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Metro

Baker announces plans to close four mass vaccination sites in June, shift supply to regional sites

Citing vaccination progress, Governor Charlie Baker said Monday that the state will transition away from mass vaccination sites and shift focus to targeted efforts with regional collaboratives, mobile clinics, and more doses for hard-hit communities. Continue reading →

Metro

Elected officials rebuke Boston police union for tweet targeting City Councilor Andrea Campbell

A tweet from the Boston police union containing an apparent reference to City Councilor Andrea Campbell’s brother prompted sharp criticism from a number of local elected leaders. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

‘We have just really heart-wrenching facts’: As community mourns Dorchester stabbing victims, gruesome details emerge at arraignment of man charged

“Two people lost their lives and these two children are going to be impacted for the rest of their life,” said Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins, who attended Monday’s proceeding. Continue reading →

Politics

Biden quadruples Trump refugee cap after delay backlash

President Biden is formally lifting the nation’s refugee cap to 62,500 this year, weeks after facing bipartisan blowback for his delay in lifting former president Donald Trump’s limit of 15,000. Continue reading →

Red Sox

A big factor in the Red Sox’ success this season: They’re having fun

The laundry-cart rides for home run hitters are just one way the team has been bonding and enjoying each other’s company. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

EPA to announce sharp limits on powerful greenhouse gases

The first significant step taken by the EPA under President Biden to curb climate change, the proposed regulation focuses on hydrofluorocarbons, a class of man-made chemicals that is thousands of times more potent than carbon dioxide at warming the planet. Continue reading →

Nation

Groups say gunshot detection systems unreliable, seek review

The gunshot detection system that set in motion the recent fatal police shooting of a 13-year-old boy in Chicago routinely reports gunshots where there are none, sending officers into predominantly Black and Latino neighborhoods for “unnecessary and hostile” encounters, community groups argued in a court filing Monday. Continue reading →

Nation

Migrants separated from their children will be allowed into US

Four migrant parents will be allowed to reunite with their children in the United States this week, after the Biden administration began taking steps to unravel the Trump administration’s controversial family separation policy. Continue reading →

The World

World

US officials in Mideast to reassure jittery allies over Iran

Top Biden administration officials and US senators crisscrossed the Middle East on Monday, seeking to assuage growing unease among Gulf Arab partners over America’s reengagement with Iran and other policy shifts in the region. Continue reading →

World

Day 1 of the end of the US war in Afghanistan

President Biden has said that the United States will withdraw from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, ending the country’s longest war on foreign soil — but the pullout has already begun. The scenes over the weekend were almost as if a multitrillion-dollar effort had morphed into a garage sale. Continue reading →

World

What would it take to vaccinate the whole world? Let’s take a look

More than 600 million people worldwide have been at least partially vaccinated against COVID-19 — meaning that more than 7 billion still have not. It is a striking achievement in the shadow of a staggering challenge. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

Police transparency in Janey’s hands

It’s time to release the report on Boston’s police commissioner and decide his fate. Continue reading →

OPINION

Call Republican opposition to D.C. statehood what it is: Racist

The GOP’s arguments against D.C. statehood hinge on a paternalistic and colonial idea that Black people cannot be trusted to govern themselves. Continue reading →

OPINION

Can Kim Janey ‘act’ her way into the job?

The idea that communities of color must coalesce behind a single candidate of color is as antidemocratic as it is insulting. It also raises questions about the perceived advantages of “acting” incumbency. Continue reading →

Metro

Metro

Baker announces plans to close four mass vaccination sites in June, shift supply to regional sites

Citing vaccination progress, Governor Charlie Baker said Monday that the state will transition away from mass vaccination sites and shift focus to targeted efforts with regional collaboratives, mobile clinics, and more doses for hard-hit communities. Continue reading →

Metro

Elected officials rebuke Boston police union for tweet targeting City Councilor Andrea Campbell

A tweet from the Boston police union containing an apparent reference to City Councilor Andrea Campbell’s brother prompted sharp criticism from a number of local elected leaders. Continue reading →

Red Sox

A big factor in the Red Sox’ success this season: They’re having fun

The laundry-cart rides for home run hitters are just one way the team has been bonding and enjoying each other’s company. Continue reading →

Sports

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The first family of BC sports — the Hasselbecks — continues to flourish on campus

Matt and Sarah’s daughter Annabelle is on the nationally ranked lacrosse team, and will be joined next season by sister Mallory. Continue reading →

baseball

A closer look at the WooSox’ initial roster, and which prospects to keep an eye on

Among the pitchers, we’ve already gotten a glimpse of Tanner Houck’s potential, and outfielder Jarren Duran is already starting to separate himself. Continue reading →

BRUINS 3, DEVILS 0

A win, and they’re in: Bruins blank Devils to clinch spot in Stanley Cup playoffs

Nick Ritchie, Patrice Bergeron, and Matt Grzelcyk scored for Boston, which locked up one of the East Division’s four postseason berths. Continue reading →

Business

Business

GE chief executive Larry Culp’s compensation faces scrutiny in shareholder vote

By many accounts, Larry Culp did an admirable job steering General Electric through a hazardous year. But is his performance in 2020 worth $73 million to GE investors? Continue reading →

Business

Governor hopes to revive waterfront development plans tossed out by judge

A month after a Suffolk County judge tossed out waterfront development plans across the state — including a much-debated one in downtown Boston — the Baker administration is seeking a quick fix to a complex problem. Continue reading →

Business

Verizon sells Internet trailblazers Yahoo and AOL for $5b

Yahoo at the end of the last century was the face of the Internet, preceding the behemoth tech platforms to follow, such as Google and Facebook. And AOL was the portal, bringing almost everyone who logged on during the Internet’s earliest days. Continue reading →

Obituaries
Arts & Lifestyle

Music

Man-of-a-thousand-interviews Larry Katz is sharing his tapes with the world

The Boston journalist’s conversations with music and entertainment greats are now archived online. Continue reading →

Theater

Reece Cotton’s online comedy festival celebrates ‘Love for Humans’

The four-night festival lineup features comedians from Boston and around the country, including stand-ups from Cotton’s previous “Comics Rising” shows. Continue reading →

STAGE REVIEW

Giving the structures of racism a shake in ‘TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever’

In his inventive satire, playwright James Ijames has reimagined the story of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, holding up a cracked mirror that reflects some larger truths. Continue reading →