Nation

Terrible Tilly, Oregon’s legendary lighthouse, is for sale

After more than a century weathering storms, guiding ocean mariners, hosting wildlife and serving as a repository for cremated human remains, the lighthouse known in local legend as Terrible Tilly is being prepared for its next owners. Continue reading →

Politics

Jackson, COVID and a retirement show Congress’ partisan path

Party-line fights on Capitol Hill are as old as the republic, and they routinely escalate as elections approach. Yet three events from a notable week illustrate how Congress' near- and long-term paths point toward intensifying partisanship. Continue reading →

Nation

Juvenile lifer seeks reprieve amid broader push for leniency

Shortly after Riley Briones Jr. arrived in federal prison, he cut his long, braided hair in a symbolic death of his old self. In prison, he has been baptized a Christian, ministers to other inmates who call him Brother Briones, got his GED, and has a spotless disciplinary record, his attorneys say in their latest bid to get the now 45-year-old’s sentence cut short. Continue reading →

World

Message on missile at Ukraine train station is part of a long history

The remains of a missile, with the words "for the children" scrawled on its side, in Russian found near a train station sent a chilling message. But the words are not the first to be written on bombs or missiles used in war. Continue reading →

World

With Macron and Le Pen leading election field, a fractured France decides

President Emmanuel Macron, a centrist, holds a slight lead over Marine Le Pen, a hard-right nationalist, according to the latest polls. Continue reading →

World

Iran’s president vows to continue nuclear activities

Speaking in a ceremony marking Iran's national day of nuclear technology, the hard-line president said his administration will support an acceleration in research of peaceful nuclear technology. Continue reading →

OPINION

The UN Human Rights Council makes a mockery of human rights

Russia is suspended, but two-thirds of the remaining members are ruled by authoritarians and dictators. Continue reading →

LETTERS

The bishop vs. the Worcester Catholic school

McManus seems to follow the leadership exemplified by Florida’s governor, Ron DeSantis, in his threat to withdraw Catholic support for Nativity School. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Biden’s delicate dance on weed is getting clumsy

The president should be using his bully pulpit to lead public opinion to even further support cannabis decriminalization and, eventually, forge a bipartisan path to doing just that. Continue reading →

Metro

Crowdfunding haters

It’s one thing to help fund white supremacists and other haters. It’s entirely another to do it in God’s name. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Demonstrators call for affordable early education and child care at ‘Playdate Rally’

The Common Start Coalition supports legislation in Massachusetts that would publicly fund child care, boost teachers’ wages, and limit families’ child-care costs to 7 percent of household income. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

More than half of Boston’s free public pools are closed

Just seven out of 17 indoor public pools are open. Only two of those are in neighborhoods where the median household income is lower than the city's average, according to a Globe review of census data. Continue reading →

Tara Sullivan

Unflappable Scottie Scheffler holds onto three-shot lead after third round of Masters

He birdied four holes on the front nine to reach a personal best 11-under par. Continue reading →

on college hockey

Denver, Minnesota State add another chapter to Boston’s storied men’s Frozen Four history

Boston this week served as host of the men's Frozen Four for the ninth time. Continue reading →

dan shaughnessy

It already seems impossible to get away from Rafael Devers and Xander Bogaerts contract talk, and other thoughts

Bogaerts and Devers acknowledged that spring negotiations with the Red Sox went nowhere. Continue reading →

Business

For unpaid family caregivers in the workforce, the burden grows

The roughly 20 percent of working adults who comprise the “invisible backbone” of society — caregivers — are increasingly being pushed the edge of what is possible and healthy. Continue reading →

Business

For unpaid family caregivers in the workforce, the burden grows

The roughly 20 percent of working adults who comprise the “invisible backbone” of society — caregivers — are increasingly being pushed the edge of what is possible and healthy. Continue reading →

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IDEAS

The end of privacy could also mean the end of nuclear weapons

Now that it’s harder than ever to keep secrets, there’s never been a better time to disarm. Continue reading →

IDEAS

A century before the first Earth Day, there was the Forest Festival in the Middlesex Fells

A 19th-century precursor to today's environmental movement thrived, then fizzled out. Today's activists should take note. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Rayfield Wright, Cowboys’ Hall of Fame lineman, dies at 76

A tough, agile Hall of Fame offensive tackle for the Dallas Cowboys, Rayfield Wright was on five Super Bowl teams in the 1970s then suffered from dementia for at least a decade, which he believed was most likely caused by repeated blows to the head. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Gerda Weissmann Klein, honored Holocaust survivor, dies at 97

A teen who survived a series of concentration camps and a 350-mile death march during the Holocaust, Gerda Weissmann Klein's life became the subject of an Oscar-winning documentary, and her advocacy for tolerance and civic education won her a Presidential Medal of Freedom. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Patricia MacLachlan, best-selling author of ‘Sarah, Plain and Tall’ children’s book, dies at 84

The book, which Mrs. MacLachlan helped turn into the script for a TV movie, was awarded the Newbery Medal. Continue reading →

PILGRIMAGE

From Ukraine to Maine: How Louise Nevelson’s roots shaped her into one of the most important artists of the 20th century

Her story illuminates what can happen when doors open, not close. Continue reading →

CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK

Not content to be the story, celebrities want to be the storyteller, too

From biopics to jukebox musicals to documentaries, the subjects of these stories or their families are exercising control to create sanitized depictions onstage, on TV, and in film. Continue reading →

MATTHEW GILBERT

An April shower of intriguing TV shows

The month is packed with noteworthy shows, including a miniseries about the making of "The Godfather," new series from David Simon and David E. Kelley, and a retelling of the Watergate scandal starring Julia Roberts and Sean Penn. Continue reading →

TRAVEL

An Alaskan bush mail run delivers plenty of packages — and one unforgettable experience

Catching a lift on one of the mail flights proves a fun and inexpensive way to get a bird's-eye view of interior Alaska and meet some of the people who live there. Continue reading →

PLAY LOCAL / STAY LOCAL

For a change of scenery minus the hassle, think Gloucester

We put on our tourist goggles, and approached this gem of a city as wide-eyed tourists from Dubuque, Iowa, as opposed to kinda-locals who once lived a mere 20 miles away. Here’s what we found. Continue reading →

Real Estate

‘I’m buying this house as an immigrant who came to this country: I don’t care about this man!’

Despite buying more homes than single males in Mass., women face bias when they buy a home -- from agents and attorneys to documents are still stuck in 1950′s America. Continue reading →

Real Estate

Would an expanded East-West rail system put the state on path to more housing affordability?

“If the services are really fast and frequent, reliable, and well-priced, it means that Central and Western Massachusetts get pulled into the Greater Boston commuter housing market, labor force, and labor market." Continue reading →