Here's who bought the Millennium Tower's penthouse
The buyer of the most expensive condominium in Boston is a South Shore boy turned billionaire who renounced his US citizenship nearly two decades ago for tax purposes, meaning he can’t live full time in his $30-million-plus penthouse.The 13,000-square-foot unit atop the 60-story Millennium Tower in Downtown Crossing is under contract to John Grayken, an investment fund manager whom Forbes magazine recently dubbed one of “the robber barons of the new millennium” for his long track record of prof..>> view originalDeath of woman found in Boston garage considered homicide
While Vanessa Fyler’s 11-year-old son was at an outdoor festival for the Hugh Roe O’Donnell Elementary school in East Boston, homicide investigators were around the corner in a garage where the body of a young woman was found early Wednesday morning.“I’m taking him home,” the 28-year-old mother said as she stood behind the police tape at the scene. “Every day it seems like there is something new here.” Advertisement Boston police said the body of a woman in her early 20s was found at about 8..>> view originalChris Murphy leads Senate Democrats in filibuster that's still going
WASHINGTON — A Democratic senator waged a nearly 15-hour filibuster from Wednesday into early Thursday morning, an attempt to force a vote on gun control legislation three days after 49 people were killed at a Florida nightclub in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history.Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy said he would remain on the Senate floor ‘‘until we get some signal, some sign that we can come together,’’ and evoked the Newtown school shooting in his state in 2012. His plea came as pr..>> view originalOrlando gunman raged against 'filthy ways of the West'
ORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando gunman Omar Mateen apparently made a series of Facebook posts before and during his attack on a gay nightclub, raging against the ‘‘filthy ways of the west’’ and blaming the U.S. for the deaths of ‘‘innocent women and children,’’ according to a Senate committee letter released Wednesday.The killer whose rampage left 49 people dead also searched for ‘‘Pulse Orlando’’ and ‘‘Shooting’’ online on the morning of the carnage Sunday and said on Facebook, ‘‘America and Russia st..>> view originalRed Sox Wrap: Steven Wright, Hanley Ramirez Power Boston Past ...
BOSTON — Steven Wright hasn’t needed much run support this season, but his teammates were happy to oblige him Wednesday night. The Red Sox jumped out to a six-run lead over the Baltimore Orioles at Fenway Park thanks to a three-run homer by Hanley Ramirez, and Wright delivered another strong start to help Boston earn a 6-4 win and even up the teams’ three-game series. The win also helped the Red Sox regain a share of first place in the American League East with Baltimore at 37-27. Here’s how it..>> view originalThis Boston 'Championship Tree' Is The Best Thing You'll See All Day
Boston’s sports teams have won so many championships in recent years that we wouldn’t blame some people for taking their success for granted. But we’ll go out on a limb and say Jesse Green isn’t one of those people. “The Machine Jesse Green” is a professional chainsaw sculptor, meaning he takes ordinary trees and transforms them into awesome pieces of art using only a chainsaw. His latest masterpiece: An awesome homage to Boston’s “Big Four” sports teams that you’ll have to see to believe. Amaz..>> view originalBattenfeld: Boston Grand Prix secret's out
The Boston Grand Prix has been forced to cough up one of its most tightly-held secrets — the investors behind the race debacle — and new court documents show they include a major Dunkin’ Donuts franchisee and a Boston area bar chain.The disclosure, ordered by an Indiana judge overseeing a lawsuit filed by the IndyCar racing series, sheds new light on who was funding the Boston race, whose promoters owe millions of dollars to angry ticket buyers and vendors who have demanded refunds.The new devel..>> view originalBoston Tech Watch: DraftKings, Demandware, Startup Shutdown ...
This week in Boston tech, we’re tracking DraftKings merger rumors, the aftermath of the Salesforce-Demandware deal, a startup closure, new venture funding, money for cybersecurity education, and an expanding accelerator located outside the Boston area. Read on for details. —Rumors swirled this week that the two biggest online daily fantasy sports companies—Boston-based DraftKings and New York-based FanDuel—are negotiating a merger. Bloomberg reported the alleged talks, citing unnamed sources. A..>> view originalSome surprised by Donald Trump's support of 'no-fly, no-buy'
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s tweet backing a ban on gun sales to people on terror watch and no-fly lists was met by a mix of surprise, support and rebuke from lawmakers on Capitol Hill and outright rejection by gun rights advocates.The presumptive Republican presidential nominee tweeted yesterday: “I will be meeting with the NRA, who has endorsed me, about not allowing people on the terrorist watch list, or the no-fly list, to buy guns.”The missive came hours before Senate Democrats launched a fi..>> view originalBody of boy taken by alligator recovered in Fla.
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The body of a 2-year-old Nebraska boy who was snatched off a Walt Disney World beach by an alligator and dragged underwater was recovered Wednesday, ending a ghastly search at one of the world’s most popular tourist destinations.Divers found the body of Lane Graves about 16 hours after authorities first got the call that a reptile had taken the boy from the water’s edge at Seven Seas Lagoon despite his father’s frantic attempt to save the child. Advertisement Sheriff..>> view original
Thursday, June 16, 2016
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