Nation

What’s ‘normal’ US weather? It’s hotter than ever, NOAA says, and often wetter

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released an updated set of climate averages for the contiguous United States. Compared to previous 30-year periods, the climate has turned unambiguously warmer. Continue reading →

Political Notebook

Judge orders release of memo on Russia probe

A federal judge has ordered the release of a legal memorandum the Trump-era Justice Department prepared for then-Attorney General William Barr before he announced his conclusion that President Trump had not obstructed justice during the Russia investigation. Continue reading →

Politics

Supreme Court skeptical of low-level crack offender’s case

Crack cocaine trafficking kingpins convicted more than a decade ago can ask courts to reduce their prison terms under a 2018 federal law. The Supreme Court on Tuesday sounded skeptical that people convicted of older low-level crack crimes can do the same. Continue reading →

World

Years of unheeded warnings. Then the subway crash Mexico City had feared.

The capital had been bracing for the disaster for years. Ever since it opened nearly a decade ago, the newest Mexico City subway line — a heralded expansion of the second largest subway system in the Americas — had been plagued with structural weaknesses that led engineers to warn of potential accidents. Yet other than a brief, partial shutdown of the line in 2014, the warnings went unheeded by successive governments. Continue reading →

World

Grim image of India prompts debate over China’s swaggering propaganda

Even in China, where propaganda has become increasingly pugnacious, the display was jarring: A photograph of a Chinese rocket poised to blast into space juxtaposed with a cremation pyre in India, which is overwhelmed by the coronavirus. “Chinese ignition versus Indian ignition,” the title read. Continue reading →

World

Many families torn apart at the southern border face a long and uncertain wait

More than 5,500 migrant families were pulled apart at the southwest border beginning in 2017, under a policy later known as “zero tolerance.” The separated families received a jolt of hope in early February when President Biden signed an executive order to reunify the migrant families by bringing the deported parents into the United States. Continue reading →

OPINION

Ma’Khia Bryant deserved better in life — and death

Like too many Black girls and women killed by police, the teenager was not afforded lasting attention or outrage. Continue reading →

OPINION

Is America racist? Kamala Harris and Tim Scott say no.

Liberal activists savaged South Carolina’s senator, but the vice president knew better than to repeat that mistake. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Count counties out of federal aid program

The six vestigial county governments in Massachusetts aren’t equipped to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in federal economic relief. Continue reading →

Metro

A Black teenage girl was found dead in Hopkinton. As her family seeks answers, rumors and outrage mount

Rumors about how Mikayla Miller ended up dead by a tree in a nearly all-white town have ricocheted across Hopkinton and beyond. The police initially told her family that her death was a suicide, but her family says they have unanswered questions about what happened, and that they felt largely ignored by the police and the DA. Continue reading →

Politics

DCF to visit every child it supervises in person by month’s end, state officials tell lawmakers

For the first time since COVID-19 scrambled daily life last year, social workers within Massachusetts’ child welfare agency will resume in-person visits for all of the 40,000-plus children they oversee. Continue reading →

Politics

AGs Healey and Ellison have forged a bond in pushing for justice

Though the specific roles of attorneys general can vary from state to state, they have sought each other’s counsel in dealing with the many common issues they face. Continue reading →

gary washburn | on basketball

Will the Celtics have to play in? Depends on how the final seven games play out

The finishing stretch of the schedule would indicate that the Celtics' fate is largely in their own hands. Continue reading →

RED SOX 11, TIGERS 7

Hunter Renfroe, Red Sox bats come to life to beat lowly Tigers in series opener

Hitting just .191 entering the night, the outfielder went 3 for 4 on Tuesday night with two runs scored and two RBIs to spark Boston's 14-hit attack. Continue reading →

Devils 4, Bruins 3 (OT)

Bruins can’t keep a lead against Devils and lose in overtime

Patrice Bergeron, Taylor Hall, and Sean Kuraly scored for Boston. Continue reading →

Business

Local Indian executives rally to send badly needed medical equipment to COVID-ravaged country

Leaders of the close-knit Indian diaspora are using their influence and resources to get much-needed medical supplies to a country in the throes of the world’s worst COVID-19 crisis. Executives, doctors, and philanthropists are tapping their networks and opening up their own wallets. Continue reading →

Business

Here are 13 organizations raising money for COVID-19 relief in India

A second wave of COVID-19 infections is causing a crisis in India, as the country faces a surge in cases amid shortages in hospital beds, oxygen, and medications. Here are a few of the organizations involved in aid efforts. Continue reading →

Business

GE shareholders rebuke company over huge pay package for CEO

The rebuke was prompted by an unusual retention plan offered to chief executive Larry Culp that could be worth $57 million. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Martin Bookspan, broadcaster who brought classical music from concert halls into the home, dies at 94

Martin Bookspan, a radio and television announcer known to millions of classical music aficionados as the voice of the New York Philharmonic and the PBS series “Live From Lincoln Center,” died April 29 at his home in Aventura, Fla. He was 94. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Martin Bookspan, broadcaster who brought classical music from concert halls into the home, dies at 94

Martin Bookspan, a radio and television announcer known to millions of classical music aficionados as the voice of the New York Philharmonic and the PBS series “Live From Lincoln Center,” died April 29 at his home in Aventura, Fla. He was 94. Continue reading →

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WHAT SHE'S HAVING

Any excuse to eat tacos

It’s hard to be mad at an occasion that offers an excuse to eat tacos. Or sell them. Cinco de Mayo drives traffic to restaurants that need it more this year than ever. Here are several Mexican eateries that opened locally just before or during the pandemic where you can get your fix. Continue reading →

HOLIDAYS

What burnt-out moms really want for Mother’s Day

It's been a trying year for the average American mother. Now she deserves something nice. Continue reading →

ART

MassArt has a new student gallery. It’s all the way over in SoWa

The space is devoted to art by students and alumni of the college’s graduate programs. Continue reading →