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The rise and fall of Rachael Rollins
Critics and supporters alike have pored over Rollins’s record, highlighting her successes and missteps, and reexamining warning signs that might have foretold her spectacular fall.

Rachael Rollins officially resigns as US attorney in brief letter to President Biden

Plan to expand hangar space for private jets at Hanscom sparks concerns about a surge in climate pollution

Private jets are among the most polluting forms of transportation on the planet, catering mainly to the wealthy and powerful, and in recent years, their use has soared at airports such as Hanscom Field.

Martin Amis, acclaimed author of bleakly comic novels, dies at 73
Martin Amis's caustic, erudite, and bleakly comic novels redefined British fiction in the 1980s and ’90s with their sharp appraisal of tabloid culture and consumer excess, and his private life made him tabloid fodder himself.

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The GOP work requirement for social safety net programs requires work

Republicans’ debt-ceiling ultimatum: Either poor people get whacked, or the global economy will.

Boston Common rally protests GOP efforts to force US to default on debt

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New hope for bill to ban size discrimination, after three decades of trying

Massachusetts residents could demand better treatment in medical settings, the workplace, and recreational areas under a bill before the state Legislature that would ban discrimination based on weight or height — a proposal that may have fresh momentum after a similar measure passed the New York City Council this month.
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All hits, no misses from Janet Jackson at Xfinity Center

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Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

Jackie Bradley Jr. enjoys baseball. But he won’t talk about it once he’s done.

The former Red Sox, now with Kansas City, made $55.5 million, helped win a World Series, and has a locker full of memories, even if he doesn’t plan to brag about them.
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Analyzing the 10 best moves of the NFL offseason

By mid-May, 95 percent of a team’s roster is more or less set for the season.
AAPI Heritage Month

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The AAPI History I Carry With Me: Sheena Melwani

I struggled with my Korean-American name. Now I realize it was a gift.

‘This is the moment’: Yvonne Hao stepped up just in time for Mass. tech
Opinion

Give in-state college tuition to undocumented immigrants

After more than 20 years of advocacy, it’s time to finally make the policy law.
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The beauty of ugliness
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Who else should be accountable for Rachael Rollins’s brazen abuse of power?
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For one Somali immigrant, graduating college is just the start of his American Dream
Abdi Nor Iftin, the Somali immigrant well known for his 2018 memoir of growing up in a war torn country and resettling in the US, is graduating from Boston College. But for the 37-year-old, his work is not over yet.

Charlie Baker tells Bentley graduates life is a series of choices and challenges
The former governor said he’s drawn purpose from aspects of his life beyond the public sphere, like his marriage and children.

Russian private army head claims control of Bakhmut but Ukraine says fighting continues
The head of the Russian private army Wagner claimed Saturday that his forces have taken control of the city of Bakhmut after the longest and most grinding battle of the war, but Ukrainian officials denied it.

Ukraine’s Zelensky arrives in Hiroshima for G7 summit as world leaders sanction Russia

Man found fatally shot in Mansfield Saturday morning

The shooting was reported in a 911 call a little after 11 a.m. at 42 West Church St., according to the Bristol district attorney’s office.

Why is inflation so stubborn? Cars are part of the answer.
Elevated car prices have proved uncomfortably sticky.

College is remade as tech majors surge and humanities dwindle
Across the country, spring graduation season highlights the swiftly tilting academic landscape. Cap-and-gown roll calls for computer science and other technology-centered disciplines are becoming ever lengthier, and for the humanities, ever shorter.

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

Baby boomers and Gen Xers benefited from economic conditions that do not exist for millennials. And by many measures, the path ahead for Gen Z is even more fraught.
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