Nation

FBI may shut down police use-of-force database due to lack of police participation

In an attempt to create a definitive database on how often police officers use force on citizens, the FBI launched the National Use-of-Force Data Collection program in 2019, imploring police departments to submit details on every incident, not just fatal shootings. Continue reading →

Nation

Trump White House records can be released in Jan. 6 probe pending Supreme Court review, appeals court rules

A federal appeals court on Thursday sweepingly rejected former president Donald Trump’s bid to keep his White House documents secret from a congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, potentially setting up an emergency review by the Supreme Court. Continue reading →

Nation

New York City Council approves measure to allow noncitizens to vote in local elections

The City Council on Thursday approved a measure that will allow immigrants who are not US citizens to vote for mayor and other key municipal positions, a historic move that is igniting threats of legal challenges from Republicans and hopes from Democrats that other cities will follow suit. Continue reading →

World

Witness, official: Myanmar troops massacre 11 civilians

Myanmar government troops rounded up villagers — some believed to be children — tied them up, and slaughtered them, according to a witness and other reports. Continue reading →

World

53 die in horror crash of truck smuggling migrants in Mexico

Rescue workers rushing to a highway accident found a scene of death and injury after a freight truck jammed with as many as 200 migrants tipped over and crashed into the base of a steel pedestrian bridge in southern Mexico. Continue reading →

World

Taiwan loses Nicaragua as ally as tensions with China rise

Nicaragua has broken diplomatic relations with Taiwan in favor of China, further reducing the number of countries that still recognize the self-governing island as a sovereign nation. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

The thorny cases that Rachael Rollins inherits

Fighting public corruption, righting wrongs in corrections, and even education are in the portfolio of the newly confirmed US attorney for Massachusetts. Continue reading →

OPINION

Call domestic terrorism what it is, and prosecute it that way

Lawmakers in Washington, on Beacon Hill, and across the country need to catch up. They can use Michigan as a model. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Don’t tread on my treads! — an antivax allegory

Some drivers are already on their third set of snow tires, which proves their ineffectiveness. We don’t know what they are made of, really. Continue reading →

Politics

As Omicron looms, Mayor Wu turns City Hall into a mass vaccination site

Residents arrived by the hundreds, the demand for shots so high that a steady line of eager patients snaked down the stairs from the third-floor mezzanine where the shots were offered. Continue reading →

Metro

When it comes to radicals, it takes one to know one

The majority of people who opposed Rollins’s confirmation as US attorney think it’s perfectly acceptable to subvert the Constitution, push for more guns in a culture plagued by mass shootings, and treat public health as if it’s an existential threat to personal liberty. Continue reading →

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Advocates renew calls to make BPS schools safer following second attack at Henderson School

Some point to record staffing shortages as among the reasons schools have been unable to prevent recent school violence. Continue reading →

Bruins 3, Oilers 2

Matt Grzelcyk’s first goal of season gives Bruins win in Edmonton

Matt Grzelcyk scored his first goal of the season to break a 2-2 tie with 2:33 remaining in the third period. Continue reading →

nicole yang

Defensive back Myles Bryant is the Patriots’ latest success story with an undrafted player

Hard work has been Bryant's hallmark since his earliest days in the game, and he is proving that he belongs at the NFL level. Continue reading →

on hockey

Patrice Bergeron is taking a beating, so why aren’t the Bruins coming to his defense?

It has become abundantly clear that the Bruins are too soft physically. What in the name of John Wensink is going on? Continue reading →

Business

For the first time in decades, earnings are rising faster for lower-wage workers

With employers desperate to hire and hold on to workers, something is happening for those making the lowest wages that hasn’t occurred in decades: Their earnings are climbing at a faster rate than for those in more lucrative jobs. Continue reading →

Business

Affordable housing in the Seaport? That’s the goal for latest Massport parcel to hit the market

After contributing to the boom in luxury housing in the Seaport, Massport is taking a different tack with this project on D Street. Continue reading →

THE FINE PRINT

How to save at the pump in these high-priced times

Shopping around for lower prices, using loyalty programs, and driving differently could stretch your money at the pump. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Lina Wertmüller, Italian director of provocative films, dies at 93

Lina Wertmüller, who combined sexual warfare and leftist politics in the provocative, genre-defying films “The Seduction of Mimi,” “Swept Away” and “Seven Beauties,” which established her as one of the most original directors of the 1970s, died overnight at her home in Rome, the Italian Culture Ministry and the LaPresse news agency said Thursday. She was 93. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Football Hall of Famer Claude Humphrey dies at 77

One of the NFL’s most fearsome pass rushers during the 1970s with the Atlanta Falcons, Claude Humphrey was long overlooked as a dominant player on mostly losing teams. Continue reading →

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Visual Arts

When the artists are archivists

Simone Salvo and her grandmother June Southworth are the "Amazing Women" behind a new exhibition at Endicott College and an online compendium considering the nature of memory. Continue reading →

THE TICKET

Things to do around Boston this weekend and beyond

Music, theater, comedy, museum, and family events, and more, selected by Globe critics and writers. Continue reading →

Visual Arts

Painter Katherine Bradford and weaver Diedrick Brackens pair up in exhibition at Harvard’s Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts

Through their respective mediums, the artists highlight themes of connection and disconnection, intimacy and estrangement. Continue reading →