California has a first-in-the nation law and a $30 million training program both aimed at trying to help former inmate firefighters turn pro after they are released from prison.
Erica Nitschke
Columnist
Posted inNation & World
Russian shelling, Ukrainian airstrike reflect broadening war
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces stepped up their battle to seize one of the dwindling number of cities in embattled eastern Ukraine not already under their control while continuing to fire on towns and villages in the country’s north and south, Ukrainian officials said Saturday. Russian shelling collapsed balconies and blew out windows in the southern […]
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U.S. buying big Ukraine grain shipment for hungry regions, UN says
The head of the World Food program says the United States is stepping up to buy about 150,000 metric tons of grain from Ukraine in the next few weeks for an upcoming shipment to hungry areas of the world.
Posted inNew England
Statue honors once-enslaved woman who won freedom in court
A bronze statue of an enslaved woman from Massachusetts who went to court to win her freedom in 1781 is being unveiled in the Berkshires this weekend.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, Politics
For Republican governors, all economic success is local
Democrats say Republicans are taking credit for job growth that’s been enabled by Biden’s policies, even as they blame those same policies for inflation.
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Pro-Trump wins in blue states threaten Republicans’ hopes in November
Republicans have found success in Democratic strongholds when they have fielded moderate candidates.
Posted inArts & Entertainment
‘Game of Thrones’ prequel keeps dragons, adds diversity
The 10-episode prequel begins Sunday on HBO.
Posted inBusiness
Federal study: New climate law to slice carbon pollution 40%
The first official federal calculations of the new spending package show it will slice America’s carbon pollution by more than 1 billion tons by the end of the decade.
Posted inBusiness
Climate bill’s unlikely beneficiary: U.S. oil and gas industry
While the Inflation Reduction Act concentrates on clean energy incentives that could drastically reduce overall U.S. emissions, it also buoys oil and gas interests by mandating leasing of vast areas of public lands and off the nation’s coasts.
Posted inNew England
Car tilts into sinkhole caused by water main break in Boston
BOSTON — A break in a 20-inch water main in Boston early Monday sent water rushing down a city street, formed a sinkhole that swallowed a vehicle, and flooded area basements, city officials said. The burst pipe in the city’s South End was reported at about 3:30 a.m., according to the Boston Water and Sewer Commission. […]