Nation

Justice Department sues Texas over state redistricting maps, citing discrimination against Latinos

The Justice Department has sued Texas for the second time in a month over voting-related concerns, this time alleging that Republican state lawmakers discriminated against Latinos and other minorities when they approved new congressional and state legislative districts that increased the power of white voters. Continue reading →

Nation

The pandemic has your blood pressure rising? You’re not alone

Last year was a tough one. Americans grappled with a global pandemic, the loss of loved ones, lockdowns that splintered social networks, stress, unemployment, and depression. It is probably no surprise that the nation’s blood pressure shot up. Continue reading →

Politics

Emmett Till investigation closed by Justice Department

The US Justice Department told relatives of Emmett Till on Monday that it is ending its latest investigation into the 1955 lynching of the Black teenager from Chicago who was abducted, tortured, and killed after witnesses said he whistled at a white woman in Mississippi. Continue reading →

World

Companies linked to Russian ransomware hide in plain sight

When cybersleuths traced the millions of dollars American companies, hospitals, and city governments have paid to online extortionists in ransom money, they made a telling discovery: At least some of it passed through one of the most prestigious business addresses in Moscow. Continue reading →

World

Biden expected to offer warnings and alternatives in call with Putin

President Biden is expected to offer some diplomatic alternatives to military action in Ukraine when he speaks to Russian President Vladimir Putin in a video meeting Tuesday, but Biden will warn him that if he orders his forces to invade Ukraine, Western allies may move to cut Russia off from the international financial system, administration officials said. Continue reading →

World

Suu Kyi falls, but Myanmar’s democratic hopes move on

When a court in Myanmar on Monday handed down the first sentences in the junta’s long list of charges against Aung San Suu Kyi, it closed a chapter on an era of weak and compromised democracy in a Southeast Asian nation long ruled by a military fist. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

State hate crime law needs a 2022 redo

As extremism grows, delivering justice means closing loopholes and expanding the law’s reach. Continue reading →

OPINION

Reform isn’t enough; get rid of the FBI

Its culture is too deeply embedded for effective reform. The best solution is to abolish the FBI and start anew. We need to rethink the kind of agency needed to investigate federal crimes. Continue reading →

OPINION

No one taught me that epidemiology is political — but it is

Our current triage has been as ineffective as it is unethical. Continue reading →

Metro

As the bureaucracy wheezes, an ailing father waits for his son

Tom Romano literally broke his back for his country. For some reason, that country has not been able to honor that service by reuniting him with his son. Continue reading →

THE GREAT DIVIDE

‘We have a mandate’: Boston leaders hear arguments for elected School Committee after voters backed it in November

Boston city leaders must return residents’ right to elect the School Committee after voters handed down that directive last month, several city councilors and advocates for the change argued Monday evening at the city’s first public hearing on the issue. Continue reading →

Globe Local

Former teacher at Boston school pleads guilty to raping student over four years

David Lockwood, a former science and homeroom teacher at Timilty Middle School in Roxbury, will spend the next four years in prison. Continue reading →

Tara Sullivan

50 mph gusts. Just three passes. The Patriots didn’t just beat the Bills, they beat the elements, too

The Patriots relied upon their rushing attack to churn out 222 yards in a game every player said they'd never forget. Continue reading →

Tara Sullivan

Talented QBs such as Josh Allen have changed the face of the AFC East

The Bills’ quarterback is in his fourth year in the league and continues to improve with each season. Continue reading →

Instant Analysis

Playing it safe was the way to go, and now the Patriots are in the driver’s seat in the AFC East

This was not the prettiest win by any stretch, but it improved the Patriots to 9-4 and first place in the AFC playoff standings. Continue reading →

Technology

At an Andover preschool, the teacher is a robot

"Kebbi" teaches neurodivergent children at Shawsheen Preschool in the hopes of improving their communication, attention, and emotional understanding skills. Continue reading →

Business

Workers at three Somerville cafes are planning to unionize

An organizing committee representing Diesel Café, Bloc Café, and Forge Baking Company penned a letter to their shared management team requesting them to voluntarily recognize the union and participate in good faith contract negotiations. Continue reading →

Business

Meet the new casino boss. Holaday hopes to help Encore emerge from the pandemic

Encore Boston Harbor Casino is bouncing back strong from the pandemic and new president aims to keep it that way. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Jerome Rappaport, philanthropist and civic leader who shaped Boston and its institutions, dies at 94

Mr. Rappaport has been changing Boston's history since helping to defeat Mayor James Michael Curley in 1949. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Jerome Rappaport, philanthropist and civic leader who shaped Boston and its institutions, dies at 94

Mr. Rappaport has been changing Boston's history since helping to defeat Mayor James Michael Curley in 1949. Continue reading →

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LOVE LETTERS

I was with her through the worst of it

"She had a job but no car, and I gave her rides to and from work for two months. I didn’t mind because I got to spend time with her." Continue reading →

Visual Arts

Boston College museum receives $20 million gift of art from Peter Lynch

Lynch's gift to Boston College’s McMullen Museum of Art includes works by Pablo Picasso, Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, and Mary Cassatt. Continue reading →

MUSIC REVIEW

An especially robust season’s greetings from the Holiday Pops

Thursday's concert marked the first time that the Boston Pops had performed live in front of an audience in its Symphony Hall home in two years. Continue reading →