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At current pace, it would take the MBTA more than a decade to reach its staffing goals for next year
Federal regulators and state leaders have said that staffing up is one of the top priorities for increasing safety and reliability at the MBTA, but growing the workforce has been and is a massive challenge for the agency.

Following firestorm of complaints, superintendent of Minuteman Technical placed on administrative leave
"I have always put the interests of students first and I have not intentionally engaged in any misconduct,” Superintendent Kathleen Dawson said in a statement Friday.

Wu proposes new redistricting map to council with aim of keeping neighborhoods whole

“The result is a City Council district map that unifies communities of interest within districts and attempts as best as possible to reflect how residents experience the city in their daily lives,” the mayor wrote in a letter to councilors.

Even as Harvard endowment shrank last year, its managers got big paydays

Deferred compensation swelled the payouts to Harvard’s top endowment managers in 2021, despite market conditions that would later lead to losses.

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After Trump’s CNN town hall, Sununu slams former president as ‘three-time loser’

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Cambridge Crossing arrives after two decades. It was worth the wait.

Located in an abandoned rail yard at the far eastern reaches of Cambridge, with some acreage in Somerville and Boston, CX, as it is also known, is a win both for Cambridge and Greater Boston.
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FDA advisers recommend accelerated approval of a Sarepta gene therapy

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Five Amtrak workers injured while working on tracks near Readville station in Hyde Park, officials say
The employees were injured early Friday when two Amtrak vehicles collided while the crews were working at the MBTA’s Readville commuter rail station in Hyde Park, according to MBTA Transit Police.

Police arrest five people following stabbings outside Brockton High School

Five people are facing charges after three people were stabbed at Brockton High School and a fourth stabbing at a nearby hospital on Friday that police say is connected.

Elon Musk confirms Twitter’s new CEO is Linda Yaccarino from NBCUniversal

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Boston thrives off the dreams of young people. But can they make it here?

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