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Boston mayor apologies to Black men falsely accused of high-profile 1989 murder

Accusation caused pain for wrongly accused men and prompted Boston police launch crackdown targeting a history Black neighbourhood

The Independent UK

Boston mayor will formally apologize to Black men wrongly accused in 1989 Carol Stuart murder

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu plans to formally apologize on behalf of the city to Alan Swanson and Willie Bennett for their wrongful arrests following the 1989 murder of Carol Stuart, whose husband Charles Stuart had orchestrated her killing

The Independent UK

Mayor Invites City Council to Race-Specific Holiday Party, Accidentally

Mayor Michelle Wu mistakenly invites entire City Council to a holiday party excluding white members. This sparks debates on racial divisiveness.

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Brickbats: November 2023

News of politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly from around the world.

Reason

Boston announces new plan to rid city of homeless encampment, get residents help

Boston officials say a new plan to address homelessness includes giving police the power to remove tents and other makeshift shelters at an intersection where a sprawling encampment for the homeless has sprung up

The Independent UK

Boston mayor told to produce ‘enemies list’ in case against restaurateur accused of shooting business rival

The judge’s order may provide answers for some of her critics’ unanswered questions about the list

The Independent UK

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Brickbat: I'm Keeping a List

A spokesman for Boston Mayor Michelle Wu admitted that her administration sent a list of some of her critics to the police department. The spokesman claims these people have protested Wu outside her home and at city functions and other public events, including shouting at her through megaphones during a…

Reason

Michelle Wu administration admits it sent a list of vocal critics to police

BOSTON -- The Wu administration has acknowledged it has compiled a list of Mayor Michelle Wu’s most vocal critics and sent it to the Boston Police Department, claiming security concerns.

Boston Herald

Boston Offers Tax Breaks to Convert Offices to Housing

Can tax incentives boost affordable housing and foot traffic in Boston?

Kiplinger

Housing market shortage is so acute and the office glut is so big that Boston will offer 75% tax breaks on office-to-residential conversions

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu: "We must take every possible action to create more housing and more affordability so that Boston’s growth meets the needs of current and future residents,"

Fortune

Pride is back in Boston as parade returns after quarrel over inclusivity

The biggest Pride parade in New England returns to Boston Saturday after a three-year hiatus

The Independent UK

‘Boston Strong, forever’: Thousands gather in resilience, memory of 2013 bombings

BOSTON — A little more than an hour after daybreak, a bagpiper led a procession of family members who marched with Mayor Michelle Wu and Gov. Maura Healey toward the Boston Marathon finish line on Boylston Street.

Boston Herald

Bostonians remember deadly marathon bombing 10 years later

The 10th anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing will be marked with a wreath laying at the finish line to remember those who were killed, a day of community service and an event for the public to gather to reflect on the tragedy

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‘Making billionaires cry on TV’: Elizabeth Warren touts her record as she announces third run for Senate

‘Elizabeth is my partner in the Senate and I have seen this perpetual energy machine up close,’ Ed Markey says

Boston Herald

Elizabeth Warren announces third Senate bid in new campaign ad

BOSTON — The state’s senior senator will seek a third term, her campaign has announced with a new ad.

The Independent UK

Boston celebrates at a chilly St. Patrick’s Day parade

Boston has held its St. Patrick’s Day parade, an event Mayor Michelle Wu called one of that city's biggest events of the year

Reason

Such Discovery Behavior Is Downright … Satanic

From Judge Angel [sic] Kelley's order today in The Satanic Temple, Inc. v. City of Boston (D. Mass.): Following a status conference regarding the parties' dispute on the status of discovery, the Court resolves it with an order that discovery is officially closed. "The [C]ourt has broad power to control…

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New England and upstate New York brace for a winter storm

The storm's path could include parts of New England, upstate New York, northeastern Pennsylvania, and northern New Jersey, with snowfall totals expected to range from a few inches to a few feet.

Boston Herald

Joe Battenfeld: Ouster of liberal mayor in Chicago could be warning sign for Michelle Wu

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu might want to look over her shoulder at the latest election results in her hometown of Chicago, where the liberal mayor was thrown out by fed-up and frightened voters.

Reason

Massachusetts Voters Ended Rent Control Decades Ago. Boston's Mayor Wants To Bring It Back.

The city's old-school rent control scheme worsened housing quality but had no effect on housing supply. Mayor Michelle Wu's new rent control law will likely have the opposite effect.

The Guardian - US

Arctic blast sweeps through US north-east with record-breaking temperatures

Temperatures will be 10 to 30 degrees below average over parts of the north-east as millions under wind chill warnings

Daily Mirror

Satanic temple plans largest gathering in history - but worshippers told to mask up

The Satanic Temple is planning to hold the "largest gathering in history" on the streets of Boston, US, after the initial devilish event was rejected by the local Mayor

The Independent UK

On King's holiday, daughter calls for bold action over words

America has honored Martin Luther King Jr. with a federal holiday for nearly four decades yet still hasn’t fully embraced and acted on the lessons from the slain civil rights leader, his youngest daughter said Monday

Daily Record

Lipreader unveils Kate Middleton's flirty exchange with Prince William at US basketball game

The couple were joined by Massachusetts Governor-elect Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu.

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