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Thursday, January 19, 2023
Today's Headlines
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Weather

Warming winters are threatening who we are as New Englanders, and that includes our smugness

How can we show we're better at winter if there is no winter? Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Brian Walshe ordered held without bail for allegedly killing wife, dismembering her body

Prosecutors said he searched online for terms related to dismembering and disposing of a body around the time his wife went missing. Continue reading →

Politics

E-mails appear to show coordination between Mass. GOP chairman and outside PAC, in alleged violation of state law

Embattled Mass. Republican Party chairman Jim Lyons appears to have communicated directly with an outside political action committee about digging up dirt on Governor Maura Healey during last year’s election, according to e-mails obtained by the Globe. Continue reading →

Investigations

Littleton gun dealer is facing federal charges after weapons from his shop are found at Boston crime scene

Charges against Cory Daigle put a new focus on a Littleton building with 80 gun vendors. Prosecutors say Daigle sold three pistols to a straw buyer while knowing the weapons were actually going to an underage person. Continue reading →

Residential

Wu floats long-awaited rent control proposal, but many hurdles remain

The proposal — a signature issue for Wu — faces a long road to final approval at City Hall and on Beacon Hill. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Court asked to void verdict against ex-cop in Floyd’s murder

An attorney for Derek Chauvin asked an appeals court Wednesday to throw out the former Minneapolis police officer’s convictions in the murder of George Floyd, arguing that legal and procedural errors deprived him of a fair trial. Continue reading →

Nation

Feds to investigate nursing home abuse of antipsychotics

The federal government says it will begin a targeted crackdown on nursing homes’ abuse of antipsychotic drugs and misdiagnoses of schizophrenia in patients. Continue reading →

Politics

Two expelled GOP representatives returned to House committees

Two Republican lawmakers who were previously expelled from House committees over their extremist or violent remarks have been given committee assignments again, days after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of California won the gavel. Continue reading →

The World

World

Ukraine helicopter crash kills interior minister, others

A helicopter carrying Ukraine’s interior minister crashed into a kindergarten in a foggy residential suburb of Kyiv on Wednesday, killing him and about a dozen other people, including a child on the ground, authorities said. Continue reading →

World

US warms to helping Ukraine target Crimea

For years, the United States has insisted that Crimea is still part of Ukraine. Yet the Biden administration has held to a hard line since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, refusing to provide Ukraine with the weapons it needs to target the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia has been using as a base for launching devastating strikes. Now that line is starting to soften. Continue reading →

World

Philippine journalist and Nobel laureate is acquitted of tax evasion

Journalist and Nobel laureate Maria Ressa was acquitted of tax evasion Wednesday, a rare victory after numerous setbacks in her fight to keep publishing her news site Rappler, whose run-ins with authorities have become emblematic of the Philippines’s declining press freedoms. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

Vacant Seaport lots benefit no one

Convention center plan to fill those dusty spaces is a win for the city. Continue reading →

OPINION

How much does Mayor Wu believe in MLK’s commitment to civil disobedience?

Her first reaction to protesters is to have them arrested. Continue reading →

OPINION

Video of gun-toting child must be a wake-up call for America

According to a neighbor, as the diaper-clad 4-year-old boy squeezed the gun and pointed it at apartment doors, a stairwell, and most horrifyingly himself, he said: “Pow, pow, pow, pow.” Continue reading →

Metro

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Consultant says Boston should consider bringing back school police, among other safety recommendations

Boston Public Schools should consider forming an internal police department that would place officers back on campuses, according to a recommendation made by an outside consultant that is likely to draw strong opposition. Continue reading →

RI CRIME

Mass. contractor charged in R.I. with bringing contaminated fill to highway project

Canton, Mass.-based Barletta and a former senior employee were charged in Rhode Island state court with illegal disposal of solid waste, operating a solid waste management facility without a license, and providing a false document to a public official. Continue reading →

Politics

‘A shining example of what is possible’: Andrea Campbell becomes first Black woman to be Mass. attorney general

Campbell was sworn in as attorney general Wednesday afternoon, making history as the first Black woman to serve as the state’s top lawyer and first woman of color to hold statewide office. Continue reading →

Sports

christopher l. gasper

After 20 years, the NFL no longer revolves around Tom Brady and Bill Belichick

Together they dominated for two decades, but this season Tom Brady and Bill Belichick looked more mortal and vulnerable than ever, losing in fashions previously unthinkable. Continue reading →

Red Sox

Outfielder Adam Duvall agrees to one-year deal with Red Sox

The 34-year-old righthanded slugger hit 38 home runs in 2021, but a wrist injury last July caused him to miss half the 2022 season. Continue reading →

Bruins 4, Islanders 1

Bruins begin New York road swing by beating Islanders

Charlie McAvoy and Derek Forbort scored second-period goals as Boston erased a 1-0 deficit. Continue reading →

Business

innovation beat

The new year brings new tech layoffs

The range of local companies affected shows that the tech community is still adjusting to the economic slowdown, uncertain market conditions, and (in some cases) over-hiring. Continue reading →

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

Business community has a big ask of new governor: Tackle taxes

As Governor Maura Healey settles into office, business leaders are looking for her to tweak the state’s tax structure to make Mass. more competitive in a work-from-anywhere world. Continue reading →

Energy

Mass. residents struggle with soaring utility rates this winter

Some area residents have applied to energy assistance programs through organizations like Quincy Community Action Programs and Action for Boston Community Development. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Carl Hahn, VW CEO who brought Beetle to America, dies at 96

As head of New York-based Volkswagen of America Inc. from 1959 to 1964, Hahn took a hands-on approach to selling cars. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Restaurants

Lobster Pot restaurant and building in Provincetown up for sale for $14 million, owner says

The sale includes the “buildings, business, equipment, improvements and brand,” according to the listing posted Tuesday night. Continue reading →

Arts

Janet Echelman’s memorable 2015 piece wins Boston Society for Architecture’s Harleston Parker Medal

Echelman's 2015 sculpture "As If It Were Already Here" is the first ephemeral piece and artwork to win the Harleston Parker Medal. Continue reading →

Music

Mumford & Sons, Bon Iver, and Leon Bridges set to headline Beach Road Weekend

The lineup also includes the bands Japanese Breakfast, Alvvays, the Head and the Heart, and St. Paul & the Broken Bones, among others. Continue reading →