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Monday, March 27, 2023
Today's Headlines
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Jobs

‘I’ve learned that things have a cost.’ Meet the migrant children working long hours in factories and fish plants across Mass.

Migrant children gut fish in New Bedford, roof houses in the Boston suburbs, toil deep into the night in greenhouses in Central Massachusetts, and work in restaurant kitchens across the state. Continue reading →

Business

Inside the crazy, mixed-up world of electric-vehicle charger pricing

Charging outside of the home is the Achilles heel of the EV industry, with inconsistent and sometimes high pricing policies, frequently broken equipment, and a lack of chargers in key locations for everyone but Tesla drivers. Continue reading →

Higher Education

Supreme Court affirmative action case adds urgency to push to end legacy admissions at colleges

“If the Supreme Court says it’s not fair to consider race, then why on earth is it fair to consider who your parents are?” said James Murphy, deputy director of higher education policy at Education Reform Now, a nonprofit think tank. Continue reading →

Transportation

Former Long Island Rail Road president at top of list for MBTA general manager’s job, people familiar with matter say

Governor Maura Healey's administration’s high stakes search for a new general manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is closing in on Phillip Eng, the former president of the Long Island commuter rail system, according to two people familiar with the matter. Continue reading →

World

Israel boils as Netanyahu ousts minister who bucked court overhaul

Civil unrest broke out in parts of Israel on Sunday night after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired his defense minister for criticizing the government’s divisive judicial overhaul, prompting protesters to surge into the streets, universities to shut their doors and union leaders to hint of a looming general strike. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Gap grows between TikTok users, lawmakers on potential ban

The disconnect illustrates the uphill battle that lawmakers from both sides of the aisle face in trying to convince the public that China could use TikTok as a weapon. Continue reading →

Nation

Daunting recovery underway in tornado-devastated Mississippi

Help began pouring into one of the poorest regions of the United States after a deadly tornado tore a path of destruction for more than an hour across a long swath of Mississippi, even as furious new storms Sunday struck across the Deep South. Continue reading →

Nation

States’ divisions on abortion widen after Roe overturned

A group of Tennessee Republicans began this year’s legislative session hoping to add narrow exceptions to one of the strictest abortion bans in the country, armed with the belief that most people — even in conservative Tennessee — reject extremes on the issue. Continue reading →

The World

World

Is the David porn? Come see, Italians tell Florida parents

The Florence museum housing Michelangelo’s Renaissance masterpiece the David on Sunday invited parents and students from a Florida charter school to visit after complaints about a lesson featuring the statue forced the principal to resign. Continue reading →

World

Putin says he could put tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus by summer

President Vladimir Putin of Russia said he would be able to position nuclear weapons in Belarus by the summer, a claim that analysts said was likely bluster but which underscored the Kremlin’s determination to use its vast nuclear arsenal to pressure the West to back down from its support of Ukraine. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

As sports betting ads push the limits, regulators need to push back

TV airwaves are swamped with ads offering what sounds like free money but isn’t. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Urgency heightened in Mass. in face of grim UN climate report

Instead of focusing on the goal, let’s work on setting up the right mix of policies and programs to get the job done. Continue reading →

Metro

Massachusetts

A homeless shelter nonprofit, nearly destroyed by its criminal boss, gets a new life

Another nonprofit, Heading Home, raced to take over nearly a dozen of Casa Nueva Vida’s shelters and assume responsibility for the hundreds of residents, including dozens of children, who lived there. Continue reading →

New Hampshire

Boston teenager dies after skiing accident in New Hampshire

A 15-year-old boy died Saturday after a skiing accident at the Pats Peak ski area in Henniker, N.H. The boy was skiing with his family when the accident took place, around 6:35 p.m., officials said. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Investigation underway after two people killed in Dennis duplex fire on Sunday morning

The victims were found inside the residence and transported to a hospital, where they died from injuries, officials said. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Continue reading →

Sports

Sports

George Washington University is moving on from ‘Colonials’

George Washington University will soon choose a new nickname for its athletic teams, dropping “Colonials” after years of pressure from students who said the name was entangled with violence toward Native Americans and other colonized people. Continue reading →

CELTICS 137, SPURS 93

Jaylen Brown, Celtics don’t mess around with Spurs in TD Garden rout

The Celtics trailed one of the West's worst teams until the middle of the second quarter, when they turned on the jets and easily won their seventh in nine games as they try to chase down Milwaukee in the East. Continue reading →

ON FOOTBALL

When Robert Kraft addresses the state of the Patriots, will he put Bill Belichick on notice?

Kraft’s answers Monday will set the tone for the 2023 season, and how much tolerance he has for the team’s mediocrity. Continue reading →

Business

Business

Inside the crazy, mixed-up world of electric-vehicle charger pricing

Charging outside of the home is the Achilles heel of the EV industry, with inconsistent and sometimes high pricing policies, frequently broken equipment, and a lack of chargers in key locations for everyone but Tesla drivers. Continue reading →

Business

Behind Mission Hill salon Vanity Loft is a story of community, belonging, and legacy

There is such a level of demand for Vanity Loft’s services that stylists are booked months in advance, customers say. Continue reading →

THE FINE PRINT

A 93-year-old Pembroke grandmother was scammed out of $9,500. Here’s how Bank of America and Lyft were involved.

Duped into believing that a granddaughter was in jail, she withdrew thousands in cash to secure her "release." Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Rev. Elinor Lockwood Yeo, reproductive rights advocate and clinic director, dies at 88

Rev. Yeo’s “ministry was to women. It was a passionate and a compassionate calling,” said her friend, Rev. Nancy S. Taylor. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Mexican kid’s comic Xavier López, ‘Chabelo,’ dies at 88

Xavier López’s best-known work, the Sunday variety show “En Familia con Chabelo,” ran for an astonishing 48 years from 1967 to 2015, Mexico’s longest-running TV show. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

DANCE REVIEW

Argentine dance troupe Malevo brings saucy exuberance, drill-like precision to Berklee Performance Center

An official Cultural Ambassador to the National Identity of Argentina, the company specializes in a reimagining of the country’s centuries-old malambo, a folk dance traditionally showcasing the skill and virility of gauchos. Continue reading →

Names

‘Complicated Identities’ at the forefront of upcoming Belmont World Film series

“Luxembourg, Luxembourg,” “The Worst Ones,” and “Peaceful” among titles screening March through May. Continue reading →

Names

Six art students receive Stephen D. Paine Scholarship for work exploring personal identities across media

The students will exhibit their work at The Distillery Gallery with a reception on March 30. Continue reading →