As Providence and other cities consider reparations, some scholars argue that the nation owes a moral and financial debt to Black Americans that exceeds what any municipal government can pay. Continue reading →
Daily counts of new COVID-19 cases continued to tick upward in Massachusetts over the weekend, approaching what some experts see as the threshold for rolling back the state’s reopening. Continue reading →
Prime state officials for the possibility of a contested election. Prepare for the mass mobilization of peaceful protests. And get the public ready for the idea that Election Day could essentially last for weeks as a wave of mail-in ballots are counted. Continue reading →
Even as the pandemic continues to rage, many temporary wage increases have come to an end. The lawn signs hailing front-line workers are fading; the thank-yous have dwindled. So what happens now? Continue reading →
Warren Tolman, a former candidate for governor and attorney general, is launching a program inspired by the Globe series, in an effort to further support this year’s valedictorians as they prepare for college in the fall. Continue reading →
“Two weeks ago, my life as I knew it changed in an instant, and my family will never be the same,” Esther Salas said in a video statement. Continue reading →
The office of the district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., made the disclosure in a new court filing arguing President Trump should turn over his tax returns. Continue reading →
Coastal residents secured patio furniture, ferry operators completed evacuations on the Outer Banks, and officials passed out sandbags and offered car space in elevated garages Monday as Isaias marched northward, forecast to hit the Carolinas as a minimal hurricane. Continue reading →
The World Health Organization said Monday an advance team looking into the origins of the COVID-19 outbreak has concluded its mission in China, and the United Nations health agency is preparing the deployment of a larger group of specialists to the suspected outbreak zone. Continue reading →
Spain’s former monarch, Juan Carlos I, is leaving Spain to live in another, unspecified, country amid a financial scandal, according to a letter published on the royal family’s website Monday. Continue reading →
The military released grainy, edited footage of the ambush of what it said were four militants planting explosives in the area, amid heightened tensions along Israel’s northern frontiers. Continue reading →
John Hume, a voice of moderation in an arena dominated by extremists, spent his entire life in the middle of the road, trying to pull together groups of inherently different people. Continue reading →
Even as the pandemic continues to rage, many temporary wage increases have come to an end. The lawn signs hailing front-line workers are fading; the thank-yous have dwindled. So what happens now? Continue reading →
Just one-fifth of the championship-winning rotation from 2018 remains, with external solutions limited largely to lottery tickets and internal ones similarly lacking. Continue reading →
The administration’s action is predicated on concern that Beijing could force TikTok to turn over personal data on its 100 million American users. But the tactics of the deal are baffling. Continue reading →
Mr. Hume was a visionary politician who won a Nobel Peace Prize for fashioning the agreement that ended violence in his native Northern Ireland. Continue reading →
Mr. Hume was a visionary politician who won a Nobel Peace Prize for fashioning the agreement that ended violence in his native Northern Ireland. Continue reading →
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