Boston councilors met to talk over progress on following new police reform measures. City police did not attend.
Segun Idowu is the executive director of BECMA. He is a descendant of a local civil rights leader, and helped outfit Boston Police with body cameras. He is rising to the moment, and tackling the economic and racial injustice that the coronavirus and COVID-19 pandemic and the recent unrest has laid bare.
'We’re having much more serious conversations interrogating racism'
BOSTON, MA - 2/12/2021 RN Claire Karas administers the COVID-19 vaccine while working at a CVS in East Boston. Some CVS locations began to offer COVID-19 vaccinations to eligible recipients beginning Feb. 12 at select locations in Rhode Island and Massachusetts through a new partnership with the federal government, the company confirmed Thursday. Erin Clark/Globe Staff TOPIC: 13CVSvaccines
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Nova Scotia
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FILE -- Elaine Chao, The Trump administration's Transportation secretary, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Feb. 27, 2020. The Transportation Department’s inspector general asked the Justice Department in December to investigate what it said was Chao’s misuse of her office to help promote her family’s shipbuilding business. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/The New York Times)
Elaine Chao
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Travelers on the Orange Line's Forest Hills station.
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Jeff Turco, Democratic nominee in the 19th Suffolk District special election.
Politics
Jeff Turco says he's a 'moderate Democrat." Pro-choice groups say he's a 'threat.' March 3, 2021 | 6:07 PM
In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, file photo, rioters storm the Capitol, in Washington.
Capitol threat
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Andrew Cuomo
Cuomo addresses harassment claims, vows to stay in office March 3, 2021 | 4:55 PM
Politics
Dems tighten relief benefits, firm up support for virus bill March 3, 2021 | 4:45 PM
Natick, MA. - February 24: Antonio Loffa of Natick gets his COVID-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination site at the Natick Mall on February 24, 2021 in Natick, Massachusetts. POOL PHOTO (Staff Photo By Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald)
vaccination #s
Mass. reports 587,167 people have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 March 3, 2021 | 4:06 PM
Vaccine websites
As vaccine signup frustration continues, more websites are being created to help March 3, 2021 | 3:58 PM
Hugo Castro leaves crosses at the scene of a deadly crash in Holtville, Calif., Tuesday, March 2, 2021.
CALIFORNIA CRASH
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President Joe Biden arrives in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, Feb. 22, 2021, to speak about the Paycheck Protection Program.
STIMULUS CHECKS
Biden limits eligibility for stimulus payments under pressure from moderate Senate Democrats March 3, 2021 | 1:31 PM
RIDESHARE CARJACKINGS
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REOPENING
‘Too early to do this’: Ashish Jha says states lifting all COVID-19 restrictions are acting prematurely March 3, 2021 | 11:45 AM
Politics
Senate Finance panel OKs Tai as top U.S. trade negotiator March 3, 2021 | 11:41 AM
BMC
BOSTON STABBING
Victim identified in fatal stabbing near Boston Medical Center March 2, 2021 | 8:06 PM
Boston's Financial District in March 2020.
National
Return-to-office plans are set in motion, but virus uncertainty remains March 3, 2021 | 10:46 AM
South Carolina Sen. Greg Hembree, R-Little River, speaks in favor of a bill that would add the firing squad to the electric chair and lethal injection as execution methods in the state on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.
DEATH PENALTY
South Carolina Senate adds firing squad option for inmates who don't want electric chair March 3, 2021 | 10:21 AM
Snow plows clear a street Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2014, in St. Cloud, Minn., a day after a strong winter storm dropped a about a foot of snow. Forecasters say round two of the storm will bring frigid temperatures which should stay below freezing for the remainder of the week. (AP Photo/St. Cloud Times, Kimm Anderson)
National
F. Salt Fitzgerald and Snowbi Wan Kenobi will plow Minnesota. Sorry, Luke Snowalker. March 3, 2021 | 9:58 AM
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Hitler's Mustache?
Amazon tweaks logo after people compare it to Hitler March 3, 2021 | 9:43 AM
Stairwell collapse
1 worker killed, another injured after stairwell collapse in Cambridge garage March 3, 2021 | 9:31 AM
Luciano Caruso and Martin Sylvester work on the restoration of the The Robert Gould Shaw 54th Regiment Memorial at Skylight Studios in Woburn.
54th Regiment Memorial
Boston's Black soldiers monument returning after $3M restoration March 3, 2021 | 9:27 AM
Oct. 6, 2016 - Author Cornel West at the WEB DuBois medal ceremony in Cambridge, Mass. Photo Credit: Justin Saglio for the Boston Globe. Section: Arts. Slug: 07namesGrierNorman.
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