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2021-02-25 15:33 |
Bishop Jeffery Williams: 'I preach better is coming eventually'... The leader of The King's Cathedral in Providence shows parishioners how to apply their faith to obstacles in life.... |
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2021-02-25 15:26 |
Will Tiger Woods play golf again? Doctors predict a difficult recovery... You may remember quarterback Alex Smith's difficult rehab back fro a gruesome fracture. Woods could be facing a similarly difficult road back to the course, if he can return to play at all.... |
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2021-02-25 15:07 |
For Boston College men's basketball, the challenge is to become relevant again... Since an ugly split with coach Al Skinner in 2010, the Eagles have not been to the NCAA Tournament; hiring the next coach will be a crucial step.... |
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2021-02-25 15:01 |
Watch live at 10 a.m.: Walsh giving COVID-19 update... Mayor Marty Walsh is set to give an update on COVID-19 in Boston Thursday morning.... |
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2021-02-25 15:00 |
Jazz artist Maria Schneider on making music, and making a living... Composer, bandleader, and entrepreneur prepares for a residency at New England Conservatory.... |
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2021-02-25 15:00 |
Tap your dogs' unleashed potential. Here's where you can let them run free... Greater Boston features a surprising number of open spaces where our well-behaved pooches are welcome to roam without fences.... |
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2021-02-25 15:00 |
Velvet mornings and boots made for walkin': Nancy Sinatra retrospective revisits a singer with swagger... To anyone who had dismissed this trailblazer as a poster child for nepotism, "Start Walkin' 1965-1976" will set the record straight.... |
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2021-02-25 14:27 |
Pool coronavirus testing is launching in more than 900 Massachusetts schools. Here's how it works... Nearly 300,000 students across Massachusetts will soon be tested weekly for coronavirus. State leaders hope the program, which is being offered to all Massachusetts school districts free of cost until mid-April, will give schools another mitigation strate... |
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2021-02-25 14:03 |
Moderna expects more than $18 billion in COVID-19 vaccine sales in 2021; chief medical officer to exit... Moderna said it has $18.4 billion worth of signed agreements for its Covid-19 vaccine in 2021. It's chief medical officer, Tal Zaks, will leave the company in late September.... |
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2021-02-25 13:43 |
US jobless claims fall to 730,000 but layoffs remain high with economy still under pressure from virus... US jobless claims fall to 730,000 but layoffs remain high with economy still under pressure from virus.... |
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2021-02-25 13:42 |
Merck to buy Cambridge autoimmune drug developer Pandion for $1.85 billion... The agreement, worth $60 per share in cash, is at more than double the Cambridge company's closing price Wednesday.... |
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2021-02-25 13:25 |
Forget Deshaun Watson to the Patriots, but theoretically, Jimmy Garoppolo isn't out of the question... As speculation swirls about quarterback movement in the NFL, the Patriots would be wise to see if a reunion with Garoppolo is possible.... |
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2021-02-25 13:20 |
State's vaccine website faces test after crashing last week as tens of thousands of new appointments go live... A slew of new vaccine appointments are set to come online the same morning Baker will face lawmakers at a State House oversight hearing about the troubled rollout.... |
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2021-02-25 12:51 |
Vaccine supply increasing, but thousands in state are still waiting for COVID-19 shots... Massachusetts residents are finding themselves in what may be a temporary time of scarcity — where demand greatly exceeds supply — before promises of increased production and delivery translate into a more abundant supply.... |
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2021-02-25 12:23 |
R.I. wants to borrow $65m for affordable housing. Advocates say it's a start, but not a solution... Question No. 3 in next week's special election offers s short-term fix, but long-term housing issues remain in the Ocean State... |
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2021-02-25 08:24 |
The Black history I carry with me: Ariel Pesante... Ariel Pesante is an associate athletic director at the University of Massachusetts.... |
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2021-02-25 08:00 |
Underutilized hotels can help curtail homelessness... Converting empty hotels into housing is a game-changer, as well as a proactive and cost-effective approach to health care.... |
