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Friday, November 18, 2022
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Politics

As Pelosi’s historic reign as speaker ends, House Democrats prepare to pass the torch

That new slate of the party’s House leaders is widely expected to include Massachusetts Representative Katherine Clark. Continue reading →

Politics

After denialism faltered in the midterms, Republicans seek distance from a movement they unleashed

After numerous election deniers lost statewide campaigns, an indication that their cause is politically toxic, GOP strategists are insisting it’s time to drop it. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Three masked men at large after Martha’s Vineyard bank robbery

State Police, the FBI, and local police are searching for three armed suspects who tied up the staff and then robbed a Rockland Trust branch in Vineyard Haven. Continue reading →

Fashion

Open-collar boomers ask nostalgically: Where have all the neckties gone?

More than a few older employees and retirees admit to nostalgia for a time when the tie signified a more structured, if slower paced, business world. Continue reading →

Health

Harvard doctors warn of viral triple threat for the holidays

RSV cases have plateaued, but an early, aggressive flu could disrupt gatherings. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

‘Momentous:’ Feds advance largest dam demolition in history

US regulators approved a plan Thursday to demolish four dams on a California river and open up hundreds of miles of salmon habitat that would be the largest dam removal and river restoration project in the world when it goes forward. Continue reading →

Nation

Buffalo mass shooter to plead guilty, victims’ lawyers say

Payton Gendron, 19, is scheduled to appear in court Monday, according to court records. Continue reading →

Politics

In announcing 2024 bid for presidency, Trump echoes old falsehoods

Former president Donald Trump announced his third bid for the presidency Tuesday night in a speech packed full of falsehoods. Here’s a fact-check of some of his remarks. Continue reading →

The World

World

Russia launches missile barrage on Ukraine as first snow falls

Russian airstrikes targeted Ukraine’s energy facilities again Thursday as the first snow of the season fell in Kyiv, a harbinger of the hardship to come if Moscow’s missiles continue to take out power and gas plants as winter descends. Continue reading →

World

Dutch court convicts 3 of murder for 2014 downing of airliner in Ukraine

A Dutch court on Thursday convicted three men with ties to the Russian security services and sentenced them to life in prison over the downing of a passenger jet above eastern Ukraine in July 2014, during a Moscow-backed separatist uprising that foreshadowed Russia’s full-scale invasion of the country. Continue reading →

World

Sunak budget seeks to stabilize Britain’s economy, rattled by Truss

The new government of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak executed a screeching U-turn from his predecessor on Thursday, unveiling an economic plan that calls for billions of dollars of tough spending cuts alongside steep tax increases, in a package designed to stabilize skeptical financial markets and tackle soaring inflation. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

GOP governors can help rescue their party

They can move the party in a more moderate and constructive direction. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Pelosi passes the torch to a new generation

Her legacy assured, the speaker reminds fellow Democrats that the fight for democracy isn’t over. Continue reading →

LETTERS

In its challenges to schools, group’s object lesson is intimidation

Parents Defending Education isn’t after legal recourse; it’s after harassment. Continue reading →

Metro

Massachusetts

Frustration, disappointment over alleged hazing incident in Haverhill

The alleged hazing incident in Haverhill that’s prompted the cancellation of the traditional Thanksgiving Day football game against Lowell High School as well as a criminal investigation is “extremely concerning,” a Haverhill city councilor said Thursday. Continue reading →

RI CRIME

R.I. State Police crack 1980s cold case, thanks to forensic genealogy

A 66-year-old Indiana man faces first-degree sexual assault and first-degree child molestation charges in the Exeter, R.I., rape case. Continue reading →

Metro

The ‘don’t be gay’ World Cup

Officials in Qatar are dramatically altering the World Cup’s inclusive, carnival-like atmosphere — and not for the better. Continue reading →

Sports

Bruins 4, Flyers 1

Bruins improve franchise record to 10-0-0 at home to start season

Tomas Nosek opened the scoring for the Bruins in the second period, and Boston's Jake DeBrusk and David Krejci (two) added tallies in the third. Continue reading →

Patriots

The return of center David Andrews brings smiles to the faces of the Patriots

Andrews has missed the past two games with a concussion. Continue reading →

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Making it to the US World Cup team is ‘a pretty wild story,’ says ex-Revolution goalie Matt Turner

Even Turner's father has trouble comprehending his son's remarkable rise in the sport, saying, "It really doesn’t seem real. It seems like a dream.” Continue reading →

Business

Technology

‘Case study in how not to do it’: Musk’s Twitter overhaul could demoralize employees

Workplace and management experts have major concerns about burnout, employee morale, and productivity at the social media company following Elon Musk's takeover. Continue reading →

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

After voters rejected Question 3, where you can buy beer will be up to the Legislature again

All sides in the long-running saga over retail booze sales in Massachusetts see a silver lining in last week’s vote rejecting a compromise ballot measure. Continue reading →

Retail

Starbucks worker strike on ‘Red Cup Day’ includes seven stores in Mass.

The walkout, which includes over 100 Starbucks locations nationwide, comes on the company’s “Red Cup Day,” when customers can score a free branded Starbucks cup with select purchases of holiday drinks. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Fred Hickman, longtime CNN sports anchor, is dead at 66

A skilled and affable journalist with CNN’s “Sports Tonight,” Fred Hickman was one of the first Black people to anchor a national cable sports broadcast. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Henry Rosovsky, who redefined Harvard to its core, dies at 95

An economic historian, Henry Rosovsky, was a Harvard University dean who was instrumental in imposing a back-to-basics core curriculum while establishing groundbreaking undergraduate programs in Black and Jewish studies. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Music

Ticketmaster cancels general sale for Taylor Swift tickets, cites ‘insufficient remaining ticket inventory’

This announcement comes after Ticketmaster reported “unprecedented traffic” for tour tickets during Tuesday's pre-sale, where about 1.5 million fans were permitted to scramble for tickets to the 52 show dates. Continue reading →

STAGE REVIEW

So much goes right in Lyric’s uproarious ‘The Play That Goes Wrong’

Under the sure hand of director Fred Sullivan Jr., the fast-paced play-within-a-play farce elicits one belly laugh after another. Continue reading →

MOVIE REVIEW

‘She Said’ and the investigation that mobilized #MeToo

Zoe Kazan and Carey Mulligan star in this newsroom drama based on the book by New York Times journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey. Continue reading →