Coronavirus

Across the state, lengthy lines for COVID-19 testing reflect a bigger problem

Experts warn that serious shortcomings in the state’s testing infrastructure, including inadequate space and staffing, have left providers ill-equipped to meet the demand for testing as the pandemic’s second wave crashes over the state. Continue reading →

Coronavirus

Governor’s office: Mass. pandemic restrictions on churches ‘consistent’ with US Supreme Court ruling

Governor Charlie Baker’s office says it believes that Massachusetts’ coronavirus pandemic restrictions on houses of worship won’t run afoul of a US Supreme Court ruling this week that barred restrictions on some religious services in New York. Continue reading →

Politics

US appeals court rejects Trump appeal over Pennsylvania race

President Donald Trump’s legal team suffered yet another defeat in court Friday as a federal appeals court in Philadelphia roundly rejected its latest effort to challenge the state’s election results. Continue reading →

World

Iran’s top nuclear scientist killed in attack, state media say

Iran’s top nuclear scientist, who U.S. and Israeli intelligence have long charged was behind secret programs to design an atomic warhead, was shot and killed in an ambush Friday as he was traveling in a vehicle in northern Iran, Iranian state media reported. Continue reading →

World

Iranian diplomat accused of plotting to bomb dissidents goes on trial

An Iranian diplomat based in Vienna and three other Iranians went on trial Friday in Antwerp, Belgium, over the alleged plot, which Belgian and French authorities say was organized by Iran’s intelligence services and which was tipped off to them by Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency. Continue reading →

World

As Qaida terrorist leaves prison, victims’ families relive the pain

Abdel Bary, an operative in London who on behalf of al-Qaida publicized a claim of responsibility for deadly bombings of two US embassies in East Africa in 1998, is the only one of the men convicted in the plot known to be let out of prison, outside of cooperating witnesses. Bary, 60, now jailed in the custody of US immigration authorities, has finished his sentence and is expected to be deported to Britain, his last place of residence, court papers show. Continue reading →

OPINION

The impending eviction crisis will inflict trauma on another generation if leaders fail to act

Congress, the Massachusetts Legislature, and Governor Charlie Baker must act now to protect those at risk of losing their homes. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Cruel and all too usual: State fails inmates with mental illness

Only a consent decree and federal monitor can assure state prisons make reforms called for in a Justice Department probe. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Charting a course correction in our politics

"The question is not whether the goals for America are to make it first or not. The question is which policies actually support America’s best interests." Continue reading →

Metro

Long among the safest states, Vermont now struggles with COVID surge

Aside from a few scattered outbreaks, residents across Vermont held the coronavirus at bay, even as infections spread at breakneck pace beyond the state’s borders. After enjoying the nation’s lowest case rate, Vermont is now being hit hard by the coronavirus. Continue reading →

Metro

A rash of police shootings in Massachusetts this month leaves two dead, two wounded

Massachusetts police shot four suspects — killing two — in a single 10-day span this month, a rate many times the usual in a state where the FBI recorded only nine police shootings for all of 2019. The shootings underscore the unpredictability of police encounters with civilians who may be in the throes of a mental health crisis. Continue reading →

Metro

Long among the safest states, Vermont now struggles with COVID surge

Aside from a few scattered outbreaks, residents across Vermont held the coronavirus at bay, even as infections spread at breakneck pace beyond the state’s borders. After enjoying the nation’s lowest case rate, Vermont is now being hit hard by the coronavirus. Continue reading →

Patriots

Patriots expect to have running back Sony Michel in action vs. the Cardinals on Sunday

Michel, who was activated off injured reserve last week after recovering from a quad injury, hasn’t played since Week 3. Continue reading →

Patriots

Larry Fitzgerald won’t be here Sunday, same as he sadly never ended up on the Patriots

The 11-time Pro Bowl wide receiver is one of those superstars Patriots fans, in perhaps the greatest salute they could offer, routinely wished was on their team. Continue reading →

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Thoughts on a Celtics-Hornets Gordon Hayward deal, and other NBA matters

The Celtics are in danger of losing Hayward to Charlotte for nothing, but a sign-and-trade would allow them to recoup something. Continue reading →

Business

Biogen makes risky bet on trial depression drug

The $1.5 billion deal with Sage Therapeutics will try to salvage an oral treatment that had a disappointing clinical trial Continue reading →

Business

Suffolk Downs owner files new suit against Wynn over casino license

After the case was dismissed in federal court, Sterling Suffolk Racecourse has taken it to state court, arguing they were wronged when rival Wynn Resorts won the Greater Boston casino license. Continue reading →

Business

Numbers of shoppers out on Black Friday down from previous years

Though it was one of the biggest shopping days of the year, only a handful of people shuffled from store to store in Downtown Crossing. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Geoffrey Palmer, Judi Dench’s sitcom co-star, is dead at 93

Geoffrey Palmer, a British character actor whose career peaked during the long run of “As Time Goes By,” the romantic BBC sitcom in which he and Judi Dench played lovers reunited after 38 years apart, died on Nov. 5 at his home in Buckinghamshire, near London. He was 93. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Tony Hsieh, retired Zappos CEO, dies at 46

Tony Hsieh, retired CEO of Las Vegas-based online shoe retailer Zappos.com, has died. Hsieh was with family when he died Friday in Connecticut, according to a statement from DTP Companies, which he founded. Continue reading →

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LOVE LETTERS

It turned into a yearlong affair

"It was perfect — except that he was attached." Continue reading →

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

Two new NBC series tap decades-old movies for inspiration

The network is going back to the 2000 movie “Finding Forrester” and the 1991 film “Fried Green Tomatoes.” Continue reading →

ARTS

Mural gets to the heart of warming sea waters

Felipe Ortiz's 150-square-foot piece is the seventh installment in the Sea Walls Boston project. Continue reading →