Coronavirus

‘There are a lot of people who can’t get to Fenway or Gillette’: Some residents feel overlooked in vaccine rollout

Older and disabled residents who can’t easily travel to one of the state’s mass vaccination sites, let alone to a local pharmacy, say state vaccination plans have forgotten about them. Continue reading →

Politics

Commission may be main option to try to hold Trump accountable for his role in attack

Following the acquittal of former president Donald Trump, there are growing calls among lawmakers for a bipartisan commission to investigate the administrative and law enforcement failures that failed to stop the Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill and recommend changes for how to prevent another siege. Continue reading →

Coronavirus

Though virus has torn through correctional facilities, most prison workers are declining vaccines

The virus has wreaked havoc across the prison system, infecting roughly 900 workers and killing 21 inmates. Continue reading →

World

Young people’s despair deepens as COVID-19 crisis drags on

With curfews, closures, and lockdowns in European countries set to drag into the spring or even the summer, mental health professionals are growing increasingly alarmed about the deteriorating mental state of young people, who they say have been among the most badly affected by a world with a foreshortened sense of the future. Continue reading →

World

Powerful quake hits Japan, evoking a worrisome memory

A large earthquake shook a broad area across eastern Japan late Saturday, with its epicenter off the coast of Fukushima, near where three nuclear reactors melted down after a quake and tsunami nearly 10 years ago. Continue reading →

World

Military imposes full grip on Myanmar in overnight crackdown

While the generals staged a coup on Feb. 1, toppling an elected government and returning Myanmar to army rule, they showed their full force Sunday. Continue reading →

OPINION

Boston: The Silicon Valley of longevity?

An older population can serve as the hub for a new kind of innovation cluster. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Gun control, as urgent now as ever

Mass shootings are not in the news, but the everyday horror of gun violence is still with us, and in some cities the number of gun-related deaths is actually growing. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Mass. vaccine rollout has been a process of steps forward and backward

"It seems as if every policy invoked by the governor with respect to the vaccination rollout lacks" common sense. Continue reading →

Metro

State rebuffed funeral workers’ requests for vaccine doses, but offered them to Office of the Chief Medical Examiner staff

The Baker administration’s prioritization of medical examiner staff for vaccinations, and not funeral workers, comes after the US Centers for Disease Control issued guidance for essential workers that placed funeral workers with health care and hospital employees for vaccinations. Continue reading →

Metro

Despite push for more relief, more than $1 billion of federal funds unspent

Even as Massachusetts pushes Congress for more federal stimulus funding, new state data show it has only spent about half of the $2.7 billion it received last year through the federal CARES Act’s Coronavirus Relief Fund. Continue reading →

The Great Divide

‘Learning pods’ taking root in Black, Latino neighborhoods

Pods, also known as learning hubs or study halls, have been slow to arrive in low-income communities. But in the last six months, more have popped up to provide safe spaces for students to do their remote learning. Continue reading →

Gary Washburn | On basketball

Celtics’ effort is under fire after losses to worst teams in the Eastern Conference

At certain times players just didn’t compete. Continue reading →

Wizards 104, Celtics 91

There were few encouraging moments for the Celtics, and other observations from a loss to a lowly opponent

The Celtics were finished by the end of the third quarter, and lost their second straight game. Continue reading →

RED SOX

Matt Andriese eager to learn with, show what he can do for Red Sox

The 31-year-old swingman, signed as a free agent in December, should get every opportunity to contribute given Boston's need for pitching. Continue reading →

Business

With a ‘great hall’ for the Seaport, developer aims to create a truly public destination

Boston Global Investors is finalizing plans for a 17-story tower at 401 Congress St., where it will develop 30,000 square feet of “connective tissue for the neighborhood.” Continue reading →

Business

Obamacare sign-ups reopen as Democrats push for more financial aid

This enrollment period during the coronavirus pandemic is an early test of President Biden’s strategy to use the Affordable Care Act as a springboard to health coverage for all. Continue reading →

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Obituaries

‘Everything an artist does is probably a metaphor,’ said Lois Tarlow, who died at 92

After an exhibition when she was 90, Ms. Tarlow was planning a show to coincide with her 95th birthday. Continue reading →

Obituaries

‘Everything an artist does is probably a metaphor,’ said Lois Tarlow, who died at 92

After an exhibition when she was 90, Ms. Tarlow was planning a show to coincide with her 95th birthday. Continue reading →

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TELEVISION

Henry Louis Gates Jr. on his new documentary and the role of the Black church in social justice

Henry Louis Gates Jr. on his newest work for PBS, "The Black Church," premiering Feb. 16. Continue reading →

MUSIC REVIEW

A valentine from the Boston Pops in its first-ever livestream concert

Replays of “Boston Pops In Love,” performed live at Symphony Hall, will be available on-demand for the next month. Continue reading →

MOVIE REVIEW

‘Barb and Star’ land very few laughs on this Florida trip

Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo can't lift this buddy movie to high comedy. Continue reading →