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Thursday, August 1: Labors of Love
NEEDHAM, Mass. — Tonight, Ted Reinstein brings us the moving story of this local man determined to get to know his grandfather, long after his passing. Also tonight, Ted meets a local couple on a mission to restore a long-neglected Jewish cemetery in Poland; a mother-and-son on a mission to help revive a community in the Berkshires with the reopening of its general store; and a Rhode Islander on a mission to give sanctuary to exotic birds.
Dodgers trade pitcher James Paxton to the Red Sox for 17-year-old minor leaguer Moises Bolivar
BOSTON (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers traded pitcher James Paxton to the Boston Red Sox for minor league infielder Moises Bolivar on Friday. Bolivar, a 17-year-old from Venezuela, hit .270 with three home runs and 19 RBIs with the Dominican Summer League Red Sox. He agreed to a minor league contract with Boston in January for a $25,000 signing bonus.
Fanatics Denies Reports of Revenue Decline, Rubin Sell-Off
On Monday, a panel of judges in Boston made it clear they are likely to side with DraftKings in an ongoing legal battle between the gambling company and Fanatics. It would turn out to be just the beginning of a brutal week for Fanatics and its billionaire founder and CEO Michael Rubin.
Want to be a big-time movie star? Here’s where to audition in Boston
You don’t have to live in sunny California to become a movie star. Plenty of casting calls are posted on Backstage, a website that links production companies with actors daily. And many of these casting calls are in Massachusetts or New England. The Bay State has served as a...
Edgerton Center hosts workshop for deaf high school students in STEM
The percentage of deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals who have bachelor’s degrees is 15.2 percent lower than their hearing counterparts, and for those who do have degrees, most are in business and education. Deaf adults with degrees in STEM fields are few and far between. MIT Edgerton Center instructor Amanda Gruhl Mayer ’99, PhD ’08 has set out to bridge this gap by piloting a new MIT workshop called STEAMED (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math Experience for Deaf and hard-of-hearing students).
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