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2021-02-25 08:00 |
The emperor of nothing... How does a deposed leader with untrammeled ambition and a massive sense of injured self-importance deal with a world in which nothing more can happen?... |
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2021-02-25 07:59 |
Texts and voicemails are too demanding. Send voice memos instead.... They're a pandemic-era facsimile of hanging out, offering the warmth of a phone call without the imposition.... |
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2021-02-25 07:30 |
Direct line from Reagan's antigovernment message to Texas mayor's you're-on-your-own rant... What happens when you need public servants and you don't have any? The answer: Hundreds of thousands die unnecessarily in a pandemic. People freeze in Texas.... |
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2021-02-25 06:18 |
A new COVID-19 variant is spreading in New York, researchers report... A new form of the coronavirus is spreading rapidly in New York City, and it carries a worrisome mutation that may weaken the effectiveness of vaccines, two teams of researchers have found.... |
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2021-02-25 05:08 |
Juvenile carjacker crashes stolen Acura into Randolph home... Earlier in the evening, the male youth had stolen the sedan at the Avon Walmart on Route 28 while displaying a silver handgun, State Police spokesman David Procopio said in an e-mail.... |
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2021-02-25 05:05 |
Is there any end in sight to the Celtics' woeful stretch?... The Celtics are at the lowest point they have been in the Brad Stevens era after Wednesday night's debacle in Atlanta.... |
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2021-02-25 05:01 |
German court convicts former Syrian official of crimes against humanity... A court in Germany convicted a former Syrian secret police officer Wednesday of aiding and abetting crimes against humanity for his role in arresting and transporting protesters to an interrogation center known for torture nearly a decade ago.... |
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2021-02-25 05:00 |
Surgeon's risky behavior must be addressed... Advice from Amy Dickinson.... |
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2021-02-25 05:00 |
Today in History... Today is Thursday, Feb. 25, the 56th day of 2021. There are 309 days left in the year.... |
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2021-02-25 04:41 |
State Police arrest man, woman for alleged drug trafficking in New Bedford... Brittany Dias, 33, of South Boston and Richard Conlon, 41, of Fall River, who allegedly had a golf-ball sized bag of fentanyl and tried to hide pills in a dictionary were arrested on drug charges during a traffic stop in New Bedford, State Police said Wed... |
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2021-02-25 04:23 |
Lowell official calls for School Committee member's ouster after anti-Semitic slur on live TV... Mayor John J. Leahy, who also chairs the city council and school committee, said in a statement Wednesday night that he would call a special joint meeting of both panels to present a motion to demand that Robert Hoey Jr. resign "for offensive conduct ... |
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2021-02-25 04:08 |
Capitol siege costs will exceed $30 million, official tells congress... The top operations and maintenance official of the United States Capitol told lawmakers on Wednesday that the costs of the Jan. 6 attack will exceed $30 million, as his office works to provide mental health services, increase security and repair historica... |
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2021-02-25 03:41 |
Charlestown boys' basketball takes inside track to Boston City League Tournament win over Burke... Led by junior guard Josh DeJesus (17 points), the Townies used their aggressive play in the paint and strong rebounding to advance to Friday's semifinal matchup vs. unbeaten Latin Academy.... |
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2021-02-25 03:05 |
Bruce Springsteen's drunken-driving charges are dismissed... Prosecutors dismissed the two most serious criminal charges filed last year against the rock icon Bruce Springsteen — drunken driving and reckless driving — during a brief hearing Wednesday in federal court in New Jersey.... |
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2021-02-25 02:57 |
Atlanta sets 3-point record in capping winless Celtics road trip with a disaster... Boston gave up 40 points in the first quarter to the Hawks, Trae Young again running wild, and things didn't get much better after that.... |
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2021-02-25 02:51 |
Woman, two children injured in NH house fire taken to MGH... Two children, ages 4 and 9, and a 37-year-old woman were rescued from the burning home in rural Webster, N.H. Wednesday afternoon., officials said.... |
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2021-02-25 02:38 |
