Nation

DeJoy maintains financial ties to former company as USPS awards it new $120 million contract

The US Postal Service will pay $120 million over the next five years to a major logistics contractor that Postmaster General Louis DeJoy previously helped lead and with which his family maintains financial ties, according to DeJoy’s financial disclosure statements. Continue reading →

Nation

Cryptocurrency brawl bogs down infrastructure bill, as Yellen and White House fight changes

The Biden administration is pushing back against a last-minute effort by a bipartisan group of senators to limit a proposal in the infrastructure bill to increase federal regulation of cryptocurrencies. The fierce lobbying push helped stall plans to finish voting on the bill Thursday night, and now it appears debate will stretch into the weekend. Continue reading →

Nation

Pause on student loan payments extended through January

The Biden administration on Friday announced that federal student loan payments will remain suspended through January 2022, extending a pause that began at the start of the pandemic and was scheduled to expire next month. The Education Department said this will be the final extension. Continue reading →

World

Taliban fighters overrun an Afghan provincial capital for the first time since withdrawal of foreign forces

Taliban fighters seized control of the capital of Nimruz province in southwestern Afghanistan on Friday, the first provincial capital to be overrun by the militants since the withdrawal of US and NATO forces from the country. Continue reading →

VIRUS NOTEBOOK

United is first airline to require workers to get vaccinated

United’s mandate makes it an outlier among US carriers, which have largely relied on incentives. Continue reading →

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OPINION

Protecting public health from judicial arrogance

The groups lining up against the eviction moratorium are asking judges to disregard both the CDC’s public health judgments and the law. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

When it comes to COVID-19, public higher ed should be as safe as private higher ed

Unions should be the first to applaud vaccine mandates that will make everyone on campus, including workers, that much safer. Continue reading →

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Metro

From back alleys to backyards, rats descend on Boston neighborhoods

During the pandemic, the urban pests have come out of hiding, scattered into residential neighborhoods by downtown restaurant closures and looking for shelter from July’s relentless rains. Continue reading →

Metro

Janey should be willing to use every power she has to get people vaccinated

Are vaccine passports racist? That seems to be the question Acting Mayor Kim Janey placed on the table this week, when she carelessly invoked the legacy of racism in explaining why she opposes requiring proof of vaccinations. Continue reading →

Metro

The Travis Roy Foundation will close down in April 2022

The former BU hockey player, who suffered a paralyzing injury on the ice and later became a tireless advocate for spinal cord injury patients, died last year. Continue reading →

alex speier | ON BASEBALL

Even after a standout Olympics, Triston Casas is unlikely to help Red Sox this year

In Chaim Bloom's thinking, Triple A is a crucial step in a player's development, and Casas has not played at that level yet. Continue reading →

BLUE JAYS 12, RED SOX 4

A really low five as Nate Eovaldi, Red Sox fall apart quickly in loss to Blue Jays

Holding a 2-0 lead, Eovaldi was lit up during a nine-run inning for Toronto as Boston suffered its seventh loss in its last eight games. Continue reading →

red sox notebook

Red Sox ship Martin Pérez to bullpen, move Tanner Houck to rotation

Pérez was quickly called on Friday out of the bullpen, and he allowed one run in his one inning. Continue reading →

Biotech

EQRx to go public in $1.8 billion SPAC deal, with plan to make drugs cost less

The Cambridge startup says some of its late-stage programs would address cancer and inflammatory conditions. Continue reading →

Biotech

Adagio raises $300 million in IPO, looks to advance COVID-19 antibody therapy

The company said it could seek emergency use approval from the FDA for its treatment in early 2022. Continue reading →

Business

Exxon suspended from climate alliance after lobbying scandal

The move comes just weeks after an Exxon lobbyist was secretly recorded by Greenpeace saying some of the company’s key climate commitments were disingenuous. Continue reading →

Obituaries

The Rev. Leonid Kishkovsky, interfaith leader, dies at 78

Once a childhood refugee who came to the United States from war-torn Poland, the Rev. Leonid Kishkovsky later became a leader in cross-church cooperation and the first Eastern Orthodox president of the National Council of Churches. Continue reading →

Obituaries

The Rev. Leonid Kishkovsky, interfaith leader, dies at 78

Once a childhood refugee who came to the United States from war-torn Poland, the Rev. Leonid Kishkovsky later became a leader in cross-church cooperation and the first Eastern Orthodox president of the National Council of Churches. Continue reading →

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MUSIC REVIEW

Green Day and Weezer get the party restarted at Fenway

“Oh my God, we are finally together.” Those were the first words spoken by Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong to a sold-out Fenway Park audience Thursday night. Continue reading →

Books

Margot Wood discusses ‘Fresh,’ her queer coming-of-age story set at Emerson College

Her debut novel puts the Emerson grad, who works as director of sales and marketing at Oni Press in Portland, Ore., on the other side of the publishing industry. Continue reading →

Names

Elizabeth Banks launches podcast centering on sex education

The Massachusetts native launched a podcast with Audible on July 29 that explores sexuality, body image issues, and gender, with the help of experts, celebrity guests, and her own mom. Continue reading →