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2021-03-06 23:04 |
One arrested for Brockton slaying, second suspect sought... Officials said they obtained arrest warrants charging Takari Elliot, 29, and Marvin Veiga, 32, with murder for the Oct. 13 fatal shooting lof 25-year-old Manuel Duarte on Belmont Avenue.... |
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2021-03-06 22:38 |
Robert R. Glauber, Harvard professor who led Black Monday presidential commission, dies at 81... Dr. Glauber was executive director of a commission created to determine the cause of the Oct. 19, 1987, market breakdown.... |
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2021-03-06 22:35 |
NASCAR driver Kyle Larson has found a good fit at Hendrick Motorsports... After getting suspended by NASCAR and losing his job at Chip Ganassi Racing, Larson has felt at home in his new car fielded by his new team, Hendrick Motorsports. "It didn't feel like I had been out of the car a long time."... |
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2021-03-06 22:15 |
Annmarie Reinhart Smith, who battled for retail workers, dies at 61... The lead plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit in bankruptcy court seeking fair compensation, which won $2 million for former Toys R US employees, Annmarie Reinhart Smith was a force for her fellow workers.... |
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2021-03-06 22:05 |
Naomi Rosenblum, historian of photography, dies at 96... Naomi Rosenblum, who wrote about the history of photography and helped elevate it as an art form, died Feb. 19 at her home in Long Island City in the New York borough of Queens.... |
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2021-03-06 22:03 |
Highlights of the $1.9 trillion COVID bill nearing final passage... The Senate approved a sweeping pandemic relief package over Republican opposition on Saturday, moving President Biden closer to a milestone political victory that would provide $1,400 checks for most American and direct billions of dollars to schools, sta... |
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2021-03-06 21:57 |
Priscilla Read Chenoweth, who won freedom for a stranger, dies at 90... A civil rights activist and lawyer, Priscilla Read Chenoweth spent seven years and tens of thousands of dollars of her own money to exonerate a stranger wrongly convicted of second-degree murder.... |
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2021-03-06 21:35 |
Red Sox shut down pitcher Bryan Mata with what team says is slight ulnar collateral ligament tear... Manager Alex Cora said Saturday that doctors have prescribed rest and rehabilitation, not Tommy John surgery.... |
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2021-03-06 21:20 |
Mass. reports 63,828 new COVID-19 vaccinations Saturday... The number of coronavirus vaccinations administered in Massachusetts rose by 63,828 to 2,069,628, state officials reported Saturday.... |
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2021-03-06 20:58 |
City of Boston has a shot at developing Fort Point Channel neighborhood into a waterfront for all. Can it?... Boston has a chance to turn the Fort Point Channel neighborhood into the waterfront the Seaport District has failed to become. Can the city deliver, or will we see, yet again, more broken promises?... |
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2021-03-06 20:46 |
Could summer be . . . fun?... Across New England, as COVID cases continue to drop and vaccinations rise, there's an unfamiliar feeling in the air: optimism.... |
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2021-03-06 20:43 |
Six sleeping tips for switch to daylight saving time... As Americans plan to set clocks forward at 2 a.m. on March 14, many of us worry about being sleep-deprived, which often comes with changing sleep schedules.... |
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2021-03-06 20:41 |
Somerville woman accused of crashing into pole while intoxicated in Pelham, N.H., police say... Jeanette Chavarin, 36, was driving east on Atwood Road shortly after 1:30 a.m. when her car veered off the roadway and slammed into a telephone pole, Pelham Police said in a statement.... |
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2021-03-06 20:37 |
Biden getting 1st shot at making mark on federal judiciary... President Joe Biden has two seats to fill on the influential appeals court in the nation's capital that regularly feeds judges to the Supreme Court.... |
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2021-03-06 20:34 |
'I've never seen anything like this': Chaos strikes global shipping... Around the planet, the pandemic has disrupted trade to an extraordinary degree, driving up the cost of shipping goods and adding a fresh challenge to the global economic recovery. The virus has thrown off the choreography of moving cargo from one continen... |
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2021-03-06 20:34 |
Trump sends cease-and-desist letter to GOP organizations to stop fundraising off his name... Former president Donald Trump has sent a cease-and-desist letter to at least three Republican organizations demanding they stop using his name and likeness to fundraise, two Trump advisers confirmed Saturday.... |
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2021-03-06 20:27 |
