Nation

Wildfire smoke is becoming ‘larger share’ of air pollution

Smoke from increasingly frequent and increasingly large fires has started to undo decades of hard-won gains in air quality. Continue reading →

Nation

Garland rebuffs Republicans’ efforts to reveal details on Hunter Biden inquiry

During a grueling and combative hearing before the House Judiciary Committee, Garland repeatedly refused to answer questions about internal deliberations. Continue reading →

POLITICAL NOTEBOOK

Senate moves to confirm stalled military promotions

The Senate is moving ahead with votes on three senior-level military officers whose promotions have long been stalled because of opposition by Senator Tommy Tuberville, the Alabama Republican who has for months protested an abortion policy at the Pentagon. Continue reading →

World

Zelensky tells UN Security Council it’s useless while Russia has a veto

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, denouncing Russia’s “unprovoked aggression,” told the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday that if it did not break the grip of Russian veto power, it would be powerless to resolve conflicts around the world, adding his voice to the rising calls to reform how the body works. Continue reading →

World

At a summit on climate ambition, the US and China end up on the B list

United Nations Secretary General António Guterres convened a special summit on Wednesday in New York City designed to highlight the efforts of the most ambitious global leaders on climate policy — and to implicitly shame those who are dragging their feet. Continue reading →

World

Biden and Netanyahu meet to try to soothe tensions, with some success

For the first time since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel returned to office in December, he and President Biden met face to face Wednesday in a session that both soothed and aggravated monthslong tensions between the leaders and demonstrated Biden’s wider commitment to Israeli security. Continue reading →

OPINION

The Supreme Court is set on a course that dooms us to repeat history

Rulings on crucial rights and protections will turn on one key question: whether they are “deeply rooted in our nation’s history and tradition.” That should worry us all. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

A fire at a Sutton motel raises questions about shelters the state is opening for migrants

Thousands of migrants have come to Massachusetts. Finding enough safe places for them to live, as the state’s right-to-shelter law requires, has proven enormously difficult. Continue reading →

OPINION

A neighborhood lost, a purpose found

We were touring Lowell with one of the park rangers when she pointed to an aging triple-decker nearby, describing it as a fine example of “an immigrant tenement house.” Charlie Gargiulo let out a laugh. “That was my house,” he said. Continue reading →

Metro

More hazing, this time in Wrentham and at Boston College. When does it end?

Some progress has been made and awareness raised but the incidents depressingly and destructively continue. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Progressive legislators, advocates rally in support of murder law reform

In Massachusetts, people convicted of first-degree murder are automatically sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. And in some cases, participants in certain crimes resulting in death may be found guilty of first-degree murder even if they weren’t the killer. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Following layoffs, Boston University announces ‘inquiry’ into Ibram Kendi’s Antiracist Center

The assessment comes less than a week after Kendi laid off more than half the Center’s staff. Continue reading →

appreciation

Synonymous with Dartmouth football, Buddy Teevens revived the program not once but twice

Teevens, who died Tuesday, led the Big Green to an Ivy League title as a player and to five more as head coach. Continue reading →

On hockey

Brad Marchand, captain of the Boston Bruins? Actually, it’s just what this team needs.

After last season's face-plant in the playoffs, this is a bunch that would do well to summon that unique, sometimes nasty Marchand juju. Continue reading →

Bruins

How pre-training camp workouts have become so important for the Bruins and other NHL teams

Whereas NFL camps feature the dreaded conditioning tests and lots of time dedicated to getting into playing shape, NHLers are expected to be in game shape on Day 1. Continue reading →

innovation beat

Dorchester program aims to make EVs affordable

In a new pilot program at the Girls Latin apartment complex, a resident can rent an electric vehicle that will be subsidized by selling power from the car's battery back to the utility grid at times of high demand. Continue reading →

Biotech

Thermo Fisher just opened a $180 million plant. Executives already are talking about expanding.

The two-story building in Plainville underscores the company’s commitment to the growing field of gene therapy, which has given hope to people with deadly inherited diseases. Continue reading →

Energy

National Grid to drop electric rates for upcoming winter season

Starting Nov. 1, customers’ monthly bills are projected to fall about 27 percent from a year earlier to $213 for the average residential customer. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Irish Grinstead of R&B group 702 dies at 43

The trio was known for its 1999 hit “Where My Girls At?” Continue reading →

Obituaries

James Hoge, who led NYC, Chicago tabloids, dies at 87

A blue-blooded editor and publisher of blue-collar newspapers in Chicago and New York for a quarter-century, James Hoge then long guided a leading journal on international relations. Continue reading →

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BOOKS

In her new book, Tiya Miles explores how wilderness influenced powerful women in American history

At Walden Pond, the National Book Award-winning author talks nature, freedom, and the outdoors as a shaping force for women in history. Continue reading →

NH NEWS

Rare Wyeth painting bought for $4 at N.H. thrift store sells for $150,000 at auction

The auction house said the N.C. Wyeth work had been procured at “an antique shop” in Manchester. By that, they meant the local Savers secondhand store. Continue reading →

MOVIES

BlackBox Film Festival makes space for Black student filmmakers in the Boston area

The Globe spoke to BlackBox cofounders Lynn Asare-Bediako and Lydia Evans, both BU juniors majoring in film. Continue reading →