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Metro

Asian American women shaken by Atlanta-area killings

To many, the rampage in Georgia that left eight people dead, including six women of Asian descent, felt like the culmination of a year in which anti-Asian racism has soared. Continue reading →

Metro

Massachusetts will allow general public to get COVID-19 vaccines starting April 19 under new schedule

Public-facing workers such as grocery store employees and transit and sanitation workers, as well as residents aged 60 and over, will be eligible to book COVID-19 appointments starting Monday in Massachusetts, and the general public aged 16 and older will be eligible starting April 19, officials said. Continue reading →

Metro

With nearly 1 million immunized, Baker says state could reach vaccine goal by July 4

Governor Charlie Baker has scraped and sweated through a year of crisis management. But in a recent interview with the Globe, he sounded like the pandemic that’s upended life in Massachusetts felt more manageable than it has in months. Continue reading →

Social Justice

Suffolk DA Rollins files motion to end the long-running prosecution of Sean Ellis

The move could bring to a close the three-decade case of Sean Ellis, whose conviction for the murder of Boston Police Detective John Mulligan became a cause celebre that raised major questions about police corruption and prosecutorial misconduct. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Dick Hoyt, ‘heart and soul of the Boston Marathon,’ dies at 80

Mr. Hoyt, an iconic presence at the Boston Marathon who stopped racing several years ago because of heart ailments, was 80 when he died of heart failure Wednesday morning in his home in Holland, just east of Springfield. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Mayorkas blames Trump for ‘unprecedented’ border situation

The Homeland Security Secretary said the Trump administration left behind an inhumane and inadequate system. Continue reading →

Nation

Biden endorses filibuster rule changes

The president his weight behind changing the rules even as Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell threatened harsh reprisals. Continue reading →

Nation

2 jurors dropped from Chauvin trial after $27 million settlement

A judge on Wednesday dismissed two jurors who had been seated for the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer accused in George Floyd’s death over concerns they had been tainted by the city’s announcement of a $27 million settlement with Floyd’s family. Continue reading →

The World

World

Biden says withdrawing US forces from Afghanistan by May deadline is ‘tough’

The president publicly indicated for the first time that he could extend the US troop presence there. Continue reading →

World

Japan court says same-sex marriage should be allowed

A Japanese court for the first time ruled Wednesday that same-sex marriage should be allowed under the country’s constitution, a moral victory that does not have any immediate legal consequence but could bolster efforts for legalization. Continue reading →

World

Tanzania’s populist President John Magufuli has died at 61

President John Magufuli of Tanzania, a prominent COVID-19 skeptic in Africa whose populist rule often cast his East African country in a harsh international spotlight, has died. He was 61 years old. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

A derailment and packed trains? Sounds like the same old T

Under Governor Charlie Baker, the T has taken steps to make your ride less safe during a public health crisis. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Pass the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act

It is infuriating to know that plastic items with numbered triangles are ending up in the world’s landfills, waterways, fields, and roads. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Salem State community decries furloughs of professors, librarians

The student-teacher relationship is essential to a positive, productive learning experience. To needlessly disrupt that relationship would damage students’ emotional well-being during a stressful pandemic. Continue reading →

Metro

Metro

Asian American women shaken by Atlanta-area killings

To many, the rampage in Georgia that left eight people dead, including six women of Asian descent, felt like the culmination of a year in which anti-Asian racism has soared. Continue reading →

Metro

Massachusetts will allow general public to get COVID-19 vaccines starting April 19 under new schedule

Public-facing workers such as grocery store employees and transit and sanitation workers, as well as residents aged 60 and over, will be eligible to book COVID-19 appointments starting Monday in Massachusetts, and the general public aged 16 and older will be eligible starting April 19, officials said. Continue reading →

Metro

With nearly 1 million immunized, Baker says state could reach vaccine goal by July 4

Governor Charlie Baker has scraped and sweated through a year of crisis management. But in a recent interview with the Globe, he sounded like the pandemic that’s upended life in Massachusetts felt more manageable than it has in months. Continue reading →

Sports

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Fenway Sports Group deal is another shrewd, historic step in LeBron James’s amazing journey

The NBA superstar sees his partnership in Fenway Sports Group not just as a business move but something that can inspire. Continue reading →

ON BASEBALL

Eduardo Rodríguez, at last, has earned his Red Sox Opening Day nod

Following a season undone by COVID-19, and years of appearing unable to fulfill his potential as a starter, Rodríguez will lead the Red Sox out against Baltimore on April 1. Continue reading →

Cavaliers 117, Celtics 110

Cavalier approach: Celtics stunned by lowly Cleveland after lackluster first half

Jayson Tatum scored 29 points but missed 10 of his 13 3-point attempts and couldn’t push the Celtics into the lead despite a hot second half. Continue reading →

Business

Business

Union calls out hotels that haven’t committed to rehiring workers

The union representing local hotel workers has launched a website identifying dozens of hotels in the area that it says have not committed to rehiring workers furloughed during the pandemic. Continue reading →

Business

Go ahead, spend your stimulus money. That’s what it’s for

The federal program is intended to help those in need and get money circulating into the economy. Experts recommend shopping local, booking a vacation, or giving to a charity. Continue reading →

Business

State’s new craft beer law suddenly faces legal tests

Governor Charlie Baker signed the law in January, after state lawmakers passed it in the final moments of their two-year session. Now the state Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission is wrestling with two cases that could eventually determine how the law is applied. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Dick Hoyt, ‘heart and soul of the Boston Marathon,’ dies at 80

Mr. Hoyt, an iconic presence at the Boston Marathon who stopped racing several years ago because of heart ailments, was 80 when he died of heart failure Wednesday morning in his home in Holland, just east of Springfield. Continue reading →

Obituaries

James Levine, disgraced former Met Opera maestro and BSO music director, is dead at 77

Mr. Levine directed the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 2004 to 2011. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

BOOKS

How ‘The Phantom Tollbooth’ saved me

Norton Juster died this week at 91. His remarkable novel helped ease my childhood loneliness in Petersham. Continue reading →

Podcast

Starstruck since they were tweens in Cambridge, they now have a podcast about celebrity memoirs

Meet the hosts of the new "Celebrity Book Club" podcast, besties Lily Marotta and Steven Phillips-Horst, who bonded in middle school in Cambridge Continue reading →

Television

Berklee grad moves to next round on ‘American Idol,’ performing as sunny persona Beane

Judge Katy Perry likened Brennan Hepler of Brighton to "a pocketful of sunshine" Continue reading →