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• Boston's Yoga For People Of Color Raises Questions About ...

  

  Twenty-four-year-old Chanelle John, center, last spring founded what she says is Boston's first yoga class for people of color. Here, she leads exercises at Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción in the South End. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) BOSTON Tyrome Thomas is male, black and gay — and he says some yoga settings make him acutely aware of all three. “You walk in as a person of color and everyone will turn and look at you,” Thomas said after a recent night class in Boston’s South End. “I’ve had the experi..

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• Parents sue nanny for wrongful death

  

  The parents of a 1-year-old Cambridge girl who died in 2013 after a sudden catastrophic brain bleed filed a wrongful death Thursday against the child’s nanny, five months after prosecutors dropped murder charges against her.In the lawsuit filed in Middlesex County Superior Court, the couple maintain that Aisling Brady McCarthy, who has since returned to her native Ireland, is responsible for the death of their first-born child, Rehma Sabir, due to her “negligent, malicious, willful, wonton, rec..

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• Arctic weather to hit Greater Boston this weekend

  

  Bundle up, Boston! This weekend is expected to bring temperatures so low they might break all-time records, the National Weather Service said.The low Saturday night is expected to be around 0 degrees in the Boston area. The record is minus-3. With wind chill, Saturday night should feel like minus-20 to minus-25, weather service meteorologist Bill Simpson said. Advertisement “Very cold temperatures will attempt to melt the warm hearts of Valentine’s Day,” forecasters wrote in a weather discus..

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• Scientists detect gravitational waves, as Einstein predicted

  

  WASHINGTON — In an announcement that electrified the world of astronomy, scientists said Thursday that they have finally detected gravitational waves, the ripples in the fabric of space-time that Einstein predicted a century ago.Some scientists likened the breakthrough to the moment Galileo took up a telescope to look at the planets. Advertisement The instrument that detected the waves was conceived, built, and operated by the California Institute of Technology and the Massachusetts Institut..

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• Boston Red Sox 2016: Spring training one week away; important ...

  

  You ready for the 2016 Boston Red Sox season? You ready for the Hanley Ramirez first-base experiment?   If not, get ready. Spring training begins in exactly one week. Pitchers and catchers are scheduled to report to spring training camp next Thursday (Feb. 18) and their first workout is Feb. 19. After two last-place finishes, new president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski added ace David Price, All-Star closer Craig Kimbrel, setup man Carson Smith, fourth outfielder Chris Young and depth..

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• GE's move to Boston offers millions of opportunities for local charities

  

  When General Electric begins its move north to Boston this year, the Fortune 50 company will bring with it a charitable foundation that gave out more than $100 ...

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• Celtics steal spotlight in marquee win over Clippers

  

  Amir Johnson, from the bench with a heating pad strapped to his sore back, had one of the best views in the house last night.On one side, Chris Paul was hitting step-back 3-pointers from an improbable range, working his way up to a 35-point, 13-assist performance. Down the other end, Isaiah Thomas spent a lot of his time driving on DeAndre Jordan, the behemoth shot blocker, packing only the toughest shots into his own 36-point, 11-assist night.The Celtics of the last three seasons have rarely wo..

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• Three suspects in Savin Hill armed robbery wore GPS monitoring ...

  

  The three men accused of robbing a Savin Hill convenience store at gunpoint and triggering a tense standoff with Boston police Wednesday night all were wearing GPS ankle bracelets installed by officials following earlier court appearances on a variety of charges, prosecutors said Thursday.Jose Morales, 21, of Boston, Andronique Dossantos, 18, of Dorchester and Kallahn Winbush, 18, of Cambridge were kept out of view during their arraignment on armed robbery charges in Dorchester Municipal Court..

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• Calls grow for Boston Latin headmaster's firing

  

  Calls are growing to fire the headmaster of Boston Latin amid her handling of a racially-charged incident.Black community leaders claim Dr. Lynn Mooney Teta failed to take appropriate action after becoming aware of racist comments some students posted on social media.Watch reportTeta is now a central part of an investigation into the handling of the incident that happened more than one year ago.In recent weeks, Boston Latin students have shown signs of solidarity, posting race-positive videos o..

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• Former Boston Mayor Ray Flynn involved in crash

  

  Former Boston Mayor Ray Flynn was involved in a car crash in South Boston on Thursday.Few details were released by officials, but they said the crash was reported near Flynn's home in South Boston.Video from the sceneOfficials responded to the scene, and although Flynn was not injured, he was taken to a hospital as a precaution.No other information was released.Stay with WCVB and WCVB.com for the latest on this breaking news story.

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