Nation

To end opioid lawsuits, companies finalize $26 billion deal

The nation’s three largest drug distributors and a major pharmaceutical manufacturer announced Friday that a supermajority of states and localities had accepted the terms of their $26 billion offer to settle thousands of civil claims related to the deadly opioid crisis. Continue reading →

Nation

House panel widens investigation of Trump document handling

The Oversight Committee asked the National Archives to detail material the former president took with him when he left office, including classified documents and anything he “destroyed” or “mutilated.” Continue reading →

Nation

Republican Senator Inhofe to retire at year’s end

Republican Senator James Inhofe, a conservative crusader who has represented Oklahoma over five decades in Congress, while earning a reputation as a leading denier of climate change, said Friday that he will not finish his term and retire at the end of the year. Continue reading →

World

Study says more than 5 million children lost parent or caregiver to COVID in 19 months

A new study estimates that at least 5.2 million children around the world lost a parent or other caregiver to COVID-19 in the first 19 months of the pandemic. Continue reading →

World

China caught in bind over Russian invasion of Ukraine

As Russian troops have poured into Ukraine, officials in Beijing have fumed at any suggestion that they are betraying a core principle of Chinese foreign policy — that sovereignty is sacrosanct — in order to shield Moscow. Continue reading →

World

Putin’s attack on Ukraine echoes Hitler’s takeover of Czechoslovakia

Russia’s Vladimir Putin did not bother to speak with Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, before launching his assault Thursday. But some observers see brutal similarities to Hitler’s seizure of Czechoslovakia just before World War II. Continue reading →

OPINION

A slap on the wrist for a bigoted assault in East Boston

In moving victim’s impact statements, Vasquez and her daughter both said that they live in fear of speaking Spanish in public and being targeted for their accents. Continue reading →

OPINION

Consider this: Panel discussions around Boston Feb. 26 - March 5

A summary of the week's public panel discussions around Boston. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

An oil leak could mean financial ruin for your family. State lawmakers can help.

The Legislature should pass a measure requiring insurers to cover clean-up costs for homeowners. Continue reading →

Metro

How Roberts v. City of Boston set a precedent to uphold racial segregation in schools

Five-year-old Sarah Roberts was denied enrollment from every public school in Boston, except for the all-Black Smith School, located far from where she lived. Her father, Benjamin Roberts, decided to sue the city, and the Supreme Court case went on to define the century-long struggle to desegregate schools. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

‘I feel devastated’: Mass. residents with ties to Russia caught off guard by Ukraine invasion

As news reports of the Russian invasion of Ukraine kept flashing across phone and television screens in Massachusetts, locals with ties to Russia and other former Soviet Union countries decried the Russian invasion and said it was harrowing to watch from afar. Continue reading →

Metro

Weeks ago, a Fulbright scholar in Worcester returned home to Ukraine. Now she fears what will happen next.

Just six weeks ago, Yuliia Kleban was living in Massachusetts, a visiting scholar at Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s business school. Now she’s back home in Ukraine, worrying about the safety of her family and the fate of her country. Continue reading →

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Fresh challenges await as Revolution embark on a new season

They're coming off a historic 2021 campaign, and they bolstered the roster, but they're up against a demanding schedule beginning Saturday in Portland. Continue reading →

Celtics

Luke Kornet grateful for a little stability with Celtics after unpredictable start to season

The center has played for five different teams over the last four months, with the Celtics’ G League affiliate in Maine his home base between NBA stops. Continue reading →

On hockey

Jake DeBrusk is on a hot streak, but why won’t he say why he wants the Bruins to trade him?

“I respectfully plead the fifth,” said DeBrusk, who scored twice in Thursday's victory. Continue reading →

Business

Chipmakers downplay fears Ukraine crisis will worsen shortages

With the semiconductor industry stretched thin by the pandemic and an unprecedented surge in demand, chipmakers had a reassuring message Thursday: The crisis in Ukraine is unlikely to make shortages worse. Continue reading →

Technology

CarGurus stock soars amid used-car price boom

The Cambridge company reported fourth-quarter results that far exceeded the forecasts of Wall Street analysts. Its stock leapt 44 percent on Friday to $46.44, the highest level in more than three years. Continue reading →

THE FINE PRINT

In shift, insurance company now says Wareham couple is covered for oil leak

Narragansett Bay Insurance Company had informed the couple that coverage for a leak apparently caused by corrosion in the tank was excluded from their policy. Now, it says it will “extend” them coverage. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Oscar-nominated ‘M*A*S*H’ actor Sally Kellerman dies at 84

She had a career of more than 60 years in film and television but was most known for her role as "Hot Lips" Houlihan in Robert Altman's antiwar movie. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Oscar-nominated ‘M*A*S*H’ actor Sally Kellerman dies at 84

She had a career of more than 60 years in film and television but was most known for her role as "Hot Lips" Houlihan in Robert Altman's antiwar movie. Continue reading →

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Visual Arts

‘New Horizons’ at Pellas Gallery brings NFTs to Newbury Street

“My goal with producing the show was to convert traditional art collectors to viewing digital art as a valid art form,” said David Paredes. Continue reading →

MUSIC REVIEW

Thoughts of Ukraine add emotional heft to BSO’s Russian and Baltic program

The conductor and soloists all hailed from countries that Russian President Vladimir Putin says should never have become independent. Continue reading →

STAGE REVIEW

Singing out, and speaking out, in ArtsEmerson’s ‘Dreaming Zenzile’

The musical based on the life of South African singer and activist Miriam Makeba was created by and stars the astonishing Somi Kakoma. It richly deserves to be seen, heard, and felt. Continue reading →