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Metro

Confusion about Trump’s COVID-19 infection fits a long pattern of skimpy details about presidential health

The whipsaw of conflicting statements and unanswered questions about the status of President Trump’s fight against COVID-19 Saturday fits a pattern of the administration distorting the truth about his health, a line of deception with a long precedent in US politics. Continue reading →

Elections

Among loyal New England Trump voters, resolute support and no doubts

Now that his COVID-19 diagnosis has made Trump the face of the global pandemic a month before Election Day, some of his most ardent supporters said he has handled the crisis as well as could be expected. And they are not abandoning their candidate at his hour of reckoning. Continue reading →

Patriots

Cam Newton tests positive for COVID-19, prompting NFL to postpone Patriots-Chiefs game

The much-anticipated Sunday showdown between the Patriots and Chiefs has been postponed until Monday or Tuesday after New England quarterback Cam Newton, and a player on the Kansas City team tested positive for COVID-19, a league source confirmed Saturday. Continue reading →

Politics

Conflicting messages reign over update to Trump’s health

While the doctors maintained that President Trump was “doing very well” and in “exceptionally good spirits” after his first night in the hospital with the coronavirus, Mark Meadows, the chief of staff, provided a more sober assessment and warned that the next two days would be pivotal in determining the outcome of the illness. Continue reading →

Metro

Nearly one-third of patients at Plymouth DOC facility test positive for COVID-19, agency reports

As Massachusetts’s health officials reported new deaths and additional cases of COVID-19 Saturday, the state Department of Correction reported new cases at a Plymouth facility. Continue reading →

The Nation

Politics

Conflicting messages reign over update to Trump’s health

While the doctors maintained that President Trump was “doing very well” and in “exceptionally good spirits” after his first night in the hospital with the coronavirus, Mark Meadows, the chief of staff, provided a more sober assessment and warned that the next two days would be pivotal in determining the outcome of the illness. Continue reading →

Nation

A White House long in denial confronts reality

This past week, a White House long in denial confronted reality after Trump and the first lady both tested positive for the virus, along with Hope Hicks, a top White House aide, and Bill Stepien, the Trump campaign manager, among others. The outcome appeared shocking but also inevitable in a West Wing that assumed that rapid virus tests for everyone who entered each morning were substitutes for other safety measures, like social distancing and wearing masks. Continue reading →

Nation

Trump urges stimulus deal from Walter Reed, but big obstacles remain

President Trump on Saturday called for Congress to pass a stimulus package, urging swift action while being treated for the coronavirus despite significant obstacles remaining between negotiators over an agreement. Continue reading →

The World

World

India’s COVID-19 death toll passes 100,000

More than 100,000 people in India have died from the coronavirus, the government said Saturday, even as officials plan to lift more restrictions in hopes of reviving the crippled economy. Continue reading →

World

Shunned by many, Indian man carries on cremating virus dead

While Hindu's believe cremation rights are sacred and release the dead person's soul from the cycle of rebirth, those who actually deal with corpses are looked down upon. It's a stigma that's only been made worse by the coronavirus, which has killed more than 100,000 people in India out of 6.4 million reported infections. Continue reading →

World

Nobel Prizes and COVID-19: Slow, basic science may pay off

While the world wants flashy quick fixes for everything, especially massive threats like the coronavirus and global warming, next week’s Nobel Prizes remind us that in science, slow and steady pays off. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

Three decades later, Europe still awaits the unity heralded by German reunification

A reminder to keep your expectations realistic — and never trust a pinky promise. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Make a voting plan. Here’s how

Voting by mail is legitimate and secure, despite what President Trump says. But there are common pitfalls, so voters should make a plan now. Continue reading →

OPINION

How to not squander your vote

Vote for the candidate you like best, even if that candidate is sure to lose. Any other choice would be a real waste. Continue reading →

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Metro

Metro

Confusion about Trump’s COVID-19 infection fits a long pattern of skimpy details about presidential health

The whipsaw of conflicting statements and unanswered questions about the status of President Trump’s fight against COVID-19 Saturday fits a pattern of the administration distorting the truth about his health, a line of deception with a long precedent in US politics. Continue reading →

Metro

Nearly one-third of patients at Plymouth DOC facility test positive for COVID-19, agency reports

As Massachusetts’s health officials reported new deaths and additional cases of COVID-19 Saturday, the state Department of Correction reported new cases at a Plymouth facility. Continue reading →

Metro

Confusion about Trump’s COVID-19 infection fits a long pattern of skimpy details about presidential health

The whipsaw of conflicting statements and unanswered questions about the status of President Trump’s fight against COVID-19 Saturday fits a pattern of the administration distorting the truth about his health, a line of deception with a long precedent in US politics. Continue reading →

Sports

Patriots

Cam Newton tests positive for COVID-19, prompting NFL to postpone Patriots-Chiefs game

The much-anticipated Sunday showdown between the Patriots and Chiefs has been postponed until Monday or Tuesday after New England quarterback Cam Newton, and a player on the Kansas City team tested positive for COVID-19, a league source confirmed Saturday. Continue reading →

Chad Finn I Unconventional Preview

Have the Chiefs permanently overcome the Patriots? Or can Bill Belichick expose some vulnerabilities?

Led by breathtakingly talented quarterback Patrick Mahomes, the Chiefs are off to a 3-0 start, with their most recent win a thorough dismantling of the Ravens. Continue reading →

Sunday basketball notes

NBA’s summer in the bubble worked on many fronts

Commissioner Adam Silver said talks between players and the league on social justice issues will continue after the season. Continue reading →

Business
Ideas

IDEAS

Social Studies: Trump’s sleepless nights, trustworthy faces, and importing hate

Surprising findings from the world of social science. Continue reading →

IDEAS

Expand American influence around the world, or else China will fill our shoes

It’s easy to point to the failings of the “liberal world order” led by the United States. We can fix those flaws instead of writing off the whole system. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Derek Mahon, popular Irish poet, is dead at 78

Derek Mahon, a leading Irish poet whose verses could be lyrical or pessimistic, somber or witty, classically structured but full of contemporary themes, died Friday at his home in Kinsale, on Ireland’s southern coast. He was 78. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Yuri Orlov, physicist who became a symbol of Soviet dissent, dies at 96

Yuri Orlov, a Russian-born physicist who designed particle accelerators, studied the foundations of quantum mechanics and - turning from theory to practice in his boldest experiment of all - created the Moscow Helsinki Group to expose human rights violations in the Soviet Union, died Sept. 27 at his home in Ithaca, N.Y. He was 96. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Lawrence Sykes, a professor whose photos mined history’s ‘haunting experiences,’ dies at 89

Merging photos and art, Mr. Sykes, a longtime faculty member at Rhode Island College, created what he called "conjurgraphs" and "conjuforms." Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

BOOK REVIEW

‘Magic Lessons’ casts us back to Salem

Alice Hoffman delivers the strongest of her trio of novels about the Owens women. Continue reading →

STORY BEHIND THE BOOK

Susan Minot on reasons not to write, and one reason to do it

“Why I Don’t Write: And Other Stories” opens with a kind of list that reads like a poem. Continue reading →

HERE, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE

A virtual shuck off, artists on Cape Ann, and planting trees to offset flights

Travel news you can use. Continue reading →

Travel

HERE, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE

A virtual shuck off, artists on Cape Ann, and planting trees to offset flights

Travel news you can use. Continue reading →

TRAVEL

They moved from Brookline to the Netherlands with bikes and no regrets

Cycling enthusiasts Rebecca Albrecht and Paul Larrabee fix bikes and house cyclists in their new life abroad. Continue reading →

Real Estate