Politics

Biden pitching partnership after tough stretch with allies

President Biden goes before the United Nations this week eager to make the case for the world to act with haste against the coronavirus, climate change, and human rights abuses. His pitch for greater global partnership comes at a moment when allies are becoming increasingly skeptical about how much US foreign policy really has changed since Donald Trump left the White House. Continue reading →

Nation

Jair Bolsonaro, defiantly unvaccinated, will test UN General Assembly’s COVID ‘honor system’

The United Nations is demanding that world leaders arriving in New York for its General Assembly adhere to an “honor system” to attest they are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. But that mandate will be tested in the general debate's very first moments. Continue reading →

Nation

A new COVID testing model aims to spare students from quarantine

When the schools in Marietta, Ga., opened their doors on Aug. 3, the highly contagious Delta variant was sweeping across the South, and children were not being spared. Continue reading →

World

Russian election shows declining support for Putin’s party

Early results in Russia’s parliamentary elections showed a rise in opposition to President Vladimir Putin’s governing party, though it was nevertheless expected to cruise easily to victory. Continue reading →

World

Taliban-run Kabul municipality to female workers: Stay home

Female employees in the Kabul city government have been told to stay home, with work only allowed for those who cannot be replaced by men, the interim mayor of Afghanistan’s capital said Sunday, detailing the latest restrictions on women by the new Taliban rulers. Continue reading →

World

Trudeau seeks a fresh start, but many voters see a power grab

Outside a TV studio in a Vancouver, British Columbia, suburb where Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada was recording an interview days before the country’s election, a man shouted insults, mostly obscene, about Trudeau and his family while blasting Twisted Sister’s “We’re Not Gonna Take It” from a stereo on a cart. Continue reading →

OPINION

Does giving money to people with substance use disorder ‘enable’ them? It’s complicated.

Reacting to someone’s drug use by “cutting them off” reinforces, and sometimes even starts, a cycle of poverty and homelessness. Continue reading →

OPINION

Secrets and stigma lead to record number of opioid overdose deaths

Society does not appear to understand the magnitude of the issue, despite the fact that we call it a crisis. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Caring for new moms shouldn’t depend on who pays the bill

Expanded coverage for postpartum depression is a small step on the road to mental health parity. Continue reading →

Globe Local

Voters to cast ballots in more preliminary mayoral elections Tuesday

Voters in Everett, Lawrence, and several other Boston area communities are slated to cast ballots in preliminary mayoral elections Tuesday, a week after Boston and nearby cities held similar decisions in races for mayor. Continue reading →

K-12

Backlash after Beverly residents question qualifications of city’s only Black school committee member

The sole Black member of Beverly’s school committee was singled out and had her qualifications questioned by two parents during a public meeting last week in an exchange that Dr. Kenann McKenzie said left her feeling rattled. Continue reading →

K-12

How should schools keep students safe this year? Here’s what the experts recommend

“We will never prevent COVID from coming into the school doors when COVID is present in the community. That is not the goal,” said Daniele Lantagne, a Tufts University professor who helped craft the child mask-wearing guidance for the World Health Organization. Continue reading →

Red Sox 8, Orioles 6

Red Sox rally to beat the Orioles and win fifth straight, completing sweep

After coughing up the lead in the top of the seventh, the Sox rallied with a three-run bottom half to seal a weekend sweep. Continue reading →

Ben Volin | On football

Is it the competition, or does this Patriots defense look scary?

The Jets' Zach Wilson did not say he was seeing "ghosts," as predecessor Sam Darnold once said, but he was intercepted four times. Continue reading →

Tara Sullivan

In the rookie quarterback debate, Patriots’ Mac Jones gets the best of Jets’ Zach Wilson — so far

If this was the first round of an anticipated lengthy fight between two quarterbacks meant to stay in the AFC East for years to come, Jones threw the first knockout punch. Continue reading →

Business

Workers are going back to the office, just not how they expected to

Anticipation for a momentous post-Labor Day return has come and gone, but now there’s a growing trend of workers repopulating offices gradually and on a voluntary basis, rather than pinning all their hopes — and anxieties — onto one date. Continue reading →

Business

Workers are going back to the office, just not how they expected to

Anticipation for a momentous post-Labor Day return has come and gone, but now there’s a growing trend of workers repopulating offices gradually and on a voluntary basis, rather than pinning all their hopes — and anxieties — onto one date. Continue reading →

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Obituaries

At home conducting orchestras and flying planes, James. M. Orent dies at 67

Mr. Orent was the "unofficial assistant conductor" of the Boston Pops, said Pops conductor Keith Lockhart. Continue reading →

Obituaries

At home conducting orchestras and flying planes, James. M. Orent dies at 67

Mr. Orent was the "unofficial assistant conductor" of the Boston Pops, said Pops conductor Keith Lockhart. Continue reading →

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Dance

‘It’s huge to be back’: Dance alliance holds first open-call auditions since 2019

The auditions serve as a way for freelance dancers to find work and connect with others in the field. Continue reading →

MUSIC REVIEW

After a lean 18 months, A Far Cry delivers abundance at Jordan Hall

The musician-directed string orchestra returned to Jordan Hall for the first time since pre-pandemic with a deeply resonant program that honored many stages of life. Continue reading →

MATTHEW GILBERT

The best part of the Emmys show? Deserving winners

The entertainment side of the awards night, however, was another story. Continue reading →