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Also: Boston's growing hotel strike; Maine shooting victims sue Army [❤️ Donate]( [View in Browser](   October 15, 2024  ☀️ Mostly sunny, with a high near 54 Good Morning Boston, Before you act a fool and [flock to East Bridgewater for these apples]( let's bite into the news: - Debate week: Sen. Elizabeth Warren will debate her Republican challenger John Deaton for the first - and second - time this week. As WBUR's Anthony Brooks reports, the two televised events are Deaton's best opportunity to introduce [his "up-from-his-bootstraps" biography]( to voters, with just three weeks left until Election Day. A recent [WBUR poll]( found nearly half of Massachusetts voters had never heard of Deaton, a trial lawyer and Marine veteran. Meanwhile, Warren is seeking her third term representing the blue state. - Round 1: The first Deaton-Warren debate - [hosted by WBZ in Boston]( - starts at 8:30 p.m. tonight. It will air on WSBK-TV 38 and [stream online on CBS New Boston's website](. - Round 2: The second debate is Thursday night in Springfield, [hosted by New England Public Media and GBH News](. The 7 p.m. event will be live-streamed on YouTube [here]( and [here](. - What to expect: Deaton has tried to cast himself as a moderate, willing to buck Donald Trump, who he says he won't vote for. Still, Warren [argues]( a Deaton victory could hand Republicans control of a closely divided Senate. [Read Anthony's full piece here]( for more on where the two candidates stand on the issues. - Wicked smart: Two MIT professors, Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, are [among the winners of this year's Nobel Prize in Economics]( alongside James Robinson, from the University of Chicago. The trio was recognized for their research explaining why societies with poor rule of law do not grow as fast economically as governments that democratize. "And they grow the more right way, meaning they grow in a way that's more equal, invest more in education and health," Acemoglu told WBUR's Cici Yongshi Yu. "Both political and economic inclusion matter, and they are synergistic."  - In other MIT news: The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard confirmed 87 employees were laid off last Thursday, with a majority of the affected positions in software engineering and I.T. The news follows this summer's announcement that Microsoft would not renew its partnership with the institute after this calendar year. (The partnership started in 2011 and had brought in nearly $15 million per year.) - Heads up: Daytime road work begins today on the stretch of Memorial Drive in Cambridge where [a cyclist was killed last month](. According to state officials, drivers should expect lane closures and detours from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. from Magazine Street to Audrey Street, continuing until Nov. 26, the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. Expect backups during rush hour (and maybe seek alternate routes). - What's changing: The project includes a widened, raised path for pedestrians and cyclists and a reduced 25 speed limit for cars, [according to the Department of Conservation and Recreation](. Bike advocates say the upgrades are overdue. "It's heartbreaking that these changes are now occurring after someone is killed," Cambridge Bike Safety volunteer Clyve Lawrence told WBUR's Paul Connearney. "DCR should be more proactive in listening to advocates and making the entire riverfront safe and accessible." - Boston's hotel strike is growing: More than 600 unionized workers at the Omni Parker House and the Omni Boston Seaport are now off the job. They join [about 600 local Hilton hotel workers on the picket line]( according to the union UNITE HERE Local 26. - The union plans to stay on strike until the hotel companies agree to satisfactory wage increases. "Almost everyone at the hotel either is working overtime or has a second job," Isaac Smith-Kawa, a line cook at the Omni Seaport, told WBUR's John Bender. "People are not able to make rent." P.S.- Warren and Deaton aren't the only ones debating this week. WBUR is hosting four ballot question debates this week, a collab between our Morning Edition and Radio Boston teams and WCVB. The debates will air live at 9 a.m. each morning on 90.9 and will be streamed on wbur.org and WCVB.org. [Brush up with our ballot question explainers]( before our first debate today featuring [Question 1](. Nik DeCosta-Klipa Editor, Newsletters The Rundown [Victims of Maine's deadliest shooting start process of suing the Army]( Lawyers representing 100 survivors and family members of victims of the mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine have begun the formal process of suing the Army for failing to stop the tragedy. The claims cite numerous failures to act to stop the shooting on Oct. 25, 2023, which took 18 lives. [Read more.]( [Victims of Maine's deadliest shooting start process of suing the Army]( Lawyers representing 100 survivors and family members of victims of the mass shootings in Lewiston, Maine have begun the formal process of suing the Army for failing to stop the tragedy. The claims cite numerous failures to act to stop the shooting on Oct. 25, 2023, which took 18 lives. [Read more.]( [Mass. town fines resident who projected Trump sign onto municipal water tower]( Hanson officials has sent a cease-and-desist letter to a property owner who projected a Trump sign onto the side of a town water tower. [Read more.]( [Mass. town fines resident who projected Trump sign onto municipal water tower]( Hanson officials has sent a cease-and-desist letter to a property owner who projected a Trump sign onto the side of a town water tower. [Read more.]( [Members of the Kennedy family gather for funeral of Ethel Kennedy]( Members of the Kennedy family gathered Monday for the funeral of Ethel Kennedy, the wife of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. She died on Thursday at age 96. [Read more.]( [Members of the Kennedy family gather for funeral of Ethel Kennedy]( Members of the Kennedy family gathered Monday for the funeral of Ethel Kennedy, the wife of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. She died on Thursday at age 96. [Read more.]( [Migrant deaths in New Mexico have increased tenfold]( Experts say smugglers are treating migrants more harshly and bringing them on paths that could be more dangerous in extreme summer temperatures. [Read more.]( [Migrant deaths in New Mexico have increased tenfold]( Experts say smugglers are treating migrants more harshly and bringing them on paths that could be more dangerous in extreme summer temperatures. 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A [spacecraft that launched yesterday]( will study the moon Europa as part of a journey lasting more than six years. - On the eighth floor of Massachusetts General Hospital's Cancer Center, there's a rooftop garden that overlooks the Charles River. "There are birds and trees and grass and Japanese maple. Benches, breeze. It's lovely," Jade Moran [writes in this essay](. "But like a lot of things right now, it contains within it, its own intense opposite." What We're Reading 📚 - Their wells were poisoned by PFAS. Now, these Nantucket families want justice. ([The Boston Globe]( - Trump sways and bops to music for 39 minutes in bizarre town hall episode ([Washington Post]( - Point Nemo, the Most Remote Place on Earth ([The Atlantic](   Tell Me Something Good [Mud, beer and cash: Annual wife-carrying championship attracts competitive couples to Maine]( More than 30 couples participated Saturday in the raucous North American Wife Carrying Championship in Maine. [Read more.]( [Mud, beer and cash: Annual wife-carrying championship attracts competitive couples to Maine]( More than 30 couples participated Saturday in the raucous North American Wife Carrying Championship in Maine. [Read more.]( Play: [WBUR's daily mini crossword.]( Can you keep your streak going? Before you go: Just [reminiscing](. Meagan McGinnes helped to produce today's newsletter. 😎 Forward to a friend. They can sign up [here](. 🔎 Explore [WBUR's Field Guide]( stories, events and more. 📣 Give us your feedback: newsletters@wbur.org 📧 Get more WBUR stories sent to your inbox. [Check out all of our newsletter offerings.](   [Donate](   # # Want to change how you receive these emails? Stop getting this newsletter by [updating your preferences](.   I don't want to hear from WBUR anymore. Unsubscribe from all WBUR editorial newsletters [here](.   Interested in learning more about corporate sponsorship? [Click here](. 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