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Episode 11: Guests discuss the intersectionality of being Black and Asian
The Globe’s Greg Lee and Allana Barefield cohosted this month’s episode of “Black News Hour” and discussed with guests the intersectionality of being Black and Asian during AAPI Heritage Month.
Roslindale man arrested for alleged rapes in 2013 and 2007
Irving Pierre, 40, turned himself in to police at 4:15 p.m. Thursday and was placed under arrest on two outstanding warrants issued out of West Roxbury District Court and Dorchester District Court, police said in a statement.
State to pay $56 million to settle lawsuit brought by families of veterans who got COVID-19 at Holyoke Soldiers’ Home
Families of 84 veterans who died in the 2020 COVID outbreak will receive a minimum of $400,000 each under the settlement, which still must be approved by a federal judge.
‘It adds a whole different vibe to the downtown’: Al fresco dining returns to Greater Boston
The pandemic may have eased, but outdoor dining is returning for another season in many Greater Boston communities, as restaurants look to continue — and possibly make permanent — an amenity relished by customers and invaluable to their businesses.
Does Massachusetts have a coyote problem?
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I found joy in the garden, following my mother’s path
It took me a while to love gardening and I might never have, if one day she couldn’t garden anymore.
A feathered visitor appears on the hood of a police cruiser
An owl lands on the hood of a police cruiser, a water gun is mistaken for a firearm, and other odd tales from local police blotters.
Residents vote to restore Hull’s Fort Revere Tower
Fort Revere Tower on Telegraph Hill at the far end of Hull will get a $2.2 million makeover, thanks to a Town Meeting vote on May 2.