Nation

White House, intelligence agencies, Pentagon issue reports warning climate change threatens global security

Together, the reports show a deepening concern within the US security establishment that the shifts unleashed by climate change can reshape US strategic interests, offer new opportunities to rivals such as China, and increase instability in nuclear states such as North Korea and Pakistan. Continue reading →

Nation

Interest in Trump’s new media company high

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Nation

Judge rules Afghan militant has been held in Guantánamo illegally, in what lawyers say is first such ruling in 10 years

US District Judge Amit P. Mehta in Washington this week entered a final order and two classified opinions in the case of Asadullah Haroon Gul. Continue reading →

World

Haiti gang leader threatens to kill kidnapped missionaries

PORT-AU-PRINCE — The leader of the 400 Mawozo gang that police say is holding 17 members of a kidnapped missionary group is seen in a video released Thursday saying he will kill them if he doesn’t get what he’s demanding. Continue reading →

World

As Chinese women seek to crack male professions, schools stand in the way

When Vincy Li applied to a prestigious police academy graduate program in China, she knew her odds of success were low. After all, the school set quotas, typically capping the number of female students at no more than one-quarter of the student body. Continue reading →

World

In Australia, it’s ‘long live King Coal’

At a time when climate change and those who fight it demand that coal be treated like tobacco, as a danger everywhere it is burned, Australia is increasingly seen as the guy at the end of the bar selling cheap cigarettes and promising to bring more tomorrow. Continue reading →

OPINION

The clown show at the state GOP

Chairman Jim Lyons seems intent on piloting the party onto the rocks of irrelevance. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

US ambassadors, State Department officials held hostage

Senate showboats Cruz, Hawley are acting out their ‘issues’ as confirmations languish. Continue reading →

OPINION

The deterioration of the rule of law

A Rule of Law Index at the state level could be the wake-up call the country needs to protect our fragile democracy. Continue reading →

Metro

A storage company auctioned everything that belonged to an Air Force sergeant while he was deployed overseas

From furniture and appliances to family heirlooms and irreplaceable keepsakes, Air Force Technical Sergeant Charles Cornacchio's belongings were auctioned off by the storage company five months after he was deployed. Continue reading →

RI HOUSING

After eviction, a family struggles to avoid homelessness

“I never thought I’d be in this situation,” said Donna Wood, a single working mom. “But there’s nothing in the state that protects anybody in the situation that I’m in, even with my four children. Even with one who is incredibly disabled.” Continue reading →

Metro

Faculty members at Middlesex School sign letter to trustees, slamming decision to disinvite Nikole Hannah-Jones from speaking on campus

Nearly 100 faculty members and staffers at Middlesex School have signed an open letter to the trustees blasting the Concord boarding school’s decision to disinvite Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Pulitzer-Prize winning New York Times journalist who conceived The 1619 Project, from speaking on campus. Continue reading →

head of the charles

With very little international presence, Head of the Charles returns this weekend

COVID restrictions were too burdensome for overseas visitors, so this regatta will be essentially a homegrown affair. Continue reading →

ben volin | on football

Lack of continuity has turned Patriots offensive line from a strength to a weakness

The last two weeks, the Patriots started four linemen who began the season as backups or on the practice squad. Continue reading →

Tara Sullivan

From a Carlton Fisk home run to Curt Schilling’s bloody sock, Game 6 has a unique place in Red Sox lore

When it comes to Game 6 of a postseason series, the Red Sox have done it all. Continue reading →

Business

To survive another winter, Boston’s tourism sector is going local

Boston has always been a harder sell as a tourism destination in the winter. But industry leaders are trying to maintain a cautious optimism as events inevitably move back indoors. Continue reading →

Business

EU summit loads pressure on Poland over rule of law

BRUSSELS — European Union leaders pressured a defiant Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki Thursday to fall back into line on recognizing that EU law trumps national decision-making, hoping that dialogue will stave off a crisis in the bloc. Continue reading →

Business

Fed overhauls trading rules for senior officials amid scrutiny of policymakers’ past behavior

The new rules prohibit the purchase of individual securities, restrict active trading, and ramp up the timeliness of reporting and public financial disclosures by Fed policymakers, as well as senior staff. Continue reading →

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Music

Berklee’s Kris Davis and Danilo Perez named Doris Duke Artists, receive $275,000 grants

The two pianists are among seven honorees, announced Thursday, from the fields of contemporary jazz, dance, and theater. Continue reading →

NAMES

Jesse Tyler Ferguson has a new cookbook, a love of cranberries, and a plan to use his ‘Modern Family’ fame for good

The actor helped Ocean Spray and No Kid Hungry kick off the #BetterTogether campaign to recognize school staff nationwide with thank-you care packages. Continue reading →

Arts

At Humphreys Street Studios in Dorchester, organizing leads to action to support working artist-tenants

Humphreys Street artists and their partners intend to build affordable housing behind the studios and use income from that housing to subsidize maintenance of the artist studios. Continue reading →