revise the 1986 law, the biggest beneficiaries of Massachusetts’ tax refunds will be the state’s wealthiest households — while the poorest residents stand to get nothing. Continue reading →

OPINION

Media and tech companies still aren’t doing enough to police non-English language misinformation

Beware the multilingual misinformation crisis. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Immigration, driver’s licenses entwined in tangled Question 4

Voters should have a full understanding of the implications of the question, because it affects not just those without legal immigration status but also law enforcement, insurers, other drivers for "technical" reasons, and everyone else as a value judgment. Continue reading →

Metro

Crime & Courts

All cases involving Woburn officer who allegedly helped plan deadly Charlottesville rally will be reviewed, DA says

Middlesex District Attorney Marian T. Ryan’s office is reviewing all cases involving Woburn police Officer John Donnelly, who’s currently on leave while his department investigates allegations he attended and helped plan the deadly 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Brookline police chief fired after investigation into sexual harassment allegations

Ashley Gonzalez, the chief of the Brookline Police Department, was fired Friday by a unanimous vote of the town’s select board following an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment. Continue reading →

K-12

Teachers in Haverhill, Malden authorize strikes as heated contract negotiations continue

Educators in the two districts “are in the middle of major contract battles that are coming to a head,” the Massachusetts Teachers Association said on its website. Continue reading →

Sports

RAPTORS 137, CELTICS 134 (OT)

Observations from a lively exhibition finale in Montreal, which ends with Jayson Tatum ejected and Celtics beaten in overtime

Before a boisterous crowd of nearly 22,000 in Montreal's Bell Centre, defense was largely optional and the teams played down to the wire. Continue reading →

Bruins Notebook

Trent Frederic swaps in for injured Jake DeBrusk for Bruins

Craig Smith moved to second line with Patrice Bergeron and Taylor Hall. Continue reading →

patriots

Patriots upgrade Mac Jones to questionable for Sunday’s game

Jones has shown consistent improvement in mobility during the media windows of practice, but it's unclear how much he has been able to do during team periods. Continue reading →

Business

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

Is Massachusetts losing its competitive edge? Business groups say they’re worried.

Business groups warn housing costs, the rise of remote work, and tax policy could harm the Massachusetts economy. Continue reading →

Real Estate

$1.2 billion Channelside development approved for Fort Point neighborhood

The project would bring housing, a lab building, and office space to what’s now parking lots on the banks of the downtown waterway. Continue reading →

Business

Supermarket giants Kroger and Albertsons announce plan to merge

The deal would unite the country’s two largest supermarket chains, which have been forced by rising costs and competition from Walmart and Amazon to choose between cutting into their profit or their customers’ wallets. Continue reading →

Obituaries
Arts & Lifestyle

Names

Veronica Roth on her new dystopian mystery novel, ‘Poster Girl’

The author of the “Divergent” series discusses her new adult fiction release that may make you want to turn off your phone — forever. Continue reading →

MUSIC REVIEW

At BSO, orchestral Technicolor and Mozartean grace

On Thursday night in Symphony Hall, conductor Andrés Orozco-Estrada made his BSO debut with works by Tchaikovsky, Bartok, Enescu, and Mozart. Continue reading →

Movies

Actor Robbie Coltrane, who played Hagrid in the ‘Harry Potter’ movies, has died

Scottish actor Robbie Coltrane, who played a crime-solving psychologist on TV series “Cracker” and the half-giant Hagrid in the “Harry Potter” movies, has died. Continue reading →