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Alleging ‘environmental racism,’ residents protest plan to remove scores of mature trees in Roxbury

In a move that some Roxbury residents denounce as a form of environmental racism, city officials are planning a new road project that would cut down about a quarter of mature trees along a major byway. Continue reading →

Joe Kennedy wages fierce campaign to reach voters

In recent weeks, as the pandemic has loosened its grip on the state, Representative Joe Kennedy III has scrambled to make up for lost time, returning to the campaign trail with a flurry. Continue reading →

Ed Markey defines self with digital strategy aimed at young voters

Senator Ed Markey rocks high tops on the campaign trail and makes TikTok videos about climate change. Now, with the primary just days away, the 74-year-old Democrat hopes he'll be seen as the real change maker as the race with Joe Kennedy III comes down to the wire. Continue reading →

Justice Department is increasing attacks on affirmative action in college admissions

The department’s complaint last week that Yale University discriminated against Asian-American and white applicants in its admissions process opens a new front in the Trump administration’s fight against affirmative action, legal experts say. Continue reading →

Billy Baker

This is your brain on treasure hunting

That tingly feeling is your sanity being replaced by suspicions. And the next thing you know you're digging holes in a New York City park while holding a metal detector. Continue reading →

The Nation

political notebook

Conway to leave White House, cites desire to focus on family

Conway, whose title is counselor to the president, was Trump’s third campaign manager in 2016 and the first woman to manage a presidential campaign to victory. Continue reading →

Billions in hospital virus aid rested on compliance with private vendor

The Department of Health and Human Services told hospitals in April that reporting to the vendor, TeleTracking Technologies, was a “prerequisite to payment.” Continue reading →

Trump announces plasma treatment authorized for COVID-19

Trump touts FDA’s authorization of plasma, but scientists are doubtful. Continue reading →

The World

India’s virus caseload tops 3 million as disease moves south

India’s coronavirus caseload topped 3 million on Sunday, with the country leading the world in new infections as the disease marched through impoverished rural areas in the north and the wealthier but older populations of the south. Continue reading →

‘We just want him to leave’: Protests persist against Belarus’s leader

Although no arrests or clashes were reported on Sunday, President Alexander Lukashenko told a rally of supporters this weekend that protesters had until Monday to calm down. Continue reading →

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Metro

Candidates for Congress keep pitching as voters start casting ballots

Eight candidates are competing in the Sept. 1 Democratic primary to succeed US Representative Joseph Kennedy. Continue reading →

It reads like fiction but it’s true; a community rallies around to save its beloved, rambling old bookstore

Matt Tannenbaum, a beloved fixture at The Bookstore on Housatonic Street, had never seen a tale quite as compelling and heart-warming as the one now unfolding here in Lenox. Continue reading →

Adrian Walker

Teachers are wary of returning to classrooms, and I don’t blame them

Why would schools that are unsafe for students be deemed safe for teachers? Continue reading →

Sports

BRUINS 3, LIGHTNING 2

Bruins strike first against Lightning in Eastern Conference semifinals

Goals from Charlie Coyle, David Pastrnak and Brad Marchand, plus 35 saves from Jaroslav Halak, led Boston to the Game 1 victory Sunday night. Continue reading →

Celtics 110, 76ers 106

Celtics pull away, and other observations on their sweep of the 76ers

Kemba Walker (32 points) dominated early and Jayson Tatum (28 points, 15 rebounds) came on late as the Celtics breezed into the second round. Continue reading →

For the Celtics’ Kemba Walker, this feeling has made the wait worthwhile

For the longtime Charlotte star who had never made it out of the first round of the playoffs, "it feel good man, I can’t lie." Continue reading →

Business & Tech

Maine shipbuilders approve 3-year pact, ending monthslong strike

A 63-day strike at Bath Iron Works came to an end Sunday with shipbuilders voting to return to their jobs producing warships for the United States Navy. Continue reading →

TikTok lawsuit could coincide with Trump’s convention kickoff

Stories you may have missed from the world of business. Continue reading →

E-mails show businesses held sway over state reopening plans

Thousands of pages of e-mails provided to the Associated Press under open-records laws show that governors across the country were inundated with COVD-19 reopening advice from a wide range of industries — from campgrounds in New Hampshire to car washes in Washington. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Angela Buxton, who won Wimbledon doubles title with Althea Gibson, dies at 85

Gibson and Ms. Buxton were an early example of interracial harmony in sports, creating a dominant team to win the women’s doubles titles at the French and Wimbledon tennis championships in 1956. Continue reading →

Ray Cave, influential Time magazine editor, is dead at 91

Mr. Cave, who as the managing editor of Time magazine for eight years oversaw a revamping of its stodgy look, introduced new sections, expanded its lifestyle coverage and promoted long-form single-subject issues like “Children of War,” died on Monday at his home in Boothbay, Maine. He was 91. Continue reading →

Geoffrey Nunberg, expert on how language works, 75

Mr. Nunberg, a linguist whose elegant essays and books explained to a general audience how English has adapted to changes in politics, popular culture and technology, died Aug. 11 at his home in San Francisco. Continue reading →