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Education

Air quality and ventilation issues trip up school reopenings across Massachusetts

Across Massachusetts, the coronavirus pandemic has shined a spotlight on air quality as dozens of Boston schools with inadequate ventilation and broken windows have been well-known for years. A range of data suggests that getting buildings ready to welcome students will be a big job. Continue reading →

Higher Education

In higher education, the pandemic has been especially cruel to adjunct professors

The coronavirus has thrown the higher education industry into uncertainty, but it’s been especially cruel to the thousands of part-time professors undergirding New England’s colleges and universities. Continue reading →

Politics

Trump hopes a woman Supreme Court nominee will help him with female voters, but the move could backfire

The president's choice, to be unveiled this week, is expected to be strongly conservative and opposed to abortion rights. And that might not help him gain much additional support from women. Continue reading →

Nation

Trump and Democrats brace for showdown over Supreme Court seat

As President Donald Trump prepares to nominate a successor to the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg this week, Republican leaders moved urgently Sunday to make the political and procedural case for bucking recent precedent and filling the vacancy before the next presidential term. Continue reading →

Metro

Casting about for a new pastime during the pandemic? With magnet fishing, ‘It’s all about the find’

Magnet fishing, which mixes an environmental impulse to remove trash with a zeal for seeking sunken treasure, has also attracted the interest of regulators. Continue reading →

The Nation

Politics

Trump hopes a woman Supreme Court nominee will help him with female voters, but the move could backfire

The president's choice, to be unveiled this week, is expected to be strongly conservative and opposed to abortion rights. And that might not help him gain much additional support from women. Continue reading →

Nation

Trump and Democrats brace for showdown over Supreme Court seat

As President Donald Trump prepares to nominate a successor to the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg this week, Republican leaders moved urgently Sunday to make the political and procedural case for bucking recent precedent and filling the vacancy before the next presidential term. Continue reading →

The World

World

Bahrain says it broke up militant attack plot in early 2020

Bahrain said Monday it broke up a plot by militants backed by Iran earlier this year to launch attacks on diplomats and foreigners in the island nation home to the US Navy’s 5th Fleet. Continue reading →

World

Rough play or bad intentions? Orca encounters off Iberia baffle experts

Over the last two months, orcas have damaged about a dozen pleasure boats off the Iberian Peninsula from the Strait of Gibraltar to the coast of Galicia, the most northerly point in Spain, baffling marine biologists and sailors. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

LETTERS

This election cries out for diligence from officials, voters, and the press

"We have not yet descended into European-style fascism and racism, but the parallels are chilling." Continue reading →

OPINION

The struggle to vote continues

The real solution is simple — Congress must reinstate the full protections of the Voting Rights Act. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

What’s Mayor Walsh actually going to do to reform the Boston police?

A task force recommendation repeats familiar calls for more accountability and transparency. That’s not enough. Continue reading →

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Metro

Metro

Casting about for a new pastime during the pandemic? With magnet fishing, ‘It’s all about the find’

Magnet fishing, which mixes an environmental impulse to remove trash with a zeal for seeking sunken treasure, has also attracted the interest of regulators. Continue reading →

Education

Air quality and ventilation issues trip up school reopenings across Massachusetts

Across Massachusetts, the coronavirus pandemic has shined a spotlight on air quality as dozens of Boston schools with inadequate ventilation and broken windows have been well-known for years. A range of data suggests that getting buildings ready to welcome students will be a big job. Continue reading →

Higher Education

In higher education, the pandemic has been especially cruel to adjunct professors

The coronavirus has thrown the higher education industry into uncertainty, but it’s been especially cruel to the thousands of part-time professors undergirding New England’s colleges and universities. Continue reading →

Sports

Patriots

Tom Brady lost his Bucs debut. Here’s a look at what has happened next for veteran QBs who move on to another team

Brett Favre, Warren Moon, Joe Namath, Johnny Unitas – the list of vets who moved on is long. But how did they perform after the season debut? Continue reading →

MLB NOTEBOOK

Padres top Mariners to earn first postseason berth since 2006

Mitch Moreland, acquired from the Red Sox last month, had the go-ahead double in the 11th inning to boost San Diego. Continue reading →

Red Sox

Michael Chavis goes deep on the emotional toll this season has taken on him

After hitting a pair of home runs against the Yankees, he admitted he finally was able to clear his focus recently and have fun. Continue reading →

Business

Business

John Kerry takes the climate change fight to Wall Street

The former Massachusetts senator and US secretary of state has become an investor in and adviser to a fund launched on the New York Stock Exchange that is attempting to set a global price for carbon emissions. Continue reading →

TECH LAB

Buying a back-to-school Chromebook or printer? Here are five tips

if you’re in the market for a Chromebook computer or an inkjet printer, good luck. The retail departments that normally carry such things look like the toilet paper aisle did in April — all cleaned out. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Robert Gore, company president and inventor of Gore-Tex, dies at 83

In October of 1969, Robert Gore was a chemical engineer performing low-tech experiments. With one frustrated jerk in motion on a heated material, he discovered the basis for a fabric that's become ubiquitous in rain protection. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Joseph Bartscherer, conceptual photographer, at 65

Mr. Bartscherer’s four-decade career as an artist was defined by long-term observation and doggedness of focus. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

BOOKS

Anne Helen Peterson on millennial burnout and how we can beat it

Her new book, “Can’t Even,” out Tuesday, is the product of Peterson’s blend of scholarly vigor and years of experience as a cultural critic. She dissects a wealth of explanations for how millennials got so burnt out in the first place. Continue reading →

Television

A ‘Schitt’s’ sweep, but the Emmys left Jimmy Kimmel up a creek

The host of the virtual Emmys performed his monologue and some poorly written stage bits in an empty, laughter-free arena. Continue reading →

ASK AMY

Scorned husband should reconsider cordiality

Advice from Amy Dickinson. Continue reading →