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Boston Mayoral Race

Before Michelle Wu’s historic victory, she spent years community-building

The informal start to the campaign is emblematic of the years-long community-building effort that ultimately powered Michelle Wu’s historic 28-point victory last week in the Boston mayor’s race. Continue reading →

Investigations

Who wants to be a police officer?

In an America still reeling from this once-in-a-generation movement, it has become the young officer’s dilemma. Stay, and serve at a time of unprecedented change and public scrutiny? Or abandon it altogether? Continue reading →

Economy

Moderna millionaires and the double-edged sword of stock market riches

The state's thriving life sciences and tech sectors are creating fortunes, bolstering the economy — and widening the wealth gap. Continue reading →

High Schools

Danvers fights efforts to expose high school hockey team’s alleged misconduct

School officials and police have yet to inform the community about the alleged violent racist and homophobic locker room behavior or details of virulent group text messages. Continue reading →

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Despite years of severe turbulence, Worcester Regional Airport celebrates its 75th anniversary with the return of commercial flights

Officials are hoping that improvements might make Worcester a viable competitor against Rhode Island T.F. Green in Providence and Manchester-Boston in New Hampshire — and help relieve congestion at Logan. Continue reading →

The Nation

Politics

The Congressional Black Caucus was key to the infrastructure vote

Another showdown day over President Biden’s ambitious domestic agenda dawned Friday full of optimism, even after the drubbing that Democrats took in the off-year elections Tuesday. But by afternoon, lawmakers again seemed stuck when leaders of the Congressional Black Caucus entered Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office. Continue reading →

Coronavirus

Easing of COVID travel restrictions lets loved ones reunite

Travel restrictions into the United States will relax Monday, when new rules go into effect allowing air travel from previously restricted countries as long as the traveler has proof of vaccination and a negative COVID-19 test. Land travel will require proof of vaccination but no test. Continue reading →

Nation

This is where the states want billions in infrastructure funding spent

America’s to-do list has been growing for years, since well before President Joe Biden and a bipartisan committee in Congress agreed this year to a historic upgrade of the nation’s aging infrastructure. On Friday, the measure — held up for months amid negotiations over some $2 trillion in other spending — finally passed. Continue reading →

The World

World

COP26 protesters back an array of causes, connected by climate change

The protest illustrated how the battle to curb climate change had become an umbrella for a growing protest movement that aims to put global leaders under pressure for a broad range of causes, including racial justice and income equality. Continue reading →

World

On Spain’s Camino de Santiago, even Óscar the donkey is a pilgrim

Somewhere along the way, what had for centuries been a deliberate, contemplative trek started to change. The route began to bustle with pilgrims, some coming in buses. Instagram left people seeking “likes” on selfies snapped along their path. Continue reading →

World

Tanker truck explodes in Sierra Leone, killing at least 98

Many of the victims were motorcycle riders and taxi drivers who had been trying to collect leaked fuel at the time of the blast, in the Wellington area of the capital, Freetown, according to an official from the country’s disaster management agency. A witness to the explosion’s aftermath said it had also killed people nearby outside buildings and in vehicles. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

LETTERS

Doing away with legacy admissions may not be the lever some think it is

Since, of course, the legacy applicant must have an application that warrants admission, then the alleged benefit of removing legacy admissions can only be justified by a narrow analysis. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Racial divide measured by tracking cellphone data

Readers react to an Ideas piece examining the segregated movements of white and Black people in Boston. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Congress has the power to stop bounty-hunting laws like Texas’ abortion ban. It must use it.

With one sentence, Congress could step in where the Supreme Court can’t, and empower the Justice Department to take enforcement action against state laws that violate individuals’ protected rights. Continue reading →

Metro

Crime & Courts

Officer stabbed, suspect fatally shot in Dorchester confrontation

At about 6:15 officers responded to call reporting domestic violence at 27 Ingleside St., Superintendent-in-Chief Gregory Long said at a news conference at the scene Saturday evening. Continue reading →

RI NEWS

Afghan interpreter recounts a chilling escape from Kabul and a warm welcome in Rhode Island

In their first days here, Aminullah Faqiry’s family has received Halloween treats and an unexpected gift from a stranger. Continue reading →

GLOBE SANTA

Por favor, Globe Santa

Nearly one-quarter of the letters to Globe Santa are written in Spanish Continue reading →

Sports

Mavericks 107, Celtics 104

Luka Doncic’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer sinks Celtics in a nightmarish flashback

Doncic finished with a game-high 33 points on 12-for-21 shooting, hitting 5 of 10 from 3-point range. Continue reading →

Maple Leafs 5, Bruins 2

Maple Leafs set the pace and Bruins find they can’t keep up

In a frenzied final 20, the Bruins had a 23-9 shot edge, but a lot of the chances were of the one-and-done variety. Continue reading →

On football

The Patriots’ trade of Stephon Gilmore was disappointing in more ways than one

Trading a star corner for a future sixth-rounder over a contract squabble seems the wrong call in hindsight. Continue reading →

Business
Ideas

IDEAS

A Big Tech crackdown could just make the Internet worse

Innovation would suffer if Google and Amazon had to justify every service they add to their platforms. Continue reading →

IDEAS

Is being woke a religion?

From political correctness to Trumpism, a wide range of ideologies are commonly dismissed as irrational, dogmatic creeds. But these comparisons don’t make much sense. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Richard M. Ohmann, 90, dies; brought radical politics to college English

Ohmann was a leader in a vanguard of young professors who injected politics into their profession, not just against the Vietnam War but in favor of fields such as gender studies, African American studies, and Marxist literary criticism. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Sunao Tsuboi, Hiroshima survivor who campaigned against nuclear war, dies at 96

"I don't know why I survived and lived this long," Tsuboi said in 2015, according to the Agence France-Presse. "The more I think about it . . . the more painful it becomes to recall." Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Lifestyle

Jewelweed is a gem -- to some people

The whole Impatiens genus highlights how arbitrary we can be in our judgment of plants. Continue reading →

Lifestyle

How to make your bed

Slipping into a well-made bed is a reward at the end of a long day. Continue reading →

MATTHEW GILBERT

Couch time with some of television’s best — and worst — psychiatrists

Since “The Sopranos” premiered in 1999, therapy and therapists have become increasingly prominent on TV. So which one would I hire if I needed a shrink? Continue reading →

Travel

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Despite years of severe turbulence, Worcester Regional Airport celebrates its 75th anniversary with the return of commercial flights

Officials are hoping that improvements might make Worcester a viable competitor against Rhode Island T.F. Green in Providence and Manchester-Boston in New Hampshire — and help relieve congestion at Logan. Continue reading →

TRENDSPOTTING

Historical tours reach deeper to include the people long left out

There’s growing demand for the full story. Continue reading →

Real Estate