Pandemic to challenge sports world for at least another year... The rally, which will favor the largest and deepest-pocketed leagues and owners, will hinge primarily on when fans believe it's safe to reenter arenas and stadiums.... |
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2021-03-06 20:18 |
Thad Ward, who grew up a Red Sox fan in Fort Myers, is now with the Sox in spring training... Ward has appeared in two games and retired five of the seven batters he has faced.... |
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2021-03-06 20:16 |
A Governor in isolation: How Andrew Cuomo lost his grip on New York... At the greatest moment of political peril for Cuomo in his decade in power, interviews with nearly two dozen Democratic lawmakers, strategists, and Albany veterans paint a portrait of a governor who is increasingly isolated.... |
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2021-03-06 19:59 |
California OKs reopening of ball parks, Disneyland... California has cleared a path for fans to hit the stands at opening-day baseball games and return to Disneyland nearly a year after coronavirus restrictions shuttered major entertainment spots.... |
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2021-03-06 19:55 |
144 cities could lose status as metro areas... Some New England cities that are included in the proposal include Pittsfield, Massachusetts, along with Lewiston-Auburn and Bangor, Maine.... |
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2021-03-06 19:52 |
As Massachusetts prepares for final phase of reopening, businesses warn recovery 'is not going to be flicking a switch'... Instead of the rapid rebound projected by economists, many local employers expect a more gradual recovery marked by fits and starts. So they're ramping up slowly and delaying hiring decisions until the picture is clearer.... |
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2021-03-06 19:37 |
Lessons that a 7-year-old girl can teach today's Republicans... For today's GOP, a compassionate, competent federal government is an existential threat.... |
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2021-03-06 19:36 |
NFL quarterback carousel is starting to make us dizzy... After what Tom Brady did in Tampa Bay, winning a Super Bowl as a first-year free agent, doing it alongside weapons he helped bring to Florida, there is a whole new level of envy gripping the league.... |
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2021-03-06 19:26 |
Protests, tear gas in Myanmar after UN envoy urges action... Security forces in Myanmar again used force Saturday to disperse anti-coup protesters, a day after a U.N. special envoy urged the Security Council to take action to quell junta violence that this past week left more than 50 peaceful demonstrators dead and... |
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2021-03-06 19:21 |
Here are midseason evaluations of the Celtics' reserves... Boston's bench was a bit of an enigma during the first half of the season.... |
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2021-03-06 19:16 |
Amanda Gorman says she was racially profiled near her home... |
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2021-03-06 19:05 |
As COVID deaths soar in Brazil, Bolsonaro hails an untested nasal spray... Brazilians are dying in record numbers from COVID-19. Intensive care units in a growing number of cities are full or near capacity as more contagious variants drive up cases. Elderly people have begun sleeping outside vaccination centers hoping to score a... |
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2021-03-06 19:01 |
Lloyd Pierce did all the right things in Atlanta — except win... Firing a 44-year-old coach who had made such an impression on his brethren, as well as many residents in Atlanta, has not been a popular decision.... |
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2021-03-06 19:00 |
Fauci warns US could be headed for another coronavirus spike... States have continued lifting restrictions, despite warnings from top health officials like Dr. Anthony Fauci that new coronavirus cases have plateaued at a very high level and that the country urgently needs to contain the spread of more transmissible va... |
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2021-03-06 18:57 |
The Louvre recovers armor pieces stolen nearly 40 years ago... After sunset on May 31, 1983, and before dawn the next morning, a showcase at the Louvre was broken into and two pieces of 16th-century Italian armor were stolen in one of the most mysterious heists in the museum's history.... |
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2021-03-06 18:50 |
Why Clemson receiver Amari Rodgers feels he has a connection with the Patriots... Rodgers's bond with the Patriots came from a mutual connection — his father, former Tennessee quarterback Tee Martin, now the Ravens' receivers coach.... |
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2021-03-06 18:38 |
Cleveland rocker and radio star Michael Stanley dead... Michael Stanley, a Cleveland-based rocker who with his namesake band reached the Top 40 in the 1980s with the hits "He Can't Love You" and "My Town," and went on to a long career as a radio disc jockey, has died. He was 72.... |
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2021-03-06 18:29 |
