Nation

It’s been a week. What does it tell us about 2024?

Eighteen months is an eternity in politics. But rapid-fire and high-profile events over the past week have set the tone and clarified the stakes of a still nascent presidential race featuring an incumbent president and a Republican front-runner whom many Americans, according to polling, do not want as their choices, but may feel resigned to accept. Continue reading →

Nation

Minneapolis City Council nomination brawlers could be expelled from state Democratic Party

The Minnesota Democratic Party will consider expelling anyone involved in a brawl that broke out at a political event to nominate candidates for a Minneapolis City Council seat. Continue reading →

Nation

Biden, congressional leaders likely to meet Tuesday for talks on raising the debt limit

President Biden and congressional leaders are likely to resume talks on Tuesday at the White House over the debt limit, the president said Sunday, as the nation continues to edge closer to its legal borrowing authority with no agreement in sight. Continue reading →

World

Election count shows Turkey’s Erdogan may go to a presidential election runoff

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has ruled his country with an increasingly firm grip for 20 years, was locked in a tight election race Sunday, with a make-or-break runoff against his chief challenger possible as the final votes were counted. Continue reading →

World

Zelensky makes surprise visit to Paris for talks with Macron

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a surprise visit to Paris for talks Sunday night with French President Emmanuel Macron, extending a multistop European tour that has elicited fresh pledges of military support as his country gears up for a counteroffensive against Russian occupation forces. Continue reading →

World

Ambitious agenda for Biden on upcoming three-nation Indo-Pacific trip as debt default looms at home

President Biden has an ambitious agenda when he sets off this week on an eight-day trip to the Indo-Pacific. Continue reading →

OPINION

Don’t stop AI R&D, redirect it

A pause in artificial intelligence research would mean a delay in the development of the myriad technologies that could substantially improve human life. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Massachusetts needs to regulate ghost guns

Amid a spate of mass shootings across the United States, the Commonwealth should do everything it can to protect our citizens. Continue reading →

OPINION

How can humans maintain control over AI — forever?

The tech companies’ lobbyists will complain that their artifical intelligence systems cannot possibly meet the required safety criteria. We would never accept such an excuse from pharmaceutical manufacturers or from builders of nuclear power stations. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

‘Even in my times of weakness, he’s my strength’: Mother’s Day Walk for Peace remembers children lost to violence

Thousands flooded the streets of Dorchester for the 27th annual Mother’s Day Walk for Peace, a fund-raiser and anti-violence rally that spotlights mothers who have lost children to street crime. Continue reading →

New Hampshire

Rising sea levels force retreat to preserve regional history

Portsmouth is one place where the impacts of climate change are already being felt, with some of the state’s historic buildings vulnerable to flooding. Continue reading →

Metro

A life-changing accident, and, now, a soaring achievement

“But I couldn’t stop. I had my children to think of. And, at some point, I realized that I needed to do more.” Continue reading →

On Basketball

Father knows best: Justin Tatum took his own approach with his son before Jayson Tatum dominated the 76ers in Game 7

Instead of being the umpteenth person to emphasize the importance of Game 7, the elder Tatum texted Jayson on Saturday to talk about normal life stuff. Continue reading →

GAME 7: CELTICS 112, 76ERS 88

After escaping Game 6 in Philadelphia, Jayson Tatum and Celtics make no mistake in obliterating 76ers to advance in seven

When the 76ers flipped an early six-point deficit into a nine-point first-quarter lead, there was some uneasiness at TD Garden, but the home team regrouped quickly and blew open a tie game in the third quarter. Continue reading →

CARDINALS 9, RED SOX 1

With a chance to step up and salvage a win from weekend series vs. the Cardinals, the Red Sox fall flat

Corey Kluber put the Red Sox in a hole right away, and two long home runs to center field were his further undoing. Continue reading →

Trendlines

Boston is a good place to start a tech company. Keeping it here is another story.

Questions about the state’s competitive standing have dominated the business discourse since voters approved the "millionaires tax" in November. Continue reading →

TALKING SHOP

New in Boston this summer: pole dancing, books on-the-go, and a summer market

Here are three new businesses to explore in the city these next few months. Continue reading →

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Obituaries

Owen S. Walker, state’s first federal public defender, dies at 79

“His hallmark was that he had this very deep, profound sense of fairness and justice,” said Miriam Conrad, who succeeded Mr. Walker in running the state's Federal Public Defender’s Office. Continue reading →

BASEBALL

Don Denkinger, MLB umpire who made high-profile mistake in 1985 World Series, dies

Denkinger joined the American League staff in 1969. He worked four World Series and is among seven umps to work a pair of perfect games, but was remembered most for a call he didn’t get right. Continue reading →

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MUSIC REVIEW

Boston Pops opens its spring season with an evocative ‘Ragtime’

The orchestra worked to avoid the spotlight on its own stage. That put the focus squarely on the Tony-winning musical about the sociocultural upheaval from the collision between white, Black, and immigrant groups in the early 20th century. Continue reading →

Names

East Cambridge artist Skooby Laposky wants you to listen to nature

Laposky uses biometric data from plants to create music and soundscapes. Continue reading →

Visual Arts

Dinorá Justice turns to ‘Mother/Nature’ to reimagine artists’ objectification of women

The Newton artist’s “Portraits” series will be displayed at Gallery NAGA through June 3. Continue reading →