14 Mar, 2025

Massachusetts to change how Asian, Black, and other populations are counted in ‘most expansive’ effort in country

The Boston Globe With little fanfare, legislators tucked the so-called data equity provision into the state budget that Governor Maura Healey signed this month. People are seen as they walk through Chinatown in July 2023. Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff By Matt Stout, The Boston Globe August 22, 2023 | 11:45 AM In what may be the […]

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The Patriots have struggled in recent years against the Bills, and there’s no reason to believe that will change on Sunday

Patriots With 20 players on the injury report as of Thursday, the Patriots are neither healthy nor good as they try to end a three-game losing streak in which they’ve been outscored, 93-20. Stefon Diggs is one of the many reasons why the Bills have dominated the Patriots over the last few seasons. Barry Chin/Globe […]

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Whales and dolphins in American waters are losing food and habitat to climate change, US study says

Environment The NOAA study is significant because it’s the first to look broadly at U.S. marine mammals and attempt to predict their resiliency to climate change. A humpback whale breaches on Stellwagen Bank about 25 miles east of Boston, on Aug. 22, 2005. AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File By PATRICK WHITTLE, Associated Press October 6, 2023 […]

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‘It’s been a difficult few days and weeks’: Revolution president Brian Bilello discusses another coaching change

New England Revolution Revolution leadership addressed the team’s second coaching change in less than a week. New England Revolution president Brian Bilello stood by management’s relationship with the players. By Hayden Bird September 13, 2023 | 3:00 PM Less than a day after abruptly removing interim head coach Richie Williams — and less than a […]

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Many local beaches are shutting down due to bacteria overgrowth. Is climate change to blame?

Environment Fecal bacteria and blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) are common beach menaces. Warmer waters and heavy rain events help them grow. Shubael Pond in Barnstable was closed due to a dangerous algal bloom in 2020. John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe Experts are warning that bacteria is a growing threat to New England’s beaches. But while beach bacteria […]

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