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Cambridge Investigates Fatal Police Shooting Near Central Square

Cambridge officials confirmed an active investigation into a fatal police-involved shooting that closed a Central Square street Friday night. City Hall said in a statement that the probe remains ongoing, and NBC Boston reported in "Cambridge police shooting in Central Square prompts inv…

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Cambridge Nuclear Startup Lands $31 Million For Compact Reactor

A Cambridge-based MIT spinout landed $31 million this week to develop a compact nuclear reactor, the city's most notable business news as summer winds down. The City of Cambridge will run overnight paving in Central Square beginning Sunday, August 23, at 8 p.m. through roughly 4 a.m. Mo…

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Moderna Shares Surge After Merck Melanoma Vaccine Success

Moderna's stock surged up to 160 percent after a melanoma vaccine trial succeeded, wiping out $5 billion in short bets, Bloomberg reports. The Cambridge biotech's rally, tied to a jointly developed vaccine with partner Merck aimed at preventing melanoma's return, was the day's biggest l…

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Harvard To Pay $53 Million To Settle Body Parts Theft Lawsuits

Harvard University agreed to pay $53 million to settle lawsuits over a former morgue manager's theft of donated body parts, the biggest of several fresh entanglements for the Cambridge school this week. Reuters reported the settlement Tuesday, while the South China Morning Post reports …

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Sanofi To Lay Off 229 Blueprint Medicines Staffers, Close Cambridge Offices

Sanofi is laying off 229 Blueprint Medicines staffers and closing the company's Cambridge offices following its acquisition, according to a FiercePharma report. Kate Haviland, formerly Blueprint's CEO, has since taken the board chair role at GC Therapeutics, a Cambridge-based cell thera…

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Cambridge Enters Final Phase Of Broadway Safety Project

Cambridge enters the final phase of its Broadway Safety Improvement Project this month, with visible street changes continuing through late August. Crews are working the corridor between Lee and Quincy streets after the phase began August 10, with no completion date yet announced. The c…

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Cambridge Sees 13 Property Sales as Trust Transfers Mark Nearly Half the Month

Cambridge recorded 13 property sales between July 17 and Aug. 15, with eight showing recorded prices ranging from $615,000 to $2,925,000 and a median of $1,162,500. The month's top sale was 20 Chalk St at $2,925,000, purchased by Chalk Street LLC from the Nora B. Leahy Trust. Seven of the 13

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Cambridge Advisory Committee Previews New Grant Round For Nonprofits

The City of Cambridge previewed a new competitive grant round for nonprofits through its Community Benefits Advisory Committee on Saturday. Full eligibility and funding details were not yet published, but the city described the move as advance notice ahead of a competitive application p…

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MIT Trust Center Launches Free AI Platform For Young Entrepreneurs

MIT's Martin Trust Center helped launch Dear Dreamer, a free AI-powered platform for young entrepreneurs, in Cambridge Friday. Audrey McLoghlin, founder and CEO of apparel brand Frank & Eileen and president of the Frank & Eileen Foundation, backed the effort, which the foundation helped…

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Federal Judge Dismisses Trump Administration's Antisemitism Suit Against Harvard

A federal judge in Boston on Thursday dismissed the Trump administration's lawsuit alleging Harvard failed to protect Jewish students from antisemitism. The judge ruled the incidents cited were "too isolated and episodic" to prove a persistent civil rights violation at the Cambridge cam…

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