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Education

Families asking why paid child care is allowed in closed schools

Community organizations across the state are scrambling to provide care for children at a hodgepodge of local schools, church basements, and community centers. Continue reading →

Higher Education

Boston College COVID-19 outbreak worries epidemiologists, students, community

The coronavirus positivity rate among BC undergraduates is now nearly 4 percent; epidemiologists say that's worrisome. Students and neighbors are anxious, and some question whether BC's testing and isolation policies are too lax. Continue reading →

Politics

By most accounts, the Massachusetts primary was a historic success. Now comes the hard part

"Our experience was very positive" in the primary, Secretary of State Bill Galvin said. "It doesn’t mean we’re guaranteed a smooth experience in November." Continue reading →

Coronavirus

Weddings in a pandemic: Welcome to the anxiety vortex

Newlyweds are spending their honeymoons praying they don’t hear from COVID‐19 contact tracers. Relatives are agonizing over “damned if we RSVP yes, damned if we RSVP no” decisions. Wedding planners are adding contract clauses specifying they’ll walk off the job if social distancing rules are violated. Continue reading →

Nation

Officials fear wildfires could be a ‘mass fatality incident’ as millions of acres burn across the West Coast

Wildfires across the West Coast have killed at least 19 people in California and have ravaged more than a million acres of land in Oregon, where dozens of people were missing and tens of thousands of residents evacuated their homes amid some of the most dangerous air conditions in the world. Continue reading →

The Nation

Coronavirus

Weddings in a pandemic: Welcome to the anxiety vortex

Newlyweds are spending their honeymoons praying they don’t hear from COVID‐19 contact tracers. Relatives are agonizing over “damned if we RSVP yes, damned if we RSVP no” decisions. Wedding planners are adding contract clauses specifying they’ll walk off the job if social distancing rules are violated. Continue reading →

Nation

Officials fear wildfires could be a ‘mass fatality incident’ as millions of acres burn across the West Coast

Wildfires across the West Coast have killed at least 19 people in California and have ravaged more than a million acres of land in Oregon, where dozens of people were missing and tens of thousands of residents evacuated their homes amid some of the most dangerous air conditions in the world. Continue reading →

Coronavirus

Mass. reports 443 new confirmed coronavirus cases, 14 new confirmed deaths

The state reported 443 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Friday, bringing the total to 122,202, and 14 new confirmed case deaths, bringing the death toll in Massachusetts to 8,971. Continue reading →

The World
Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

Kindness amidst the coronavirus

She’d been waiting to list her Coachman with RVs4MDs, a volunteer group that matched the RV owners with medical workers in need of temporary housing. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Racial disparities in criminal justice cry out for real change

Governor Baker should use the bully pulpit to rally the Commonwealth for reforms. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Teachers concerned with safety are not ‘disrupters’

"The Andover Education Association was attempting to ensure safety for its members, its students, and its community." Continue reading →

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Education

Families asking why paid child care is allowed in closed schools

Community organizations across the state are scrambling to provide care for children at a hodgepodge of local schools, church basements, and community centers. Continue reading →

Higher Education

Boston College COVID-19 outbreak worries epidemiologists, students, community

The coronavirus positivity rate among BC undergraduates is now nearly 4 percent; epidemiologists say that's worrisome. Students and neighbors are anxious, and some question whether BC's testing and isolation policies are too lax. Continue reading →

Politics

By most accounts, the Massachusetts primary was a historic success. Now comes the hard part

"Our experience was very positive" in the primary, Secretary of State Bill Galvin said. "It doesn’t mean we’re guaranteed a smooth experience in November." Continue reading →

Sports

CELTICS 92, RAPTORS 87

Marcus Smart’s clutch block powers Celtics past champion Raptors, and other observations

The Celtics held off the Raptors in the fourth quarter of Game 7, getting themselves to their third Eastern Conference finals in the past four seasons. Continue reading →

US Open

Alexander Zverev and Dominic Thiem reach US Open final

After losing the first two sets of the men's semifinal, Alexander Zverev turned his around in time to defeat Pablo Carreno Busta and move on to the US Open final. Continue reading →

Sports

NFL season kicked off with protests

NFL players made it clear they would continue to shine a light on social injustice and police brutality. Continue reading →

Business

Business

BPDA says city should reject Amazon warehouse in South Boston

The agency says the company’s plans don’t mesh with a vision for housing and office space on the Dorchester Avenue site. Continue reading →

Business

Mass. college presidents to state lawmakers: Don’t allow betting on our sports teams

The leaders of schools that include BC, BU, and Harvard say it would "create unnecessary and unacceptable risks." Continue reading →

Business

City OK’s office building for site where GE once planned headquarters

The developers are hoping to attract life science companies to Fort Point. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Gary Peacock, jazz bassist who anchored Keith Jarrett’s Standards Trio, dies at 85

The bass player brought a continual sense of discovery to wide-ranging jazz during a six-decade career. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Ronald Khalis Bell, of Kool & the Gang, dies at 68

Mr. Khalis Bell, who with his brother and some neighborhood friends formed the jazz-funk-R&B band that became Kool & the Gang, and who was the lead writer on its biggest hit, the omnipresent feel-good song “Celebration,” died Wednesday at his home in the Virgin Islands. He was 68. Continue reading →

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