2 h. ago ‘To catch Teri when she falls’: Why Noah Jakimo is running Boston for MGH

Noah Jakimo's wife, Teri, ran nearly every day since high school. Now, he is running Boston to raise funds for MGH to support Teri's care team. The post ‘To catch Teri when she falls’: Why Noah Jakimo is running Boston for MGH appeared first on Boston.com.

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2 h. ago Air Traffic Control Trainees to Get Raise, in Nod to Cost of Living

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the increase to almost $23 an hour is intended to boost recruitment and retention.

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3 h. ago Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos makes changes to opinion page guidelines

Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos makes changes to opinion page guidelines  CBS News

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3 h. ago Musicians release protest album over proposed changes to U.K. copyright laws around AI

More than 1000 artists including Kate Bush, Annie Lennox and Billy Ocean have created an album of songs recorded in silent music studios to protest proposed changes to UK AI copyright laws.

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3 h. ago What Jeff Bezos' changes to opinion section mean for Washington Post

What Jeff Bezos' changes to opinion section mean for Washington Post  NBC Boston

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3 h. ago Framework's Laptop 12 Could Inject New Life Into Budget Portable PCs

Budget Windows laptops still suck. Framework's upcoming repairable and upgradeable machine could change the game.

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4 h. ago DOGE work could 'cross extreme ethical and legal lines,' says former employee

On Tuesday, 21 DOGE employees resigned. NPR spoke to one of them who says she felt the new administration was causing "harm to the American people." As Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency work to remake the federal government, some of the people tasked with executing his vision have serious concerns about what the changes will do. For sponsor-free episodes of Consider This, sign up for Consider This+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

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4 h. ago How Greenland's cherished sled dog tradition is threatened by climate change

Climate change has impacted virtually every part of life in Greenland. The tradition of dog sledding illustrates just one aspect of what's at risk for the island as the earth warms.

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4 h. ago Francis’ Illness Raises a Hard Question: Who Governs if the Pope Can’t?

The Vatican says Pope Francis has continued making decisions and is improving, but his two-week hospital stay poses uncomfortable, unanswered questions about Vatican decision-making.

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5 h. ago 'Master dealmaker': Inside Trump's budget bill victory amid House GOP rebellion

Fox News Digital got a detailed account of how President Donald Trump helped House Republicans get their reconciliation bill over the line this week.

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6 h. ago Trump Team Tightens Control Over Government Lawyers Who Might Say ‘No’

At the Justice Department and the Pentagon, the administration is curtailing the ability of lawyers to raise internal objections to the president’s use of power.

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6 h. ago Twitch is letting more streamers access its monetization tools

Twitch CEO Dan Clancy published an open letter on Thursday outlining the platform’s plans for 2025, which include upcoming features, updates to the mobile experience, as well as a significant change to its monetization policy.   Of note, Clancy revealed that Twitch is opening up subscriptions and “Bits,” the virtual items that viewers buy to cheer […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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7 h. ago Blue city mayor embraces government efficiency in new memo to city employees

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie directed city employees in a memo on Tuesday to return to the office at least four days a week to improve government efficiency.

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7 h. ago Musk says work to stop Ebola was accidentally cut but restored. Experts raise doubts

Elon Musk said USAID's "Ebola prevention" was "accidentally canceled" but "immediately" restored. Health specialists following the current outbreak in Uganda raise doubts about the restoration.

Technology

7 h. ago How gas prices have changed in San Francisco in the last week

How gas prices have changed in San Francisco in the last week  KION

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7 h. ago Accounting hasn’t fully embraced AI yet. Quanta just raised $4.7M to change that

Quanta, founded by a former Affirm engineer, sells an AI-powered accounting platform to software companies. It has raised a seed round led by Accel. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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7 h. ago How a former Trump staffer predicts the president's 2nd term will go

Author and retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman discusses his new book, "The Folly of Realism: How the West Deceived Itself About Russia and Betrayed Ukraine."

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7 h. ago Natasha Rothwell on checking into 'The White Lotus' Thailand: 'It felt like home'

In the new season of The White Lotus, Rothwell reprises her role of spa manager Belinda, a woman "on the precipice of change" as she straddles the line between guest and staffer.

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8 h. ago The brewing fight over proposed changes to Maryland’s education plan

The brewing fight over proposed changes to Maryland’s education plan  The Washington Post

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9 h. ago Apple introduces new child safety initiatives, including an age

Apple on Thursday announced a range of new initiatives designed to help parents and developers create a safer experience for kids and teens using Apple devices. In addition to easier setup of child accounts, parents will now be able to share information about their kids’ ages, which can then be accessed by app developers to […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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