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Boston GlobeSaturday, 25 April 2026
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Unsettling news about that snooze
Study links certain daytime naps in older adults to higher health risks
The paper reports on a potentially explosive federal investigation but immediately tempers the narrative in the subheadline, giving prominent voice to skeptics and actively warning readers against embracing conspiracy theories.
The FBI has launched an investigation into the disappearances or deaths of at least ten scientists, including some from Massachusetts, who had access to sensitive US national security information. While some lawmakers view this as a grave threat, other federal agencies are pushing back against the idea of a coordinated, sinister plot.
“adding to 'social brittleness'”
“Measured and locally grounded”
FBI seeks ties among missing scientists
But others say connections unlikely and warn against adding to ‘social brittleness’
Response to nude performance is revealing
A cultural review of the public and social media backlash to a controversial art exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts.
Vt. courts give new chance to repeat offenders
Similar program eyed for Mass. and Cass area
An examination of alternative justice models in neighboring Vermont, explicitly framed as a potential solution for Boston's own localized addiction and homelessness crises.
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