Abby Patkin
@apatkin.bsky.social
Boston.com reporter | Vinyl collector and pizza connoisseur | ✉️ abby.patkin@boston.com
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In case you're wondering whether @jamestaylor-com.bsky.social has still got it, he does. Read more about last night's show at MGM Music Hall in #Boston ⬇️
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Review & setlist: James Taylor brings folksy jam sesh back to Boston
James Taylor brought his songbook to life with a voice that fell somewhere between nostalgic folk and playful blues.
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August 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
In case you're wondering whether @jamestaylor-com.bsky.social has still got it, he does. Read more about last night's show at MGM Music Hall in #Boston ⬇️
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“Buddy, you’re going to regret this,” Rhode Island prosecutor Devon Flanagan threatens an officer in bodycam video of the Aug. 14 incident. Flanagan's boss, R.I. AG Peter Neronha, called her alleged behavior “inexcusable.”
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‘You’re going to regret this,’ R.I. prosecutor threatens police during Newport arrest
Footage from Special Assistant A.G. Devon Flanagan’s Aug. 14 arrest shows the prosecutor demanding officers turn off their bodycams.
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August 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
“Buddy, you’re going to regret this,” Rhode Island prosecutor Devon Flanagan threatens an officer in bodycam video of the Aug. 14 incident. Flanagan's boss, R.I. AG Peter Neronha, called her alleged behavior “inexcusable.”
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How did a ceiling fan become a leading visual in the Karen Read murder trial?
This and much more Karen Read case coverage from @apatkin.bsky.social can be found at @boston.com www.boston.com/news/crime/2... #KarenReadTrial
This and much more Karen Read case coverage from @apatkin.bsky.social can be found at @boston.com www.boston.com/news/crime/2... #KarenReadTrial
How did a ceiling fan become a leading visual in the Karen Read murder trial?
The courtroom ceiling fan has been described by some Karen Read trialwatchers as “oddly mesmerizing” and “David Lynch-coded.”
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June 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
How did a ceiling fan become a leading visual in the Karen Read murder trial?
This and much more Karen Read case coverage from @apatkin.bsky.social can be found at @boston.com www.boston.com/news/crime/2... #KarenReadTrial
This and much more Karen Read case coverage from @apatkin.bsky.social can be found at @boston.com www.boston.com/news/crime/2... #KarenReadTrial
Are we more prepared for the next pandemic? Or less?
“From my perspective, I think if you look at where we are in our pandemic preparedness currently, it’s really a mixed picture,” said Dr. Paul Biddinger of Mass General Brigham. “We have learned an awful lot of lessons.”
“From my perspective, I think if you look at where we are in our pandemic preparedness currently, it’s really a mixed picture,” said Dr. Paul Biddinger of Mass General Brigham. “We have learned an awful lot of lessons.”
Are we more prepared for the next pandemic? Or less?
Local health experts say Greater Boston is generally more prepared for a pandemic now than it was in 2020, but headwinds still remain.
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March 22, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Are we more prepared for the next pandemic? Or less?
“From my perspective, I think if you look at where we are in our pandemic preparedness currently, it’s really a mixed picture,” said Dr. Paul Biddinger of Mass General Brigham. “We have learned an awful lot of lessons.”
“From my perspective, I think if you look at where we are in our pandemic preparedness currently, it’s really a mixed picture,” said Dr. Paul Biddinger of Mass General Brigham. “We have learned an awful lot of lessons.”
Six people with ties to The Skating Club of Boston are among the victims of the D.C. plane crash, the club's director said. They include two teen skaters, their moms, and two decorated coaches.
Executive director Doug Zeghibe called the loss a “horrific tragedy.”
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Executive director Doug Zeghibe called the loss a “horrific tragedy.”
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Six people from Boston-area skating club among DC plane crash victims, director says
A Boston-area skating club reportedly lost two skaters, their mothers, and two coaches in the mid-air plane collision in Washington, D.C.
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January 30, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Six people with ties to The Skating Club of Boston are among the victims of the D.C. plane crash, the club's director said. They include two teen skaters, their moms, and two decorated coaches.
Executive director Doug Zeghibe called the loss a “horrific tragedy.”
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Executive director Doug Zeghibe called the loss a “horrific tragedy.”
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Recent cases of bird flu (avian influenza, or H5N1) among U.S. farmworkers have been overwhelmingly mild, but also “curious and poorly understood,” according to Tufts Medicine's Dr. Shira Doron. www.boston.com/news/health/...
Are we heading for a bird flu pandemic? Experts weigh in
Current strains of bird flu are “poorly suited for pandemic potential,” said Dr. Shira Doron, a Tufts Medicine infectious disease expert.
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January 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Recent cases of bird flu (avian influenza, or H5N1) among U.S. farmworkers have been overwhelmingly mild, but also “curious and poorly understood,” according to Tufts Medicine's Dr. Shira Doron. www.boston.com/news/health/...