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olympics

Olympic athletes seem ready to defy the rules and protest in Tokyo. How will the IOC respond?

“The movement has gotten too big,” one expert explained. “Athletes know their voices are powerful.” But with the IOC banning outsized shows of activism, what happens after the fist is raised? Continue reading →

Politics

Kamala Harris, embracing No. 2 role, ends up in spotlight’s glare

“It is an unprecedented level of vitriol,” said Rodney Ellis, a Harris County commissioner and former Texas state senator who is a longtime friend of Harris. “But I am proud of the way she has held her head high.” Continue reading →

Climate Change

As Massachusetts pursues ambitious climate goals, it continues to promote fossil fuels

Massachusetts has ambitious climate goals, and not a lot of time to achieve them, which has some clean energy and climate experts questioning why a state program continues to promote fossil fuels with cash incentives for oil and gas home heating systems. Continue reading →

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

A stalwart of old Boston society is reinvented for modern sensibilities

Sandra and Paul Edgerley have given the historic Algonquin Club on Commonwealth Avenue a multimillion-dollar makeover, hoping that the 'Quin will draw a diverse mix of business, civic and nonprofit leaders, artists, scientists, and others and forge meaningful connections. Continue reading →

Health

Spurred by pandemic, doctors try to make breast cancer screening easier

A program at Massachusetts General Hospital streamlines mammography by ensuring that patients can get results on the spot, and, if additional testing is needed, can have those procedures done right away as well. Continue reading →

The Nation

Coronavirus

White House calling out critics of door-to-door vaccine push

For months, the Biden White House refrained from criticizing Republican officials who played down the importance of coronavirus vaccinations or sought to make political hay of the federal government’s all-out effort to drive shots into arms. Not any longer. Continue reading →

Nation

Review prompted by building collapse closes Miami courthouse

The Miami-Dade County Courthouse will begin undergoing repairs immediately because of safety concerns found during a review prompted by the deadly collapse of a nearby condominium building, officials said. Continue reading →

Nation

New Virginia state park honors Native American tribes that lived on the land for centuries

After decades of various owners and plans for the land, it was turned into Machicomoco State Park, a name that means “a special meeting place” in the Algonquin language. The park is the state’s 40th and the only one dedicated to Native Americans. Continue reading →

The World

World

Haiti’s power vacuum escalates kingmakers’ battle for control

The assassination of Haiti’s president has thrown the nation into disarray, spawned shootouts on the streets, and left terrified citizens cowering in their homes. But behind the scenes, a bigger, high-stakes battle for control of the country is already accelerating. Continue reading →

World

On this German farm, cows are in charge, or at least coequals

Tom will lay his head in the lap of anyone who sits down to rub his neck, while Tilda prefers just to nuzzle her young son. Cuddles aren’t really Chaya’s thing. On any other farm, these three friends would no longer be alive. Tom was too small, Tilda too ill, and Chaya too aggressive to survive on a modern industrial farm. Each was condemned to the slaughterhouse. Instead, the trio found their way to Hof Butenland, an ex-dairy farm turned animal retirement home. Continue reading →

World

‘Mother, when will you come?’: The COVID orphans of India

More than 3,000 Indian children have been orphaned during the pandemic, according to state governments. They are a heart-rending testament to the devastation wrought on families as the coronavirus has erased hundreds of thousands of lives across the country. Even with all that has been lost, the orphans’ plight has punctured the public consciousness, an acknowledgment of the profound challenges facing a country already full of vulnerable children. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

The Mass. House dodges on transparency

Answering to the public is the job of state legislators. So why are they going out of their way to avoid doing it? Continue reading →

OPINION

The unnecessary death march of the unvaccinated

COVID-19 vaccines have proved wildly effective. For various reasons, millions remain unprotected. Continue reading →

OPINION

How to speak out against antisemitism

Politicians’ platitudes won’t stem a surge of Jew-hatred unseen in America since World War II. Continue reading →

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Metro

Metro

Acting mayor offers reprieve to some city employees on return to work

Acting Mayor Kim Janey’s administration has agreed to let some SEIU Local 888 employees delay their return to work, if a review of their individual circumstances warrants it. Continue reading →

Metro

Today in History

Today is Sunday, July 11, the 192nd day of 2021. There are 173 days left in the year. Continue reading →

Metro

Eight arrested in alleged methamphetamine trafficking ring

The operation ran between New England and California and was led by a Turkish man living in Rhode Island, according to a statement Friday from the US attorney’s office for Massachusetts. Continue reading →

Sports

Red Sox

First-time All-Star Rafael Devers of the Red Sox is far from satisfied

“I want to be a complete player,” said the Red Sox' third baseman. “That’s what this is all about.” Continue reading →

Dan Shaughnessy

Dave Dombrowski doesn’t agree that he strip-mined the Red Sox to win a title, and other thoughts

Theo Epstein got all the credit in 2004 even though Dan Duquette built the team. Isn't that true of this season for Dombrowski? Continue reading →

Phillies 11, Red Sox 2

Phillies end reliever Josh Taylor’s 26-game scoreless streak, beat Red Sox with eight-run eighth inning

It was the most runs allowed by the Red Sox in a single inning this season. Continue reading →

Business
Ideas

IDEAS

Does testosterone matter?

A new book examines "the hormone that dominates and divides us." Continue reading →

IDEAS

The race to save the northern white rhino

On the brink of extinction, the species gets a high-tech helping hand from an international consortium of scientists and conservationists. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Haunani-Kay Trask, champion of Native Hawaiian rights, dies at 71

Haunani-Kay Trask, a scholar, poet, and champion of sovereignty for the Hawaiian people who decried what she called the colonization and despoliation of her native land, died July 3 in Honolulu. She was 71. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Esther Bejarano dies at 96; Auschwitz survivor fought antisemitism and racism with music

After staying alive through multiple death camps in Europe, Esther Bejarano emigrated to Israel after the war and married before eventually returning to Germany and becoming politically active, co-founding the Auschwitz Committee in 1986 to give survivors a platform for their stories. Continue reading →

Obituaries

She knew JFK and Oswald, and wrote about both: author Priscilla Johnson McMillan dies at 92

Mrs. McMillan briefly worked for JFK and befriended him in the mid-1950s, then interviewed Lee Harvey Oswald in 1959 in Moscow, after he defected to the Soviet Union. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

TY BURR

Directing done very differently

Robert Downey Sr. and Richard Donner, who both died this week, had filmmaking careers that were poles apart. Continue reading →

ART REVIEW

What artists see in wake of the Mayflower

At Fuller Craft Museum, contemporary creators have their say. But they're confined to 17th-century techniques. Continue reading →

Music

New music for the out-of-it

They don’t make 'em like they used to, you say? Actually, plenty of contemporary artists are tapping into the sounds of your youth. Continue reading →

Travel

TRAVEL

13 top places to eat on Cape Cod

Discover these tasty places on your next trip over the bridge. Continue reading →

TRAVEL

Exploring the Elizabeth Islands (and swimming with cows)

The scene is more verdant Scottish Highlands than New England coastline. But there they are: the beach-loving bovine. Continue reading →

Real Estate