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Business

With no new COVID-19 restrictions from the state, public health experts and some Boston-area mayors urge more action

“The longer you wait to act,” said Dr. Ashish Jha, the dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, “the more your hand is forced into lockdowns.” Continue reading →

Metro

Biden picks MGH infectious diseases chief Rochelle Walensky to oversee CDC

Walensky, who is also a professor at Harvard Medical School, will take over as head of the national public health institute. Her research on HIV treatment and care has been influential in advancing international health policy towards the promotion of HIV treatment as prevention, according to her online biography. Continue reading →

K-12

State instructs Boston, Worcester, and Springfield to open classrooms for special education students

A top Massachusetts education commissioner is pressuring Boston, Worcester, and Springfield to open its classrooms to students with disabilities as soon as possible, state officials announced Friday. Continue reading →

A Beautiful Resistance

In Protest, there is community and joy rising

Protest is many things, but love is at the foundation of most of them. A Beautiful Resistance celebrates Black lives and Black stories. Continue reading →

Politics

In the year of COVID-19, Boston homicides and shootings spike. Why?

For city authorities, advocates who work in violence prevention, and those who live and work in neighborhoods ravaged by street violence, the explanations for the spike are myriad. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Nursing home residents could get vaccine by year’s end, official says

Trump administration officials Sunday laid out an ambitious timetable for the rollout of the first coronavirus vaccine. Continue reading →

Nation

Schools confront ‘off the rails’ numbers of failing grades

The first report cards of the school year are arriving with many more F's than usual in a dismal sign of the struggles students are experiencing with distance learning. Continue reading →

Nation

Some colleges plan to bring back more students in the spring

Many university officials say that lessons from the fall will allow them to do something many specialists considered unthinkable a few months ago: bring even more students back onto campus in January and February, when classes resume for the spring. Continue reading →

The World

World

US Navy official says ‘uneasy deterrence’ reached with Iran

The top US Navy official in the Mideast said Sunday that America has reached an “uneasy deterrence” with Iran after months of regional attacks and seizures at sea. Continue reading →

World

Last-ditch post-Brexit trade talks resume between EU, UK

European Union and British negotiators Sunday entered what is potentially the final attempt to strike a deal over future trade ties, even though “significant differences remain” on three essential points. Continue reading →

World

Dahl’s family apologizes for his anti-Semitism

The family of Roald Dahl has apologized for “the lasting and understanding hurt” caused by anti-Semitic comments the author made during his lifetime. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

Build public trust in the vaccine

The Food and Drug Administration needs to make transparency and public communication a priority when approving COVID-19 vaccines. Continue reading →

OPINION

In Chelsea, the food line is a lifeline

In an era where people can’t congregate or be together, the food line has indeed turned into a lifeline, one of very few chances to intervene and help people. Continue reading →

OPINION

Gratitude for our mission to feed hungry families

We know that there will be no vaccine to fix hunger and we’re going to be left responding to the economic ruin for years to come. Continue reading →

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Metro

Metro

Biden picks MGH infectious diseases chief Rochelle Walensky to oversee CDC

Walensky, who is also a professor at Harvard Medical School, will take over as head of the national public health institute. Her research on HIV treatment and care has been influential in advancing international health policy towards the promotion of HIV treatment as prevention, according to her online biography. Continue reading →

Metro

In Lawrence, COVID-19 pandemic has been ‘the perfect storm’

The pandemic made itself known quickly in Lawrence and has refused to relinquish its grip on the city, which has a positivity rate of nearly 15 percent and the full slate of inequities that fuel virus transmission. Continue reading →

Metro

Biden picks MGH infectious diseases chief Rochelle Walensky to oversee CDC

Walensky, who is also a professor at Harvard Medical School, will take over as head of the national public health institute. Her research on HIV treatment and care has been influential in advancing international health policy towards the promotion of HIV treatment as prevention, according to her online biography. Continue reading →

Sports

Tara Sullivan

For the Revolution, sadness over loss is coupled with excitement for their future

Their talented core of players should remain intact, leaving the window of opportunity wide open. Continue reading →

Patriots

This rout of the Chargers had everything Bill Belichick loves about football

Punt return for a touchdown, blocked punt for a touchdown, and spectacular special teams play all around had the coach quite pleased. Continue reading →

CREW 1, REVOLUTION 0

Crew end Revolution’s season with 1-0 victory in Eastern Conference final

Artur scored the winner with a shot inside the right post in the 59th minute. Continue reading →

Business

Business

With no new COVID-19 restrictions from the state, public health experts and some Boston-area mayors urge more action

“The longer you wait to act,” said Dr. Ashish Jha, the dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, “the more your hand is forced into lockdowns.” Continue reading →

Business

With no new COVID-19 restrictions from the state, public health experts and some Boston-area mayors urge more action

“The longer you wait to act,” said Dr. Ashish Jha, the dean of the Brown University School of Public Health, “the more your hand is forced into lockdowns.” Continue reading →

chesto means business

State officials make it clear: Redevelopment shouldn’t lead to total demolition of Hurley building

Love it or hate it, Boston City Hall has been saved from the wrecking ball. Now, its younger concrete cousin, the Charles F. Hurley Building, is poised for a similar rescue. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Alison Lurie, tart-voiced vovelist of manners, dies at 94

Alison Lurie, a Pulitzer Prize-winning writer whose mordant novels punctured pretension, deflated dogma and illuminated the staggering talent of smart people for self-deception, died Thursday at a hospice center in Ithaca, New York. She was 94. Continue reading →

RED SOX

Joe Mooney, Red Sox Hall of Fame groundskeeper for three decades, dies at 90

Mooney came to the Red Sox and Fenway Park on the recommendation of Ted Williams after the 1970 season, and became an institution. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Arts

This Boston-born creator carves out a niche for queer Persian people in the beauty community

Cyrus Veyssi is a first-generation child of Iranian parents and grew up in Brookline, later earning an undergraduate degree in sociology and communications at Tufts University in 2017. While in college, Veyssi began to explore their gender identity, using makeup and clothing to do so. Continue reading →

Arts

How this Boston-based extreme couponer helps her 300,000 social media followers learn to save

Boston-based Julia Belkin, known to most by her social media handle: @freebies_and_more, uses fliers, online offers, and digital coupons to find the best deals Continue reading →

MUSIC

Back Porch Carousel aims to capture that band-in-a-bar vibe, complete with after-show hangs

Several veterans of the Boston rock scene who missed hanging out and playing during COVID are now livestreaming 90-minute shows where friendship and music flow freely. Continue reading →