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COVID-19 Vaccines

Vaccine hunters’ dash for leftover doses highlights rise of gray market

Though the state has detailed guidelines for who’s allowed to get a COVID-19 shot, there are major loopholes. People who show up at the right place and the right time can get their dose even though they’re not yet eligible. Continue reading →

Coronavirus

‘Willing to pay’: People on Craigslist are offering to drive seniors to get a COVID-19 vaccine in exchange for a shot themselves

The proposals began appearing after Governor Charlie Baker announced that younger people who accompany older residents to mass vaccination sites could also get the shots. Continue reading →

Business

‘No one should have to go through this’: A fired employee sues Wayfair, accusing it of caregiving and age discrimination

Richard DiBona's case is among an “explosion of litigation” involving caregiving during the pandemic. Continue reading →

Politics

House prosecutors wrap up case, warn of dire democracy damage without Trump conviction

House impeachment managers concluded two days of emotional arguments in Donald Trump’s historic trial. The former president's legal defense will take the Senate floor on Friday at noon, which could last up to eight hours with an additional eight hours on Saturday. Continue reading →

Rhode Island

This is what happens every time David Cicilline goes on TV to talk about Trump

Under the microscope as a House manager in Donald Trump's second impeachment trial, the Rhode Island congressman is getting used to enhanced security. Continue reading →

The Nation

Coronavirus

‘Willing to pay’: People on Craigslist are offering to drive seniors to get a COVID-19 vaccine in exchange for a shot themselves

The proposals began appearing after Governor Charlie Baker announced that younger people who accompany older residents to mass vaccination sites could also get the shots. Continue reading →

Politics

House prosecutors wrap up case, warn of dire democracy damage without Trump conviction

House impeachment managers concluded two days of emotional arguments in Donald Trump’s historic trial. The former president's legal defense will take the Senate floor on Friday at noon, which could last up to eight hours with an additional eight hours on Saturday. Continue reading →

Coronavirus

State to curtail vaccine distribution to hospitals

Massachusetts is severely limiting the number of coronavirus vaccine doses sent to hospitals across the state, a health care trade group said Thursday, after state officials warned last month that they would curtail supplies to facilities that weren’t using the doses quickly enough. Continue reading →

The World

World

Head of Tokyo Olympics committee resigns, but gender issues remain

Yoshiro Mori resigned Friday as the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee following sexist comments implying women talk too much. Continue reading →

World

Australia report says make Google and Facebook pay for news

Australia’s Parliament will debate making Google and Facebook pay for news after a Senate committee on Friday recommended no changes to the world-first draft laws. Continue reading →

World

UK tabloid invaded Meghan’s privacy, judge says

In a major legal victory for Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, in their bitter feud with the British tabloids, a High Court judge ruled Thursday that The Mail on Sunday had invaded Meghan’s privacy by publishing a private letter she had sent to her father. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

Congress must seize a once-in-a-generation chance to address child poverty

A permanent expansion of the child tax credit could make a profound difference in the lives of the country’s most vulnerable kids. Continue reading →

OPINION

GOP’s defenses of Trump lack legal — and moral — foundation

All the potential criminal liability in the world does not release Marco Rubio or his colleagues of the duty to “do impartial justice according to the Constitution and laws.” Continue reading →

OPINION

Political extremism is not just a national security threat but a mental health emergency

Many extremists experienced childhood abuse or bullying or are suffering from clinical depression or other undiagnosed mental illness. Continue reading →

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Rhode Island

This is what happens every time David Cicilline goes on TV to talk about Trump

Under the microscope as a House manager in Donald Trump's second impeachment trial, the Rhode Island congressman is getting used to enhanced security. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

MIT grad student wanted for questioning in slaying of Yale student in Conn.; car stolen in Mansfield

State Police searched a Malden house where Qinxuan Pan was last reported living, but did not locate the MIT graduate student who is a person of interest in the New Haven killing of a Yale graduate student, officials said Thursday. Continue reading →

Metro

Attorney general clears Rachael Rollins in alleged road rage incident

Attorney General Maura Healey's office has cleared Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins in an alleged Christmas Eve road rage incident in the South Bay shopping center, saying there was no evidence that Rollins committed a crime or violated the rights of another driver. Continue reading →

Sports

CELTICS 120, RAPTORS 106

Semi Ojeleye the improbable star as Celtics top Raptors, and other observations

Inserted into the starting lineup, Ojeleye had a game-high 24 points, hitting 6 of 8 3-point attempts. Continue reading →

tara sullivan

The exodus of top-level talent from our teams lately has been staggering

Andrew Benintendi is just the latest to leave town, joining a list that includes Tom Brady, Mookie Betts, Zdeno Chara, Gordon Hayward, and on and on. Continue reading →

Peter Abraham | On Baseball

The Andrew Benintendi trade is part of a plan that can’t be judged fairly for a few years

You probably won’t recognize many of the players on the Opening Day roster, but chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom is working toward a specific goal. Continue reading →

Business

Business

‘No one should have to go through this’: A fired employee sues Wayfair, accusing it of caregiving and age discrimination

Richard DiBona's case is among an “explosion of litigation” involving caregiving during the pandemic. Continue reading →

Business

‘No one should have to go through this’: A fired employee sues Wayfair, accusing it of caregiving and age discrimination

Richard DiBona's case is among an “explosion of litigation” involving caregiving during the pandemic. Continue reading →

Business

Threat posed by South African strain of COVID-19 likely to boost J&J’s vaccine application

The drug maker’s one-shot vaccine works better than AstraZeneca’s against the highly contagious variant. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Chick Corea, pioneering jazz fusion keyboardist, dies at 79

Mr. Corea, whose most famous band was the groundbreaking Return to Forever, won 23 Grammy Awards. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

DEVRA FIRST

In Chinatown, empty tables where banquets should be

Lunar New Year is usually one of the neighborhood’s busiest times. Instead, restaurants are struggling to survive. Continue reading →

VALENTINE'S DAY

In the mood for a romantic comedy? Here are 10 set in Boston (and a map of the on-screen locations)

Take a walking tour of the filming locations this Valentine's Day. What’s not to love? Continue reading →

Books

Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain enlist 90 writers to tell 400 years of African-American history

The co-editors of "Four Hundred Souls" describe how they conceived of the book, covering Black American history since 1619. Continue reading →