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Metro

As hopes rise for pandemic’s close, some are preparing for never-ending COVID

A pandemic-weary public is dreaming of Memorial Day barbecues, summer nights at Fenway Park, and putting the long-running curse of COVID-19 behind us. But in the medical and biopharma worlds, many are eyeing a more daunting prospect: coronavirus as a never-ending threat. Continue reading →

Politics

‘This is the place where dreams end.’ Stranded in border cities, migrant families wait with little chance of refuge

The harsh realities for migrant families underscore how little has changed at the US-Mexico border under President Biden, even as he has sought to turn the page on immigration after the Trump administration. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

They say reimagine the police. What would that look like?

A potential sea change in law enforcement has gained support in Boston and across the country after the trial and conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the killing of George Floyd. Continue reading →

Battle for the GOP

In rapidly changing Georgia, many Republicans remain obsessed with the last election

Many in Georgia’s Republican Party are still stewing over a presidential election they think was simply stolen. The main focus so far has been on passing a restrictive new voting law. Meanwhile, some Trump devotees are also targeting the state’s elected Republican officials who upheld the 2020 results. Continue reading →

Vermont

‘People are buying houses left and right’: More people are moving to Vermont amid the pandemic

The pandemic spurred as many as 5,000 additional people to spend last summer in Vermont, according to a state estimate, many of them seeking refuge from hot spots and urban congestion that made them more susceptible to the virus. Now, many want to stay permanently. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Biggest space station crowd in decade after SpaceX arrival

All of the astronauts — representing the US, Russia, Japan, and France — managed to squeeze into camera view for a congratulatory call from the leaders of their space agencies. Continue reading →

Nation

Decades after police bombing, Philadelphians ‘sickened’ by handling of victim’s bones

In 1985, police flew a helicopter over a West Philadelphia neighborhood and dropped a bomb on the row house where members of the communal, anti-government group MOVE lived. The bomb started a fire, and police ordered firefighters to let it burn. Eleven people were killed, and more than 60 nearby homes were destroyed. This week officials at two Ivy League universities acknowledged that anthropologists had been passing the bones of a young victim between them for the last 36 years. Continue reading →

Nation

Medical examiner’s testimony in Chauvin trial prompts review

Dr. David Fowler, Maryland’s chief medical examiner from 2002 to 2019, was a key defense witness for Derek Chauvin, who was convicted Tuesday of murder and manslaughter for kneeling on George Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes. Continue reading →

The World

World

As COVID-19 devastates India, deaths go undercounted

Each day, the government reports more than 300,000 new infections, a world record, and India is now seeing more new infections than any other country by far, almost half of all new cases in a global surge. But experts say those numbers, however staggering, represent just a fraction of the real reach of the virus’ spread, which has thrown this country into emergency mode. Continue reading →

World

Debris from Indonesian submarine is found, ending hopes of rescue

Some of the items found floating in the water had been disgorged from inside the submarine: pieces of Muslim prayer mats, special sponges for clearing condensation, and a bottle of grease used to lubricate periscopes. Continue reading →

World

General who led Myanmar’s coup arrives for regional talks on the crisis

It was the first time since the Feb. 1 coup that the army’s commander in chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, had ventured outside Myanmar. Critics feared that his presence with heads of state at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting would give him the appearance of legitimacy. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

Pack the lower courts

Forget the question of whether the US Supreme Court should have more justices. Urgent, bipartisan reform is needed elsewhere in the federal judiciary. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Calls for laws, allyship in the face of hate directed at Asian Americans

Racism and anti-Asian acts of violence are our public mental health problem. Continue reading →

OPINION

The wholly undeserved rehabilitation of George W. Bush

All the former president needed to polish his reputation was Donald Trump — and a nation that overlooks the sins of powerful white men. Continue reading →

Metro

Metro

As hopes rise for pandemic’s close, some are preparing for never-ending COVID

A pandemic-weary public is dreaming of Memorial Day barbecues, summer nights at Fenway Park, and putting the long-running curse of COVID-19 behind us. But in the medical and biopharma worlds, many are eyeing a more daunting prospect: coronavirus as a never-ending threat. Continue reading →

Metro

‘The truth has won out.’ Boston-area Armenians react to Biden’s genocide declaration

President Biden, fulfilling a campaign promise, recognized on Saturday that century-old atrocities against Armenians by the Ottoman Empire in modern-day Turkey were genocide. Continue reading →

Metro

Two former Pembroke hockey stars remembered at funeral Mass

“The death of these two wonderful young men at the beginning of their lives wrenches us,” the Rev. Joseph S. McCarthy told the crowd of mourners. “It breaks our hearts.” Continue reading →

Sports

ben volin | on football

Why has the Patriots’ recent drafting been so poor?

The last five years have not been very fruitful for the Patriots. Let's take a closer look at the problem. Continue reading →

Sports

Checking in on the Yankees’ horrible start, and other thoughts

The Bronx Bombers, considered preseason favorites in the AL East, lost 11 of their first 18 games and are in last pace in the division. Continue reading →

Mariners 8, Red Sox 2

Sloppy Red Sox blown out by Mariners in Fenway matinee

Red Sox starter Nate Eovaldi allowed five runs in five innings. Continue reading →

Business
Ideas

IDEAS

Unmute that Zoom call

Embrace the background noise of other people’s lives. Continue reading →

IDEAS

Abandonada después de las deportaciones de mi familia, sigo soñando con salir adelante en los Estados Unidos

“A pesar de las dificultades, a pesar de que mi familia está destrozada, sigo aquí”. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Shock G, frontman for hip-hop group Digital Underground, dies at 57

Producer and frontman for Digital Underground, Gregory Edward Jacobs — known as Shock G, helped the group have a string of hits in the early 1990s and introduced the world to a little-known rapper named Tupac Shakur. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Mao Ayuth, filmmaker who survived the Khmer Rouge, dies at 76

Mao Ayuth, who was also a novelist, poet and screenwriter, began his film career in the 1960s and early ’70s, in what became known as a golden age of Cambodian cinema. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

CLASSICAL MUSIC

Making the BSO NOW online concerts less BSO THEN

Something’s different about this spring’s Boston Symphony Orchestra concerts, and it’s not the fact that they’re all online. Continue reading →

OSCARS 2021

The Oscars: who should win, who will, who shouldn’t be here, who ought to be

This year’s awards, which will be broadcast live Sunday from both the Dolby Theatre and Union Station in Los Angeles, mask an industry in flux. Continue reading →

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK

These works of art show why cities will endure

Several new works and websites speak to the importance of cities and how unlikely that importance is to go away. Continue reading →

Travel

TRAVEL

Iceland is now open to fully vaccinated Americans. Here’s what to expect if you go

Greece is also open, while Israel is slowly lifting restrictions. Continue reading →

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

This summer, Nantucket is getting a ‘sexy’ hotel

Faraway hotel will be Paris-meets-New York-meets-London, but located on Nantucket. Continue reading →

Real Estate