Politics

Biden names former federal prosecutor to lead ATF

President Biden on Monday nominated a former federal prosecutor from Ohio to run the embattled Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, part of a series of measures meant to demonstrate the White House’s modest progress on gun control. Continue reading →

Politics

Ex-officer convicted of storming Capitol to disrupt Congress

A federal jury on Monday convicted a former Virginia police officer of storming the US Capitol with another off-duty officer to obstruct Congress from certifying President Biden’s 2020 electoral victory. Continue reading →

Nation

Marty Walsh, Kamala Harris, and the unlikely bonds of politics

One speaks with a thick Boston accent; the other is a proud daughter of California. One has distinct Irish roots, the other has ancestors in India and Jamaica. One proudly wears pearls, the other has a declared love of cargo shorts. Continue reading →

World

Shahbaz Sharif becomes Pakistan’s interim prime minister amid turmoil

The Pakistani parliament selected opposition leader Shahbaz Sharif to become the country’s interim prime minister Monday, ushering in a new government after the ouster of Imran Khan and capping a week of political turmoil that pushed the fragile democracy to the brink. Continue reading →

World

With threats all around, Japan moves to shed its pacifist constraints

Not only has Japan moved swiftly to enact sanctions against Russia in near lock step with the United States and Europe but it has also intensified broader security discussions as it confronts rising threats from China and North Korea. Continue reading →

World

US weighs shift to support Hague court as it investigates Russian atrocities

The Biden administration is vigorously debating how much the United States can or should assist an investigation into Russian atrocities in Ukraine by the International Criminal Court in The Hague, according to officials familiar with internal deliberations. Continue reading →

OPINION

What happens when jurors are disproportionately white? Not justice.

From January through September of 2021, for example, white people made up 71 percent of the population but 81 percent of impaneled jurors. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Questions for police get tough. And that’s the point.

A new commission wants to know about social media posts, affiliations, and taxes. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Tops on wish list for next Boston schools chief: academic leader

The expectation that every student should leave Boston Public Schools ready for the future must come from the top and will require academic excellence at every level. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Seals and sharks are more common on the Cape. How do the humans feel about them?

Cape Cod voters, fishers, and tourists all value local shark and seal populations, and an overwhelming majority would accept some inconvenience or risk to support oceans in which marine wildlife can thrive, a study released Monday shows. Continue reading →

Politics

‘We have to begin somewhere.’ Facing system in crisis, Mass. House leaders propose boost for child care provider pay.

House Speaker Ronald Mariano acknowledged Monday that it’s a “little tough to pinpoint exactly what is going to change” as far as what families pay under the plan. Continue reading →

Metro

The sins of Father Geoghan

St. Brendan, one of Dorchester’s great Catholic churches, seems destined to close next month. Parishioners feel like they are paying for the sins of others. Continue reading →

christopher l. gasper

Insensitive comments in wake of Dwayne Haskins’s death say something about sports culture

We all would do well to remember that there are human beings under those helmets. Continue reading →

TIGERS 3, RED SOX 1

Bats go quiet, bullpen cracks as Red Sox drop series opener to Tigers

J.D. Martinez hit his first home run of the season, but the Red Sox couldn't put much together offensively, and Ryan Brasier allowed a tie-breaking two-run homer in the eighth. Continue reading →

On Baseball

Former Red Sox Eduardo Rodriguez feels at home with Tigers, and gets the start Wednesday against his old teammates

Rodriguez was open to returning to the Red Sox, but the Tigers were his most aggressive suitors financially. Continue reading →

TECH LAB

Teens help MIT teach lending algorithms not to be racist

Two high schoolers helped create a method of training AI software that helps banks decide whether to approve mortgage applications and avoid race and gender bias. Continue reading →

Business

Music, food, Dunkin’: Here’s how Wu wants to bring people back downtown

City leaders hope a Boston Blooms Block Party Wednesday will add a jolt of renewed energy, vigor and foot traffic to small businesses in the neighborhood. Continue reading →

Business

Truck makers face a tech dilemma: batteries or hydrogen?

The choice companies make could be hugely consequential, as the designing and production of new trucks is a yearslong process. Companies will be locked into the decisions they make now for a decade or more. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Sidney Altman, Nobel laureate in chemistry, dies at 82

Sidney Altman, a Canadian-born researcher who shared the Nobel Prize in chemistry for a discovery about the cellular function of RNA, which changed scientists' fundamental understanding of biochemical processes and has had applications to medicine and gene therapy, died April 5 in Rockleigh, N.J. He was 82. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Eleanor Munro, who profiled female artists, dies at 94

Ms. Munro profiled and interviewed dozens of women for her book “Originals: American Women Artists.” Continue reading →

Obituaries

Gary Brown, former running back and coach, dies at 52

Mr. Brown had coached Wisconsin’s running backs last season before departing for health-related reasons. He coached the Cowboys’ running backs from 2013-19. Continue reading →

Arts

BSO cancels European tour, citing COVID-19 surge

The Boston Symphony Orchestra has canceled its upcoming four-city European tour citing “an increase in [COVID] cases among the members of the orchestra and Tanglewood Festival Chorus following recent Symphony Hall performances.” Continue reading →

ASK MATTHEW

‘Law & Order’ charged with lazy writing

The “Law & Order” scripts seem like they’ve been auto-written by a computer program, the same program that was writing them back when the show had already hit a creative wall back in 2010. Continue reading →

MUSIC REVIEW

Zander and BPO scale the heights of Mahler’s colossal Third

On Friday night in Symphony Hall, Benjamin Zander led the Boston Philharmonic and gathered choral forces in a rare performance of Mahler’s mighty ode to nature. Continue reading →