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Saturday, February 8, 2025


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‘Erasing everything that you are.’ In Trump’s policies, a denial of trans existence.

The president declared it is “the policy of the United States to recognize two sexes, male and female.” Now the federal bureaucracy is implementing his vision.
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‘People are signing up in droves’: Federal workers unions see DOGE-inspired surge

As President Trump and Elon Musk move to upend the government, labor unions that represent federal workers have seen their membership rolls rapidly expand, positioning themselves as a key obstacle to the "DOGE" agenda.
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BPS has closed dozens of schools since 1980. Despite declining enrollment, the district has held on to most of the buildings.

The majority closed Boston Public Schools sites are either currently a BPS school or are slated to become one again.
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Crime & Courts


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As Trump pushes, local rules about immigration enforcement come to the fore

For years, federal immigration authorities have waged wars of words with Boston and other so-called sanctuary cities that limit cooperation with federal immigration officials.
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Governor Healey says she’ll run for reelection: ‘There’s a lot more to do’

No other candidate has formally announced a plan to run for governor, though several Republicans may enter the race.
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Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts set for Super Bowl rematch

WATCH: Beat reporter Nicole Yang weighs in on the Chiefs' and Eagles' paths to victory in Super Bowl LIX.
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Did the NBA trade deadline actually move the needle?

WATCH: Celtics beat reporter Adam Himmelsbach evaluates if any team around the league did enough to beat Boston in June.
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Drake Maye inspiring 'super' hope with Patriots teammates

WATCH: The young QB has his fellow Patriots focused on the postseason. Beat reporter Nicole Yang dives into how Mike Vrabel is already making a difference.
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Judge says he will temporarily block Trump from placing thousands of USAID workers on paid leave

US District Judge Carl Nichols, who was nominated by Trump, sided with two federal employee associations in agreeing to a pause in plans to put 2,200 employees on paid leave as of midnight Friday. Nichols stressed his order was not a decision on the employees’ request to roll back the administration’s swiftly moving destruction of the agency.
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Trump’s power grab defies GOP orthodoxy on local control

Federalism, a once-central tenet of Republican thought, has seemingly been scrapped, with little debate, as Trump remakes the Republican Party in his name.
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As Trump and Musk upend Washington, congressional phones can’t keep up

Americans dialing their members of Congress for basic services are going straight to voicemail. Interns and young aides can’t answer the phones quickly enough. And a system that usually handles a few dozen calls per minute is straining to keep up with more than 1,500.
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USAID turmoil threatens key aid supplies to Gaza, officials say

The Trump administration’s efforts to downsize USAID have endangered the funding for food, tents and medical treatment for hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
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Hamas names 3 more Israeli hostages to be freed as cease-fire deal stays on track

Details of the planned exchange came as President Trump continued talking up his widely criticized proposal to move all Palestinians from Gaza and redevelop it as an international travel destination.
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Independent media in Russia, Ukraine lose their funding with USAID freeze

The suspension of USAID has had a dramatic effect on both Ukrainian and Russian independent news outlets that relied on the grants to operate and produced work.
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OPINION


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Schools must be safe havens for every child

As fears of Immigration and Customs Enforcement action spread through Massachusetts, we must hold tight to the core value of education.
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Why did Healey administration hide details of ‘serious incident’ in shelter?

The way the Healey administration handled a report of domestic violence in a shelter suggests redactions were used to downplay violence and obscure alarming details that might have brought more scrutiny.
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With attack on USAID, Trump and Musk make policy by buzz saw

"Americans need to see the faces and hear the stories of those who have been put on leave at USAID and other agencies," writes one reader.
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‘Erasing everything that you are.’ In Trump’s policies, a denial of trans existence.

The president declared it is “the policy of the United States to recognize two sexes, male and female.” Now the federal bureaucracy is implementing his vision.
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Health


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Boston becomes first city to launch fund for families of drug overdose victims

The fund culminates more than a year of planning and community meetings over how to spend money from opioid legal settlements.
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Health


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MGH performs its second, world’s fourth genetically altered pig kidney transplant

The recipient was Tim Andrews, a 66-year-old New Hampshire resident who had end-stage kidney disease and was on dialysis for more than two years.
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The NFL needs to force Tom Brady to pick a lane: Raiders owner or television analyst

Even with restrictions placed on his broadcasting role, there is a clear conflict of interest for the former Patriots quarterback.
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Trump administration’s investigation into MIAA won’t prevent Mass. transgender students from playing sports, AG says

Attorney General Andrea Campbell pushed back against the idea that Trump’s anti-trans agenda would stop any student-athlete in Massachusetts from competing any time soon.
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Despite being crushed in Finals rematch, thinking these Celtics will dial in when needed — if they can stay healthy

Kristaps Porzingis is the most injury-prone of the Celtics – I think we all cringe in unison whenever he lands awkwardly, let alone falls – but he has looked fantastic lately on both ends of the court.
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Cybersecurity


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Israeli cybersecurity expert plans his comeback in Boston

Cybereason cofounder Lior Div has an AI-based startup in the Back Bay called 7AI.
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Job growth slowed in January, but overall picture remains solid

Employers added 143,000 jobs in January, slightly less than expected, the Labor Department reported on Friday.
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‘Newborns and mothers will both be very sick and many will die’: Dismantling of USAID halts orders for R.I. company

The Trump administration is targeting an aid agency that funds customers of Maternova, which makes and distributes medical supplies for women and infants worldwide.
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Obituaries


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Irv Gotti, famed hip-hop music executive, dies at 54

Mr. Gotti helped discover Jay-Z and launched the careers of rapper Ja Rule and R&B singer Ashanti.
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Marion Wiesel, translator, strategist, and wife of Elie Wiesel, dies at 94

Ms. Wiesel translated many books written by her husband, Elie Wiesel, including the final edition of his memoir “Night.”
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Obituaries


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Jo Baer, minimalist painter who rejected abstraction, dies at 95

In the latter part of her career, she painted images with a mix of dream imagery and deep historical references.
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CLASSICAL REVIEW


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Nathalie Stutzmann makes a second BSO debut, this time on the podium

Stutzmann, who directs the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, had a long career as a contralto (and sang with the BSO) before focusing on conducting.
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Tom Brady posts love quote on social media amid Gisele Bündchen baby reports

Brady is about to call his first Super Bowl as Fox Sports’ No. 1 NFL analyst, but his attention seems to be elsewhere.
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New England Conservatory’s Stradivarius sells for over $11 million

Proceeds from the sale of the "Joachim-Ma" violin will benefit student scholarships.
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