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Mel King, whose 1983 mayoral campaign ushered in a new era in Boston race relations, dies at 94

Mel King, the longtime political activist and former state representative from the South End who in 1983 became the first Black person to reach a Boston mayoral general election, died Tuesday morning in his South End home.
Local leaders react to death of activist Mel King

New data finds some Massachusetts counties are much healthier than others

How long you live depends on where you live, according to a new report.

‘A Trojan horse’: Newton School Committee votes down controversial advisory panel
Backers of the measure say it’s needed to improve communication between parents and the schools, but critics argue it is a veiled effort to dismantle a district racial equity policy.

‘We’re not gonna fix it’: GOP congressmen from Tenn. criticized for response to shooting, gun-toting family photo

US Representative Andrew Ogles, a Republican from the Nashville area, said he was "utterly heartbroken" by the tragedy, but gun control advocates and Democrats quickly responded.
Nashville shooter fired indiscriminately at victims; legally bought seven guns before school attack, police say

One killed, multiple injured, in massive fire at New Bedford rooming house

Driver involved in Hingham Apple Store crash indicted on second-degree murder charge

Suspect fled after police pursuit and crash in Charlestown; two firearms recovered

The 2023 recipients of the ICA’s James and Audrey Foster Prize have distinct, multidisciplinary practices

Cicely Carew, Venetia Dale, and Yu-Wen Wu were named as the recipients on Wednesday. The biennial prize recognizes “the most interesting art being made in Boston today.”
Wizards 130, Celtics 111

Celtics, still oscillating between contenders and pretenders, suffer blowout loss to tanking Wizards

Washington was without two of its three best players having lost 10 of its last 13, and ran Boston out of the building anyway.
Ben Volin | On Football

Is Bill Belichick coaching for his job in 2023? It sure seems that way

The Patriots haven't won a playoff game since the Tom Brady days, and it's pretty clear that their longtime coach needs to produce next season.
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Want to live to 150? The world needs more humans.

Aging may not be inevitable — and believe it or not, we have an underpopulation problem to solve.
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Trump acolytes in Congress willing to trample rule of law
Christopher R. Knittel

Your electric bill shouldn’t be so high. Here’s how to fix it.
Andrew J. Perrin and Christian Lundberg

People deserve safety on college campuses. Ideas don’t.
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Woke is easy to define. It’s harder to fight.
The Emancipator

DEI Denial is the modern day lynching

Where lynching was an arbitrary and barbaric act to terrorize Black people, modern attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion threaten the livelihoods of those challenging oppressive systems and keep us all in the dark.
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Councilor Flaherty testifies against Boston in case challenging new political map
Boston city councilors improperly took race into account when drawing the city’s new political map last fall, said councilor Michael Flaherty in testimony as a witness in a federal lawsuit.

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS
Healey administration gets serious about interstate approach to tackling energy issues
Governor Healey's new environmental chief wants Massachusetts to partner more with its neighbors on developing clean energy projects.

Innovation economy

A Needham company tried to solve the problem of urban garbage with solar-powered bins. But it wasn’t a clean-cut solution.

In the rough-and-tumble landscape of city sidewalks, “smart” trash receptacles developed by BigBelly face an array of assaults, from oversize pizza boxes to aggressive bottle collectors.

Driver rescued from steep embankment off cliff in Plymouth

A car went down the rocky embankment off Manomet Point Road Tuesday afternoon, officials said.
KEVIN CULLEN

Somerville’s current polyamorous people are much, much nicer than the Winter Hill Gang

The people who pushed for this ordinance, and the people it protects, are decent, intelligent, tolerant, and engaged citizens, committed to equality, the sort of people who are a credit to their community.

Man indicted for killing married couple, dog in their Marshfield home

Christopher Keeley, 28, was indicted Tuesday by a Plymouth County grand jury on two counts of murder and one count of animal cruelty, according to prosecutors.
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Just over two years after it took effect, Chapter 257 will soon expire, meaning that landlords will once again be able to evict renters even if they’re trying to tap financial aid.

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Man indicted for killing married couple, dog in their Marshfield home

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New data finds some Massachusetts counties are much healthier than others

How long you live depends on where you live, according to a new report.

Boston, state leaders react to death of activist Mel King

Senator Edward J. Markey, who served in the state legislature with King, Gov. Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu were among the Massachusetts political leaders who paid tributed to King, who died Tuesday at his home in the South End at the age of 94.

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Bruins unable to get anything going against the Predators in first bid to clinch Presidents’ Trophy

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Wizards 130, Celtics 111

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One killed, multiple injured, in massive fire at New Bedford rooming house

Lexington man killed after being struck by bus at Logan Airport

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NFL embraces zero, but passes on roughing the passer reviews

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Obituaries

Mel King, whose 1983 mayoral campaign ushered in a new era in Boston race relations, dies at 94

Randall Robinson, founder of influential Africa lobby, dies at 81

Margot Stern Strom, 81; with Facing History and Ourselves, taught students worldwide to reject bigotry and hatred