Nation

No charges against police in Amir Locke shooting

The Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed Amir Locke, a Black man, during an early morning raid in February at an apartment complex will not face criminal charges, prosecutors announced Wednesday. Continue reading →

Nation

Zoos hiding birds as avian flu spreads in North America

Zoos across North America are moving their birds indoors and away from people and wildlife as they try to protect them from the highly contagious and potentially deadly avian influenza. Continue reading →

Political Notebook

Biden indicates support for union at Amazon

The president did not directly call on Amazon workers to form a union, but gave his most explicit endorsement to date of the attempts to unionize the company’s massive workforce. Continue reading →

World

El Salvador’s new law on gangs raises censorship fears

Coming amid a state of emergency, the penal code change that has allowed security forces to detain civilians, without evidence, under suspicion for being involved in a gang. 6,000 people have been detained since the state of emergency was approved last week. Continue reading →

World

Israel’s government in crisis after senior lawmaker quits coalition

Israel’s fragile government was thrown into crisis Wednesday after a senior lawmaker quit the coalition, leaving it without a majority in Parliament and auguring a return to the political instability that has hobbled the country in recent years. Continue reading →

World

Even before France votes, the French right is a big winner

With just days to go before the first round of France’s presidential election, President Emmanuel Macron is still the odds-on favorite to make it through the political juggernaut and win a second term. But even if he does succeed, and before a single ballot is cast, another clear winner has already emerged from the race. Continue reading →

OPINION

When it comes to solving the problem of ‘Mass. and Cass,’ Boston is on its own

NIMBY-ism still rules, within the city and beyond. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

A big American company is using bankruptcy to get the upper hand on cancer patients. Congress should ban the practice.

Time to outlaw the “Texas two-step.” Continue reading →

OPINION

That time 6 million Reddit users came together and created something, together

The online experiment created a gleeful culture of alliances, joyful sabotage, and appreciation of work done well. Continue reading →

Metro

Chicopee school superintendent arrested on federal charge of lying about alleged threatening text message plot

Chicopee Public Schools Superintendent Lynn A. Clark was arrested Wednesday on a federal charge of lying to investigators about 99 threatening text messages she allegedly sent to a candidate for the city’s police chief position, in a no-holds-barred effort to get the candidate to withdraw their application, authorities said. Continue reading →

Health

Awareness of COVID-19 racial disparities reduces fear of the virus, study finds

Racial disparities in COVID-19 infection rates underpin recent research on the pandemic. Continue reading →

Politics

Boston councilors push for hundreds more liquor licenses in certain neighborhoods

A trio of Boston city councilors are pushing for hundreds more liquor licenses in the city, specifically in neighborhoods of color where there is a paucity of restaurants that can legally serve booze. Continue reading →

stan grossfeld

Is Garrett Whitlock really pitching while he has double vision? Well, yes.

The Red Sox righthander has an eye abnormality — causing a "bit of a blur" — that he has always pitched with. "For me, it’s normal life," he says. Continue reading →

Tara Sullivan

It shouldn’t have taken Augusta National this long, but the about-face change in attitude is welcome

Chairman Fred Ridley said he intends to “make sure” the number of women at the club continues to grow. Continue reading →

chad finn

When saluting the Celtics for this turnaround, don’t forget to credit Danny Ainge too

Ainge’s mark is still on this team, in ways that have turned out to be positive in the time since he left. Continue reading →

THE FINE PRINT

She was injured in a Green Line crash. It took the T eight months to pay her bills.

A July collision on Commonwealth Avenue sent Hannah Rosenberg to the hospital. Then, getting the MBTA to cover the $1,000 she owed in medical bills proved to be almost as painful as the crash. Continue reading →

Business

Fed minutes showed ‘many’ officials in favor of big rate increase

Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s March meeting showed that central bankers were preparing to shrink their portfolio of bond holdings imminently while raising interest rates. Continue reading →

Business

Cummings Foundation pledges $20 million to Roger Williams for real estate school

Roger Williams officials say the gift from the Woburn-based foundation is the largest the university has ever received and will enable the school to add to a broad real estate curriculum that includes subjects ranging from law to development to engineering. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Bobby Rydell, ‘60s teen idol and ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ star, dies

Mr. Rydell was among a wave of wholesome teen idols who emerged after Elvis Presley and before the rise of the Beatles. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Bobby Rydell, ‘60s teen idol and ‘Bye Bye Birdie’ star, dies

Mr. Rydell was among a wave of wholesome teen idols who emerged after Elvis Presley and before the rise of the Beatles. Continue reading →

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Working On It

A friendly self-help book for lesbian, bisexual, and queer women that answers all the big questions

"The Ex-Girlfriend of My Ex-Girlfriend Is My Girlfriend" is by online advice columnist Maddy Court, a.k.a. Xena Worrier Princess. Continue reading →

MUSIC REVIEW

At Royale, Perfume Genius weaves delicacy and grandeur

Mike Hadreas sashayed and whirled through his career-spanning set — moving across and around the stage with a sense of hard-won joy and liberation. Continue reading →

Music

Nine Inch Nails announced as the new headliner at Boston Calling

The band takes the place of Foo Fighters, who were forced to cancel last month after the death of drummer Taylor Hawkins. Continue reading →