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EPA severely limits pollution from coal-burning power plants
The Biden administration on Thursday placed the final cornerstone of its plan to tackle climate change: a regulation that would force the nation’s coal-fired power plants to virtually eliminate the planet-warming pollution they release into the air or shut down.
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As planes fill and tastes change, Southwest Airlines mulls assigned seating
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Among Mass. independent voters, the economy is a high hurdle for Biden
Independents are less likely to share Democrats’ rosy take on the state’s economy, but they are nowhere near as gloomy as Republicans, according to a new Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll.
Economy cooled off in first quarter, growing at 1.6 percent rate
The U.S. economy continued to grow early this year, but at a sharply slower rate as strong consumer spending was offset by higher prices and pockets of weakness in other sectors.
WBUR layoffs: Read the letter to staff from CEO Margaret Low
Thirty-one employees at WBUR, roughly 14 percent of the station’s staff, are leaving the company through layoffs and buyouts.
Inside the crisis at NPR
Internal documents reviewed by The New York Times and interviews with more than two dozen current and former public radio executives show how profoundly the nonprofit is struggling to succeed in the fast-changing media industry.
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‘He understood it was a spectacle’: Before Trump faced a judge, there was the corruption trial of Buddy Cianci
For those who covered the former Providence mayor’s corruption trial, the memories have never faded.
This part of Massachusetts ranked as the third most competitive rental market in the country. It’s not the Boston area.
At less than 2 percent, the metro area had the second-lowest rental vacancy rate in the country, a study has found.
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Lunch with friends at a Chinatown restaurant? Not for a young blind woman who showed up with her service dog.
Joicee Gordillo said she regularly encounters restaurants that are hesitant to allow her and her service dog, Junie, in. But her experience at Jade Garden was the first time she was outright denied service.
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Boston Real Estate Board readies campaign against transfer fees
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State officials are bracing for Steward Health Care to possibly file for bankruptcy and change top management
A bankruptcy filing by Steward could allow the hospitals to continue running while Steward worked with creditors to turn them over to new operators.
Unilever ice cream sale won’t change us, says Ben & Jerry’s
There is a “firmly established framework” that will “remain intact” to protect the integrity of a brand known for promoting progressive causes, said the independent board of Ben & Jerry’s.
TikTok ban in US looms as Biden kicks off 270-day countdown
Legislation requiring the social media app’s Chinese owners to divest sailed through Congress, capped by Senate passage late Tuesday as part of a larger foreign-aid package.
Billionaire Ellison is moving Oracle to Nashville from Texas
The move comes after the company has been making major advances into the heath care system.
About 1 in 4 US adults over 50 say they expect to never retire, an AARP study finds
Everyday expenses and housing costs, including rent and mortgage payments, are the biggest reasons why people are unable to save for retirement.
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What’s going on with Tesla, and why can’t it make an affordable EV?
The electric automaker's stock has fallen as Elon Musk hems and haws about the cost of future models.