Matthew Bell

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International desk editor, Christian Science Monitor (CSMonitor.com). Irrational Boston Celtics fan. And yes to funk, soul, R&B, jazz and other American roots music, esp rhythm guitar.

Hundreds was of people gathered outside Boston City Hall on Thursday for a vigil for safe streets advocate Louisa Gag, who was killed on her bike by a driver in Roxbury last week.

Marian Anderson sang at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939.

A plastic tub of Kirkland peanut butter pretzel nuggets, about half full, sits in the Boston newsroom of The Christian Science Monitor.

The digital odometer on my electric bike shows 8,888 miles.

At the busy Incheon airport in South Korea, a banner depicts an armed ICE agent waving and wearing a Donald Trump Halloween mask. AP News