Danny McDonald

Cambridge, Commonwealth

Reporter for @BostonGlobe. Terrible at Twitter, with zero desire to get better. Formerly the worst bartender in London. Get in touch: [email protected]

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‘Battle Road’ towns ready for 250th spotlight - The Boston Globe

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Danny McDonald

CONCORD — In 1875, a speaking platform collapsed, twice, as throngs of people partook in star-spangled revelry and became unruly, according to some accounts from the time. A century later, thousands of antiwar demonstrators booed the commander in chief as an estimated 110,000 descended upon this small suburb.
Massachusetts has, by far, the most international students of any New England state

1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Danny McDonald |Scooty Nickerson |Sean Cotter

It was an immigration case with potentially wide-ranging implications: a Tufts graduate student swarmed and then taken into custody on March 25 by masked ICE agents outside her Somerville apartment. Four days earlier, the Trump administration had quietly revoked Rümeysa Öztürk’s student visa, according to court filings.
‘The flood gates are open’: In the wake of Fernandes Anderson’s bombshell plea agreement, what happens now? - The Boston Globe

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Danny McDonald |Niki Griswold

With the fallout still reverberating a day after Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson announced she would plead guilty to federal corruption charges and resign her Roxbury-anchored seat, one question loomed above the others for City Hall observers and constituents alike: what happens next? It’s unclear when or whether there will be special election to replace Fernandes Anderson.
In federal corruption case, Tania Fernandes Anderson to plead guilty, has signed plea agreement - The Boston Globe

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Danny McDonald |Shelley Murphy

Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson, who is facing federal corruption charges, intends to plead guilty in her case and has signed a plea agreement, according to court filings. The status report filed Tuesday does not specify what charges she will plead guilty to. Fernandes Anderson was arrested in December on federal wire fraud and theft charges for allegedly pocketing a $7,000 kickback inside a City Hall bathroom from a relative who worked on her staff.
‘A very unpredictable moment’: With eye on Trump, Wu sends $4.8b city budget that prioritizes ‘fundamental services’ - The Boston Globe

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Danny McDonald

In a Monday letter, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu sent her proposed $4.8 billion annual operating budget to the Boston City Council, saying her spending plan “prioritizes resources for the most fundamental services,” in a statement that included explicit nods to the economic and fiscal uncertainty triggered by President Trump’s policy moves. “We are in a very unpredictable moment,” said Wu in a phone interview Monday afternoon.
‘This is all about urgency’: Slamming Boston Mayor Wu, Kraft unveils plan to tackle Mass. and Cass, city’s opioid crisis - The Boston Globe

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Danny McDonald

Boston mayoral candidate Josh Kraft on Monday announced his plans to tackle the city’s stubborn opioid and homelessness crises, saying he will change the structure of Boston police to better focus on the geographic epicenter of the crisis known as Mass. and Cass, among other changes. “Addiction does not have to be a life sentence,” said Kraft at a news conference outside the Dona Habana Restaurant, located next to the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard.
Community benefit or conflict? A neighborhood fund and a Boston city councilor’s role in it.

2 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Danny McDonald

In an interview, Fernandes Anderson said the District 7 Community Fund is an independent nonprofit and that a group of her constituents came up with the idea. She said she connected them to a law clinic at Harvard University to get it set up last year and has no affiliation with it.
Threats to Harvard funding, arrested international students draw 200 protestors to campus - The Boston Globe

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Hilary Burns |Danny McDonald

The crowd of demonstrators quickly began to swell to more than 200 as chants started up, and many student protesters wore masks.
At World Figure Skating Championships in Boston, joy mixes with grief

3 weeks ago | bostonglobe.com | Danny McDonald

To the layman’s eye, the spectacle is simple: a man glides across the ice, jumps and spins, lands, and continues to glide. But Jimmy Ma, a 29-year-old professional figure skater himself, points out the skater doesn’t complete the number of spins in his jump that he was supposed to. In the men’s short program, the margins for error are thin, and this was a costly mistake. “It’s hard to come back from that,” he said.
In the wake of Cambridge councilor being publicly accused of paying for sex, few calls to resign - The Boston Globe

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Sean Cotter |Danny McDonald

In the aftermath of Cambridge City Councilor Paul Toner being publicly identified as one of the most frequent patrons of the brothel ring that shuttled, exploited and trafficked women among local luxury apartments, the scandal continues to be met with a mixed response, with a few voices calling for his resignation, while others back the 58-year-old Democrat to stay on the city’s legislative body.

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3 Dec 24

#Breaking: Boston Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson a subject in federal probe https://t.co/WLdq0Evaq0 via @BostonGlobe

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30 Jul 24

Great Scott and O'Brien's Pub find new life in Allston https://t.co/3wG0aVQsL0 via @BostonGlobe

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19 Jul 24

Police say this was a “police-involved shooting,” which typically means an officer shot someone, although BPD will not confirm that is what happened at this time. Police say an officer and a suspect were injured in the incident and sent to the hospital.

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Significant police response behind Forest Hills T station following report of a shooting shortly after 7:45 p.m. Half of Washington St shut down and a stretch of Hyde Park Ave. At least a dozen police cruisers on the latter. Part of busway cordoned off. https://t.co/63tp8CtXBi

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Articles

‘Battle Road’ towns ready for 250th spotlight - The Boston Globe

Massachusetts has, by far, the most international students of any New England state

‘The flood gates are open’: In the wake of Fernandes Anderson’s bombshell plea agreement, what happens now? - The Boston Globe

In federal corruption case, Tania Fernandes Anderson to plead guilty, has signed plea agreement - The Boston Globe

‘A very unpredictable moment’: With eye on Trump, Wu sends $4.8b city budget that prioritizes ‘fundamental services’ - The Boston Globe

‘This is all about urgency’: Slamming Boston Mayor Wu, Kraft unveils plan to tackle Mass. and Cass, city’s opioid crisis - The Boston Globe

Community benefit or conflict? A neighborhood fund and a Boston city councilor’s role in it.

Threats to Harvard funding, arrested international students draw 200 protestors to campus - The Boston Globe

At World Figure Skating Championships in Boston, joy mixes with grief

In the wake of Cambridge councilor being publicly accused of paying for sex, few calls to resign - The Boston Globe

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