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Saturday, April 9, 2022
Today's Headlines
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Dan Shaughnessy

Our daily soap opera of Boston and baseball began with a back-end thud

On a postcard-perfect Bronx afternoon, the Sox reminded us they are ill-equipped to win a battle of bullpens, but the good news is there's a game Saturday. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Labor shortages across economy are creating opportunities for older workers

With turnover rampant and “Help Wanted” signs popping up everywhere, more employers are welcoming — or welcoming back — older workers, a group that has long felt derided and overlooked in the nation’s Darwinian labor market. Continue reading →

Business

‘It’s devastating.’ As Boston-area weeklies close, towns ponder civic life without local news.

Civic leaders and loyal readers alike worry this moment represents an inflection point, with a third of Gannett’s local weeklies disappearing overnight, along with essential community journalism. Continue reading →

Politics

Secretary of state races are suddenly in the spotlight. But no state has what Massachusetts does: a Democratic primary.

Tanisha Sullivan's challenge of longtime incumbent William Galvin is quickly becoming rooted in a familiar question: What more, if anything, do voters want from an office that’s had the same leader for nearly three decades? Continue reading →

Russia

Missile strike kills at least 50 at crowded train station, Ukraine says

The attack came as workers unearthed bodies from a mass grave in Bucha, a town near Ukraine’s capital where dozens of killings have already been documented following a Russian pullout. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

‘We’ve made it,’ says Jackson, celebrating Supreme Court confirmation

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court, said Friday at a White House ceremony that she understood what it had meant to the young Black women and girls who followed along with her nomination process. Continue reading →

Nation

Romney, a former opponent of Jackson, is one of her few Republican backers

The Republican senator from Utah has proved to be that rarest of commodities in today’s Congress: a persuadable senator. Continue reading →

Nation

Two men acquitted in plot to kidnap Michigan governor

Jurors on Friday acquitted two men of conspiring to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan and said they were deadlocked on charges against two others, in a significant defeat for federal prosecutors in one of the highest-profile domestic terrorism cases in decades. Continue reading →

The World

World

Russia’s war dead belie its slogan that no one is left behind

NATO estimates Russia has lost 7,000 to 15,000 troops during the six-week war, a startling number, while Ukraine puts the toll at 18,600 dead soldiers. Those figures already rival, if not exceed, the death toll of Russia's previous major military involvements. Continue reading →

World

With Russian forces gone, Kyiv starts to revive

After a month of artillery attacks that ravaged buildings and had Kyiv residents seeking shelter in the subway stations, a sense of relative calm is being restored. Continue reading →

World

Coronavirus subvariant cases are rising in the Northeast

Although caseloads have been relatively low in the weeks since the Omicron surge receded, the highly contagious BA.2 subvariant is contributing to a new wave in some places, especially in the Northeast. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

Let Russians run in the Boston Marathon

It’s understandable why museums, orchestras, and now road races have sought to keep Russians out. But a better way to protest Vladimir Putin’s invasion would be to celebrate and elevate Ukrainians. Continue reading →

OPINION

Consider this: Panel discussions around Boston, April 9-15

Panel discussions around Boston, April 9 -15 Continue reading →

OPINION

Dear Governor Baker: You’re wrong on driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants

The governor has fallen prey to fearmongering arguments about driver’s licenses and voter fraud. Continue reading →

Metro

Metro

The Lady of the Dunes, a real-life horror movie

Her remains were discovered in the dunes near Provincetown in 1974, and now a movie tells the tale. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Suspended Chicopee superintendent denies allegations, lawyer says

Suspended Chicopee School Superintendent Lynn Clark, who faces a federal charge of lying to investigators about threatening texts she allegedly sent to a Chicopee police officer, denies wrongdoing, her lawyer told reporters Friday. Continue reading →

Metro

12 State Police fired for not getting vaccinated

State Police spokesman David Procopio said the firings were “the culmination of the internal hearing process, for failure to comply with the executive order requiring vaccination.” Continue reading →

Sports

bruins notebook

When the playoffs begin next month, who will be the Bruins’ go-to goalie?

It looked as though Jeremy Swayman had the No. 1 job locked up, but things seem to have changed lately. Continue reading →

Bruins 2,Lightning 1

Charlie Coyle nails OT winner and Linus Ullmark makes 28 saves in Bruins’ victory over the Lightning

It was the 16th goal of the season for Coyle. Continue reading →

Yankees 6, Red Sox 5

Red Sox can’t pen a happy Opening Day ending, fall to Yankees in 11 innings

New acquisition Josh Donaldson won it for New York with a single in extra innings after the Red Sox squandered leads of 3-0, 4-3 and 5-4. Continue reading →

Business

Business

‘It’s devastating.’ As Boston-area weeklies close, towns ponder civic life without local news.

Civic leaders and loyal readers alike worry this moment represents an inflection point, with a third of Gannett’s local weeklies disappearing overnight, along with essential community journalism. Continue reading →

Biotech

Flagship’s Kaleido Biosciences shuts down, as more biotechs lay off staff

Layoffs at 10 local companies this year, including Biogen, Bluebird Bio, and Akebia Therapeutics, are estimated to affect about 750 people. Continue reading →

Business

Developers pitch hotel for quiet pocket of Back Bay

The project would put a 21-story hotel on site of a Stanhope Street restaurant. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Nehemiah Persoff, one of Hollywood’s busiest actors, dies at 102

His TV career was so prodigious in the 1950s and ‘60s that he frequently raced between sets for episodes of such shows as “Rawhide,” “Route 66,” and “The United States Steel Hour” - switching wardrobes, hairpieces, prosthetic features, mannerisms, and accents at a frantic pace. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Roland White, a shaper of bluegrass and country rock, dies at 83

Mr. White's warm tone and openness to approaches outside the bounds of traditional bluegrass were hallmarks of his music. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Arts

2022 Guggenheim Fellows announced

Eleven Massachusetts residents were among the 180 recipients of the prestigious honor. Continue reading →

Visual Arts

Dartmouth unveils designs for $88 million expansion of Hopkins Center for the Arts

Dartmouth College revealed Thursday the first design images for the $88 million renovation and expansion of the Hopkins Center for the Arts, which will include a new outdoor plaza, performance lab, and dance studio. Continue reading →

MUSIC REVIEW

To have the Vijay Iyer Trio back in Boston? It’s music to our ears

Thursday's concert at ICA Boston was riveting and free-flowing. Continue reading →