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US approves updated COVID vaccines to rev up protection this fall
Health It’s part of a shift to treat fall updates of the COVID-19 vaccine much like getting a yearly flu shot. The Food and Drug Administration decision opens the newest shots to most Americans, even if they’ve never had a coronavirus vaccination. AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis By LAURAN NEERGAARD, Associated Press September 11, 2023 | […]
Boston-based DraftKings apologizes for promoting 9/11 parlay
Local News DraftKings featured a “never forget” parlay with bets on the Mets, Yankees, and Jets. DraftKings, the Boston-based sports betting giant, is under fire for promoting a “never forget” parlay in honor of 9/11. Multiple social media users posted screenshots of the featured parlay, which encouraged users to bet on the Mets, the Yankees, […]
Lara secures endorsement from JP Progressives
Local News The influential group chose to stick by Councilor Lara despite concerns arising from a crash she was involved in this summer. Boston City Councilor Kendra Lara talks with supporters before campaigning in Jamaica Plain. Jonathan Wiggs/Boston Globe Councilor Kendra Lara, a few days before facing off against two challengers in the District 6 […]
Local obituary: Steven Trvalik, 26, Arlington native who died in July hiking accident in Yosemite
Local Obituaries A Celebration of Steven’s Life will be held on Sunday afternoon at Arlington’s Robbins Library. Steven Trvalik. – via Legacy.com Steven Elden Trvalik, beloved friend, brother, and son, brilliant engineer and inspiring soul, age 26, died in a hiking accident on July 29, 2023. Steven was a resident of Los Altos, California, and […]
DA: Oregon man confesses to ‘brutal, ice-blooded’ 1979 murder in Boston
Crime Susan Marcia Rose, 24, was found bludgeoned to death in a Back Bay apartment building nearly 44 years ago. An Oregon man is charged with murder after he allegedly confessed to bludgeoning a woman to death in Boston’s Back Bay in 1979, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office said Monday. John Michael Irmer, 68, […]
‘Boston is not a real city’: College students say city nightlife is lacking
The Boston Globe It’s hard to have fun if you’re not 21 — and once you are, be prepared to pay up. Bostonians danced through the night at Mariel Underground, a nightclub in downtown Boston, last summer. Carlin Stiehl for The Boston Globe By Vivi Smilgius, The Boston Globe updated on September 11, 2023 | […]
Group of young men reportedly attack, attempt to steal victim’s backpack on BU campus
Local News The victim was able to run away and call campus police, Boston University officials said. Marsh Plaza on Boston University’s campus. Blake Nissen for The Boston Globe, File Boston University police are investigating following an attempted robbery on campus Saturday night. The victim told authorites that they were walking home around 11 p.m. […]
As Massachusetts places migrants around the state, towns are welcoming but worried
Local News The mayor of Woburn, where hotels are housing 150 migrant families, said the state’s 40-year-old right-to-shelter law “was not meant to cover what we’re seeing now.” Volunteers cooked for Haitian migrant families in need of food at the United Methodist Church in Woburn, Massachusetts. Sophie Park / The New York Times By Jenna […]
JFK assassination witness breaks his silence and raises new questions
National News The account of Paul Landis, one of the Secret Service agents just feet away from John F. Kennedy when he was struck down, could change the understanding of what happened in Dallas in 1963. The account of Paul Landis, a former Secret Service agent, differs from the official version in at least one […]
What is Moxie’s ‘distinctively different’ flavor?
Wickedpedia “It’s kind of this indescribable, indistinguishable mystery in your soda, and that’s kind of what makes you keep wanting some more, because you can’t quite put your finger on it.” Moxie, the official state soft drink of Maine, continues to confound generations of New Englanders with its polarizing flavor. Abby Patkin/Boston.com Staff Frank Anicetti […]