Politics

President Trump and first lady test positive for COVID-19

The president’s physician said Trump and his wife “are both well at this time, and they plan to remain at home within the White House during their convalescence.” His statement did not say whether the president was experiencing symptoms. Continue reading →

Politics

A debate and a rally show Trump’s closing strategy: Tapping into the white grievance of his political bubble

In Minnesota, the president emerged to bask in the wild cheers of supporters and once again leaned into the politics of white grievance. Continue reading →

Nation

Catholic archdioceses’ child-protection policies are inconsistent and often incomplete, advocacy group finds

CHILD USA, which did the analysis, said the inconsistencies and gaps suggest a need for more-detailed mandatory standards for addressing sexual abuse of children by priests and other church personnel. Continue reading →

World

Navalny certain that Putin was behind his poisoning

In his first full interview since being released from the hospital, Alexei Navalny said that the use of a military-grade nerve agent was convincing evidence that it had been ordered at the highest level of Russia. Continue reading →

World

Hundreds of Honduran migrants set out for US amid pandemic

About 2,000 Honduran migrants hoping to reach the United States entered Guatemala on foot Thursday morning, testing the newly reopened frontier that had been shut by the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading →

World

Indian police detain key opposition leaders protesting rape

Indian police detained key leaders of the opposition Congress party, Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi, on Thursday after preventing them from visiting a northern village where a 19-year-old woman from India’s lowest caste was allegedly gang raped last month and later died in a hospital. Continue reading →

OPINION

How blue-staters can help win the battlegrounds

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, there are things you can do from a distance. Continue reading →

OPINION

To get election coverage right, media must be patient

Americans need to know that the outcome of the election may not be known for days or even weeks. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Still so, so, so very much to say about the first debate

From calls to overhaul the format to doing away with debates altogether, readers have their say on Tuesday night's proceedings. Continue reading →

Health

Is Massachusetts ready for a second wave of COVID-19?

Lessons of the spring will affect vulnerable groups, like nursing home residents, essential workers, homeless people, and inmates. Continue reading →

K-12

Students return to Boston classrooms for first time since March — but virus rates could keep them home soon

Across Boston on Thursday, teachers and administrators welcomed back about 3,500 of the district’s more than 50,000 students, often with balloons, applause, and elbow-bumping. Continue reading →

Health

For the first Black president of Mass. psychology group, racism is a mental health issue

“If someone looks like me, they understand my reality,” Martin Pierre said. Continue reading →

Sports

Sports Hub takes first in summer ratings, WEEI tied for eighth

The Sports Hub earned a 11.2 share overall in the targeted men 25-54 demographic from the period of June 18-Sept. 9, while WEEI had a 4.3. Continue reading →

Colleges

Over the long haul, Jeff Hafley convinced BC’s ground game will improve

After ranking among the ACC's best in the past, the Eagles are last in the league in rushing (171 yards) in their 2-0 start. Continue reading →

On Basketball

The Lakers sent a clear message to the Heat in Game 1: We’re not the Celtics

In the NBA Finals opener, the Lakers showed why they are the prohibitive favorites to win their first title in 10 years. Continue reading →

Business

Riverside redevelopment runs into new hurdle: the Woodland golf course across the street

This Riverside project is one of the largest Newton has ever seen. Continue reading →

Business

Riverside redevelopment runs into new hurdle: the Woodland golf course across the street

This Riverside project is one of the largest Newton has ever seen. Continue reading →

Business

Developer wants to reopen Doyle’s Cafe as part of a condo complex

The plans call for restoring some of the 137-year-old Jamaica Plain institution’s original features, including its well-known mural. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Nurse to Tuskegee Airmen dies in Georgia at 100

Irma “Pete” Cameron Dryden, a Black woman who served as a nurse to Tuskegee Airmen during World War II, has died. She was 100. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Verne Edquist, virtuoso piano tuner, is dead at 89

As a piano tuner, Verne Edquist spent his career tweaking the infinitely complicated mechanical actions under the lids of pianos in Toronto, pricking hammers with needles to give the sound different characteristics and adjusting tiny parts with names that most pianists do not know — wippens, agraffes, knuckles and backchecks. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Carter Williams, early advocate for restraint-free nursing homes, dies at 97

Carter Catlett Williams, a geriatric social worker and advocate for nursing home policy changes who helped bring about a ban on the use of physical restraints on nursing home patients, died Sept. 8 at her home in Gloucester, Va. She was 97. Continue reading →

LOVE LETTERS

I’m not on his life insurance policy

Read a letter from someone who wants to be on her boyfriend's policies. All of them. Continue reading →

MOVIE REVIEW

‘Herb Alpert Is . . .’ documentary offers Tijuana Brass and other delights

The ellipsis is meant to remind us how much more Alpert has on his resume than “Tijuana Taxi” and “Mexican Shuffle." Continue reading →

ART

In Providence, artists up their game for basketball courts

A new nonprofit turns recreational spaces into murals that burst with color. Continue reading →