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Metro

Killed overseas, haunted at home, forever at war after 9/11

Sometimes war never truly ends for those who make it back alive, and the families of those who didn't. Continue reading →

COVID-19 Vaccines

‘Our patience is wearing thin’: Biden mandates vaccines for workers

President Biden used the full force of his presidency to push two-thirds of US workers to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, reaching into the private sector to mandate that all companies with more than 100 workers require vaccination or weekly testing. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Can a single word change our restrictive beach laws?

Massachusetts has the most restrictive ocean access laws in the nation, with most of our coastline legally blocked by private property owners. Now, two Cape Cod legislators are trying to change that with one word: “recreation.” Continue reading →

Boston Mayoral Race

Boston mayoral candidates take a sharper tone in final debate before next week’s election

The debate marked the last major confrontation before the field is winnowed to two finalists next week. Continue reading →

K-12

Busing woes plague Boston’s first day of school

1,200 buses ran late, and more than 40 percent did not make it to school in time for the opening bell, according to the district. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Biden withdraws nomination of David Chipman to lead the ATF

The withdrawal is a major setback to the president’s plan to reduce gun violence. Continue reading →

Political Notebook

Klobuchar reveals she underwent treatment for breast cancer this year

In a Medium post, Senator Amy Klobuchar, 61, said her doctors determined in August that the treatment went well and that her “chances of developing cancer again are no greater than the average person.” Continue reading →

Nation

EPA to protect Alaska’s Bristol Bay, blocking major gold mine

The policy shift deals a serious blow to a project that has been in the works for more than a decade and would have transformed southwest Alaska’s landscape. Continue reading →

The World

World

Qatari jet carries more than 100 foreigners from Kabul

The first passenger flight to leave Afghanistan since the frenzied US military evacuation ended late last month arrived in Doha, the Qatari capital, on Thursday with more than 100 foreigners, including Americans, aboard, and Biden administration officials said they expected more such flights in coming days. Continue reading →

World

Brazil’s president bans social networks from removing some posts

President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil is temporarily banning social media companies from removing certain content, including his claims that the only way he’ll lose next year’s elections is if the vote is rigged — one of the most significant steps by a democratically elected leader to control what can be said on the Internet. Continue reading →

World

At Paris 2015 attacks trial, the lawyers share the fees

Money that victims of the 2015 Islamic State attacks in Paris are paying in legal fees is going not just to their own lawyers, but also to lawyers defending the 20 men now on trial. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

The mayoral candidates have designs on Boston

Nearly every challenge facing Boston is a design issue, and it’s not just about architectural style. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Building a more resilient T

If Greater Boston wants to have a functional T well into the 21st century, then it must make significant investments in the transit system’s infrastructure to mitigate flood risk. Continue reading →

OPINION

The telegrams are beginning to fly

That first leaf of autumn’s descent now is always regarded as a ‘grim telegram,’ nature’s notice of summer’s demise. Continue reading →

Metro

Metro

Killed overseas, haunted at home, forever at war after 9/11

Sometimes war never truly ends for those who make it back alive, and the families of those who didn't. Continue reading →

Metro

Bedford VA violated federal law by failing to search for missing veteran later found dead, federal watchdog finds

Veteran Tim White, who lived on the Bedford VA campus, was missing for a month before a resident found his body in the stairwell of his own building last year. Now, a new federal watchdog report finds the VA police failed to look for White, violating federal law. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Cambridge couple questions if they were racially profiled while apple picking at Connors Farm in Danvers

Robert “Bob” Connors, the fifth generation in his family to operate the Danvers farm, said in a telephone interview with the Globe on Thursday that he e-mailed the Cambridge couple and “extended a personal apology for what happened.” Continue reading →

Sports

tara sullivan

Twins Devin and Jason McCourty will face each other Sunday. The winner? Their mom

After three years as his brother Devin's teammate in New England, Jason signed with Miami, and now their mother is back in the middle. Continue reading →

red sox

What are the Red Sox’ chances? Here’s how things size up in the wild-card race

As the season comes down the stretch, there are five contenders for the two AL wild-card spots. Continue reading →

Celtics

Paul Pierce reflects on the journey to Celtic great and Basketball Hall of Fame

When Pierce arrived in Boston, he saw Leo Papile pull up in a Cadillac, beginning what would be a remarkable, rocky, and painful but eventually triumphant 15 years. Continue reading →

Business

Innovation economy

Way better than a root canal

Several Boston-area startup companies are building businesses around taking better care of your teeth through emerging technologies — and raising millions in venture capital funding. Continue reading →

Business

Cambridge Trust commits $110 million to affordable housing construction

The voluntary $110 million loan contribution represents the third-largest commitment of any bank, after the mandatory lending contributions that came about from the Fleet-BankBoston and Bank of America-FleetBoston deals. Continue reading →

Business

Boston Fed president, stung by conflict-of-interest questions, will sell his stocks

Eric Rosengren said his investments complied with Federal Reserve ethics rules. But to avoid “even the appearance of any conflict of interest,” he will sell his stocks by Sept. 30 and put the proceeds into diversified index funds or cash savings. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Michael Constantine, dad in ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding,’ dies at 94

Mr. Constantine earned an Emmy in 1970 for the role of Seymour Kaufman, who presided with grumpy humanity over Walt Whitman High School on “Room 222,” broadcast on ABC from 1969 to 1974. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Mikis Theodorakis, ‘Zorba’ composer and Marxist rebel, dies at 96

A renowned Greek composer and Marxist firebrand, Mikis Theodorakis waged a war of words and music against an infamous military junta that imprisoned and exiled him as a revolutionary and banned his work a half century ago. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

MOVIE REVIEW

In ‘Come From Away,’ rays of light on the darkest of days

The hit Broadway musical "Come From Away" is captured here in live performance with its charm, buoyancy, and genuineness intact. Continue reading →

Arts

Dance opera reimagines a painful history

BIPOC, queer-affirming Haus of Glitter performs dance opera at historic home of slave ship commander. Continue reading →

TELEVISION REVIEW

‘American Rust’ is a downer of a drama

Jeff Daniels and Maura Tierney are compelling leads in the murder mystery, but the story line gets lost in a heavy-handed attempt to create a grim atmosphere. Continue reading →