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Connecticut

As landfill space dwindles in Massachusetts, New Hampshire has become the state’s dumping ground

As landfills close in New England after reaching capacity and zoning rules make it difficult to expand existing dumps or open new ones, waste-management officials say the region needs new places to dump trash. Continue reading →

Higher Education

How can universities insulate tenure decisions from political influence?

Nikole Hannah-Jones’s tenure case underscores the vulnerability of academia to political interference and the urgent need to protect freedom of thought, some scholars say. Continue reading →

Business

Ben & Jerry’s says it will stop sales in ‘occupied Palestinian territory’

The decision drew swift and varied reaction, ranging from praise, criticism that the move did not go far enough, and fresh calls for a boycott against Ben & Jerry’s from those who support Israeli settlements, including former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Continue reading →

CANDIDATE PROFILE

In a crowded Boston mayoral race, Annissa Essaibi George charts a different course

While multiple candidates are pitching themselves as the most progressive option, this Dorchester native has carved her own, more moderate path, most notably when it comes to policing. The second in a series of profiles of candidates vying to be Boston’s next mayor. Continue reading →

Health

Top pediatricians recommend masks in school this fall, even for vaccinated children

The American Academy of Pediatricians’ recommendation contradicts recent federal guidelines that students and teachers who have been vaccinated don’t need to wear masks. Continue reading →

The Nation

Politics

Capitol insurrectionist sentenced to eight months for trying to stop vote certification

The first person to have pleaded guilty to storming the Capitol on Jan. 6 with the intention of stopping the certification of the Electoral College vote was sentenced Monday to eight months in prison in what could serve as an indicator for scores of similar cases. Continue reading →

Politics

Garland tells prosecutors not to seize reporters’ records

US Attorney General Merrick Garland on Monday issued a broad ban on using subpoenas, warrants, or court orders to seize reporters’ records from their employers or from communications firms in an effort to uncover their confidential sources in leak investigations, outlining sharp new limits on the practice. Continue reading →

Nation

Senate Democrats take voting rights push to Atlanta for hearing

Senate Democrats took their campaign for far-reaching federal voting rights legislation on the road to Georgia on Monday, convening a rare hearing in a state at the center of a national fight over elections. Continue reading →

The World

World

Biden administration transfers its first detainee from Guantánamo Bay

The Biden administration on Monday transferred its first detainee out of Guantánamo Bay, repatriating a Moroccan man who had been recommended for discharge from the wartime prison starting in 2016 but nevertheless remained there during the Trump years. Continue reading →

World

Hundreds considered missing in Europe floods are safe, even as toll rises

European authorities have revised down the number of people missing as waters receded after devastating flooding in Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland last week, even as the death toll continues to rise. Continue reading →

World

Haiti, urged by foreign powers, announces new government

With foreign powers weighing in, Haitian officials announced a new prime minister Monday, in an attempt to resolve a caustic leadership struggle in the wake of President Jovenel Moïse’s assassination. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

David Chipman is the right choice for ATF

Gun zealots who oppose him have long worked to undermine the agency. Continue reading →

OPINION

Haverhill, you’re on notice: Open the door to Latino representation in local government

The city has to dump its at-large electoral structure. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Canceling student debt won’t solve the thorny problem of college costs

I would routinely speak with parents and students about how to pay for college. I would also look at how the university was spending the money it received for tuition and room and board. Continue reading →

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Metro

Metro

Steve Flemmi deserves as much compassion as he showed his victims, which is none

At 87, admitted killer Steve Flemmi is seeking compassionate release from a life sentence. Flemmi, who was Whitey Bulger’s partner in crime, was convicted of killing 10 people. Continue reading →

Metro

This explorer must go down to the sea again

Robert Ballard has become one of the great adventurers of his generation, the man who found the underwater resting places of John F. Kennedy’s PT-109, the aircraft carrier Yorktown, and — most spectacularly — the watery grave of the doomed luxury liner Titanic. But he’s not done yet. Continue reading →

Politics

Tom Mountain resigns as vice chairman of the Massachusetts GOP, citing ‘scurrilous and demeaning’ blog post

“For the good of our Party, I will be stepping down as MassGOP Vice Chair immediately to focus on an effort to clear my name,” Mountain wrote in an e-mail to fellow Republicans. Continue reading →

Sports

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Jarren Duran begins gangbusters first inning for Red Sox with MLB home run No. 1

Alex Cora shuffled his batting order Monday against the Blue Jays, putting the rookie in the No. 2 spot and dropping Alex Verdugo to sixth, and the runs immediately flowed. Continue reading →

RED SOX 13, BLUE JAYS 4

What, us, stumbling? Red Sox score eight in first, clobber Blue Jays in Buffalo

The Red Sox cracked six home runs, J.D. Martinez had four hits, and the offensive woes of the last week plus seemed far away as the team began another critical series in the AL East race. Continue reading →

RED SOX

Lifetime stadium bans are not without enforcement challenges

Despite the threat of arrest, it does not take a great deal of imagination to conjure up a banned fan returning to the scene of their crime by accompanying another ticket holder and obscuring their face enough that security would not happen to catch them at the turnstile or later at their seats. Continue reading →

Business

Business

Ben & Jerry’s says it will stop sales in ‘occupied Palestinian territory’

The decision drew swift and varied reaction, ranging from praise, criticism that the move did not go far enough, and fresh calls for a boycott against Ben & Jerry’s from those who support Israeli settlements, including former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Continue reading →

Business

Adagio files for IPO, sees need for COVID treatments for ‘years to come’

The Waltham-based company said it could seek emergency use approval from the FDA for its antibody treatment as soon as the first quarter of 2022. Continue reading →

TALKING POINTS

Malden to open its first Starbucks store

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

Obituaries
Arts & Lifestyle

Television

At Passim, a song circle of Bill Morrissey’s pals on the anniversary of his passing

Mark Erelli, Cormac McCarthy, Cliff Eberhardt, and Pete Nelson will pay tribute to the New England singer-songwriter, who died 10 years ago. Continue reading →

MUSIC REVIEW

Trifonov’s Brahms highlights stormy weekend at Tanglewood

The weekend’s highlight was an appearance by the Russian soloist in Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1. Continue reading →

ASK MATTHEW

‘The White Lotus’ is a trip worth taking

This portrait of wealthy vacationers at a Hawaiian resort reveals its excellence over time, even if you find the characters hard to take. Continue reading →