Democrats’ razor-thin majority gives each Senate Democrat tremendous leverage. But Joe Manchin, a moderate Democrat from deep-red West Virginia, seems to relish in keeping everyone guessing about what it will take to get his vote. Continue reading →
A chance meeting last spring between a new restaurant owner in Chelsea and a priest running a food pantry up the street led to a partnership that saved them both. Continue reading →
Mr. Moses was the Mississippi field director of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee in the 1960s during the civil rights movement. Continue reading →
The Cambridge biotech giant won approval for the first new Alzheimer’s treatment since 2003 despite limited evidence it works. The controversy raises complicated questions about medical innovation. Continue reading →
Dr. Anthony Fauci warned Sunday that the coronavirus pandemic is now “going in the wrong direction” in the United States because too many Americans are still choosing not to get vaccinated. Continue reading →
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Sunday appointed Representative Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., to the special committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, adding a second Republican who is a forceful critic of former president Donald Trump to the panel. Continue reading →
The company is intensifying formal partnerships with faith groups across the United States and shaping the future of religious experience. Continue reading →
The top American general overseeing operations in Afghanistan declined to say Sunday night whether US airstrikes against the Taliban would end Aug. 31, the date previously given by officials as a cutoff for such attacks. Continue reading →
Private firms, straddling traditional marketing and the shadow world of geopolitical influence operations, are selling services once conducted principally by intelligence agencies. Continue reading →
Neither the head-on drug war launched by former President Felipe Calderón in 2006, nor the softer “hugs not bullets” approach of current President Andrés Manuel López Obrador have managed to break Mexico’s cycle of violence. Continue reading →
When gerrymandering nullifies the will of the people, insulated lawmakers can do whatever they please. Sometimes the consequences are life and death. Continue reading →
In the coming decades, higher tides coupled with sea-level rise will cause US coastlines to experience a “dramatic” uptick in flooding, a new NASA study finds. Continue reading →
Jim Murphy, an award-winning editor for CBS Boston’s WBZ-TV, is being remembered by colleagues and loved ones for his generosity of heart and dedication to his work after passing away from a heart attack at the age of 44 on Tuesday. Continue reading →
Gloria Ratti, a Boston Athletic Association vice president and historian who died Saturday at 90, was a common-sense visionary who had a gift for nudging people toward progress without shoving them. Continue reading →
After being no-hit through seven innings by Domingo Germán, the Sox struck for five runs in the eighth to stage a remarkable comeback at Fenway. Continue reading →
Dressel’s victory opened his quest for six golds in Tokyo, while Ledecky was unable to hold off Australian Ariarne Titmus despite the fourth-best time ever. Continue reading →
One major roadblock is how much money should go to public transit. But spending on highways, water projects, broadband, and other areas remains unresolved, as is whether to take unspent COVID-19 relief funds to help pay for the infrastructure. Continue reading →
Mr. Moses was the Mississippi field director of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee in the 1960s during the civil rights movement. Continue reading →
Mason, a rabbi-turned-comedian whose feisty brand of standup comedy led him to Catskills nightclubs, West Coast talk shows, and Broadway stages, has died. Continue reading →
The Pops performed many of Williams's film favorites — and the BSO offered a world premiere of his Violin Concerto No. 2, with violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter. Continue reading →
In a new interview, the actor spoke about the dangers of COVID vaccine hesitancy and expressed concern for those who are at especially high risk for the virus because they are immunocompromised. Continue reading →
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