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Metro

Anxiety, relief — and confusion — as vaccines head to Massachusetts’ hard-hit senior care sites

Inoculating the tens of thousands of frail elders who live in long-term-care facilities and the small army of caregivers who look after them may be the single most challenging phase of the state’s ambitious vaccine program. Continue reading →

Coronavirus

An underground food pantry draws needy families, and the city’s disapproval

A food distribution operation in Boston has become a battle between the volunteers who run it and Boston officials. Continue reading →

COVID-19 Vaccines

Should residents of hard-hit cities and towns be vaccinated before other groups? Some epidemiologists think so

Rhode Island is finalizing plans to move hard-pressed Central Falls to the front of the vaccination line, giving priority to a densely packed city of immigrants and people of color who have contracted COVID-19 at staggering rates. Some scientists say Massachusetts should consider a similar strategy. Continue reading →

Obituaries

K.C. Jones, a Celtics legend and 12-time NBA champion, dies at 88

A 1989 inductee into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Mr. Jones died on Friday, Celtics spokesman Jeff Twiss confirmed to the Globe. Continue reading →

Politics

‘Surprise’ medical billing ban included in legislation after Richard Neal gets on board

Congress included a ban on the surprise, sky-high medical bills patients get when they use an out-of-network service on Monday, after Massachusetts Representative Richard Neal dropped his objections to earlier proposals and prevailed with his version of a fix. Continue reading →

The Nation

Coronavirus

An underground food pantry draws needy families, and the city’s disapproval

A food distribution operation in Boston has become a battle between the volunteers who run it and Boston officials. Continue reading →

Politics

‘Surprise’ medical billing ban included in legislation after Richard Neal gets on board

Congress included a ban on the surprise, sky-high medical bills patients get when they use an out-of-network service on Monday, after Massachusetts Representative Richard Neal dropped his objections to earlier proposals and prevailed with his version of a fix. Continue reading →

Nation

‘Intentional’ downtown Nashville explosion causes widespread communication outages

Police were responding to a report of shots fired Friday when they encountered an RV blaring a recorded warning that a bomb would detonate in 15 minutes, the city's police chief said. Police evacuated nearby buildings and called in the bomb squad. The RV exploded shortly afterward. Continue reading →

The World

World

A pandemic Christmas: Services move online, people stay home

Pope Francis delivered his Christmas blessing from inside the Vatican, breaking with his traditional speech from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica to tens of thousands in St. Peter's Square. Continue reading →

World

Videos prompt accusations of war crimes in Armenia-Azerbaijan dispute

Human rights groups say hundreds of videos showing atrocities by troops on both sides have been posted online in the month since a cease-fire deal halted the fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh, an enclave within Azerbaijan's borders but under ethnic Armenian control. Continue reading →

World

After early success, South Korea sleepwalks into virus crisis

South Korea had seemed to be winning the fight against the coronavirus. But a deadly resurgence has reached new heights during Christmas week, prompting soul-searching on how the nation sleepwalked into a crisis. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

Business needs a break on unemployment taxes

Massachusetts lawmakers should make it a priority to pass Governor Baker’s bill by the end of the session. Continue reading →

LETTERS

9 months of coronavirus coping strategies, one postcard at a time

As we approach the New Year and the promise of the vaccine rollout, we look back at an edited sampling of readers’ Postcards from the Pandemic. Continue reading →

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Metro

Metro

Anxiety, relief — and confusion — as vaccines head to Massachusetts’ hard-hit senior care sites

Inoculating the tens of thousands of frail elders who live in long-term-care facilities and the small army of caregivers who look after them may be the single most challenging phase of the state’s ambitious vaccine program. Continue reading →

Metro

Anxiety, relief — and confusion — as vaccines head to Massachusetts’ hard-hit senior care sites

Inoculating the tens of thousands of frail elders who live in long-term-care facilities and the small army of caregivers who look after them may be the single most challenging phase of the state’s ambitious vaccine program. Continue reading →

Politics

Greater Boston is no longer one of the country’s 10 largest metro areas. How did that happen?

So much for the Hub of the Universe. Continue reading →

Sports

Gary Washburn | On basketball

K.C. Jones avoided the spotlight, which may have cost him greater acclaim

Jones was a quiet, reserved legend, gold medalist, NCAA champion, NBA champion and Hall of Famer who preferred to let his resume speak for itself. Continue reading →

Nets 123, Celtics 95

Celtics can’t handle Nets’ stars Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant, who combine for 66 points

Kyrie Irving scored 37 points in his first regular-season game at TD Garden since leaving the Celtics for the Nets in 2019, Kevin Durant added 29 and Brooklyn cruised in the second half. Continue reading →

Red Sox

Red Sox pitcher Tanner Houck hopes hard work earns him a roster spot

Houck is working this offseason with a renowned baseball trainer and surrounding himself with elite competition. Continue reading →

Business

Business

Aid holdup threatens another blow for already shaky economy

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is planning a full floor vote Monday on pandemic aid that includes the $2,000 payments that President Trump says he wants, replacing the $600 in the original legislation. Continue reading →

Business

Comcast will charge more for house calls

The company said that “rising programming costs — most notably for broadcast TV and sports — continue to be the biggest factors driving price increases. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

K.C. Jones, a Celtics legend and 12-time NBA champion, dies at 88

A 1989 inductee into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Mr. Jones died on Friday, Celtics spokesman Jeff Twiss confirmed to the Globe. Continue reading →

Obituaries

K.C. Jones, a Celtics legend and 12-time NBA champion, dies at 88

A 1989 inductee into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, Mr. Jones died on Friday, Celtics spokesman Jeff Twiss confirmed to the Globe. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

LOVE LETTERS

Left my husband and fell in love with a woman at work

Help a reader who's falling in love with a woman after leaving her husband. Continue reading →

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

On NBC’s ‘One Night Only,’ a worthy goal but a narrow view of Broadway

Two-hour musical special took a greatest-hits approach to a dynamic milieu. Continue reading →

HOLIDAYS

Wrapping up Boxing Day

How the US avoided a holiday that's celebrated in countries around the world. Continue reading →