The Republican, who maintained the enduring support of his blue-state constituents through boom times, the Trump presidency, and the COVID-19 pandemic, will not seek a third term in 2022, he said Wednesday. Continue reading →
Among the hopefuls who could join the four major candidates already in the race: the state’s attorney general and a former Boston mayor. Continue reading →
Many health experts have warned that a failure by rich countries and manufacturers to distribute COVID-19 vaccines widely enough throughout the developing world would create opportunities for the spread of new variants. Continue reading →
The Supreme Court seemed poised Wednesday to uphold a Mississippi law that bans abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, in what would be a momentous and polarizing decision to roll back the abortion rights the court has defined over the last half-century. Continue reading →
The US government on Wednesday teetered one step closer to a potential weekend shutdown, as a number of Republicans seized on a fast-approaching fiscal deadline to mount fresh opposition to President Biden’s vaccine and testing mandates. Continue reading →
Stacey Abrams, the Georgia Democrat and leading voting rights activist, said Wednesday that she will launch another campaign to become the nation’s first Black woman governor. Continue reading →
The European Union on Wednesday proposed new measures that would allow Poland and other member states bordering Belarus to suspend some protections for asylum-seekers, raising concerns that they may undermine the ability of migrants to seek refuge in the bloc. Continue reading →
President Vladimir Putin of Russia demanded “legal guarantees” Wednesday that the NATO alliance would never expand eastward, ratcheting up the stakes as the West scrambled to respond to Russia’s military buildup near Ukraine. Continue reading →
Less than a week after the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus was reported to the World Health Organization, global leaders on Wednesday agreed to start negotiations to create an international agreement to prevent and deal with future pandemics — which some have dubbed a “pandemic treaty.” Continue reading →
Beyond rendering the already pathetic Massachusetts GOP even more pathetic, this is a big moment for blue state political reckoning. How far left will Massachusetts voters want the next governor to take the Commonwealth? Continue reading →
The partnership, announced Thursday, pairs Harvard’s estimable public health school with the newly founded Vanke School of Public Health at Tsinghua University in Beijing, led by the former director general of the World Health Organization, Dr. Margaret Chan. Continue reading →
Charlie Baker faced the prospect of battling his own party to secure the GOP nomination. But his reasons for stepping aside go beyond that. Continue reading →
Said Udoka: "That was the step I needed and progression to get away and see some different philosophies, be around different players." Continue reading →
The players have a point about their share of baseball's largesse, the way the sport's salary structure hasn't kept up with how teams are built, and tanking, but protracted bickering over a new CBA will serve neither side well. Continue reading →
Major League Baseball informed the MLB Players Association that the players were being locked out, effectively turning out the lights on a business that is four months from playing regular season games. Continue reading →
House and Senate negotiators on Beacon Hill filed a $4 billion state spending plan Wednesday night that would set aside hundreds of millions of dollars for various causes ranging from housing to healthcare to workforce training. Continue reading →
It’s an important advance for the Boston biotech, which has been trying to diversify its business beyond cystic fibrosis treatments. Continue reading →
Many rinks were closed last year, but this year the skating is back on. Here are a few spots to get some exercise under an open sky. Continue reading →
When a freshman basketball player was left in charge of setting up a group chat for his high school team, one erroneous number landed the group a FaceTime with Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Continue reading →
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