Morning Updates: What other artwork is at the Boston Public Library? Take a guess
Good morning, Boston. Here are the stories you need to know for the day ahead.
What other pieces of art are at the BPL? Seriously, take a guess: “The Boston Public Library, where two valuable pieces of artwork disappeared, inadequately protects its special collections from theft, haphazardly stores some of its most valuable items, and does not keep a complete inventory of its prized objects, according to a city-commissioned audit obtained by The Boston Globe.
“‘Current estimates for holdings are [in most categories] guesses made many years ago that have been adjusted with newer guesses along the way,’ according to the audit.’’ (The Boston Globe)
The story of the “Soul Patrol,’’ Boston’s short-lived, all-black police unit: “[Former officer Preston] Williams says now that their success was all about relationships with their neighbors in Roxbury and Dorchester. ‘The community would talk to us faster,’ he said. ‘It’s like me, being assigned to Charlestown. Think they’d talk to me in Charlestown? They’d talk to a person named O’Malley before they’d talk to me. So we had an edge.’’’ (Boston.com)
FIFA officials arrested for widespread corruption: “Swiss authorities conducted an extraordinary early-morning operation here Wednesday to arrest several top soccer officials and extradite them to the United States on federal corruption charges. As leaders of FIFA, soccer’s global governing body, gathered for their annual meeting, more than a dozen plain-clothed Swiss law enforcement officials arrived unannounced at the Baur au Lac hotel, an elegant five-star property with views of the Alps and Lake Zurich. They went to the front desk to get room numbers and then proceeded upstairs.’’ (The New York Times)
Insouciant juveniles ascertain etymological expertise: “Christy Jestin knows that there hasn’t been a Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee winner from Massachusetts since 1939 — and he plans to change that. The 13-year-old from West Roxbury is one of three Massachusetts spellers competing in this year’s bee. … ‘I’m not intimidated by them, though,’ Jestin said of the other spellers. ‘I don’t have a reason to be.’’’ (Boston.com)
Three quick ways to fix the Red Sox: “I have to admit, it’s aggravating that so many around here all already in full-blown glass-half-empty, let’s-blow-it-up mode already mode. … With these 2015 Red Sox, the worst-case scenario has already happened. There are plenty of games left to play, 117 of them to be precise, and with the proper repairs and good play from good players, it will get better soon.’’ (Boston.com)
Nebraska to vote on ending the death penalty: “Gov. Pete Ricketts of Nebraska vetoed a bill on Tuesday that would abolish the death penalty in the state. … Lawmakers quickly scheduled a vote to try to override the governor’s veto for Wednesday afternoon. If the lawmakers are successful, Nebraska will become the first largely conservative state in more than 40 years to strike down the death penalty. Republican legislators who have voted in favor of abolition said they believed the death penalty was inefficient, expensive and out of place with their party’s values. Other lawmakers cited religious or moral reasons for their support of the death penalty ban.’’ (The New York Times)
The Goodbye: Notable deaths of 2015
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