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Massachusetts

The things they hold, 20 years after 9/11

In the two decades since losing loved ones to the deadliest act of terror in American history, these are the things family members have kept and carried with them, and the rituals they have gone back to, again and again. Continue reading →

Commentary

Muslims growing up post-9/11 still can’t escape the long shadow of that day

Whether it’s the freedoms we’re afforded, the way we’re viewed by others, or even the way we understand ourselves, a generation of Muslims became defined by this one event, our identities tied to the attackers without our consent. Continue reading →

Business

‘There will be a benefit to everyone’: Why some businesses welcome Biden’s vaccine mandate

The private sector typically shudders at more government regulation. But not when it comes to COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Continue reading →

Boston Mayoral Race

On a weekly peace walk in Roxbury, Boston’s mayoral candidates are urged to talk more about street violence

Boston's mayoral candidates have rarely shown up at crime scenes in parts of the city that experience different types of violence, including shootings. Their absence at these life-changing and traumatic events has caused consternation among residents in some of the city’s communities that have seen their share of crime and trauma. Continue reading →

Climate Change

After nearly a decade of resistance, Harvard divests from fossil fuels

In a letter to students and faculty that did not use the word “divestment,” Harvard president Lawrence Bacow disclosed the $41 billion endowment has effectively divested its fossil fuel holdings. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Republican governors threaten to sue over Biden’s sweeping vaccine mandates

Republican leaders are blasting President Biden’s sweeping new coronavirus vaccine mandates for businesses and federal workers, decrying them as unconstitutional infringements on personal liberties and promising to sue. Continue reading →

Nation

Justice Breyer calls Supreme Court decision on Texas abortion law ‘very, very, very wrong’

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is criticizing the high court’s refusal to block a Texas abortion statute that bans the procedure as early as six weeks into pregnancy. Continue reading →

Nation

Study: Unvaccinated 11 times more likely to die from COVID-19

People who were not fully vaccinated this spring and summer were more than 10 times more likely to be hospitalized, and 11 times more likely to die of COVID-19 than those who were fully vaccinated, according to one of three major studies published Friday by the CDC. Continue reading →

The World

World

Germany investigates Russia over pre-election hacking

The federal prosecutor’s office in Germany said Friday it was investigating who was responsible for a spate of hacking attempts aimed at lawmakers, amid growing concerns that Russia is trying to disrupt the Sept. 26 vote for a new government. Continue reading →

World

Lebanon gets new Prime Minister amid economic meltdown

Najib Mikati, a billionaire telecommunications tycoon, became the prime minister of Lebanon on Friday, seizing the reins for a third time in a country that has been without a government for more than a year while its people careened deeper into an economic abyss. Continue reading →

World

Japan vaccine minister seeks to be next prime minister

Taro Kono, 58, a Georgetown University graduate who is fluent in English, has many fans among younger people, with whom he communicates via social media, a rarity in Japanese politics. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

Don’t count out the Republican vote in the Boston mayoral election

Republicans could make a difference in Tuesday’s preliminary election. In a race this close, every vote and every constituency, however small, counts. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Remembering the loss and trauma of Sept. 11

Twenty years later, the nation still has much to learn. Continue reading →

LETTERS

The turning point of 9/11

Readers share vivid memories and lessons from Sept. 11, 2001, from how they learned the news of the attacks to how they reacted to it. Continue reading →

Metro

RI POLITICS

Can a civilian be a police major? It could affect the department’s accreditation, RIPAC and CALEA say

The Providence police chief and the City Council urge Mayor Jorge Elorza to reclassify the police major job given to civilian recreation department head Michael Stephens. Continue reading →

THE GREAT DIVIDE

A sharp increase in buses arrived to Boston schools Friday morning before the bell

The Boston school system experienced a significant increase in buses arriving to school before the morning bell on Friday, following a week of concerns about a bus driver shortage that turned into a hot issue in the mayor’s race. Continue reading →

Higher Education

Colleges impose stricter rules following case increases

As students pack college campuses once again, filling them to capacity for the first time since the start of the pandemic, some institutions have seen an early rise in positive cases of COVID-19 — the majority of which are breakthrough cases, since nearly all students are vaccinated. Continue reading →

Sports

red sox notebook

Red Sox’ Hunter Renfroe on COVID-19 claim: ‘I’m not taking back what I said’

Renfroe said MLB told the Red Sox to stop following COVID-19 protocols, which the league said was not true. Continue reading →

White Sox 4, Red Sox 3

No oomph in Red Sox’ game as they fall to White Sox in opener of three-game series

The Red Sox remain in sole control of the first wild-card spot in the American League by a game following the Yankees’ loss to the Mets. Continue reading →

patriots

Cam Newton says Mac Jones didn’t beat him out for starting job, and other things we learned in new video

Newton shared a 45-minute video to "clear the air" about his release from the Patriots. Continue reading →

Business

Business

‘There will be a benefit to everyone’: Why some businesses welcome Biden’s vaccine mandate

The private sector typically shudders at more government regulation. But not when it comes to COVID-19 vaccine mandates. Continue reading →

Business

After a speedy launch and IPO, biotech Centessa plans to grow in Boston

Centessa expects that its entire drug pipeline, which ranges from cancer to neuroscience treatments, will be in clinical testing by the end of 2023. Continue reading →

Technology

The week in Boston tech: new money, new ventures, new offices

Local innovation companies raised hundreds of millions of dollars, made key acquisitions, expanded their offices, and launched new ventures. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Elizabeth McCann, Broadway producer with a formidable track record, dies at 90

Elizabeth McCann, a theater producer known for what one journalist called her "steel and wit" and who in a dizzying four-decade career won nine Tony Awards, many of them as half of McCann & Nugent Productions, and gave New York audiences more than 60 Broadway productions, including such hits as "Equus," "Amadeus" and "Les Liaisons Dangereuses," died Wednesday in the Bronx. She was 90. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Lifestyle

Sunday is Black Joy Day. Here’s how to celebrate

Founder and activist Thaddeus Miles told the Globe that kayaking, pop-up poetry, and many more events are on the schedule. Continue reading →

Names

A Harvard alum’s new book is a guide to cultivating a healthy social media diet

Ever wonder if you're using social media right? A new book from Harvard alumnus Dr. Brian Primack explores how to make the most of these tricky online platforms. Continue reading →

LOVE LETTERS

Is it best for me to hide my dating life from my kids?

"Will I regret this someday?" Continue reading →