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Health

Why sign up to take an experimental vaccine? Participants in coronavirus trials say they have a mission

Leaders of the Latino community, hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, roll up their sleeves for vaccine trials. Volunteers point to startling inequities exposed by COVID-19. Continue reading →

Colleges

Celtics great Bill Russell wants college sports to go further in commitment to diversity with a universal ‘Russell Rule’

The WCC adopted the "Russell Rule," similar to the NFL's Rooney Rule, earlier this year. It requires colleges to interview at least one diverse candidate for leadership openings. Continue reading →

Metro

Last year, he was the country’s top military officer. Now, he is retired on the South Shore.

General Joe Dunford spoke at length of the dangers of Russia and China and how global institutions create stability. What he won't talk about was his relationship with President Trump. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Murder convict receives state’s first commutation hearing in six years

In 1992, an all-white jury convicted Thomas Koonce, who is Black, of first-degree murder, resulting in a mandatory sentence of life without parole. Now, after 28 years in prison, Koonce has a chance at freedom, the first Massachusetts inmate to be granted a commutation hearing in six years. Continue reading →

Nation

Presidential campaigns are set to move into high gear for final stretch after Labor Day

A presidential campaign long muffled by the coronavirus pandemic will burst into a newly intense and public phase after Labor Day, as Joe Biden moves aggressively to defend his polling lead against a ferocious onslaught by President Trump aimed chiefly at white voters in the Midwest. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Presidential campaigns are set to move into high gear for final stretch after Labor Day

A presidential campaign long muffled by the coronavirus pandemic will burst into a newly intense and public phase after Labor Day, as Joe Biden moves aggressively to defend his polling lead against a ferocious onslaught by President Trump aimed chiefly at white voters in the Midwest. Continue reading →

Nation

Conn. city won’t waste John Oliver’s donation — on one condition

Danbury won’t waste an opportunity to get a sizeable donation from John Oliver in a weeks-long joke pertaining to the name of the city's sewage plant. But there is one stipulation. Continue reading →

The World
Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

The Supreme Court’s starring role in democracy’s demise

With democracy hanging in the balance in 2020, the Supreme Court is clearly playing a decisive and destructive role. Unfortunately, we’ve been here before. Continue reading →

OPINION

It’s the PowerPoint that redefined American politics

Once politicians choose their own voters, they can build barriers that make it more difficult for the other side to vote. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

The army needs to answer for the deaths at Fort Hood

A Brockton man is one of nine soldiers who have died this year under troubling circumstances at the US Army base in Texas. Continue reading →

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Metro

Metro

Last year, he was the country’s top military officer. Now, he is retired on the South Shore.

General Joe Dunford spoke at length of the dangers of Russia and China and how global institutions create stability. What he won't talk about was his relationship with President Trump. Continue reading →

Metro

Last year, he was the country’s top military officer. Now, he is retired on the South Shore.

General Joe Dunford spoke at length of the dangers of Russia and China and how global institutions create stability. What he won't talk about was his relationship with President Trump. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Murder convict receives state’s first commutation hearing in six years

In 1992, an all-white jury convicted Thomas Koonce, who is Black, of first-degree murder, resulting in a mandatory sentence of life without parole. Now, after 28 years in prison, Koonce has a chance at freedom, the first Massachusetts inmate to be granted a commutation hearing in six years. Continue reading →

Sports

MLB notebook

Shane Bieber handcuffs Brewers to remain unbeaten this season for Indians

Cleveland's righthanded ace struck out 10 batters over five innings in a 4-1 win vs. Milwaukee to improve to 7-0 in the COVID-19 shortened 2020 season. Continue reading →

Nascar

Kevin Harvick wins Southern 500

Kevin Harvick rushed in to win the Southern 500, NASCAR' playoff opener, after leaders Martin Truex Jr. and Chase Elliott collided. Continue reading →

US Open

Novak Djokovic out of US Open after hitting line judge with ball

Novak Djokovic's bid for a 18th Grand Slam victory was cut short when he accidentally hit a line judge with a ball during his fourth-round match with Pablo Carreno Busta and was defaulted. Continue reading →

Business
Obituaries

Obituaries

John Najarian, pioneering transplant surgeon, dies at 92

John Najarian, a celebrated transplant surgeon who, by dint of his skill on the operating table and with an anti-rejection drug that landed him on trial in federal court, expanded the lifesaving potential of organ transplants beyond what was once thought to be possible, died Aug. 31 at a nursing home in Stillwater, Minn. He was 92. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Eleanor Jacobs, 91, a force behind the Earth Shoe phenomenon

Ms. Jacobs and her husband stumbled upon the shoes in Denmark and created a short-lived phenomenon with them. Continue reading →