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Editor’s Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR’s daily morning newsletter, WBUR Today. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. It’s Friday and — as of 10:46 a.m. today — the start of astronomical spring. A quick heads up that all commuter rail trains into North Station are partially suspended today through the weekend for a recently expanded signal project. That means you’ll have to switch onto the subway or take a shuttle bus, depending on your line.Now to the news:Good bill hunting: Gov. Maura Healey loves deer. She loves Massachusetts. But…

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BC had dropped 10 straight heading into Saturday’s matchup with Syracuse and was still in search of its first Football Bowl Subdivision victory. SU, meanwhile, had lost seven straight and was coming off a 63-point loss to Notre Dame. One team had to win. Boston College leaned on wide receiver Lewis Bond and running backs Turbo Richard and Jordan McDonald to earn a convincing, 34-12, triumph at the JMA Wireless Dome.The Eagles (2-10, 1-7 Atlantic Coast Conference) craved a positive push heading into the offseason, and now, they have one. The performance against the Orange (3-9, 1-7) serves a purpose…

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Local News The vote doesn’t mean the workers will immediately strike; spokesperson Ginny Hamlin said “we do want to be heard a little more first.” Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, Massachusetts. Photo for The Washington Post by Adam Glanzman As workers at Coolidge Corner Theatre bargain their first ever union contract since unionizing last year, the union overwhelmingly voted last week to authorize a strike “after weeks of deadlock,” it announced on social media.The vote does not mean the union, which management voluntarily recognized in June 2024, will go on strike soon, said Ginny Hamlin, a spokesperson for the union…

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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! NHL star Quinn Hughes became an Olympic hero for Team USA when he hit an overtime goal to lift his country over Sweden in the men’s hockey qualifying round. His statements after the game may have made him a national hero among many Americans. “It’s special,” Hughes told reporters of seeing American flags and hearing “U-S-A” chants in the arena.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Quinn Hughes of the United States celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal in overtime during a quarterfinal playoff match against Sweden at Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey…

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Exxon has a small chance to show Massachusetts is withholding information related to alleged hypocrisy – that the State sued oil companies over climate change but ignored its own emissions rules. The case in Boston state court sought public records that were eventually turned over. They showed regulators failed to report the annual greenhouse gas emissions of state vehicle fleets, even as Massachusetts was one of dozens of local and state governments to sue companies like Exxon and Chevron over global warming. The documents revealed Massachusetts never complied with regulations the Department of Environmental Protection was charged with enforcing under…

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CHESTNUT HILL, Mass. – The No. 17 Boston College men’s hockey team heads to TD Garden Friday night to face the No. 13/14 UConn Huskies in the semifinals of the Hockey East Tournament. Puck drop is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on NESN+ and ESPN+ and can be heard on WEEI 850 AM.   SETTING THE SCENE • The Eagles are 20-14-1 overall and are the No. 4 seed in the tournament • The Huskies are 19-11-5 overall and are the No. 3 seed in the tournament • BC is ranked No. 17 in both of the national polls • UConn is…

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The Boston Bruins return home after a 1-0-2 road trip, in which every game went beyond regulation.They’ll welcome in the Winnipeg Jets, who are 6-2-1 in their last nine games, now just four points outside the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.AdvertisementThe Bruins’ latest addition will make his debut. Lukas Reichel is a former first-round pick from the 2020 NHL Draft.Reichel, 23, a fellow German like Head Coach Marco Sturm, has played 19 NHL games this season with both the Vancouver Canucks and the Chicago Blackhawks. He’s posted two goals and five points in those games.In the AHL, he’s…

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MIAMI — They sat in the clubhouse late Tuesday evening still numb, with several stars so distraught that tears streamed down their faces.Team USA spent only two weeks together, but they bonded quickly in Arizona, hung out for 10 days in Houston, and by the time they reached Miami, it felt like they’ve been teammates their entire careers.This is why it stung so badly, losing 3-2 to Venezuela in the World Baseball Classic title game. Several players were so angry that when they were given their silver medals on the field, they yanked them off their neck before even getting…

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Iran will not participate at the 2026 North American World Cup, according to the country’s sports minister Ahmad Donyamali.Iran’s participation in the tournament co-hosted by the United States has been in doubt after the U.S. and Israel launched attacks on Iran starting on Saturday, Feb. 28.The military campaign killed the nation’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and dozens of top officials. Iran has responded with attacks on several U.S. military facilities and other targets around the Middle East.Amid the growing conflict, Donyamali said that it was not feasible for Iran to send a team to the United States in just three…

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