Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Video appears to show missing man enter water, police say and other top stories.

  • Video appears to show missing man enter water, police say

    Boston Police said Tuesday that video footage appears to show Zachary Marr, a 22-year-old who went missing Feb. 13, entering the water near the Charles River Dam. “The video shows a male heading toward the water and disappearing,” said Boston Police Commissioner William Evans. “We believe that is him. It’s a sad case.” Advertisement Police divers were searching the area Tuesday behind the old Spaulding Hospital, Evans said. Investigators recently obtained the video. Marr was last seen outsid..
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  • 4-year-old child found wandering Boston street

    4-year-old child found wandering Boston street
    He was wearing his pajamas, but he had his sneakers on. He knew his name, both first and last.And the four-year-old boy definitely knew his destination as he walked on Blue Hill Avenue in Dorchester around 3 a.m. Tuesday. Advertisement “He said he was heading to the store to get chocolate,’’ a Boston police officer wrote of officers’ early morning encounter with the boy.Officer Stephen McNulty, a department spokesman, said officers summoned Boston Emergency Medical Services to the scene in ..
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  • Dana-Farber recruits Cornell medical dean as CEO

    Dana-Farber recruits Cornell medical dean as CEO
    Dr. Laurie H. Glimcher. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston’s most prominent provider of cancer care, said Tuesday it named a noted immunologist and medical school dean as its new chief executive.Dr. Laurie H. Glimcher will start in January 2017, when longtime chief Dr. Edward J. Benz Jr. retires. Glimcher is the dean of Cornell University’s Weill Cornell Medical College in New York. Advertisement The institute’s new chief has roots in Boston. She graduated from Harvard Medical Scho..
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  • 2016 NHL Trade Deadline: Boston Bruins' Biggest Needs, Shopping ...

    2016 NHL Trade Deadline: Boston Bruins' Biggest Needs, Shopping ...
    The Boston Bruins are in a pretty good spot with the Feb. 29 NHL trade deadline approaching. They are tied with the Tampa Bay Lightning for second place in the Atlantic Division and sit just five points behind the first-place Florida Panthers. Boston is only one point above the Detroit Red Wings and two above the Pittsburgh Penguins, who occupy the wild-card spots, but the next team, the New Jersey Devils, are five points behind the B’s. The playoffs are within Boston’s reach, and there are som..
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  • Amid Concerns About Boston Latin Leadership, Supt. Chang Meets ...

    Amid Concerns About Boston Latin Leadership, Supt. Chang Meets ...
    The Boston Latin School. (Jesse Costa/WBUR) BOSTON Concerns about racial sensitivity at the historic Boston Latin School are now escalating into a public debate about whether the school’s headmaster should keep her job. Calls for the ouster of Headmaster Lynne Mooney Teta follow the release of a Boston School Department investigation report into controversies relating to racial issues at the prestigious exam school. The investigation’s findings said Mooney Teta did not follow proper procedur..
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  • Sanders thanks Boston restaurant for chips, salsa, and a side of ...

    Sanders thanks Boston restaurant for chips, salsa, and a side of ...
    Bessie King was getting ready to close up Villa Mexico Cafe Monday night when a customer walked over to the counter to show her something on his phone. As King stared at the screen, she realized it was an image of a bag of tortilla chips and salsa, accompanied by a note that she had written, which she gave to Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’ campaign staff earlier that day. Advertisement “We saw it, and we were, like, ‘Oh, my God!’ ” said King, who co-owns the Water Street ..
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  • Encounter between two teens ends with one dead, the other arrested

    Encounter between two teens ends with one dead, the other arrested
    Outside Amari Pope’s family home in Dorchester Sunday, homicide investigators worked to piece together details about the killing of Deon Hopkins, a 15-year-old who had been fatally stabbed through his heart. As evening fell, authorities said they had no leads on the identity of Hopkins’s attacker, and pleaded with the community for help. Later that night, the help came.Pope, 16, admitted to his family that he had killed Hopkins. They then notified police, according to authorities. Advertiseme..
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  • Young and old cheer Bernie Sanders at UMass Amherst

    Young and old cheer Bernie Sanders at UMass Amherst
    AMHERST -- There was no shortage of college students at the Bernie Sanders rally on Monday.Gathering in the cavernous hall where the University of Massachusetts basketball team plays its games, the students came in droves on the free bus line serving Smith, Mount Holyoke, and Hampshire and Amherst colleges, as well as from UMass. But Bernie Sanders supporters are a multigenerational bunch and the rally drew an impressive number of gray-haired baby boomers who cheered just as raucously as their ..
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  • A Google dock — for $4.75 million

    A Google dock — for $4.75 million
    On tony Nantucket these days, even the water costs a fortune.A rare deepwater dock in the island town’s quaint harbor sold last month for $4.75 million, to an entity with ties to Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google parent company Alphabet, and his wife Wendy, a prominent Nantucket philanthropist. Advertisement That may seem like a lot for a place to park a boat. But this is Nantucket, a beloved seaside town that has increasingly become a summer haven for the very rich.And it’s one of ..
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  • David Price admits he was nervous to meet David Ortiz

    David Price admits he was nervous to meet David Ortiz
    FORT MYERS — For two weeks, every time David Price turned a corner he had to wonder if his former enemy would be there waiting for him.Price, at 6-foot-6, 210 pounds, spoke as if he was terrified of meeting David Ortiz, at 6-foot-3, 230 pounds. Price knew that Ortiz owned every room he stood in at JetBlue Park. And no matter how nicely the two players spoke about each other once Price signed a seven-year contract with the Red Sox during the offseason, there was no denying the feud that led to w..
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