Nation

Shooter testifies Ahmaud Arbery never threatened him

The man who killed Ahmaud Arbery testified Thursday that Arbery did not speak, show a weapon, or threaten him in any way before he raised his shotgun and pointed it at the 25-year-old Black man. Continue reading →

Nation

Rittenhouse jury deliberates for third day without a verdict

The members of the panel will return on Friday morning to resume their work. Unlike on previous days, they had no questions and no requests to view any evidence Thursday in the politically and racially fraught case. Continue reading →

Nation

Closing arguments in the Unite the Right Charlottesville trial

They had come for the “Battle of Charlottesville,” plaintiffs’ attorneys said Thursday, armed with flagpoles to double as weapons and fantasies of a race war, taking to the streets to fight anyone they viewed as an enemy. Continue reading →

World

Hundreds of Iraqis fly home from Belarus as border crisis subsides

More than 400 Iraqis were flown home Thursday from Belarus after unsuccessful attempts to enter the European Union at the border with Poland, where thousands of migrants have been stranded in perilous conditions. Continue reading →

World

Ex-Interpol president’s wife slams ‘monster’ China

In China, she enjoyed the privileges that flowed from being married to a senior member of the governing elite. Her husband was a top police official in the security apparatus that keeps the Communist Party in power, so trusted that China sent him to France to take up a prestigious role at Interpol. Continue reading →

World

Before summit, US deported Chinese nationals, and China let an American leave

The moves seemed aimed at untangling diplomatic knots as the two countries are clashing over human rights abuses, economic policies, and much more. Continue reading →

OPINION

Why a CDC investigation of Boston Public Schools COVID-19 outbreaks is needed now

CDC assistance, which must be requested by local health authorities, is the way forward to facilitate learning and action and to ensure independence from local politics. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

The COVID outbreak at the Curley School highlights need for more in-school testing

Vaccines and frequent, widespread testing won’t make COVID-19 go away. But they can minimize school closings. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Take it from woman who recalls early days of Title IX: Woes in school sports may be ingrained in longtime coaches

"White male" privilege would permeate our lives, most notably in the form of continued denigration of women and minority groups, especially in sacred spaces like the men’s locker room. Continue reading →

Metro

Mass. residents 18 and older now eligible to receive COVID-19 booster six months after getting their last vaccine

The Baker administration on Thursday said all Massachusetts residents age 18 and older are now eligible to receive a COVID-19 booster vaccine six months after getting their second Pfizer or Moderna shots, or two months after the single-dose Johnson & Johnson shot. Continue reading →

Metro

If moderate Republicans don’t want to go to Washington, how will things ever change?

Scott and Sununu have been open about why they won’t run: Washington is a hyperpartisan, gridlocked snake pit best avoided by those who want to get things done. Continue reading →

Transportation

Dorchester bus riders celebrate expanded fare-free service, but Wu’s proposal still awaits a vote

“To save a few dollars, it’s a blessing, it’s beautiful,” said Jerry Mitchell, 61, who said he has been taking the MBTA's 23 bus for half a century. Continue reading →

Sports Business

Moolah Kicks, a sneaker company founded by Boston College’s Natalie White, is going national

White delivered an opening order of 10,000 pairs of sneakers, specifically designed for women, which will sell for $110 each. Continue reading →

Patriots notebook

Josh McDaniels has been on a roll, and playcalling in rout of Falcons was no exception

The Patriots entered Thursday night’s game against the Falcons averaging 37.5 points during their four-game winning streak. Continue reading →

book excerpt

Book excerpt: Remembering the first Celtics-Lakers NBA Finals of the Larry Bird era

The 1984 showdown was the first of three Lakers-Celtics Finals in the 1980s. It brought a 15th Boston championship, an all-night celebration, and a bleary-eyed White House visit. Continue reading →

SHIRLEY LEUNG

‘New, first, different.’ Skeptics are already whispering about Michelle Wu

Her political honeymoon as mayor almost certainly will be short because as a woman of color, Wu is up against a double standard that white male mayors never had to contend with. Continue reading →

Business

Novo Nordisk to pay $3.3b for Lexington biotech Dicerna

The local company is developing RNAi medicines to fight liver disease, diabetes, obesity, and other ailments. Continue reading →

TALKING POINTS

Blackstone’s deal for IDG is done

Stories you may have missed from the world of business. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Zahedi, playboy Iran ambassador to US under shah, dies at 93

Whether seen with Henry Kissinger or entertaining Barbra Streisand, Mr. Zahedi cut such a memorable presence across Washington’s social scene that one newspaper report referred to him as both the “playboy of the Western world” and the capital’s “most-sought-after bachelor.” Continue reading →

Obituaries

Jimmie Durham, sculptor who explored Indigenous themes, dies at 81

Jimmie Durham, an artist celebrated for incorporating traditional Native American imagery and materials into lively, unconventional sculptures before his claim of Cherokee ancestry was widely challenged, setting off an intense art-world debate over his authenticity, died Wednesday in Berlin. He was 81. Continue reading →

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BOOKS

3 Massachusetts authors win National Book Awards

Harvard professor and historian Miles won the nonfiction prize for “All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake,” Espada, a poet and professor at UMass Amherst, won the award for poetry for his title “Floater,” and Lo won the young people’s literature award for “Last Night at the Telegraph Club.” Continue reading →

Arts

For blind photographer Brittany Severance, everything is ‘Illuminated’

For this nearsighted viewer, the film first prompted the anxious feeling of “something’s wrong, where are my glasses?” — and then a surrender into its serene, luminous beauty. Continue reading →

STAGE REVIEW

In ‘The Half-Life of Marie Curie,’ a study of female friendship and solidarity amid personal crisis

In Lauren Gunderson’s play now at Central Square Theater, Nobel Prize winner Curie is engulfed in scandal after her affair with a married man becomes public. Continue reading →