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Wednesday, December 28, 2022
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Residential

Can Kim Driscoll be the housing leader Massachusetts needs?

Supporters and housing advocates are looking to Driscoll as someone who understands both local government and city planning, with hope she will build on the Baker administration’s momentum. Continue reading →

Higher Education

Inflation, COVID continue to hurt community college enrollment

Community college enrollment has been falling for years, tumbling 37 percent between fall 2012 and fall 2022, a decline that has left just 63,449 students enrolled, according to data from the state. Continue reading →

COVID-19

Drug companies set sights on new COVID medicines to boost depleted arsenal

The newest coronavirus variants have rendered two important antibody therapies ineffective. Continue reading →

Transportation

Flight delays persist after powerful storm, causing headaches for Logan travelers

Travel woes persisted Tuesday around the nation, with dozens of flight cancellations and delays reported at Boston Logan International Airport. Continue reading →

Nation

‘It was just a crying day’: Families mourn for those killed in the storm

The victims included medical professionals trying to get home for Christmas, a soon-to-be father stepping out for milk. One man, found dead in a snowbank, died on his 56th birthday. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Man sentenced to 16 years in prison for plotting to kidnap Michigan’s governor

A man convicted in a plot to abduct Michigan’s Democratic governor from her vacation home was sentenced Tuesday to 16 years in prison. Continue reading →

Nation

Supreme Court leaves in place Title 42 border policy for now

The Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked the Biden administration’s plans to end a pandemic-era policy allowing the quick expulsion of migrants from US borders without the opportunity to seek asylum. Continue reading →

Politics

GOP leadership remains silent over George Santos’ falsehoods

House GOP leaders were silent on Tuesday after Representative-elect George Santos admitted to a laundry list of falsehoods about his background. Continue reading →

The World

World

Lavrov: Ukraine must demilitarize or Russia will do it

Russia’s foreign minister on Tuesday warned Ukraine that it must demilitarize, threatening further military action and falsely accusing Kyiv and the West of fueling the war that started with Moscow’s invasion. Continue reading →

World

South Korea military sorry for failing to down North’s drones

Lieutenant General Kang Shin Chul, chief director of operation at the Joint Chiefs of Staff, acknowledged South Korea lacks capacities to detect and strike small surveillance drones with a wingspan of less than 9.8 feet though it has assets to spot and bring down bigger combat drones. Continue reading →

World

Lee Myung-bak, South Korean ex-president, receives pardon

The pardon of Lee, who was president from 2008 to 2013, is intended “to restore the potential of a South Korea united through pan-national integration,” the Justice Ministry said in a statement Tuesday. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

Boston police union needs to accept new realities of policing

City should hang tough on need for reform. Continue reading →

OPINION

The path to Boston police reform runs through union negotiations

Mayor Michelle Wu and Police Commissioner Michael Cox must take a firm stance in the weeks ahead. Continue reading →

LETTERS

In Washington visit, Zelensky stays the course

Zelensky remains in the heat of battle despite personal danger to him, constantly requesting and demanding help and assistance for his people and his country. Continue reading →

Metro

RI POLITICS

Workers renew effort to ban smoking in R.I. casinos

“I am going to get fired or die because it’s killing me,” Bally’s Tiverton Casino supervisor Vanessa Baker said. “They need to stop poisoning us. It’s their money over our health.” Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Woman who allegedly gave birth in N.H. woods, left newborn in freezing tent, arraigned on several charges

Bail for Alexandra Eckersley was set at $3,000 and she was ordered to stay away from her infant son. If she finds a place in a sober house, she would not have to post bail. Continue reading →

Marijuana

OSHA settles with Trulieve over marijuana worker’s death

The Florida-based pot conglomerate will now pay just $14,500 for a single violation related to the January death of a worker who was filling pre-rolled joints when she collapsed. Continue reading →

Sports

CELTICS NOTEBOOK

Stephen Silas recalls shared Celtics greatness and earlier ties between his father Paul and Bill Russell

From northern California to Boston, Paul Silas followed in Russell's footsteps. "For them to both be Celtics was pretty ironic, but also really cool,” said the Rockets coach. Continue reading →

red sox

‘Hell of a player’: If Masataka Yoshida can adjust to MLB, the Red Sox might have made the right gamble

Former major leaguer Adam Jones, who played with Yoshida in Japan, calls him the Japanese Juan Soto and thinks he can be a "superstar" in MLB. Continue reading →

Gary Washburn | On Basketball

With Joe Mazzulla out, Damon Stoudamire was in his element as coach of Celtics

Stoudamire didn’t have much time to prepare because Mazzulla was intent on coaching until his condition worsened. Continue reading →

Business

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

The latest employer planning to shed office space downtown? State government.

The Baker administration is set to pare back leases for downtown office space, and that has Boston business leaders worried. Continue reading →

Jobs

Massachusetts among the states ringing in the new year with a $15 minimum wage

The historic wage increase comes amid a complicated economic landscape, when $15 lacks the purchasing power it once had due to rampant inflation. Continue reading →

Healthcare

Health care leader Andrew Dreyfus is charting his next chapter

In one of his last acts as chief executive, Dreyfus unveiled in December a new model of reimbursement that would hold providers financially accountable for reducing health disparities. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Nélida Piñon, provocative Brazilian novelist, is dead at 85

Ms. Piñon is widely regarded as one of Brazil’s greatest contemporary writers, admired for her masterly use of Portuguese and her playful approach to literary form. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Arts

The 10 most bizarre celebrity apologies of 2022

Celebrities, of course, have a relationship to maintain with the public — an entity with infinite feelings that can be hurt at any moment. Their apologies, accordingly, can be deeply weird, bizarrely specific and pretty entertaining in their own right. Continue reading →

FOOD

For Bisousweet founder, success is secondary. Happy customers come first.

Karen Collins, CEO of the fast-growing baked goods wholesaler, can’t help but sport a wide smile while moving through her legion of bakers in her new 21,000-square-foot Bisousweet Confections headquarters in Leominster. Continue reading →

FOOD

Don’t like loud restaurants? Here are 10 places to eat where you won’t need earplugs.

Make a reservation and enjoy conversation. Continue reading →