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Business

The $1.4-billion-plus redevelopment of Boston’s largest public housing complex is finally underway

Even by the standards of large-scale real-estate development, the overhaul of Charlestown’s Bunker Hill public housing complex has been an epic saga. Continue reading →

Transportation

More than a year after T cut service because of overworked dispatchers, MBTA remains short of hiring goals in Operations Control Center

Growing pains inside the Operations Control Center hit an inflection point during an overnight shift in April, when dispatcher errors caused three safety incidents on the tracks. Continue reading →

Class War

Teacher of the Year was supposed to be an honor. Then politics intervened.

As the culture wars have come for public education in the United States, the Teacher of the Year contest has become yet another battlefield. Continue reading →

sports

Why shrinking Catholic schools are partnering with a youth hockey business to bolster the bottom line

Boston Hockey Academy had partnered with Cambridge Matignon to enroll dozens of hockey recruits. With the closure of the school, BHA has found a new partner — and it appears it is a win-win for both sides. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Native Hawaiians organize aid for Maui fire victims as government lags

For people whose cultural traditions have been threatened by American colonization and the state's embrace of tourism and development, government help was never expected. Instead, the community has relied on itself. Continue reading →

Nation

After five hours in ocean, Maui fire survivor is ‘blessed to be alive’

In the dark, cold water off Lahaina on Tuesday night, Annelise Cochran clutched one of her neighbors for warmth, both women shivering and struggling to breathe through the smoke and fumes. Cochran felt like she was losing consciousness. Continue reading →

Nation

Inexpensive add-on spawns a new era of machine guns

Caison Robinson, 14, had just met up with a younger neighbor on their quiet street after finishing his chores when a gunman in a white car rolled up and fired a torrent of bullets in an instant. Continue reading →

The World

World

Tensions between Ukraine and Poland over grain hint at exhaustion from war

Relations with Ukraine at the moment are "not the best," Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Pawel Jablonski told Polish radio. Continue reading →

World

Ukraine makes ‘tactically significant’ progress in counteroffensive

The amount of territory seized, while relatively small, is important in that it is compelling Russia to divert forces from other parts of the front line, military analysts say. Continue reading →

World

Growing segregation by sex in Israel raises fears for women’s rights

Public transportation is the latest front of a culture war in Israel over the status of women in a society that is sharply divided between a secular majority and politically powerful minority of ultra-Orthodox Jews, who frown on the mixing of women and men in public. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

LETTERS

The 1%, college admissions, and trickle-down education

What happened to equality for all? Continue reading →

LETTERS

Seems every Boston park is a dog park

When I’m asked to have sympathy for dog owners who allegedly don’t have a place for their dogs to run free I have to ask: Where can the humans run free? Continue reading →

LETTERS

Are Republicans threatened by Kamala Harris?

I suspect that conservative reaction has been one of “wishing it were so." Continue reading →

Metro

Health

Boston-based maternal health organizations get funding boost, a win for women of color, who receive just 0.5 percent of philanthropy

Three local organizations have received $75,000 in grants for their work addressing the Black maternal health crisis. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Boston celebrates 50 years of hip-hop in style

“Hip-hop is at the epicenter of everything. Its impact is unmatched,” said Billy Dean Thomas,cq 32, Boston’s City Hall Plaza engagement manager. Continue reading →

Metro

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse: The Supreme Court scandal is going to get worse

The shocking revelations surrounding Justice Clarence Thomas come as no surprise to the Rhode Island senator. Continue reading →

Sports

Tara Sullivan

Of all the questions facing the Patriots, there is none bigger than the fate and performance of Mac Jones

The Patriots have to figure out if Jones is worth the long-term commitment of a fifth-year option, with that decision looming next May. Continue reading →

ON BASKETBALL

The 2023 Basketball Hall of Fame class exemplifies the global growth of the NBA

Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker, and Pau Gasol reflect a change in the NBA in the late 1990s and early 2000s, when the league fully opened its door to players who were not American and did not attend college. Continue reading →

TIGERS 6, RED SOX 2

Red Sox take a step back, lose to Tigers to snap burgeoning win streak

With runners in scoring position, the Red Sox were 0 for 11. “Offensively, I’m not concerned,” manager Alex Cora said. “But we’re better than this.” Starter Brayan Bello struggled again, too, allowing four runs in 4⅔ innings. Continue reading →

Business

Business

The $1.4-billion-plus redevelopment of Boston’s largest public housing complex is finally underway

Even by the standards of large-scale real-estate development, the overhaul of Charlestown’s Bunker Hill public housing complex has been an epic saga. Continue reading →

NH Business

Cutting business taxes did not boost N.H. economy, new report finds

The report analyzed data from 2015 to 2022 and found “no evidence” that decreasing the state’s business taxes led to more revenue from increased economic activity. Continue reading →

Ideas

IDEAS

Wait, ChatGPT didn’t take my job?

AI is often portrayed as a job killer. But companies are likely to use the technology to get more done with the same number of people. Continue reading →

IDEAS

The biggest Vietnam War story that Americans don’t talk about

South Korea is finally being held to account for the carnage its mercenary troops inflicted on Vietnamese civilians. But no one seems to be reckoning with our complicity in the atrocities. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Jamie Reid, artist for Sex Pistols who defined punk style, dies at 76

Mr. Reid translated the buzz-saw anarchy of 1970s punk rock into images for the British group the Sex Pistols. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Herbert J. Siegel, investor in major media deals, dies at 95

A maverick investor, Herbert Siegel became a billionaire and was most notable for finally enabling the merger of Warner Communications and Time Inc. in 1989 and for selling 10 television stations to Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. in 2000. Continue reading →

Obituaries

John Heiss, composer and legendary New England Conservatory teacher, dies at 83

Mr. Heiss was on the faculty for 54 years at NEC, where his classes “were a joyous illumination of music.” Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Lifestyle

Uncertainty mounts for occupants of Provincetown dune shacks

As a decision looms on who will have the chance to occupy Provincetown’s historic dune shack colony, top Massachusetts legislators have appealed again to federal leaders to defend existing dwellers. Continue reading →

Music

How not to ruin a concert in 13 easy steps

Here’s an etiquette refresher to help you behave at your favorite shows, because a lot of you don’t. Continue reading →

Theater

August Wilson’s biographer, on illuminating a playwright who illuminated America

Through numerous interviews over the years, former Boston Globe theater writer Patti Hartigan and the late playwright were well acquainted. Her "August Wilson: A Life" comes out Tuesday. Continue reading →

Travel

TRAVEL

How an East Boston couple created a Nordic oasis in the White Mountains

Lumen Nature Retreat, an upscale campground on 20 acres, offers nature with panache. Continue reading →

TRAVEL

When it comes to Provincetown, Donal O’Sullivan is the man with all the answers

For close to a quarter of a century, the concierge on the fast ferry has answered travelers' questions about all things Provincetown, from the best place to get a lobster roll to “What is a tea dance?” Continue reading →

Real Estate

Real Estate

Growing popularity of doorbell cameras raises privacy concerns in condo buildings

In Massachusetts, it’s illegal to record people’s voices secretly without their consent. Continue reading →

Real Estate

Home of the Week: The decks are stacked in favor of this hilltop Hull estate

Property offers three decks with tremendous water views -- and not to mention a five-bedroom main house and a barn-turned-accessory dwelling unit. Continue reading →