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Metro

They need help paying rent. But they can’t prove they’re renters

One of the major barriers to securing rental assistance for scores of precariously housed tenants across the state is that these residents often rely on informal middlemen to navigate the region’s housing markets. Continue reading →

Business

FDA advisory panel recommends Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine be cleared for use

An influential panel of medical experts unanimously recommended that drug regulators clear Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, setting the stage for the likely authorization of the third such vaccine in the US — and the first that would require just one shot. Continue reading →

Politics

Company linked to construction deaths failed to disclose past violations to the city

The owner of Atlantic Coast Utilities, the company involved in a fatal construction accident in downtown Boston this week, failed to disclose to the city that his company had numerous workplace safety violations, which could have disqualified it from construction work, records show. Continue reading →

Coronavirus

House passes $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill on near party-line vote

The House approved a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill early Saturday in a win for President Biden, even as top Democrats tried assuring agitated progressives that they’d revive their derailed drive to boost the minimum wage. Continue reading →

Billy Baker

Surviving brain freeze at the Mid-Winter Surfing Championships

Five decades of New England spite, chilled. Continue reading →

The Nation

Coronavirus

House passes $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill on near party-line vote

The House approved a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill early Saturday in a win for President Biden, even as top Democrats tried assuring agitated progressives that they’d revive their derailed drive to boost the minimum wage. Continue reading →

Nation

Global action is ‘very far’ from what’s needed to avert climate chaos

The global scientific consensus is clear: Emissions of planet-warming gases must be cut by nearly half by 2030 if the world is to have a good shot at averting the worst climate catastrophes. Continue reading →

Nation

How this summer could bring the pandemic relief we’re longing for

There is a good chance that by summer, America will look and feel very different than our current isolated lives. Continue reading →

The World

World

US releases intelligence report implicating Saudi crown prince in killing of Jamal Khashoggi

The unclassified report confirmed conclusions reached by the CIA just weeks after the killing of the dissident writer, a Virginia resident and contributing columnist for The Washington Post. Continue reading →

World

US strike, first under Biden, kills Iran-backed militiaman

Pentagon officials said the strikes were retaliation for recent attacks on US interests in Iraq, including a rocket attack in northern Iraq on Feb. 15 that killed one civilian contractor and wounded a US service member and other coalition troops. Continue reading →

World

Nigeria confronts second mass kidnapping of schoolchildren in nine days after 317 girls vanish

Gunmen raided a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria early Friday and kidnapped more than 300 girls, marking the third mass abduction of children since December in Africa’s most populous nation. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

Massachusetts can succeed in a teleworking world

In the post-pandemic remote-work economy, there’s no reason the state can’t attract as many workers as it loses. Continue reading →

OPINION

Forces converge in State House special election in Winthrop and Revere

The race to replace former Speaker Bob DeLeo in the 19th Suffolk district has no shortage of symbolism and political icons. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Question of carbon fee on air travel stirs climate debate

"It’s the US population, not the business responsible, that is shouldering the social cost of carbon now." Continue reading →

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Metro

Metro

They need help paying rent. But they can’t prove they’re renters

One of the major barriers to securing rental assistance for scores of precariously housed tenants across the state is that these residents often rely on informal middlemen to navigate the region’s housing markets. Continue reading →

Billy Baker

Surviving brain freeze at the Mid-Winter Surfing Championships

Five decades of New England spite, chilled. Continue reading →

Metro

Leaders of company linked to N.H. truck crash that killed 7 indicted on federal charges in Mass.

The owners of a company linked to a fiery truck crash in New Hampshire that killed seven people in 2019 were indicted Thursday on federal charges in Massachusetts for allegedly falsifying driving logs and lying to investigators probing the deadly wreck, according to US Attorney Andrew Lelling and court records. Continue reading →

Sports

Celtics

‘I don’t think we win the game without his will,’ coach Brad Stevens said of Kemba Walker, and other observations

Walker had his most complete game of the season and scored a season-high 32 points. Continue reading →

RANGERS 6, BRUINS 2

From bad to worse: Bruins knocked down again in New York, this time by Rangers

The banged-up defense couldn't keep up for the second time in as many nights, and Boston put in an "unacceptable" effort overall. Continue reading →

BRUINS NOTEBOOK

Bruce Cassidy challenges struggling players to step up, seize opportunities

The Boston coach doesn't believe the moment is "too big" for some of the younger players currently filling roles with several key veterans out of the lineup. Continue reading →

Business

Business

FDA advisory panel recommends Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine be cleared for use

An influential panel of medical experts unanimously recommended that drug regulators clear Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, setting the stage for the likely authorization of the third such vaccine in the US — and the first that would require just one shot. Continue reading →

Business

FDA advisory panel recommends Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine be cleared for use

An influential panel of medical experts unanimously recommended that drug regulators clear Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, setting the stage for the likely authorization of the third such vaccine in the US — and the first that would require just one shot. Continue reading →

Business

Boston delays reopening of concert halls, theaters, other indoor businesses

Boston will delay the reopening of indoor performance spaces and recreational activity venues until March 22, taking a harder stance than the state, which said those spaces can open as soon as Monday. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Man who played Duke Chapel bells for 50 years dies

Mr. Hammond's music was heard each weekday by students leaving the day’s classes and, more recently, by alumni who could watch some of his performances online. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Loretta Whitfield, creator of a doll with a difference, dies at 79

“The Whitfields’ Baby Whitney was ahead of its time in mass-producing a baby doll that wasn’t just a white doll colored brown but a doll that little Black girls could truly identify with,” Debbie Behan Garrett, an expert on the history of Black dolls, said in an interview. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Lifestyle

A Great Barrington therapist explores grief, vulnerability, and hope through Instagram

Allyson Dinneen started her Instagram account after the loss of her husband. Her book, "Notes From Your Therapist," echoes the type of handwritten, heartfelt advice found there. Continue reading →

ARTS

ICA’s 2021 Foster Prize goes to three artists who ‘help illuminate the way forward’

“The works of Marlon Forrester, Eben Haines, and Dell Marie Hamilton help illuminate the way forward from the isolation and trauma of these troubled times,” said ICA director Jill Medvedow in a statement. Continue reading →

NAMES

Shoe designer Stuart Weitzman leads one-of-a-kind footwear course at MassArt

The world-renowned footwear designer and Haverhill native is bringing his expertise to the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in a six-session course called “Sole Connection: Footwear Design.” Continue reading →