China’s human rights record has worsened since it last was host, and these Winter Games are being held amid a global pandemic that originated in the country. Continue reading →
Scientists say that vaccinated people who have also recently recovered from a natural infection have among the highest degrees of protection. But it’s not clear how long that protection will last. Continue reading →
The declaration came as the Republican National Committee formally rebuked two lawmakers in the party who have been most outspoken in condemning the deadly riot. Continue reading →
Convinced that existing tests are unfair, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital say they’ve found a better way to detect marijuana impairment. Continue reading →
Mayor Jacob Frey said the moratorium is effective immediately and will ban requests for and the execution of warrants in which police do not announce themselves. Continue reading →
A broad and bipartisan group of senators is coalescing around legislation to create a high-level independent commission, modeled after the one that examined the Sept. 11 attacks, with broad powers to investigate the origins of the coronavirus pandemic and the response across the Trump and Biden administrations. Continue reading →
After months of stalled negotiations, the House on Friday passed a bill aimed at making the United States more economically competitive with China by boosting the nation’s manufacturing and research capabilities. Continue reading →
Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday was fighting for his premiership, following fresh resignations from his inner team and renewed calls from within his own party for him to step down. Continue reading →
Michael Taylor got frostbite in the unheated facility, his legal team says, as it pushes to have him and his son transferred to the United States. Continue reading →
The Biden administration should not equate the questioning of US intelligence as giving solace to Russia. From the Vietnam War to the invasion of Iraq, there are many lessons in the danger and death that can result from blind trust in the US government. Continue reading →
Researchers in Australia say they’ve identified the shipwreck site, near Goat Island. Researchers in Rhode Island aren’t so sure they’re right. Continue reading →
Can the state auditor’s office — since its inception four decades ago, a repository for reports that line State House bookshelves unread — become a vehicle for social change? Continue reading →
An icy winter storm marched across Massachusetts Friday, pushing temperatures well below freezing and leading to hundreds of car crashes on slick roadways, including one fatality, officials said. Continue reading →
Tatum was named an All-Star reserve for a third straight season but could replace the injured Kevin Durant in the starting lineup, as he did last year. Continue reading →
The US arm of Spanish banking giant Santander is doing something unusual for a brick-and-mortar bank: It’s getting out of the home loan business. Continue reading →
Even as Massachusetts’ automotive “right-to-repair” law remains mired in federal court, an Illinois congressman has introduced a bill in the US House of Representatives that would establish a similar standard nationwide. Continue reading →
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