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Boston shares updated design for Blue Hill Ave bus project

Boston shares updated design for Blue Hill Ave bus project

The new design includes 42 more parking spaces, plus 200 new trees, six miles of rebuilt sidewalks and a bike path. The design also establishes two lanes of traffic in both directions. The city shared the renderings ahead of public meetings scheduled for this month.

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Gloria Steinem pointed the way

Gloria Steinem pointed the way

"As an aspiring female journalist, I saw Gloria Steinem point the way," writes Pulitzer winner Eileen McNamara. "I didn’t have to write for 'the women’s pages.' I could ask out loud why there even was such a section in the newspaper!"

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What elephants can remind us about ourselves

What elephants can remind us about ourselves

Strolling among the 100 elephants of The Great Migration exhibit meant joining a human crowd also strolling among the elephants. It reminded Elissa Ely of how isolated we humans have become.

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Encore: Owl pursuits

Encore: Owl pursuits
This episode was originally published on March 10, 2023.  In 2022, freshmen at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill got a new neighbor: an owl. What wasn't clear was whether the owl was trying to befriend them, or catch them. Sometimes the owl seemed to be c...

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Defense says lone juror has Clancy jury deadlocked

Defense says lone juror has Clancy jury deadlocked

Jurors sitting in judgement of Lindsay Clancy finished their sixth day of deliberations after telling a judge one juror would not heed the court's instructions in making their decision.

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Why is toxic wastewater bubbling up from underneath this Ohio city?

Why is toxic wastewater bubbling up from underneath this Ohio city?

Highly toxic wastewater from America’s fracking boom is buried in deep underground wells. But in some places that toxic waste is bubbling upwards -- threatening local drinking water. How Marietta, Ohio is trying to fight fracking waste.

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Brownsberger takes step toward recount after close state senate primary

Brownsberger takes step toward recount after close state senate primary

According to the latest Associated Press tally of results, three votes separate him and Daniel Lander, a top adviser to Boston Mayor Michelle Wu.

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How rethinking leftovers can change the way you cook

Fried rice, bread pudding and homemade broth all start with ingredients many people throw away.

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Medieval manuscripts are "biological time capsules" for deadly sheeppox virus

Medieval manuscripts are "biological time capsules" for deadly sheeppox virus

Other archives and libraries around the world may also contain genetic traces of past disease outbreaks.

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Climate Expert Says When New York Will See First Snow

A new map from a climate expert is giving us our first look at when snow could arrive across New York this season. It might be sooner than you hoped or thought Continue reading…

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Tesla’s new rare-earth-free EV motor is a big deal, but not THAT big a deal

Alongside Tesla’s low-key Cybercab event this week, the company showed off its new rare earth-free Cybercab motor, which reportedly increases power density and efficiency significantly.

It’s some kind of an achievement, but to understand how much of an achievement it is, we must first understand what it actually means. Strap in.

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Van Orden Tries To Start A Fight But Keeps Getting Beat Up

Rebecca Cooke, Drunken Van Orden's opponent, was doing the usual campaign things over the weekend, such as visiting American veterans at a breakfast event. She posted about it on Xitter and said she comes from a long line of veterans and that, if elected, she will fight to help them get and keep the benefits they deserve. This was enough to set off DVO, who accused Cooke of using the vets as political props: It wasn't long before DVO was called out by James Wigderson, a Wisconsin native and a Never Trump type of Republican. Wigderson pointed out that DVO was a traitor, not a hero, because he participated in the insurrection. DVO shot back with a personal insult and a threat because that's what insecure drunks do: Wigderson has been mocking him ever since. And not to be left out of the action, Rep Mark Pocan got his punches in from the left: read more

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Senate GOP’s Midwestern Governor’s Problem

“Another warning light is blinking for Senate Republicans: underperforming gubernatorial nominees in three crucial Midwest states,” Axios reports. “Strong candidates for governor can act as sheepdogs in tight Senate races, keeping Republican voters — and GOP-curious independents — moving in the party’s direction.” “That’s adding to GOP anxiety in Michigan and Iowa, where the Democratic […]

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Court announces cases it will hear in December, including challenges to the constitutionality of bans on AR-15s

The US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on April 19, 2023.
The US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on April 19, 2023.

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Cross of the Castle

Galicia, August 2026.

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Casio ‘CasioNaut’ G-Shock GMC-2500 GAC-2500 Series: Price, Specs, Availability

In what appears to be a follow-up to the mighty “CasiOak,” the rugged Japanese watch brand is expected to release an all-new luxury homage.

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See Dolly Parton's Biggest Acts of Generosity

Dolly was a giving machine during her time on this Earth. Continue reading…

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JD Vance is heading for disaster

PLUS: Carney-mania! The “campaign” expands

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The Billionaire-Backed Democrat With An Enron-Sized Problem

 The Billionaire-Backed Democrat With An Enron-Sized Problem

New Hampshire congressional candidate Maura Sullivan worked for a biotech giant accused of using “shell” customers to inflate its business — and its executives are now campaign donors.