Nation

Ship’s anchor among possible causes of California oil spill

Officials investigating one of California’s largest oil spills are looking into whether a ship’s anchor may have struck a pipeline on the ocean floor, causing a major leak of crude, authorities said Tuesday. Continue reading →

Politics

What’s old is new again: Justices back at court for new term

The Supreme Court returned to the courtroom Monday for the start of a momentous new term, after a nearly 19-month absence because of the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading →

Politics

Muslims recall questionable detentions that followed 9/11

Around New York City in the weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks, as an eerie quiet settled over ground zero, South Asian and Arab men started vanishing. Soon, more than 1,000 were arrested in sweeps across the metropolitan area and nationwide. Continue reading →

World

UN decries possible crimes against humanity in Libya

Investigators commissioned by the United Nations’ top human rights body said Monday they had evidence of possible crimes against humanity and war crimes in Libya. Many of the alleged crimes, they say, were committed against civilians and migrants detained in the country while trying to get to Europe. Continue reading →

World

Australia won’t welcome international tourists until 2022

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Australia was expected to reach the vaccination benchmark on Tuesday at which the country could begin to open up: 80% of the population aged 16 and older having a second shot. Continue reading →

World

Battling Delta, New Zealand abandons its zero-COVID ambitions

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern acknowledged an end to the elimination strategy seven weeks into a lockdown that has failed to halt an outbreak of the delta variant, announcing that restrictions would be gradually lifted in Auckland, the country’s largest city. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Biden administration must fill workplace COVID-19 testing gaps

Testing for vaccinated workers should be covered by insurance. Continue reading →

OPINION

Whose spending agenda — President Sanders’ or President Biden’s?

Democrats are at war with one another, putting Biden’s domestic spending plan in jeopardy. In this difficult hour, Sanders could be the bridge to compromise. Instead, he’s fueling the war. Continue reading →

OPINION

Do Supreme Court justices have competing judicial philosophies or are they just partisan hacks?

Stripping away wholesale respect for precedent in many areas and at breakneck speed raises profound questions. Continue reading →

Metro

Advocates press to protect voting rights of Mass. inmates

An estimated 7,000 to 9,000 incarcerated people who are eligible to vote are shut out of every state election. Continue reading →

Metro

‘Fried nuggets of pure joy’: Cambridge resident is in search of New England’s best apple cider doughnuts

Last year, Alex Schwartz visited more than 30 spots that sell the fall treats. This year, he’s hoping to top that. Fans of the seasonal food can follow his adventures on Instagram, where he posts about his favorites. And he’s got a map. Continue reading →

Politics

‘Not a very rosy picture.’ Western Mass. needs more focus, transportation funds, state auditor says

Boston on average receives nearly three times the amount of money per mile through the state’s coveted road repair program than many of the state’s rural communities, according to a state report. Continue reading →

Dan Shaughnessy

The Red Sox and Yankees will play in a winner-take-all. What does Bucky Dent think about that?

Dent, who is now 69, famously helped send the Red Sox home for the season in 1978, and he has a thought on how Tuesday's Wild Card Game may play out. Continue reading →

patriots

An emotional return. A hard-earned victory. A quiet postgame meeting with Bill Belichick. Inside Tom Brady’s night in Foxborough

Brady wouldn't reveal what was said in his meeting with Belichick in the locker room. "So much is made of our relationship, but nothing is really accurate that I ever see." Continue reading →

on baseball

Nate Eovaldi vs. Gerrit Cole: Matchup of aces for Wild Card Game is just as it should be

Eovaldi faced the Yankees six times during the regular season, going 2-2 with a 3.71 earned run average. Continue reading →

Business

‘All options need to be on the table,’ says AG Maura Healey, including Sheriff Tompkins’s controversial proposal for a ‘Mass. and Cass’ treatment center

The sheriff has proposed housing up to 100 people in a detention center that used to hold ICE detainees. It’s too early for Healey and others to endorse Tompkins’s proposal, which he continues to explore, but he believes he could get it up and running by the end of October. Continue reading →

BOLD TYPES

Abby Johnson says roughly one-fourth of Fidelity workforce is back in the office, by choice

In this week's Bold Types, Fidelity CEO Abby Johnson talks back-to-the-office, and more. Continue reading →

Business

After long dispute, Fenway women’s home poised to become affordable housing, for good

An order of nuns that has owned a rooming house for single women near Kenmore Square has agreed to sell the building after years of criticism that the owners and a property manager were trying to replace long-term tenants with students who would pay higher rents. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Kamla Bhasin, a first-wave South Asian feminist, dies at 75

Bhasin used poetry, songs, slogans, speeches and books to raise awareness of gender issues and to campaign against patriarchy and violence. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Bernard Tapie, French business and sports tycoon trailed by scandal, dies at 78

Raised in the Paris suburbs, where his father worked at a refrigerator factory, Tapie became a multimillionaire before he was 40, buying ailing companies, stripping them of their assets and selling them for a profit. Continue reading →

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LOVE LETTERS

I guess I’m looking for a spark on the first date

"With my ex, it was an immediate connection." Continue reading →

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

‘American Masters’ to focus on the remarkable life and career of Rita Moreno

“Rita Moreno — Just a Girl Who Decided to Go For It’’ airs Tuesday evening on GBH 2. Continue reading →

Music

Somebody gifted Erin McKeown enough money to record an album. Now she’s paying it forward.

The singer, who plays Passim Saturday, is redirecting earnings from “Kiss Off Kiss” into $500 micro-grants. Continue reading →