Nation

FDA plans to allow a second updated COVID booster for vulnerable Americans

The Food and Drug Administration plans to allow older and immunocompromised Americans to get a second updated coronavirus booster shot in the near future, an acknowledgment of the virus’s continuing risks to vulnerable people whose immunity might be sagging months after a previous inoculation. Continue reading →

Nation

Mass Yellowstone bison hunt kills more than 1,000

Officials said they had no choice but to approve the lengthy culling of the roughly 6,000-member herd as the animals instinctually cross the park boundary onto other public lands. The hunt is part of a strategy to prevent them from infecting livestock with a disease, brucellosis. Continue reading →

Nation

Former aide to Maryland ex-governor dies after shooting involving FBI

A onetime top aide to Maryland’s former governor who was the subject of a manhunt after he failed to appear for a federal fraud trial last month was injured in a shooting involving the FBI in Tennessee on Monday and later died, the authorities said. Continue reading →

World

Antiwar officer from Putin’s elite security team defects

Gleb Karakulov is one of the few Russians to flee and go public who have rank, as well as knowledge of intimate details of Putin’s life and potentially classified information. Continue reading →

World

Finland joins NATO in major blow to Russia over Ukraine war

A historic realignment of the post-Cold War security landscape doubles the alliance’s border with Russia. Continue reading →

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EDITORIAL

Tax relief: Reading Mariano’s tea leaves

With Massachusetts losing population, this is no time to water down Healey's bold proposal. Continue reading →

OPINION

Working-class voters didn’t leave the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party left them.

The GOP is now the party of blue-collar America. Continue reading →

OPINION

Another ‘Teflon Don’ finally gets scratched in court

As with mobster John Gotti decades earlier, prosecutors are hoping to make criminal charges against Donald Trump stick. Continue reading →

K-12

A job offer was revoked for this superintendent finalist. The reason? For using the word ‘ladies’ in an e-mail, he said.

The Easthampton School Committee revoked its job offer to Vito Perrone after meeting in executive session last Thursday. Continue reading →

Metro

After 28 years, Boston city archivist John McColgan is history

The city’s history was always in good hands with Dorchester’s John McColgan. Continue reading →

Politics

Boston partners with national researchers to develop new gun violence reduction strategy

City officials, clergy, advocates, and academics convened Tuesday for an antiviolence workshop and said they’ll be holding a community healing tour in an effort to prevent further violence in Boston. Continue reading →

CELTICS NOTEBOOK

League source expects Celtics to sign former Raptors wing Justin Champagnie to fill out roster

Champagnie averaged 18.2 points and 8 rebounds this season in the G League. The Celtics have had an open roster spot since trading Noah Vonleh in early January. Continue reading →

Red Sox Notebook

Why are the Red Sox (and their opponents) launching so many homers to start the season?

Unusual winds? A juiced ball? The answer might be more simple than you think. Continue reading →

Gary Washburn | On Basketball

On a night when Joel Embiid was extraordinary (52 points), the Celtics still came close to stealing a season sweep of the 76ers

Any anxiety about a potential second-round series with the 76ers should have dissipated after this one. The 76ers were fortunate to pull out a 103-101 victory over the Celtics. Continue reading →

Innovation economy

He’s off to the races with a new pro bicycling league

Entrepreneur Paris Wallace says the focus is on diversity and gender equity right from the start. Continue reading →

THE FINE PRINT

From interest rates to credit card debt, here’s a breakdown of everything affecting consumers right now

Consumers have faced a rocky road in recent years, facing the pandemic, high gas and oil prices, inflation, high interest rates, and bank failures. Continue reading →

Commercial

Developer pitches hotel near Boston Common

The 15-story project would go on a parking lot on West Street, the latest in a wave of smaller hotels pitched downtown since the pandemic began to ease. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Seymour Stein, record executive who signed up Talking Heads, Madonna, dead at 80

The brash, prescient, and highly successful founder of Sire Records helped launch the careers of many punk and new wave artists. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Keith Reid, who brought poetry to Procol Harum, dies at 76

Keith Reid's impressionistic lyrics for the early progressive rock band Procol Harum helped to fuel emblematic songs of the 1960s, most notably “A Whiter Shade of Pale.” Continue reading →

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MOVIE REVIEW | ★★★★

‘Air’ is the origin story of the Air Jordan — and one of this year’s best films

Director Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, and Viola Davis lead a star-studded cast bringing their A-game to this comedy about the rise of the Air Jordan brand. Continue reading →

MOVIE REVIEW | ★1/2

‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ plumbs the depths, and dregs, of fandom

Chris Pratt and Charlie Day voice Mario and Luigi in this flat adaptation of the Nintendo game. Continue reading →

DEVRA FIRST

10 restaurants to eat at near Fenway Park

The surrounding neighborhood offers everything from handmade Japanese noodles to lobster rolls and oysters to Yemeni stews with fresh-baked flatbreads. Here are some places that hit it out of the park. Continue reading →