Coronavirus

A shocking toll across the state, but today, there’s hope

The coming of the new year carries at least one sign of progress: Vaccines have arrived. As of Thursday, Massachusetts has administered 78,643 potentially life-saving doses. Continue reading →

Coronavirus

A Trump administration food program sputters to an end, leaving people in Mass. scrambling

A much-touted Trump administration food program that fed tens of thousands of residents across the state sputtered to an end this week, leaving families and organizations that help them scrambling for other options. In some parts of the state, deliveries ceased abruptly just before Christmas. Continue reading →

Political Notebook

The Secret Service is making some staff changes in the presidential detail that will guard President-elect Joe Biden

As Biden readies his new administration, the Secret Service plans to bring back to the White House detail a handful of senior agents whom Biden knows well from their work more than four years ago guarding him and his family when he was vice president. Continue reading →

World

A year after coronavirus emerged in Wuhan, China’s Xi declares 2020 a triumph

Chinese president Xi Jinping delivered a confident New Year’s address that amounted to a victory lap for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic response and a call for his nation to rally further under the Communist Party. Continue reading →

World

With fewer people popping bottles of bubbly at midnight, pour one out for France’s Champagne region

Champagne means celebration. But for France’s Champagne region, 2020 brought little to celebrate. Continue reading →

World

Vaccine from China’s Sinopharm is 79% effective, drug maker says

The lack of detail in information released by regulators and Sinopharm has raised concerns, however. Continue reading →

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Metro

Remembering those we lost in 2020

The world said goodbye to titans like John Lewis and Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 2020, but we also lost many people who died from COVID-19 in relative anonymity. Here we remember all those who left us this year. Continue reading →

Metro

Remembering those we lost in 2020

The world said goodbye to titans like John Lewis and Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 2020, but we also lost many people who died from COVID-19 in relative anonymity. Here we remember all those who left us this year. Continue reading →

Metro

2020 marked the 100th anniversary of Prohibition — a wild time when New England became a hotbed of illegal liquor

With all that's happened this year, you can be forgiven for overlooking this anniversary. But it's worth reflecting on how the booze business went underground. Continue reading →

RED SOX

Red Sox hiring Bianca Smith as minor league coach, making her first Black woman to coach in pro baseball history

Smith will work mainly with minor league position players. She joins the Red Sox from Carroll University in Wisconsin and has MLB experience with two teams and in the league office. Continue reading →

bruins

When Don Sweeney told Zdeno Chara he may not play every game, Chara decided to join the Capitals

The Bruins general manager said the emphasis this season will be on seeing what the younger players can do. Continue reading →

patriots

The inside story of Doug Flutie’s NFL drop kick, 15 years ago Friday

As a new year dawned in 2006, the Patriots went back in time and had their backup quarterback make a drop kick. Continue reading →

Business

Small businesses face new challenges as state’s paid leave program kicks in

While recognizing potential downsides, many business owners welcome the opportunity to offer another benefit to employees, particularly at a stressful time. Continue reading →

Business

From one new Supreme Court Justice to 171 games in the NBA bubble, here’s 2020 by the numbers

A look at the year in numbers. Continue reading →

Business

Small businesses face new challenges as state’s paid leave program kicks in

While recognizing potential downsides, many business owners welcome the opportunity to offer another benefit to employees, particularly at a stressful time. Continue reading →

Obituaries

A list of some of the notable names we lost in 2020

Remembering those who entertained, educated, or informed us through the years. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Nancye Radmin, pioneer of plus-size fashion, dies at 82

In the late 1970s, the concept of plus-size fashion was an anomaly, and Nancye Radmin’s store spoke directly to the nascent idea of body acceptance, a product of the women’s liberation movement of that decade. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Dick Thornburgh, ex-governor and US attorney general, dies

Dick Thornburgh, who as Pennsylvania governor won plaudits for his cool handling of the 1979 Three Mile Island crisis and as U.S. attorney general restored credibility to a Justice Department hurt by the Iran-Contra scandal, has died. He was 88. Continue reading →

PHOTOGRAPHY

Picturing the all-American road trip (and its many hazards) for Black drivers

MassArt professor Amani Willett interspersed family snapshots with archival news photography for his new book, "A Parallel Road." Continue reading →

Theater

For some arts venues, a lifeline

Save Our Stages money included in the government’s COVID relief package buoys the hopes of local theaters and clubs. Continue reading →

TELEVISION REVIEW

‘Elizabeth Is Missing’ is a searing portrait of dementia wrapped in a murder-mystery

Glenda Jackson is stunning as Maud, a woman who struggles to untangle the truth behind two disappearances as she spirals further into cognitive decay. Continue reading →