Falmouth's Stone Devlin reaches milestone while hitting his bigger goal: a Cape & Islands tournament championship... The Clippers senior scored three times, the last for his 100th career point in his final game, to cap a 4-0 victory over archrival Barnstable.... |
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2021-02-25 02:28 |
Megan Rapinoe sparks US women to dominant win over Argentina in SheBelieves Cup... Rapinoe scored first two goals of 6-0 rout to help US women capture second consecutive SheBelieves Cup.... |
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2021-02-25 02:24 |
Biden lifts Trump-era ban blocking legal immigration to US... President Joe Biden on Wednesday lifted a freeze on green cards issued by his predecessor during the pandemic that lawyers said was blocking most legal immigration to the United States.... |
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2021-02-25 02:00 |
'I am happy with Brad': 6 takeaways from Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck's appearance on 98.5 The Sports Hub... Grousbeck brushed aside questions about job security for Brad Stevens and Danny Ainge.... |
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2021-02-25 01:57 |
Reopening schools will help, but won't end Mass. child mental health crisis, experts say... Experts say the state's mental health care system for youth has long been overtaxed.... |
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2021-02-25 01:32 |
Plagued by a poor showing in 2020, Rafael Devers is committed to be much improved this season... He will be as good as he wants to [be], and he's put in the work, Alex Cora said of his 24-year-old third baseman.... |
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2021-02-25 01:21 |
At Women's Careers in Football Forum, pioneering Buccaneers champion cause for more diversity in NFL... |
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2021-02-25 01:21 |
Former Dedham High football coach sues school officials for non-renewal of contract... David Flynn filed a lawsuit last week against Principal Jim Forrest, Athletic Director Steve Traister, and Superintendent Michael J. Welch, who Flynn says retaliated against him for expressing ideas as a parent and private citizen with which they disagree... |
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2021-02-25 01:13 |
Massachusetts House speaker backs making mail-in voting permanent... House Speaker Ronald Marianoc told lawmakers Wednesday night the chamber will move to extend the state's expanded voting-by-mail law until at least through June, with the goal of making it permanent after voters embraced it during Massachusetts's ... |
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2021-02-25 00:55 |
5 things patients should know about the Lifespan-Care New England hospital merger... Will it improve the quality of care in Rhode Island? How will it affect cost or health insurance premiums?... |
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2021-02-25 00:52 |
Annabel Battistella, whose Combat Zone performance as Fanne Foxe fueled a Washington sex scandal, dies at 84... The relationship between Annabel Battistella, who performed as Fanne Foxe, and powerful congressman Wilbur Mills became a reference point for future political sex scandals.... |
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2021-02-25 00:51 |
Barbie's pandemic sales boom follows long revamp at Mattel... One of the biggest consumer hits of the pandemic, alongside Netflix and the Nintendo Switch, is a 61-year-old doll once mocked as outdated and sexist.... |
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2021-02-25 00:34 |
Schedule does Celtics no favors coming out of All-Star break... Boston has eight back-to-backs among its final 36 games, with a four-game road trip in late March and a three-game West Coast swing in mid-April.... |
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2021-02-25 00:27 |
A sister mourns for brother killed at downtown Boston construction site... Officials said two men died after landing in a hole in the middle of High Street in Boston. Construction crews had been working underground.... |
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2021-02-25 00:20 |
US to seek seat on UN human rights body, after Trump pullout... The top US diplomat said his country will seek a three-year term starting next year at the Human Rights Council, and acknowledged it needs reform, particularly to end its "disproportionat |
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2021-02-25 00:01 |
Former Milton Academy teacher facing rape charge in Mass. returned to teaching in Maine... Prosecutors say Reynold J. Buono repeatedly raped a student in the early 1980s. He has been free on $50,000 bond while awaiting trial, and required to wear a GPS bracelet while living in Maine.... |
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2021-02-25 00:01 |
Air travel quarantines are getting longer, lonelier... Even as vaccines embolden countries like Israel and Britain to plot paths to reopening, authorities around the world are tightening the screws to stop COVID-19 mutations slipping through quarantine models designed to contain a less aggressive virus.... |