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Metro

From Cambridge to Kandahar: Two Afghan families, one hope for escape

One is a striving immigrant owner of an award-winning restaurant in a global hub of education and innovation. The other, a father haunted nightly by volleys of gunfire and by what the future holds for his three young daughters. Both want the same thing: a better outcome for their children and for Afghanistan. Continue reading →

Investigations

For Essaibi George, husband’s real estate holdings present a quandary

Few know the full breadth of Douglas R. George’s property holdings, or how his business dealings with the city could force his wife to act carefully to avoid conflicts of interest, should she be elected mayor. Continue reading →

Lifestyle

It’s becoming impossible to find a therapist

With need for help soaring, mental health providers are stretched to the limit. And even if you find someone with openings, they may not take your insurance, or any insurance at all. Continue reading →

THE GREAT DIVIDE

With Boston Public Schools in crisis problems are mounting. Can the system save itself?

Questions are growing about whether the BPS has the capacity to turn around or whether it will be stubbornly stuck in a chronic state of crisis. Continue reading →

SHIRLEY LEUNG

How hard are we trying to solve Mass. and Cass when every night there are empty detox beds?

Here’s a hard truth: We let people live in tents because it’s easier than coming up with solutions. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Strike dodged with deal between film and TV crews, studios

An 11th-hour deal was reached Saturday, averting a strike of film and television crews that would have seen some 60,000 behind-the-scenes workers walk off their jobs and would have frozen productions in Hollywood and across the US. Continue reading →

Nation

Robert Durst hospitalized with COVID-19, his lawyer says

New York real estate heir Robert Durst, who days ago was sentenced in a two-decade-old murder case, has been hospitalized after contracting COVID-19, his lawyer said Saturday. Continue reading →

Nation

Netflix employee fired in wake of Chappelle special furor

The employee, who wasn't named, shared “confidential, commercially sensitive information outside the company," a Netflix statement said. Continue reading →

The World

World

US religious group says 17 missionaries kidnapped in Haiti

A group of 17 US missionaries including children was kidnapped by a gang in Haiti on Saturday, according to a voice message sent to various religious missions by an organization with direct knowledge of the incident. Continue reading →

World

Volunteers in the sky watch over migrant rescues by sea

As dozens of African migrants traversed the Mediterranean Sea on a flimsy white rubber boat, a small aircraft circling 1,000 feet above closely monitored their attempt to reach Europe. Continue reading →

World

House fire in eastern Pakistan kills 7 family members

Police were investigating after a fire overnight in eastern Pakistan killed seven family members, a rescue official said Sunday. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

Why Beacon Hill resents ballot activists

Initiative petitions exemplify democracy at its finest. But they infringe on the politicians’ monopoly. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

The House takes the long view on redistricting

State legislators in the House and Senate used different approaches to create new majority-minority districts. The House’s approach maximizes the opportunities to elect a more representative Beacon Hill. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Debate over assisted suicide renewed in Mass.

Hospice workers could tell of diseases that are easier to manage in terms of pain and other symptoms; however, there are always some diseases, such as ALS, for which it is difficult to deliver enough comfort. Continue reading →

Metro

Metro

From Cambridge to Kandahar: Two Afghan families, one hope for escape

One is a striving immigrant owner of an award-winning restaurant in a global hub of education and innovation. The other, a father haunted nightly by volleys of gunfire and by what the future holds for his three young daughters. Both want the same thing: a better outcome for their children and for Afghanistan. Continue reading →

Boston Mayoral Race

Both Boston mayoral candidates want ‘transit equity.’ Here’s where they differ on how to achieve it

Michelle Wu and Annissa Essaibi George both acknowledge Boston's transit systems face several different issues. But they differ on how to address them. The contrasts were enough for a slate of heavy-hitting transit advocates to endorse Wu at a news conference on Wednesday. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Congressional Gold Medals presented to Chinese American World War II veterans at Faneuil Hall

The Congressional Gold Medals were awarded under a 2018 law that set up the recognition program to honor Chinese American veterans, or their survivors, for service during World War II. Continue reading →

Sports

Red Sox notebook

Cora doesn’t commit to Game 3 Red Sox starter following Game 2 victory

Replays showed the ball shot between the legs of a stool used by a ball boy and caromed into left field, so J.D. Martinez stopped at third. Continue reading →

Dan Shaughnessy

Red Sox are unbeatable after a loss in the postseason under manager Alex Cora

The Sox are 16-5 in playoff games under Cora, and after those losses, they are 5-0. Continue reading →

Bruins 3, Stars 1

Bruins rush past Stars to open season with a victory

Brad Marchand made the building explode with 2:22 left in the first, converting a penalty shot for the first Bruins goal of 2021-22. Continue reading →

Business

SHIRLEY LEUNG

How hard are we trying to solve Mass. and Cass when every night there are empty detox beds?

Here’s a hard truth: We let people live in tents because it’s easier than coming up with solutions. Continue reading →

Ideas

IDEAS

The Catholic Church in France shines a light on its own abuse scandal

Two decades ago in Boston, the archdiocese fought efforts to uncover its complicity in the crimes of pedophile priests. In Paris, a church-led commission has done the opposite. Continue reading →

IDEAS

The illusion of criminal justice reform

Why have a nationwide slew of bipartisan reform bills barely reduced the incarcerated population? Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Blackfeet Tribal Chief Earl Old Person dies of cancer at 92

Elected to the Blackfeet Tribal Business Council in 1954, Earl Old Person served for over 60 years. He was chairman of the business council for over 50 years, the tribe said, making him the longest serving elected tribal official in the country. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Tom Morey, inventor of wave-riding Boogie Board, dies at 86

One of Southern California's finest surfers of the 1950s and early '60s and, at the same time, a working jazz musician and an aeronautical engineer, nothing Tom Morey did made as big a splash as the 3 1/2-foot board he carved from a piece of foam in 1971. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Lifestyle

How to pick the right color and style for your front door

Curb appeal sets the tone for your home, and the entryway specifically helps to establish the mood. | realestate.boston.com Continue reading →

Visual Arts

A change in perspective

From centering underrepresented artists to owning up to past mistakes, Boston museums are both rising — and struggling — to meet the current moment, shaped by the pandemic and protests for racial justice. Here’s where they’ve succeeded, and where they still need to stretch. Continue reading →

TABLES

A Nashville-style restaurant comes to the Theater District; High Street Place to debut at last

Restaurant news you can use. Continue reading →

Travel

TRAVEL

Three cool road trip destinations that are less than six hours from Boston

Six hours seems like the magic number: If you can handle that much time in the car, you can reach some wonderful East Coast destinations. Continue reading →

TRAVEL

On our bikes, we were in it for the long haul

When my brother mentioned he was planning to spend a week bikepacking from Pittsburgh to Washington, D.C., of course I immediately invited myself along. Continue reading →

Real Estate