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Monday, April 11, 2022
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COVID-19

Should you get that second booster shot? Here’s what you need to know.

Federal health officials say anyone 50 and older can get a second booster shot to protect themselves against COVID-19. But if you fall in that group, should you get one? Continue reading →

Politics

Groundbreakings and potholes, Charlie Baker’s public schedule looks like 2019. Behind the scenes, COVID looms.

What the governor calls the Massachusetts’ “giant surveillance effort,” the largely behind-the-scenes work tracking COVID-19, has trudged on after the daily press conferences and regular mandate announcements have steadily fallen away. Continue reading →

Business

After a turbulent week for JetBlue, the long-loved airline is at a crossroads

The biggest carrier at Logan Airport is facing delays and operational challenges after decades as one of the airline industry’s shining success stories. Continue reading →

World

Racing for safety, Ukrainians meet new perils

Russian forces attacked civilian areas in eastern Ukraine on Sunday as terrified residents joined an exodus of thousands of Ukrainians fleeing westward, heeding warnings by authorities that Russian troops were massing for a major assault. Continue reading →

Politics Policy

A Cold War law could be used to boost heat pump production

Democratic lawmakers and climate advocates are demanding the White House invoke a Cold War-era law to boost domestic manufacturing of heat pumps and other clean energy technologies, arguing it could simultaneously counter Russia’s aggression in Ukraine and fend off climate change. Continue reading →

The Nation

Politics

Jan. 6 panel has evidence for criminal referral of Trump, but splits on sending

The leaders of the House committee investigating the Capitol attack have grown divided over whether to make a criminal referral to the Justice Department of former president Donald Trump, even though they have concluded that they have enough evidence to do so, people involved in the discussions said. Continue reading →

Politics

Disagreement and delay: How infighting over the border divided the White House

President Biden had been in office only two months at the time, and there was already a crisis at the southwest border. Thousands of migrant children were jammed into unsanitary Border Patrol stations. Republicans were accusing Biden of flinging open the borders. And his aides were blaming one another. Continue reading →

Nation

The conservative college that’s expanding to charter schools

With only 1,500 students on a small-town campus in southern Michigan, Hillsdale College is far from the power corridors of government and top-ranked universities. Continue reading →

The World

World

In France, it’s Macron vs. Le Pen, again, for presidency

PARIS — Incumbent Emmanuel Macron will face far-right nationalist Marine Le Pen in a winner-takes-all runoff for the French presidency, after they both advanced Sunday in the first round of voting in the country’s election to set up another head-to-head clash of their sharply opposing visions for France. Continue reading →

World

Khan vows to fight on after Pakistan’s Parliament ousts him

ISLAMABAD — The ouster of Prime Minister Imran Khan in a parliamentary no-confidence vote early Sunday set Pakistan on an uncertain political path, with his supporters taking to the streets in protest and the political opposition preparing to install his replacement. Continue reading →

World

‘Everything was destroyed’: War hits Ukraine’s farms

The farmer was working in his field on a recent morning when a neighbor called to tell him that his warehouses had been shelled. He rushed back and found them on fire and one of his workers lying on the ground with shrapnel lodged in his head. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

Future of health care shouldn’t be a battle of behemoths

The state can learn from its handling of the Mass General Brigham expansion plans how the system must work for all. Continue reading →

OPINION

Lady Gaga, Tony Bennett, and the power of bringing generations together

A new crop of creative collaborations is leading the way with aspirational illustrations of the value and contributions of generations joining forces for mutual benefit and the greater good. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Healey owes it to voters to debate Chang-Díaz, frequently

Your editorial also poses the essential question for Healey: Yes, you’ve done good things as AG, but what will you do as governor? Continue reading →

Metro

Metro

Memories of Bedford woman’s 1971 slaying haunt victim’s relatives

Jon Fredriksen still remembers the moment his father told him that his aunt had been murdered. It was 1971, and he was 18 years old. Continue reading →

Transportation

Man killed after becoming trapped in Red Line train door in South Boston

The man was dragged a short distance by an inbound train at the Broadway T station at about 12:30 a.m. Sunday, according to James Borghesani, a spokesman for Suffolk District Attorney Kevin Hayden’s office, and the MBTA. Continue reading →

Metro

A Jewish-Ukrainian rally for peace in Brookline

The Jewish community in Brookline comes to the aid of Ukraine with a day of culture and celebration Sunday. Continue reading →

Sports

Tara Sullivan

No storybook ending but Tiger’s presence animates Augusta

Said Woods, "This tournament has meant so much to me and my family, this entire tournament.” Continue reading →

Tara Sullivan

Masters champion Scottie Scheffler shares the joy with his family first

His wife, his sisters, his mom, his dad, his brother-in-law, his in-laws were all there to greet him with hugs when he walked off the 18th green. Continue reading →

ON BASEBALL

Garrett Whitlock’s rise, cemented with an eight-figure contract, is simply storybook

"I want to serve people as much as I can. I want to love on others. That’s what I feel like is my real purpose here," said the 25-year-old righthander on getting a four-year extension that will pay him at least $18.75 million. Continue reading →

Business

Business

After a turbulent week for JetBlue, the long-loved airline is at a crossroads

The biggest carrier at Logan Airport is facing delays and operational challenges after decades as one of the airline industry’s shining success stories. Continue reading →

Technology

Auto prices plateau but supply shortages could linger, CarGurus CEO says

Three questions with Jason Trevisan, who has had a front-row seat to the ups and downs of the car market. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Rae Allen, Tony winner and TV mainstay, dies at 95

A Tony Award-winning actress who was seen in both the stage and film versions of the hit musical comedy “Damn Yankees,” Rae Allen's many television roles included a world-weary unemployment counselor to George Costanza on “Seinfeld” and Tony Soprano’s aunt on “The Sopranos." Continue reading →

Obituaries

Mimi Reinhard, secretary who typed ‘Schindler’s List,’ dies at 107

Mimi Reinhard was being held at a Nazi concentration camp near Krakow, Poland, in 1944, but because she spoke flawless German and could take shorthand, she was allowed to work in the camp office. One of her jobs was to compile a list of Jewish prisoners working in factories owned by industrialist Oskar Schindler. Continue reading →

Obituaries

‘The Eagle Has Landed’ author Jack Higgins dies at 92

British author Jack Higgins, who wrote “The Eagle Has Landed” and other bestselling thrillers and espionage novels, has died. He was 92. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

MUSIC REVIEW

Ukraine’s DakhaBrakha brings a beguiling blend of music from an anguished nation

It was the sixth time the Ukrainian band DakhaBrakha has performed around the Boston area over the past decade. But none of those previous shows felt quite as urgent as this one. Continue reading →

Arts

‘Immersive Klimt: Revolution’ brings slice of Vienna to Boston

Austrian artist Gustav Klimt’s ‘The Kiss’ and other famous works are focus of show opening April 14 at the Castle. Continue reading →

Names

Eight rhythmic reads to celebrate National Poetry Month with young poets

Spring is a welcome respite from New England’s long winters, and National Poetry Month is a great opportunity to invite still more poems onto your shelves (or into your library queue). Here are a few favorite new-ish books of poems by New England and New England-adjacent authors for readers of all ages. Continue reading →