The Great Divide
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Attempt to water down plan to bring more disadvantaged children into exam schools generates a backlash
The eleventh-hour changes sparked sharp criticism from parents, students, mayoral candidates, and city councilors.
Schools Superintendent Cassellius’s contract extended for two years
The eleventh-hour changes sparked sharp criticism from parents, students, mayoral candidates, and city councilors.
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Thunderstorms rolled across Massachusetts, downing trees and leaving thousands without power
Storm damage was reported in many communities around the state, including trees downed on wires in Chelsea, an electric pole snapped in half in Haverhill, and a large tree down in Oakham. Intermittent, heavy showers are expected on Thursday.
Map: power outages in Massachusetts
Six Flags to remain closed Thursday after storm damage
Storm damage was reported in many communities around the state, including trees downed on wires in Chelsea, an electric pole snapped in half in Haverhill, and a large tree down in Oakham. Intermittent, heavy showers are expected on Thursday.
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Experts say those in Mass. should respect but not fear the Delta variant
Health experts in Massachusetts and elsewhere are adamant that the Delta variant should not ruin our Fourth of July or require vaccinated people to dig out that box of paper masks. If you’re fully immunized, they say, you’re safe.
CDC estimates more than a quarter of US COVID-19 cases are caused by Delta variant
Health experts in Massachusetts and elsewhere are adamant that the Delta variant should not ruin our Fourth of July or require vaccinated people to dig out that box of paper masks. If you’re fully immunized, they say, you’re safe.
Of course white supremacist violence can happen in Massachusetts. We’re not special
Even in a place considered progressive, where you might assume fewer people would grab at the easy answers offered by white supremacy, the sick ideology whose hold on this country gets stronger by the day.
Mass. coronavirus at a glance |
Four things to know about the Penn. court ruling throwing out Bill Cosby’s sex assault conviction
Here are a few highlights from the ruling, the dissenting opinion, and reactions from the legal community and entertainment world.
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