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As losses in the war against Ukraine mount, Russian President Vladimir Putin faces fuel shortages at home and manpower shortages in the field.

A Senate panel voted along party lines Thursday to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress over his refusal to answer questions at a recent hearing before the Homeland Security Committee.

The shot, named mFlusiva, is intended for adults age 50 or older.

Maria was watching the Benito Bowl when an unexpected artist came on: the one and only Ricky Martin. He sang one of Bad Bunny’s most political, anti-colonial anthems. Maria knew this was a touchstone moment — the artist who most represented the 90’s Latin Boom wasn’t performing to a white audience for recognition or acceptance; he was singing a song of resistance, in Spanish. And then Maria’s 11-year-old son said, “Who’s that???”

Today, Maria revisits the importance of Ricky Martin’s career and life, and how he had to live “La vida loca” so that Bad Bunny could do “Lo que le da la gana.”

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Now in its sixth year, the annual festival celebrates heavy music from around the region, much of it metal and punk-adjacent.

The Boston Children's Museum is beginning work this August on a $15 million plan to protect itself from flooding and sea level rise associated with climate change. The first phase of the project is expected to take up to two years.

Gov. Healey nominated Kaitlyn O'Leary, a former prosecutor who now serves as the parole board's general counsel. Critics argued O'Leary lacks the necessary rehabilitation and reentry experience that a board member should have. She is the second former prosecutor Healey has tapped for the board — the council voted down that pick in May.

There are no firm numbers, but there could be a million or more Americans conceived with a donated egg or sperm. Jacqui Comstock is the product of both. She has a lot of genetic relatives — more than 30 half-siblings — not to mention their children, her aunts and uncles, a twin brother, cousins. The list goes on.

Does our increased use of AI amplify human imagination, or risk dulling our capacity for original thought? Cloe Axelson, senior editor of WBUR's Cognoscenti, explores the intersection of AI and creativity with poet and artist Sasha Stiles; the director of Harvard College Writing Center, Jane Rosenzweig; and Ann Handley, author of the forthcoming book "ASAP: As Slow As Possible."

The Scottish indie band is on a 30th anniversary tour for their two debut albums, and Claire Berman saw them in Boston. She writes, “As I danced in the audience, I was taken back to a period of my own young adulthood, marked by the same chronic illness that defined lead singer Stuart Murdoch’s early 20s.”

Many young men are driven to resentment and are financially exploited as influencers sell them classes, pills, and the illusion of clout, a new report reveals.

WIRED spoke with Tucker Bryant, an artist and former Google employee who created ChatTJB to get people to reflect on the “strange moment” we’re in.

Microplastics are in everything, especially your coffee. A new generation of plastic-free drip coffee brewers is trying to change this.

A new Texas A&M Bush School poll shows James Talarico (D) up by four points over Ken Paxton (R), 47% to 43%. In the gubernatorial race, Gov. Greg Abbott (R) leads by just one point over Gina Hinojosa (D), 46% to 45%.

“Eric Swalwell wielded an unexpected argument when FBI Director Kash Patel threatened to release files detailing the then-congressman’s contacts with suspected Chinese intelligence operative Christine Fang,” Sources Say News reports. “Swalwell’s side raised the prospect that releasing the files could be viewed as a punitive attempt to weaponize the Department, pointing to the congressman’s long-concluded […]

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“President Donald Trump said he would open the purse strings on the massive amount of campaign cash he controls to support Republican candidates in November’s midterm elections,” Bloomberg reports. “As of last week, however, Trump had not signed off on a plan to spend any of the $401 million he’s amassed from political donors, sparking […]

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State police say Thomas David Ryan was last seen near Greenville Turnpike in Orange County. He is wanted in connection with a homicide and should not be approached. Continue reading…