To juice the economy, Biden bets on the poor... For the president, the plan moving through Congress is more than just a stimulus proposal. It is a declaration of his economic policy.... |
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2021-03-06 18:22 |
In Iraq, Pope Francis holds historic talks with Shi'ite ayatollah, decries religious violence... We need one another, Francis said from a stage on the desert plain of Ur, said to be the birthplace of Abraham, a patriarch for Muslims, Christians, and Jews.... |
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2021-03-06 18:12 |
Manchin, key Senate swing vote, boosts West Virginia's hopes... Manchin, who grew up in the mountain town of Farmington, has emerged as a key swing vote in a divided Senate. Now he has his best shot in years to steer federal dollars back home.... |
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2021-03-06 18:09 |
USDA relocations curtail agriculture research, farmer confidence... More than a year after two US Department of Agriculture research agencies were moved from the nation's capital to Kansas City, Mo., forcing a mass exodus of employees who couldn't or didn't want to move halfway across the country, they remain ... |
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2021-03-06 18:04 |
White House fires Trump EEOC official after she refuses to step down... The White House fired the general counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Friday, continuing a push to oust controversial Trump appointees viewed as hostile to the mission of the agencies they worked for.... |
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2021-03-06 17:48 |
Speedy Kirill Kaprizov is anything but a flash in the pan... The Minnesota rookie defies the standard laws of skating physics when zipping around the offensive zone.... |
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2021-03-06 17:41 |
Senate approves $1.9 trillion coronavirus aid bill... President Biden's signature $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill passed the Senate 50-49 on Saturday, following a more than 25-hour marathon of amendment vote. The measure, the American Rescue Plan Act, now heads back to the House, with Democrats aiming... |
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2021-03-06 16:40 |
Capitals' Tom Wilson offered hearing with NHL Department of Player Safety after hit on Brandon Carlo... The date of the hearing was not immediately set. Wilson will remain suspended until the hearing takes place.... |
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2021-03-06 16:24 |
Time for NFL teams to take a hard look at the books, and their rosters... In a reverse, the NFL salary cap will decrease from $198 million to $180 million-$185 million in 2021.... |
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2021-03-06 15:40 |
One state's focus on data helps shrink its racial vaccine gap... North Carolina is among the best-performing U.S. states when it comes to distributing vaccines evenly among Black and White residents. That's partly because the state is by far the best at collecting demographic data.... |
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2021-03-06 14:58 |
How great a time is it to be a great shortstop?... As Javier Baez, Carlos Correa, Francisco Lindor, and Trevor Story enter their final season before free agency, Fernando Tatis Jr. has increased the value of their shared position.... |
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2021-03-06 10:10 |
FBI finds contact between proud boys member and Trump associate before riot... A member of the far-right nationalist Proud Boys was in communication with a person associated with the White House in the days just before the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the investigation.... |
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2021-03-06 09:00 |
Tax fixes critical to keeping Mass. jobs... Lawmakers shouldn't penalize employers who did right by their workers.... |
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2021-03-06 08:00 |
Derek Chauvin is the murder defendant. Don't put George Floyd on trial.... Justice is so elusive for Black Americans that dread is more common than hope with another police brutality trial.... |
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2021-03-06 07:30 |
A continuing challenge to make the most of Madison Park... A Globe story in The Great Divide series took a close look at the Boston vocational school's cosmetology program, and stirred readers to weigh in on Madison Park's challenges and its future.... |
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2021-03-06 06:35 |
Pope Francis meets with top Shiite cleric in Iraq... Pope Francis met with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, one of the most senior clerics in Shiite Islam, in Iraq's holy city of Najaf on Saturday to deliver a message of peaceful coexistence, urging Muslims to embrace Iraq's long-beleaguered Christia... |
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2021-03-06 05:34 |
Highlights: What's changed in the Senate's virus relief bill... Senate Democrats came out with their version of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill. A look at some of the major changes in the bill now being considered by the Senate versus what passed the House last week.... |