Nation

Biden: Ready for ‘long overdue’ pick of Black female justice

President Biden strongly affirmed Thursday that he will nominate the first Black woman to the US Supreme Court, promising to announce his choice by the end of February. Continue reading →

Nation

Sign-ups in Affordable Care Act marketplaces reach record 14.5 million

The popularity of ACA health plans is a substantial slice of good news for President Biden. Continue reading →

Political Notebook

Palin flouts vaccine rules in New York City

Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin, who is unvaccinated and revealed this week that she tested positive for coronavirus, dined again at a New York City restaurant Wednesday night, flouting local health and safety measures calling for positive cases to isolate. Continue reading →

World

Islamic State not beaten yet, as US-backed forces fight on at Syria prison

Forces from a Kurdish-led militia traded fire from rooftops with dozens of Islamic State fighters still holed up in an embattled prison in northeastern Syria on Thursday, despite claims by the US-backed militia a day earlier that it had regained full control of the entire complex. Continue reading →

World

World remembers Holocaust as antisemitism rises in pandemic

International Holocaust Remembrance Day falls on the anniversary of the liberation by Soviet troops of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the most notorious of the death camps where Nazi Germany carried out its Final Solution seeking to murder the Jewish people of Europe. Continue reading →

World

Moscow pessimistic US will meet its demands

The Kremlin warned Thursday that there was “not much cause for optimism” that the West would satisfy Russia’s demands in the showdown over Ukraine, but it said that President Vladimir Putin would take his time to study the written responses that the United States and NATO submitted a day earlier before deciding how to proceed. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Free-speech debate distracts from what’s really grating about protests

The lack of civility of the anti-vaxxers in front of the mayor’s home and elsewhere shows a lack of understanding of civil disobedience and public discourse. Continue reading →

LETTERS

It’s time to acknowledge that the Boston schools need a new direction

Little progress has been made over the past three decades. In 1992, we switched from an elected school committee to an appointed committee, but neither has worked. Continue reading →

OPINION

The three blue pots

The objects conjure up my mother and grandmothers in their totality — women who made dinner, yes, but for whom making dinner was just one part of their complicated, energetic lives. Continue reading →

Elections

Marian Ryan to run for reelection as Middlesex district attorney; will not seek attorney general’s seat

The veteran prosecutor, who’s built a progressive profile in Massachusetts’ most populous county, said Thursday she will seek reelection to a third full term. Continue reading →

Metro

Mass. trial court to pay $425,000 to social worker who says she was pressured into sex with judge

A former clinical social worker said Judge Thomas Estes pressured her to perform sex acts in his chambers, leaving her traumatized. Estes resigned in 2018 after the allegations became public. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Corrections officers at Souza-Baranowski to get body cameras for the first time

The announcement comes as leaders at the Department of Correction face two federal lawsuits alleging excessive force against prisoners at Souza-Baranowski and intense public scrutiny over a controversial extended lockdown two years ago. Continue reading →

patriots

Three 2021 draft picks could give Patriots defense a boost next season

Linebacker Cameron McGrone, linebacker Ronnie Perkins, and safety Joshuah Bledsoe all served de facto redshirt seasons as rookies. Continue reading →

christopher l. gasper

Does Tom Brady have one more comeback left in him?

People in Brady's inner circle are pushing him to retire, yet he is hard-wired for competition and still playing at a high level. Continue reading →

dan shaughnessy

With late-career stats that were perhaps too good, Roger Clemens is dealt a Hall of Fame shutout

Having fallen short again in his 10th year, Clemens is off the writers' ballot, but he has his defenders, including former teammate Bruce Hurst. Continue reading →

SHIRLEY LEUNG AND LARRY EDELMAN

Governor Charlie Baker is seeking federal fix on billions of dollars in unemployment benefit overpayments

“This is not the way this is supposed to work. People participated in this program based on a set of rules that changed,” Baker acknowledged. Continue reading →

Business

Mass General Brigham fights back against criticisms of expansion

Mass General Brigham defended plans to undertake a $2.3 billion expansion, writing to state regulators that concerns about the project’s effects on health care spending were overstated and that a state agency criticizing the projects had overstepped. Continue reading →

Technology

Massachusetts tech standout Teradyne sees its stock crater

The chip-testing giant's shares lost more than 22 percent Thursday. Teradyne's 2022 sales outlook was hurt by manufacturing delays in the semiconductor industry. Continue reading →

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Music

Get Down With Your Hometown virtual music festival returns this weekend

Three nonprofits in Western Massachusetts have teamed up to put on a virtual music festival this weekend, and more than 30 artists will be performing. Continue reading →

WE'VE GOT SOMETHING COOKING

Calling all cooks and bakers

We’re looking for Confidential Chat recipes that you or someone in your family clipped from The Boston Globe while the popular column ran (from 1884 to 2006). Continue reading →

Arts

‘There’s a collector for everything’: House of Mirth helps lost and found photos find a home

Easthampton dealer Stacy Waldman buys, sells, and collects vernacular photography and other ephemera. Continue reading →