Nation

Interior Department report on drilling is mostly silent on climate change

The long-awaited report recommended an overhaul of the rents and royalty fees charged for drilling both on land and offshore, noting one estimate that the government lost up to $12.4 billion in revenue from drilling on federal lands from 2010 through 2019 because royalty rates have been frozen for a century. Continue reading →

Nation

After meeting with victim, former Missouri officer is cleared of assault

“As soon as we saw each other, she started crying and asking me to forgive her,” said Ashley Hall. “I told her I forgave her the day she shot me. I felt so much relief.” Continue reading →

Analysis

For Democrats, whether Biden will run in 2024 might be less relevant than these 3 underlying questions

It has been another week during which a reporter asked whether Joe Biden will run for president in 2024. And another week that saw the answer to that question not exactly resolved. Continue reading →

World

Fresh violence in Darfur adds to Sudan’s crises

The violence comes as Sudan’s leaders are working through their own crisis, one that is likely to distract them from Darfur’s mounting problems. Continue reading →

World

France-UK acrimony over channel crossings deepens

The French denounced Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s statement in blunt terms, calling it unacceptable, and disinvited Britain’s home secretary, Priti Patel, from a meeting on the migrant crisis. Continue reading →

World

Ukraine leader alleges Russia-backed coup planned next week

At a news conference in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he received information that a coup was being planned for next Wednesday or Thursday. Continue reading →

OPINION

I was ripe to be a victim

I was conditioned to be vulnerable, long before the attack. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Beyond the Freedom Trail, Boston history rocks

A bid to recognize the cultural and historical significance of a volcanic rock quarry in Mattapan once harvested by the Massachusett Tribe should get its due. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Voices of the grateful: Sometimes it’s the little things. It’s the big things too.

We asked our readers to take a break from politics and the pandemic, and look elsewhere to think of things they were thankful for. They were more than happy to oblige. Continue reading →

Metro

Welcome to ‘Elfland’: An 8-year-old Somerville boy started building a miniature village on a vacant lot — then strangers secretly pitched in

Now, there’s an entire tiny town with its own hashtag, T-shirt design, and location on Google Maps. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

The holidays were a bust last year. What traditions will we try to reclaim this year?

After keeping the holidays small and virtual in 2020, bigger gatherings, in-person events, and travel — with caution — are on the agendas of many Bostonians this year even as cases in the region have ticked up recently amid concern about a new variant being detected. Continue reading →

Metro

Plowy McPlowface. Jennifer Snowpez. Kids in Vermont got to name some of the state’s snowplows, and the results are delightful

Look out, Vermont snow. Here comes “Snow You Didn’t,” “Snow Day Dream Crusher,” “Obi-Wan KenSNOWbi,” and, well, “Steve.” Continue reading →

CELTICS NOTEBOOK

Now working opposing benches, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich still on the side of Celtics’ Ime Udoka

The veteran coach praised Udoka's past work as an assistant in San Antonio and for Team USA, on which Boston forward Jayson Tatum also played a starring role. Continue reading →

RED SOX

Red Sox are finalizing a one-year deal with righthander Michael Wacha

The 30-year-old, a first-round pick in 2012, spent the first seven seasons of his career in St. Louis. Continue reading →

SPURS 96, CELTICS 88

Celtics squander second-half comeback, go scoreless in last three minutes of loss to Spurs

After rallying to take a 7-point lead, Boston gave up a 15-0 run over the final 3:21 to come up short in San Antonio. Continue reading →

Business

Inflation is at a 31-year high. Here’s how it’s hitting New Englanders.

A dramatic rise in prices has pushed the cost of necessities, including food and gas, to sometimes-unmanageable levels. Continue reading →

Business

Auto dealer David Rosenberg reaches $30m settlement with former private-equity owners of Prime Motor Group

The settlement with David Rosenberg was reached just as Prime was about to be sold again. Continue reading →

Technology

Senator Markey says Facebook statements on kids advertising ‘appear misleading’

The senator is working on updating privacy protection for children in the era of social media. This week, he and two colleagues fired off a letter to Mark Zuckerberg seeking more information about how Facebook limits ad targeting to young users. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Stephen Sondheim, towering figure of American musical theater, dies at 91

A peerless musical dramatist who consistently challenged himself and audiences alike, Stephen Sondheim turned the Broadway stage into an arena for moral and psychological complexity in such works as “Sweeney Todd,” “Company,” “A Little Night Music,” and “Sunday in the Park with George." Continue reading →

Obituaries

Sylvia Weinstock, master of the luxury wedding cake, dies at 91

To a certain set of white-gowned brides, the fairy-tale wedding wasn't complete without a Vera Wang dress, an elegant venue like the Carlyle hotel in Manhattan, and an eye-catching cake by Sylvia Weinstock, whose ornate, multitiered confections led Bon Appétit magazine to call her "the Leonardo da Vinci of wedding cakes." Continue reading →

Obituaries

Nathan Johnson, modernist architect of Black churches, dies at 96

A forward-thinking modernist Black architect, Nathan Johnson designed some of Detroit’s most iconic structures — 1960s-era churches — with sculptural brio and futuristic lines. Continue reading →

Visual Arts

‘A beautiful person who made beautiful paintings’: Galerie d’Orsay remembers life and work of artist Elizabeth DaCosta Ahern

In March 2020, Martha S. Folsom, the gallery’s co-director, and Ben Flythe, the fine art consultant, received an e-mail from DaCosta Ahern asking for the two to visit her studio in Framingham so she could reveal a new series of artwork. She made the acrylic color field paintings while under the wing of celebrated Abstract Expressionist Helen Frankenthaler during a residency in Santa Fe. Continue reading →

Visual Arts

This Hanukkah, Jewish Arts Collaborative’s ‘Brighter Revealed’ celebrates the miracle of inner strength

"Brighter Revealed," a multicolored, large-scale lantern designed by local artists Tova Speter and Emily Bhargava, will travel throughout the Boston area this Hanukkah. Continue reading →

Names

Unique and creative gifts from these 14 Boston-based Etsy makers

These 15 Etsy makers let you shop local without ever leaving your house. Continue reading →