In 216 B.C., during the Second Punic War, Carthaginian forces led by Hannibal defeated the Roman army in the Battle of Cannae. In 1873, inventor Andrew S. Hallidie (HAH’-lih-day) successfully tested a cable car he had designed for the city of San Francisco. In 1876, frontiersman “Wild Bill” Hickok was shot and killed while playing […]
August 2016
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LETTERS
Learn More About the UN at the Peace Fair Thank you to Gary Anderson for his column on July 28 praising the “invention” of the United Nations and reminding us of the lofty principles for which it was created. His piece also makes clear that many Americans do not see or understand the broad reach […]
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Dear Abby
DEAR ABBY: I’m an attractive 30-year-old woman just out of a five-year relationship. I am starting to date again, but I have a complication — I cannot have children. I am wondering when the right time to bring this up with the men I meet would be. After a few dates seems too soon; however, […]
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Massachusetts, New Hampshire health insurer files federal lawsuit
CONCORD, N.H. A nonprofit health insurer with 25,000 customers in Massachusetts and New Hampshire has filed a federal lawsuit claiming it is being illegally punished for offering lower-cost products. Under the Affordable Care Act’s risk adjustment program, insurers with healthier customers make payments to insurers with sicker customers. Boston-based Minuteman Health, a nonprofit insurance co-op, […]
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New rules as camp reopens after boy’s drowning
BOSTON (AP) — One week after a 7-year-old boy drowned, a city-run day camp is reopening in Boston. New rules are in place today for the summer program at the Curley Community Center, including an hourly head count of all campers and a requirement that children wear life jackets when they are swimming in the […]
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Police add $89,000 ice cream truck to patrol fleet
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Police Department has unveiled an $89,000 ice cream truck as the newest addition to its patrol fleet. The truck, adorned with balloons and Boston police decals, was introduced Monday at police headquarters in the city’s Roxbury neighborhood. It will be used as part of “Operation Hoodsie Cup,” a community policing […]