ARLINGTON, Va. — Something remarkable happened last week, but we are a peripatetic nation, trying to keep up with incessant tweets, natural disasters, and unnatural disasters, like mass shootings, that rob us of sleep and perspective. So while few noticed, three guys who grew up around Boston played musical chairs at the highest level of the American military. General Joe Dunford, who grew up in Quincy before he joined the Marines, stepped down as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, replaced by General Mark Milley, who grew up in Winchester, who in turn was replaced as chief of staff of the Army by General Jim McConville, who grew up near Dunford in Quincy. So, if you’re keeping score at home, that’s South Shore 2, North Shore 1. Milley, like most Army guys when it comes to the Navy game, challenged the scoring method and tried to claim as North Shore guys a host of senior military leaders who grew up in places like West Roxbury. While showing … [Read more...] about The US military is run by guys from Boston
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Auto show guests fight cold, look forward to June move
James David Dickson The Detroit News Published 11:42 PM EST Jan 20, 2019 Detroit — Sunday's weather, which struggled to reach double-digit temperatures by noon in downtown Detroit, is the kind of issue the North American International Auto Show is trying to avoid by moving the show to June in 2020. Visitors on the second public day of the show might have decided to fight through arctic temperatures to look at cars, some of which will never be sold commercially. But they weren't sad about the prospects of trading in winter coats for T-shirts, or trading in sub-zero wind chills for a cool breeze off the Detroit River. The first day of the auto show, which opened to the public Saturday and runs through Jan. 27, drew 83,916 people, according to organizers. Sunday's total of 101,310 brought attendance for the first weekend to 185,226, show organizers said. That’s down from last year’s 218,516 visitors during the opening … [Read more...] about Auto show guests fight cold, look forward to June move
Manny Pacquiao awaits Adrien Broner bout in crossroads fight at age 40
By TIM DAHLBERG, AP Boxing Writer Published 2:53 pm CST, Friday, January 18, 2019 Manny Pacquiao, left, and Adrien Broner pose for photographers during a news conference Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, in Las Vegas. The two are scheduled to fight in a welterweight championship bout on Saturday. Manny Pacquiao, left, and Adrien Broner pose for photographers during a news conference Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, in Las Vegas. The two are scheduled to fight in a welterweight championship bout on Saturday. Photo: John Locher, AP Photo: John Locher, AP Image 1 of / 10 Caption Close Image 1 of 10 Manny Pacquiao, left, and Adrien Broner pose for photographers during a news conference Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, in Las Vegas. The two are scheduled to fight in a welterweight championship bout on … [Read more...] about Manny Pacquiao awaits Adrien Broner bout in crossroads fight at age 40
Twin Cities mother fights for lower insulin prices after death of diabetic son believed to have been rationing
At first, it seemed like the stomach flu. Weeks before his 24th birthday in May 2015, Alec Raeshawn Smith was overcome by troubling symptoms. His body ached, his stomach hurt and he wasn’t sleeping well. Laine Lu, a co-worker at his restaurant job, urged him to see a doctor. “This is not normal,” she recalls telling him. “Go get checked out.” His mother, Nicole Smith-Holt, worried too. He called her when he decided to go to a health clinic near Minneapolis. He said, “Seriously, Mom, I think something is really wrong with me.” The diagnosis was surprising: Type 1 diabetes. Alec’s blood sugar levels were nearly twice the healthy limit. His family didn’t have a history of diabetes, and lanky, 6-foot-3 Alec looked like the picture of health. At 23, he seemed too old for Type 1 diabetes, once known as juvenile diabetes because it often strikes children. But as Alec discovered, Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune response that can appear at … [Read more...] about Twin Cities mother fights for lower insulin prices after death of diabetic son believed to have been rationing
Tony Harrison set for WBC super welterweight title fight
Anthony Fenech Detroit Free Press Published 4:21 PM EST Dec 21, 2018 When Tony Harrison enters the ring as an underdog for the interim WBC super welterweight title on Saturday night, home will not be far from his mind. “You’re not from Detroit if you can’t accept that role,” he said this week after a training session. “Everybody in Detroit is built tough and everybody is resilient and that’s the part of the game I’m at right now, just being resilient, being Detroit tough.” Harrison, 28, will fight Jermell Charlo at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. It will be his second title fight: last February, he lost to Jarrett Hurd for the IBF light middleweight title. For his career, Harrison is 27-2. “I’ve just focused on becoming more of a complete fighter,” Harrison said. “Not a guy just trying to knock everybody out. Just becoming a complete fighter from top-to-bottom, from 1-to-12, and I’m looking … [Read more...] about Tony Harrison set for WBC super welterweight title fight