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15 wishes for 2023: Trailblazers tell how they'd make life on Earth a bit better

We asked for a wish from expert wishers around the globe — from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to MacArthur "genius" grantee Gregg Gonsalves to Melva Acostaa, who runs a soup kitchen in Peru.

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New MLK statue in Boston is greeted with a mix of open arms, consternation and laughs

A new public art monument dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King was unveiled Friday. It immediately drew consternation and jeers as well as plaudits.

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Outrage and mockery erupt over ‘obscene’ $10m MLK statue erected in Boston

‘Ten million dollars were wasted to create a masturbatory metal homage to my legendary family members—one of the all-time greatest American families,’ Coretta Scott King’s cousin said

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Geordie Greig is appointed editor-in-chief of The Independent

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Ex-Harvard coach, dad acquitted in admissions bribery case

A former Harvard fencing coach was acquitted Wednesday of charges that he accepted more than $1.5 million in bribes in exchange for designating a wealthy businessman’s two sons as recruits to help secure their admission to the elite university

The Independent UK

Massachusetts recount flips state house election to Democrat by one vote

Democrat Kristin Kassner won against Republican opponent Lenny Mirra after a recount shrunk candidates’ narrow vote deficit to one

The Guardian - US

Ex-Harvard coach, dad face jurors in admissions bribery case

A federal prosecutor says a wealthy Maryland businessman bought the run-down home of Harvard’s fencing coach for well above its value, bankrolled the renovation of his $1 million condo and helped pay the coach’s bills in a scheme to secure coveted spots for his sons at the elite university

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Oddball 6-foot 'Lobsta Mickey' statue returns to Boston

A long-forgotten, and somewhat unsettling, statue of Mickey Mouse with giant lobster claws for hands has found its way back to Boston

The Independent UK

Liverpool chairman Tom Werner breaks silence on FSG's plans to sell club

Liverpool owners FSG are looking to sell the club and chairman Tom Werner has made his first public statement on the matter, insisting there is "no urgency" for a takeover to be completed

Daily Mirror

Boston Globe names first woman to serve as paper's editor

The Boston Globe named Nancy Barnes as its next editor Monday, elevating a woman to serve in the top job for the first time in the newspaper’s 150-year history

The Independent UK

Klopp Unfazed by Liverpool Sale Talk

Jurgen Klopp insists he won't fret about talk of Liverpool's owners selling the Premier League club until things are "not positive". Fenway Sports Group, the Boston-based consortium that owns Liverpool, recently admitted they are looking at potential new investment, sparking reports that they are ready to sell up, AFP said.…

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The names that could be interested if FSG decide to sell Liverpool

Liverpool owners FSG are open to selling their shareholding of the club - so who could be interested in buying?

Liverpool Echo

Report: Celtics looking at ‘various paths and options’ to support interim head coach Joe Mazzulla

Per the Boston Globe's Adam Himmelsbach, the team "has already spoken with several other candidates".

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Oxford professor discovers hack to make plane food taste better

Pack this one item to make your in-flight meal more delicious, says academic

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Ron DeSantis dropping migrants off on Martha's Vineyard may be illegal – an immigration lawyer explains why

The unexpected arrival of approximately 50 Colombian and Venezuelan migrants on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, on Sept. 14, 2022, has prompted legal questions about how and why, exactly, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis chartered planes to drop them in this unlikely destination.

The Independent UK

Tourist jailed nearly ten years after $2 taxi fare dispute because court made devastating typo

“When you’re in that system, you literally get the wrong information so many times. I stopped believing anything”

The Independent UK

McGrory, Boston Globe's top editor, says he is stepping down

Brian McGrory, under whose leadership The Boston Globe won three newsroom Pulitzer Prizes, is stepping down after 10 years at the helm to become chair of Boston University’s journalism department

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Incumbent Galvin defeats Sullivan in Massachusetts’ secretary of state Democratic primary

Incumbent William Galvin defeated Tanisha Sullivan in the Democratic primary for Massachusetts secretary of state on Sept. 6. Galvin was first elected secretary of state in 1994 and won re-election in 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2018.

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'Hero' neighbour puts down mattress for mum and two kids to jump from raging fire

Clidford Saint Jean has been called a hero by the Boston Fire Department, in the US, after he put down a mattress and encouraged a mum and two children to jump from a house fire

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Heart of the Primaries 2022, Republicans-Issue 37

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The Guardian - US

What’s the real story behind James ‘Whitey’ Bulger’s violent murder?

Recent revelations have only fed speculation that some form of plot lay behind the gangster’s brutal demise in prison

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Matt Ryan, Boston Celtics will reportedly not reunite for 2022-23 NBA season

Per a recent Boston Globe report, Ryan 'will not be back with the team.'

The Guardian - AU

Shipwreck of Captain Cook’s Endeavour being eaten by ‘termites of the ocean’, expert says

Shipworms and crustaceans called gribbles have infiltrated the wood of the vessel off Rhode Island

Los Angeles Times

Fox News colleagues remember ‘friend to all’ Uma Pemmaraju following her death at 64

Uma Pemmaraju, a founding anchor for Fox News, is being remembered as “an incredibly talented journalist” by colleagues and former co-workers after her death this week at the age of 64.

Daily Mirror

Horror asylum where lobotomies were carried out and dead 'left to rot' in rooms

A mental asylum in the US has a dark and worrying history. At Danvers State Hospital in Massachusetts, patients were recorded as suffering overcrowding and rumours that some corpses were left to rot

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