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Coronavirus

There are still people dying of COVID-19 nearly every day. For their loved ones, the world is far from normal

For those families, grief is complicated by the sense that the worst of the pandemic was behind them only to see the virus find their loved one. Continue reading →

Health

Nursing homes struggle to reduce a serious COVID risk: many employees resist vaccination

The failure of many nursing home staff members to get vaccinated has emerged as one of the most serious gaps in the United States’ defenses against COVID. Continue reading →

Politics

Warren slows confirmation of Biden higher ed pick, as battle over student aid escalates

The maneuver by Senator Elizabeth Warren suggests an increased willingness to prod the president more aggressively from the left, which she did with particular energy in her first term during the Obama administration. Continue reading →

Metro

Warm weather, fewer lifeguards, canceled swim lessons could be behind the recent string of drownings

A host of factors, from a receding pandemic and exceptionally warm weather to a shortage of lifeguards and swimming lessons, may have contributed to the surge of fatalities this spring, water safety specialists said. Continue reading →

Politics

Biden says he has infrastructure deal with bipartisan group of senators

President Biden and a bipartisan group of centrist senators reached a deal for $1.2 trillion in investments to rebuild the nation’s infrastructure, a victory for the White House but only the first lurch in what promises to be an arduous attempt to reshape the nation’s economic and social programs. Continue reading →

The Nation

Politics

Pelosi announces select committee to investigate Jan. 6 attack

Nearly seven months after insurrectionists, white supremacists, and rioters mobbed the US Capitol on Jan. 6, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday announced she would create a select committee to investigate the attack. Continue reading →

Nation

Court suspends Giuliani’s law license, citing Trump election lies

Rudy Giuliani, a former top federal prosecutor, New York City mayor, and attorney to a president, faces the possibility of disbarment after a New York court ruled Thursday that he made “demonstrably false and misleading statements” while fighting the results of the 2020 election on behalf of Donald Trump. Continue reading →

POLITICAL NOTEBOOK

Senate panel deadlocks over ATF nominee

Republicans oppose David Chipman for the ATF job because of his advocacy for stricter gun laws. Continue reading →

The World

World

US to move Afghans who aided troops to third countries

The White House has come under heavy pressure from lawmakers and military officials to protect Afghan allies from revenge attacks by the Taliban, and speed up the lengthy and complex process of providing them special immigrant visas. Continue reading →

World

What else has Hong Kong lost, readers ask, as a paper is silenced

Readers lined up in the rain to buy copies of the Apple Daily’s final edition. They rushed to archive its articles online before its website went blank. Other local news outlets plastered their home pages with reports of the publication’s demise, even as editors wondered where the new boundaries lay. Continue reading →

World

2 killed, 1 wounded in beach shootings in Tulum, Mexico

Two men were killed and a third wounded in a shooting Thursday on a beach at Mexico’s Caribbean coast resort of Tulum. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

Boston City Council’s power grab won’t end well

Those coveting the mayor’s power over the city’s budget should run for the job, not diminish it. Continue reading →

LETTERS

There is no reason to return to time when a disability barred people from public sphere

Our country shines at its brightest when as many people as possible are able to participate in the lawmaking process. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Michael Loconto’s hot-mike comments still burn

What I cannot fathom is how adults in these positions are not concerned with the implications these comments will have when they are made at work. Continue reading →

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Metro

Metro

Warm weather, fewer lifeguards, canceled swim lessons could be behind the recent string of drownings

A host of factors, from a receding pandemic and exceptionally warm weather to a shortage of lifeguards and swimming lessons, may have contributed to the surge of fatalities this spring, water safety specialists said. Continue reading →

Metro

Joe Biden to Ireland: We’re back in the game

Claire Cronin’s selection as ambassador to Ireland suggests the Biden administration is going to re-engage with the kind of diplomacy that brought peace to Northern Ireland more than 20 years ago. Continue reading →

Metro

Survey finds significant food insecurity among Massachusetts families

About 47 percent of those surveyed reported experiencing food insecurity over the past year, but only about 40 percent of that group received benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, commonly known as food stamps, according to a statement from MassINC. Continue reading →

Sports

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Red Sox place Christian Arroyo on injured list with knee contusion

Michael Chavis was recalled from Worcester to replace Arroyo, who was hurt in Sunday's game against the Royals. Continue reading →

Red Sox

‘Everybody has their Pedroia stories.’ Here are some of the best tales from the Red Sox star’s rise to the majors

Dustin Pedroia, who will be honored at Fenway Park Friday, showed an intense competitive fire and left a lasting impression at every stage of his development. Continue reading →

stan grossfeld

Back with Patriots, Dont’a Hightower has no regrets about opting out of 2020 season

“My primary goal at that time was to take care of my family, and I felt like I did the right thing,” he says. “If I had to do it again, I’d definitely do it the same way.” Continue reading →

Business

Business

Massport revs Logan Express back up in bid to reduce car trips to the airport

Massport will increase Logan Airport shuttle service and lower fares in hopes of reducing car traffic at increasingly crowded terminals. Continue reading →

Business

Boston Scientific buys out California medical manufacturer for $295 million

The Marlborough company would pay up to $387 million, including potential milestone payments, for Farapulse, a California-based medical equipment manufacturer that developed a non-thermal method for cardiac ablation. Continue reading →

TALKING POINTS

Catania expanding its Ayer plant

Stories you may have missed from the world of business. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Judith Farr, scholar of Emily Dickinson and poet in her own right, dies at 85

Judith Farr remembered the precise moment when she was first overcome by the poetry of Emily Dickinson. She was 12 or 13, vacationing with her parents in the Catskills. Her father, an orchestral musician, was playing a piece by Mozart. "Isn't the music beautiful?" she asked her mother. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

RI ARTS

Actress and director Kyra Sedgwick to film ‘Space Oddity’ in R.I.

Filming will begin this week in Wickford and North Kingtown. “We have a local crew that can’t be beat, and the locations are magical,” Sedgwick said. Continue reading →

Music

Berklee vice president Panos Panay tapped as Recording Academy co-president

Panos A. Panay, senior vice president for global strategy and innovation for Berklee College of Music, will serve as co-president of the Recording Academy, the organization that presents the annual Grammy Awards. Continue reading →

BREAK TIME

10 Boston-area spots to be a kid again

You deserve to take a break from being a grown-up. Continue reading →