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THE GREAT DIVIDE

Thousands of Boston’s neediest students remain in the dark about schools’ plans for fall

With less than three weeks left before the start of school, huge questions remain about what the fall will look like for thousands of students with disabilities in Boston, including when they will be able to return for in-person instruction and how extensive it will be. Continue reading →

Higher Education

When your dorm room is at the W, student housing offers a dose of the high life

Colleges are renting out entire floors of hotels to provide socially distanced housing. Continue reading →

Coronavirus

Baker urges people in high-risk communities to avoid large gatherings

Governor Charlie Baker on Thursday urged people in communities considered at high risk for the coronavirus not to attend informal gatherings, saying such gatherings have played a major role in the spread of the virus. Continue reading →

Politics

Joe Biden, in Kenosha, says US is confronting ‘original sin’

Joe Biden told residents of Kenosha, Wisconsin, that recent turmoil following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, could help Americans confront centuries of systemic racism, drawing a sharp contrast with President Trump amid a reckoning that has galvanized the nation. Continue reading →

dan shaughnessy

If Tom Seaver hadn’t been hurt in 1986, Red Sox might have won that World Series

Seaver was an important midseason acquisition for the AL champs but a knee injury kept him out of the World Series. Continue reading →

The Nation

Coronavirus

Baker urges people in high-risk communities to avoid large gatherings

Governor Charlie Baker on Thursday urged people in communities considered at high risk for the coronavirus not to attend informal gatherings, saying such gatherings have played a major role in the spread of the virus. Continue reading →

Politics

Joe Biden, in Kenosha, says US is confronting ‘original sin’

Joe Biden told residents of Kenosha, Wisconsin, that recent turmoil following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a Black man, could help Americans confront centuries of systemic racism, drawing a sharp contrast with President Trump amid a reckoning that has galvanized the nation. Continue reading →

Coronavirus

Two coronavirus deaths, 144 cases now linked to Aug. 7 wedding in Millinocket, Maine

Authorities have now linked 144 COVID-19 cases, including two deaths, to a now-infamous Aug. 7 wedding in Millinocket, Maine, a public health official said. Continue reading →

The World
Editorial & Opinion

LETTERS

In ’69, Seaver stood tall on the mound and on antiwar soapbox

"That year, Seaver had made a statement that 'if the Mets can win the World Series, then we can get out of Vietnam.' " Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

No shortcuts on COVID-19 vaccine

Making sure a vaccine is safe — and that people trust it — means science, not politics, should steer the timeline. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Back to school, haltingly but happily

"Our kids are smiling like they have not in six months." Continue reading →

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Metro

Education

With the first day of school approaching, parents and students share dueling anxieties

Many anxious parents and children have grown increasingly vocal this week, as districts finalize plans and negotiate with teachers’ unions over what education will look like this year. Continue reading →

Politics

In still-unsettled Fourth District race, Jesse Mermell leaves door open to a recount request

State and local officials were huddled in a Franklin school gymnasium into Thursday night, combing through remaining ballots while Jake Auchincloss held a roughly 1,400-vote lead, according to preliminary results. Continue reading →

Metro

Super-spreading the faith

Pastor Bell said “the world” wants to shut down churches. Actually, “the world” just wants religious people and everybody else to stop spreading the disease. Continue reading →

Sports

dan shaughnessy

If Tom Seaver hadn’t been hurt in 1986, Red Sox might have won that World Series

Seaver was an important midseason acquisition for the AL champs but a knee injury kept him out of the World Series. Continue reading →

PGA Tour Championship

Dustin Johnson will start the Tour Championship with two-shot lead

The strangest season in golf ends on Labor Day with the second year of a format that gives players a head start depending on how they played up to this point. Continue reading →

Raptors 104, Celtics 103

Celtics shocked by OG Anunoby 3-pointer at buzzer

Kemba Walker scored 29 points to lead Boston. Continue reading →

Business
Obituaries

Obituaries

Dr. Seymour Schwartz, 92; wrote the book on surgery

Dr. Schwartz was the founding editor of the 1,800-page surgery textbook, first published in 1969, that became a bible for medical students. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Howell Binkley, who sculpted Broadway hits in light; at 64

Mr. Binkley, one of the most sought-after lighting designers in theater, won two Tony Awards, including for "Hamilton.'' Continue reading →

Weekend

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

‘Quiz’ may supply answer to end-of-summer doldrums

The three-parter is based on a real-life “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” scandal from the early 2000s in England. Continue reading →

LOVE LETTERS

He messed up on my birthday

The whole thing was awkward for my friends, especially because he had just been bragging about the things he paid for on the boys trip the day before. Continue reading →

THE CLICK IT

What’s happening (digitally) in the arts world

This week's picks from Globe critics. Continue reading →