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Wednesday, February 1, 2023
Today's Headlines
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Health

There’s a new cause for Boston’s ambulance delays: Hospital overcrowding

As recently as 2021, callers could expect an ambulance to arrive within about six minutes. But, median response times in Boston for life-threatening emergencies have now grown from just over seven minutes in January 2022 to 7.7 minutes in December, records show. Continue reading →

Politics

Odds of a ‘soft landing’ in inflation fight are rising, but a debt limit stalemate could crash the economy

President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are scheduled to meet Wednesday to discuss a looming financial crisis with the $31.4 trillion debt limit. Continue reading →

Politics

Mass. Republican Party elects new leader, rejecting chairman Jim Lyons’s bid for third term

The Republican State Committee voted 37-34 to make Amy Carnevale its new chair, turning to a longtime state committee member and Trump supporter from Marblehead who has worked in the White House and on Capitol Hill. Continue reading →

Metro

Mom recalls 13-year-old son killed in Mattapan as a ‘kid with high energy’ who had felt safe in the community

Tyler Lawrence was shot to death on a Mattapan street in what authorities have called a targeted attack. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Prosecuting the unthinkable: Experts question handling of cases where mothers are accused of killing their children

A day after Lindsay Clancy was accused of strangling her three children in Duxbury, the Plymouth County DA filed homicide charges that could send her to life in prison, without the possibility of parole. But legal analysts and health experts said other options should be considered. Continue reading →

The Nation

Politics

Santos steps down from House panels amid ethics issues

The questions surrounding Santos go beyond his misrepresentations to voters to include whether his congressional campaign followed the law in its reporting to the Federal Election Commission. There have been lingering questions about irregularities in his campaign committee's financial reports and the source of Santos’ wealth. Continue reading →

Nation

As the Colorado River dries up, states can’t agree on saving water

The lack of an agreement sets up the prospect that the federal government will make unilateral cuts sometime later this year. Continue reading →

Nation

FDA revamping foods program to move past ‘constant turmoil’

“This is one of the most important changes in the history of the FDA,” the head of the Food and Drug Administration said. Continue reading →

The World

World

Ukraine pushes for Western fighter jets after tank deals

Ukraine won support Tuesday from Baltic nations and Poland in its quest to obtain Western fighter jets, but there were no signs that larger nations like the United States and Britain have changed their stance of refusing to provide warplanes to Kyiv after almost a year of battling Russia’s invading forces. Continue reading →

World

Wagner group may have committed war crimes in Mali, UN experts say

Mercenaries from the Wagner private military company may have committed war crimes and crimes against humanity in the West African nation of Mali along with the country’s military, United Nations experts said Tuesday, calling for an independent investigation into multiple instances of human rights abuses. Continue reading →

World

Blinken meets with Palestinian leader after surge in violence

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken visited the occupied West Bank on Tuesday to meet with the president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, and called for a defusing of the violence that has gripped the region, while conceding that Palestinians face dwindling prospects in their larger struggle for independence. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

Why I won’t watch the Tyre Nichols video

In 2020, we were promised a reckoning. All we’ve gotten are more Black people killed by police. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

To honor Tyre Nichols, let’s get policing right

Punishing misbehaving cops after the fact is no substitute for recruiting and training a non-warrior class. Continue reading →

LETTERS

A beating death can’t be anyone’s idea of the job of police

I suspect that many of us as children have fantasized about, and even planned for, a future working in some capacity with the police. Just as many of us probably grew out of that dream. Continue reading →

Metro

Metro

Mom recalls 13-year-old son killed in Mattapan as a ‘kid with high energy’ who had felt safe in the community

Tyler Lawrence was shot to death on a Mattapan street in what authorities have called a targeted attack. Continue reading →

Transportation

In about-face, MBTA says it plans to make ‘slow zone’ information public

The agency is working on “designing a public-facing report to make data easily understandable” and plans to post information about slow zones this spring. Continue reading →

Metro

A child was murdered on a quiet Sunday morning in Mattapan. Let that sink in.

Tyler Lawrence, who lived in Norwood, was just 13 and visiting his grandparents when he was gunned down on a street in Mattapan on Sunday morning. Continue reading →

Sports

sports betting

It was a star-studded morning at Encore as the first legal sports bets were placed

Johnny Damon and Cedric Maxwell were part of the ceremonies at one of three locations in Massachusetts to offer in-person betting as it began. Continue reading →

chad finn

Mac Jones at least will have a chance to succeed next season — which he didn’t have this season

In his second year as a Patriot, he was failed miserably by his coaches, but that won't be case under offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien. Continue reading →

NFL

Why BC receiver Zay Flowers’s NFL draft stock continues to rise, with many feeling he’ll be picked in the first round

Flowers used an additional college season to hone two areas of his game: competitive catches and blocking. Continue reading →

Business

Business

‘It’s a matter of basic humanity.’ Healey says homeless people can stay in South Station on cold nights

Governor Maura Healey reversed a policy at South Station and will open the state-owned transit hub during periods of extreme weather. Continue reading →

TALKING SHOP

Hot spots for comic books, botox, and ski pants land in Boston

When it opens this spring, Friar Tuck’s Comics and Collectibles will open a 1,200-square-foot shrine in Brookline to the industry to which owner Rob Tuck has quietly dedicated his life. Continue reading →

Business

Why a major local developer is going big on renewable power for 43-building portfolio

WS Development signs deal to provide renewable electric power at 35 buildings and shopping centers it operates in New England. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Barrett Strong, whose ‘Money’ helped launch Motown, dies at 81

Among the songs he helped write were “I Heard It Through the Grapevine,” “Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me),” “Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone,” and “War.” Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

MUSIC

Steve Lacy, LCD Soundsystem, and boygenius to headline first shows at The Stage at Suffolk Downs

Other artists set to appear at the city's new outdoor concert venue over the weekend of June 16-18 include James Blake, Toro y Moi, Jamie xx, Idles, Clairo, Bartees Strange, and Dijon. Continue reading →

Arts

16 conversation-starting and joyful ways to celebrate Black History Month in Greater Boston

The month's events create an opportunity to learn about Black history and culture, especially through the work of past and contemporary Black artists. Continue reading →

Names

Al Horford’s sister joked on Twitter about LeBron James after Saturday’s Celtics-Lakers game. Irate fans responded with threats.

After the Celtics squeaked out an OT win against the Lakers on Saturday, chaos ensued online — much of it directed at Anna Horford. Continue reading →