The Short List
A 'Holding Pattern' For Many Amid Rising COVID-19 Case Rates
COVID-19 case rates have been on the rise over the last few weeks in Massachusetts and elsewhere.
OLYMPICS
The First Tokyo Olympics Medals For The U.S. Go To Swimmers
TOKYO — The first U.S. medals of the Olympics went to U.S. swimmers, with Team USA athletes winning medals in every final swimming event of the day. The very first U.S. medal — and the only gold — went to 27-year-old Chase Kalisz in the men's 400 meter individual medley race. Kalisz was nearly a full body length ahead of his closest competitor at the end of the race, with a time of 4:09.42. Kalisz pumped both fists and yelled, "Let's go!" as the small group of U.S. athletes and...
Regional News
Suspense Novel About Love, Racism And Climate Change In New Hampshire
Our summer fiction series continues now with a suspenseful eco-fiction story called "Waiting for the Night Song." It's the debut novel from author Julie Carrick Dalton, who spends part of the year in New Hampshire and part in eastern Massachusetts.
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MILITARY
Female Soldiers Are Getting New Body Armor Designed Just For Them
Updated July 22, 2021 at 8:03 AM ET Maj. Melissa Elledge deployed to combat zones twice in earlier versions of body armor designed for a male-centric Army, so she's deeply familiar with their failings for women. The bad fit created potentially lethal gaps at the arm openings and left the heavy ceramic plates resting on her legs, cutting off circulation as she sat in trucks or aircraft. And for the first 14 years of her career, those plates have taken vital time to shove aside before she could...
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Health Officials Concerned By COVID-19 Increases In Springfield And Worcester
The numbers remain low compared to earlier in the pandemic, but local public health officials are expressing concern about upticks in COVID-19 cases in two of New England's largest cities.
