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‘Disappointed but not surprised,’ Harris-Walz supporters mourn during V.P. concession speech
The crowd erupted in a frenzy as Harris’ pick for vice president, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, her husband, Doug Emhoff, and children, arrived first to sit by the podium awaiting the Democratic nominee.
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Healthy Food Program aims to help diabetes patients buy nutritious foods
A new program from Greater Grove Hall Main Streets and Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center aims to provide type 2 diabetes patients who are also food-insecure with financial support to make ...
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New federal permit could improve river health in the Boston area
On Nov. 8, the Boston Public Health Commission released a health advisory due to a cyanobacteria bloom in Sprague Pond in Hyde Park, which falls in the Neponset River watershed. For two weeks in ...
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BET remakes ‘Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead’ from a Black point of view
“Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead” hit movie theaters in 1991, fueling a popular cultural fantasy of teenagers running their lives without adult supervision. The story got a contemporary makeover ...
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Night Cap brings a pop-up, non-alcoholic third space to City Hall
There’s a huge interest in wanting to meet people naturally,” says Matt Meyers, creative director of Night Cap. “People are looking again for that third space, a place for community to gather.” The ...
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Puerto Rican Veterans Day Memorial Event — Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley hugs Purple Heart recipient Antonio “Tony” Molina. PHOTO: JOHN WILCOX/MAYOR’S OFFICE Puerto Rican Veterans Day Memorial Event — ...
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NFL mid-season report card
In New Orleans, the NFC South Division-leading Atlanta Falcons, 6-4, lost to the 3-7 Saints, 20-17. The LA Chargers, 6-3, took the measure of the 2-7 Tennessee Titans 27-17 to hold on to the ...
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Roxbury Community College, state, launch new energy auditor training program
The program, announced Nov. 5, comes out of the state’s Department of Energy Resources from a $2 million federal grant. That funding is being directed toward the development of a program to train ...
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How to budget when you live paycheck to paycheck
According to a survey conducted by Payroll.org, a staggering 78% of Americans find themselves living paycheck to paycheck, marking a 6% increase from the previous year. This means more than ...
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Rudy Edwards Jr., basketball player, firefighter, doing what he loved
Rudy Edwards Jr. showed courage through his 40 years of dedicated service as a Boston firefighter. Decorated for heroism many times over, firefighter Edwards survived to retire in 2019. Whether ...
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Nearly a century later, Martha Graham’s impact persists
The performances will bridge 20th-century Graham classics with 21st-century contemporary works. Graham’s 1930 “Lamentations” and 1946 “Dark Meadow Suite” with music from Carlos Chavez will be in ...
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Researchers: higher turnover, lower promotion rates for Black women with predominantly white co-workers
A new study by researchers at the Harvard University Kennedy School, Boston University’s Questrom School of Business and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that Black women who work on ...