Boston welcomes Italian Tall Ship into harbor
The Tall Ship Amerigo Vespucci will be open for free public tours during her stay from Tuesday to Saturday.It was last seen at Sail Boston in 2000 and first appeared at the event in 1992. Advertisement An 86-year-old official training ship of the Italian Navy, she is a full-rigged, 330-foot ship with a crew of 400 people. First launched in 1931, the ship has been used to train junior officers. Its motto, inspired by the Italian Renaissance scientist and artist Leonardo da Vinci, is: “Not who..>> view originalMission Hill hardware store owner shot, killed
The well-known owner of a hardware store in Mission Hill was fatally shot at his shop Tuesday, and three men were arrested after a police chase through the neighborhood, Boston Police Commissioner William B. Evans said. The victim, Andres Cruz, was 58 years old, a law enforcement official briefed on the case said. Neighbors described him as a “Norman Rockwell” figure in the neighborhood, who was often seen sweeping the sidewalk outside his store, AC Hardware, at 1562 Tremont St. Advertisement ..>> view originalGlobe chief executive Doug Franklin steps down
Lane Turner/Globe Staff Doug Franklin. Boston Globe chief executive officer Doug Franklin stepped down Tuesday morning, less than seven months into the job, citing strategic differences with publisher John W. Henry, the owner of New England’s largest news organization.“While John Henry and I share similar passion and vision for the Globe, we have our differences [in] how to strategically achieve our financial sustainability,” Franklin wrote in a short note to staff. “With disappointment, ..>> view originalBoston Red Sox pitchers, players taxed with 67 innings in six games ...
BOSTON - The Red Sox have played a lot of baseball since returning from the All-Star break. To be exact, Boston has played 67 innings in six games of the last five days. That averages out to six straight 11-inning games. But who's counting? The Red Sox came out of the break with a regulation nine-inning game, though won in walkoff fashion with a peculiar walk-off win against the Yankees. Saturday marked the 16-inning, six-hour marathon affair against New York. And Sunday, Boston split two, ni..>> view originalDo you lose your GPS signal in Boston's tunnels? Maybe not for ...
You’ve probably been here before: You’re using your phone’s GPS to drive around Boston’s confusing network of roads and highways, and you enter a tunnel. Then, you encounter a fork. Right or left? You glance at your GPS, but it has no idea where you are. You make a wrong turn and end up miles out of your way. Advertisement Now, MassDOT and the navigation app Waze are teaming up to allow your GPS to follow you into those Boston tunnels with the installation of hundreds of navigational beacon..>> view originalThat buzz in Boston? Low-flying helicopters
Watch: Helicopters over Boston VIDEOThe sky over Boston was abuzz Tuesday night as low-flying helicopters circled over downtown.Curious observers took to social media. Advertisement “Lots of low flying chopper activity around Boston Harbor but I don’t see a warning issued. Is this another drill @bostonpolice?” one person wrote on Twitter.“Why are helicopters buzzing the city?” asked another Twitter user. “Been about a dozen passes” near the Rose Kennedy Greenway. Get Fast Forward ..>> view originalThree shot, one dead in Boston as wave of violence continues
For more on Tuesday’s fatal shooting in Mission Hill, click here. A man was shot on Tremont Street in Mission Hill Tuesday afternoon, part of a wave of violence in Boston that also saw a woman shot and seriously injured Monday night in Roxbury and one man killed and another man wounded about six hours earlier in Dorchester, officials said.Mayor Martin J. Walsh and mayoral candidate Tito Jackson were at the scene of the shooting Tuesday evening, along with police investigators. The man’s injuri..>> view originalWednesday's business agenda
EARNINGS REPORT Stocks to watch today PTC Inc., the software and technology company, is expected to release an earnings report for the fiscal quarter that ended in June. INTRO SESSION Coding class Join General Assembly in a free intro to coding class. Attendees will learn how to write their own lines of code, understand the building blocks of HTML and CSS, and create their own custom Web pages. Wednesday, 6:30 to 8 p.m., General Assembly, 125 Summer St., Boston. Free. PROFESSIONAL DEVEL..>> view originalMinneapolis police officer: Partner fired fatal shot moments after loud ...
MINNEAPOLIS — The partner of a Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed an Australian woman who had called 911 told investigators he was startled by a loud sound near their squad car seconds before his partner fired his weapon.Officer Matthew Harrity's account, as given by state investigators, is the first to emerge of the moments leading up to the death of Justine Damond, a 40-year-old meditation teacher and life coach who was due to be married in August. It's also the only one, since O..>> view originalChipotle closes Virginia store after reports of illness
NEW YORK — Chipotle’s efforts to move past its food scares have been complicated by fresh reports of illnesses, which prompted it to temporarily close a restaurant this week.The company said Tuesday that it closed the restaurant in Sterling, Virginia after it became aware of a ‘‘small number’’ of reported illnesses consistent with norovirus. The news sent its shares down more than 4 percent as skittish investors worried about the chain’s past food scares. Advertisement Chipotle noted that no..>> view original
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
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