Category: Boston

In March 2020, just weeks into the covid-19 pandemic, the incident command center at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston was scrambling to understand this deadly new disease. It appeared to be killing more Black and brown patients than whites. For Latinos, there was an additional warning sign: language. Patients who didn’t speak much, or…

Earlier this week, Florida Republicans enacted a law they claimed would prevent riots in the state. Its real purpose, of course, was to discourage protesting and punish demonstrators. One of the bill’s provisions has received a fair amount of national attention, as it seems to give Floridians permission to attack protesters with their cars. The…

Casual-Dining Restaurant Franchise Reports Outstanding Development Returns Thanks to Franchisee Resiliency, Non-Traditional Opportunities and Continued Innovations Dallas, TX  (RestaurantNews.com)  Despite the economic challenges of last year and the enormous impact they left on the restaurant industry as a whole, Boston’s Pizza Restaurant & Sports Bar announced its franchise system still achieved an outstanding 20% new…

Picture this: You’re ready to sprint into action and set a new PR, but instead of wearing your go-to moisture-wicking running shirt and lightweight 5-inch workout shorts, you’re wearing heavy sweats that’ll weigh you down as you perspire and a ratty T-shirt made of questionable material that’s bound to fuel some serious nipple-chafing nightmares. No,…

BOSTON — The Chicago White Sox needed a starter for the second game of Sunday’s split doubleheader against the Boston Red Sox. Michael Kopech was ready for the assignment. The hard-throwing right-hander allowed one run on one hit with four strikeouts and one walk in three-plus innings in his first start in 31 months, and…

BOSTON (AP) — The sprawling hacking campaign deemed a grave threat to U.S. national security came to be known as SolarWinds, for the company whose software update was seeded by Russian intelligence agents with malware to penetrate sensitive government and private networks.Yet it was Microsoft whose code the cyber spies persistently abused in the campaign’s…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — In the raw aftermath of another killing of a Black man by police in Minnesota, there was no place for pro sports in the Twin Cities on Monday.The Minnesota Twins, Wild and Timberwolves all postponed their games a day after the shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright following a traffic stop in a…

Here’s a collection of some of the sights and events taking place in and around Boston from 1970 to 1979. Below, images of the blizzard of 1978, a victory parade for the Bruins after they won the 1970 Stanley Cup, enforcement and opposition to school segregation by busing, a Celtics game in Boston Garden, urban…

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First data collected in global Alzheimer’s wearable project The development of a wearable to detect early Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases years before symptoms show has taken a step closer to reality today, as UK charity Alzheimer’s Research UK announces a partnership with Boston University that will see the first digital data flowing into its…

NHL trade deadline: Likely sellers rising in standings is bad news for Bruins originally appeared on NBC Sports BostonThe Boston Bruins need help at the NHL trade deadline, and their pursuit of a top-four defenseman or top-six forward hasn’t been helped by the fact that several potential sellers have surged up the standings in recent…

Boston Red Sox lefty Eduardo Rodriguez will have to wait a little longer before returning to a big league mound.The Red Sox on Friday scratched Rodriguez as their opening day starter because of a “dead arm.” Nathan Eovaldi will instead face the Baltimore Orioles at Fenway Park on April 1.Manager Alex Cora said Rodriguez missed…