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Education

Songbirds replace school bells as classrooms move outdoors for a fortunate few

A growing body of evidence suggests that outdoor learning boosts grades and reduces stress. But most large city schools haven’t been able to pivot quickly to outdoor learning, leaving poorer kids online while wealthier kids roam the woods. Continue reading →

Higher Education

Isolated college first-years look to Instagram to make friends

The account collegesboston2024 has turned out to be a social lifeline for Boston-area students, attracting thousands of followers and requiring seven students working in shifts around the clock to manage it. Continue reading →

Politics

‘If he believes he doesn’t need a mask, good for him’: Trump supporters still aren’t sure about masks

President Trump’s diagnosis may have upended his reelection campaign, but it is less clear whether it will do anything to dislodge the distrust and dismissiveness he has fueled about the seriousness of the pandemic. Continue reading →

Politics

Doctors disclose alarming episodes as President Trump seeks to project strength

President Donald Trump sought to dispel any perception of weakness Sunday with a surprise and seemingly risky outing from his hospital bed to greet supporters even as his doctors once again rewrote the official narrative of his illness by acknowledging two alarming episodes they had previously not disclosed. Continue reading →

Metro

Hospitals digging in for a long winter as coronavirus patients increase

The number of hospitalized coronavirus patients is steadily increasing across Massachusetts as health care leaders dig in for what they suspect will be a long winter of illness and unease. Continue reading →

The Nation

Politics

‘If he believes he doesn’t need a mask, good for him’: Trump supporters still aren’t sure about masks

President Trump’s diagnosis may have upended his reelection campaign, but it is less clear whether it will do anything to dislodge the distrust and dismissiveness he has fueled about the seriousness of the pandemic. Continue reading →

Politics

Doctors disclose alarming episodes as President Trump seeks to project strength

President Donald Trump sought to dispel any perception of weakness Sunday with a surprise and seemingly risky outing from his hospital bed to greet supporters even as his doctors once again rewrote the official narrative of his illness by acknowledging two alarming episodes they had previously not disclosed. Continue reading →

Politics

New Supreme Court term could end Roberts’s dominant role

A court that includes Amy Coney Barrett would likely thrust Chief Justice Roberts from his spot at the court’s ideological center and empower Trump’s three appointees. Continue reading →

The World

World

Pope Francis’s new encyclical is a papal warning about a world going backward

The document amounts to a papal stand against tribalism, xenophobia, and the dangers of the social media age. It also marks a test for Francis in the eighth year of his papacy. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

Public health — not political partisanship — must take the lead in COVID-19 vaccination

If lack of trust and confidence causes the failure of a coronavirus vaccination, immeasurable human suffering will continue indefinitely. The stakes could not be higher. Continue reading →

OPINION

A COVID-19 vaccine must be safe and effective

We are committed to recommending distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine when a vaccine meets the rigorous standards of safety and efficacy Continue reading →

LETTERS

Appeals to the ‘other swing voter’

Readers make their case to citizens who wearily swing between voting and not voting in the coming election. Continue reading →

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Metro

Metro

Hospitals digging in for a long winter as coronavirus patients increase

The number of hospitalized coronavirus patients is steadily increasing across Massachusetts as health care leaders dig in for what they suspect will be a long winter of illness and unease. Continue reading →

Education

Songbirds replace school bells as classrooms move outdoors for a fortunate few

A growing body of evidence suggests that outdoor learning boosts grades and reduces stress. But most large city schools haven’t been able to pivot quickly to outdoor learning, leaving poorer kids online while wealthier kids roam the woods. Continue reading →

Higher Education

Isolated college first-years look to Instagram to make friends

The account collegesboston2024 has turned out to be a social lifeline for Boston-area students, attracting thousands of followers and requiring seven students working in shifts around the clock to manage it. Continue reading →

Sports

Chad Finn I Unconventional Preview

Without Cam Newton, beating the Chiefs becomes exponentially more difficult for the Patriots

Brian Hoyer and the Patriots will have to control the clock and keep Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes off the field. Continue reading →

Patriots

Patriots-Chiefs to be televised nationally on Monday night, with CBS’s top team on the call

CBS has not aired a Monday night NFL game since Nov. 24, 2014, when the Bills and Jets played in Detroit. Continue reading →

NFL ROUNDUP

Sweltering Miami can’t keep Russell Wilson, Seattle from continuing to cook

Jet lag and subtropical heat weren’t issues for Seattle, which has scored 30 or more points each week behind Wilson, whose 15 touchdowns are tied for the most ever by a quarterback four games into a season. Continue reading →

Business

Innovation economy

She’s running her Cambridge startup out of an RV

Running a business from the dinette of an RV is not exactly a trend yet — but at least two local startup founders are trying it on for size. Continue reading →

Business

With nationwide fellowship program, PwC’s US chief ramps up racial equity effort

This month, the diversity and inclusion group CEO Action has launched a project that is, in all likelihood, unprecedented in the history of Corporate America. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Joan Marks, doyenne of genetic counselors, dies at 91

Joan Marks, who was a pioneer in genetic counseling, the practice of helping patients understand their risk of an inherited medical condition, and who developed it into a full-blown profession, died Sept. 14 at her home in Manhattan. She was 91. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Fashion designer Kenzo Takada dies from COVID-19 at age 81

Mr. Takada’s styles used bold color and clashing prints and were inspired by travels all over the world. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Constance Hall Buchanan, pioneering leader of women’s studies in religion at Harvard, dies at 73

Ms. Buchanan led the Women’s Studies in Religion Program at Harvard Divinity School for two decades. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Lifestyle

Kerby Jean-Raymond, designer and Reebok collaborator, steps into company’s senior leadership

Jean-Raymond, the renowned Pyer Moss designer and activist, has been named Reebok’s vice president for creative direction. Continue reading →

MUSIC

JoJo releases official Biden-Harris campaign track, ‘The Change’

The Foxborough native takes a motivational approach in the song, urging listeners to take an active role in their futures. Continue reading →

FILM

How 8 Rhode Island brothers formed their own film company and got a gig with Kevin James

Little Compton carpenters turned filmmakers shot homegrown movies together as kids. Continue reading →