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MUSEUMS

Museum of Fine Arts shares plan for reopening: ‘We chose to slow down a bit’

After the longest closure in modern memory, the Museum of Fine Arts will open its doors on Sept. 26, welcoming back a public buffeted by economic malaise, social unrest, and the ongoing health crisis. Continue reading →

Coronavirus

AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine study put on hold due to suspected adverse reaction in participant in the UK

Late-stage studies of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate are on temporary hold while the company investigates whether a recipient’s “potentially unexplained” illness is a side effect of the shot. Continue reading →

Celtics

Celtics unveil $25 million, 10-year plan to fight racial injustice

The plan announced Tuesday will focus on six areas, including voting and equity in health care and education. Continue reading →

Coronavirus

In Massachusetts, many people want more hard facts on where COVID-19 is popping up

While some states have been adding more concrete and easy-to-digest information about the most common places and ways in which their residents are getting infected, Massachusetts has yet to provide such information. Continue reading →

Business

Sexual harassment allegations at Brookline Trader Joe’s spur campaign to change corporate culture

A petition on coworker.org, signed by more than 7,000 people, calls on people to stand against sexual harassment at the store and asks other Trader Joe’s workers to share their stories. Continue reading →

The Nation

Coronavirus

AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine study put on hold due to suspected adverse reaction in participant in the UK

Late-stage studies of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate are on temporary hold while the company investigates whether a recipient’s “potentially unexplained” illness is a side effect of the shot. Continue reading →

Coronavirus

In Massachusetts, many people want more hard facts on where COVID-19 is popping up

While some states have been adding more concrete and easy-to-digest information about the most common places and ways in which their residents are getting infected, Massachusetts has yet to provide such information. Continue reading →

Coronavirus

State suspends COVID-19 testing at Orig3n, Boston lab responsible for at least 383 false positive results

A state investigation found the lab “put patients at immediate risk of harm.” Continue reading →

The World
Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

When art imitates life too much

The racial trauma evoked in “Lovecraft Country” is less an echo of its 1950s setting than an evocation America’s relentless brutalization of Black people. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Facebook isn’t protecting the election

Mark Zuckerberg wrings his hands about the fate of democracy while failing to rein in the social network’s role in election-warping misinformation campaigns. Continue reading →

OPINION

Baker’s pandemic orders were tough. Were they lawful?

The state’s highest court must decide whether the governor overstepped his authority. Continue reading →

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Metro

Globe Local

Should Boston have a stronger civilian oversight board for police? City Council is thinking about it

Boston city councilors and local advocates on Tuesday grappled with how to reform the city’s police department. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Boston police unveil memorial wall for officers who have taken their own lives

“We’re the ones that have to respond, to take care of people. And it does greatly impact you,” said Police Commissioner William Gross. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Man who murdered two boys in Roxbury in 1991 sentenced to 17.5 years in prison on gun and drug charges

Damien Bynoe, who killed two children in Roxbury while a juvenile in 1991 during a shooting, was sentenced to 17½ years in prison Tuesday on gun and drug charges by a federal judge who said he has chosen “at every juncture of your life to put society in the gravest of danger.” Continue reading →

Sports

Celtics

Celtics unveil $25 million, 10-year plan to fight racial injustice

The plan announced Tuesday will focus on six areas, including voting and equity in health care and education. Continue reading →

NBA roundup

Heat eliminate Bucks, move on to Eastern Conference finals

Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpo, the league’s reigning MVP, couldn’t play because of a sprained right ankle. Continue reading →

Red Sox notebook

2020 already over for Andrew Benintendi

'There’s really not a reason to force [Benintendi] to get back to play to the end of the year,' Sox manager Ron Roenicke said. Continue reading →

Business

Business

Sexual harassment allegations at Brookline Trader Joe’s spur campaign to change corporate culture

A petition on coworker.org, signed by more than 7,000 people, calls on people to stand against sexual harassment at the store and asks other Trader Joe’s workers to share their stories. Continue reading →

Business

Sexual harassment allegations at Brookline Trader Joe’s spur campaign to change corporate culture

A petition on coworker.org, signed by more than 7,000 people, calls on people to stand against sexual harassment at the store and asks other Trader Joe’s workers to share their stories. Continue reading →

Business

Is that apartment real? Healey warns of virtual rental scams

The Mass. attorney general's office is seeing a surge in scams where people advertise apartments they don’t own and steal a month’s worth of rent, or more, from tenants who are eager to find a place but wary of touring it in person. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Gene Budig, academic who ran American League, dies at 81

Mr. Budig succeeded Bobby Brown as AL president in 1994 and augmented his staff with Larry Doby, the first Black player in the AL. Mr. Budig held the job until baseball owners abolished league presidents under a reorganization in 2000. Continue reading →

Wednesday Food

Food & Dining

A bounty of ready-to-eat beans

Dozen Cousins is a line of seasoned beans packaged in pouches you can heat in the microwave. Continue reading →

THE CONFIDENT COOK

Recipe: If you’re perplexed by the kohlrabi in your CSA box, turn it into a creamy slaw

Recipe for Kohlrabi Slaw from the Food pages of The Boston Globe. Continue reading →

SIPS

United by bourbon

On Aug. 2, 2007, Congress ratified a bill that designated September National Bourbon Heritage Month. Continue reading →