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Sunday, April 17, 2022
Today's Headlines
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Massachusetts

As Boston celebrates, new anxiety over COVID creeps in

It's a weekend of festivities with Easter, Passover, and the city preparing for the Marathon. All the while, though, case counts and hospitalizations have been on the rise. Continue reading →

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Once a crown jewel of BPS, Roxbury’s Timilty Middle School will close in June. Will its history of transformation be remembered?

Timilty's enrollment plummeted from 700 in 2012 to just 200 this year. The district will shut the school's doors in June. Continue reading →

Politics

Europe has yet to hit Russia where it would hurt the most: banning its oil and gas

Europe is far more dependent on Russian energy than the United States, and has been seeking alternate supplies to avoid shortages and massive price hikes if it cuts off that supply. Continue reading →

Politics

State power limits Boston’s vision

Thanks to a striking concentration of power at the seat of Massachusetts government on Beacon Hill, the capital city and its neighbors must seek state sign-off for both substantive policy changes – like restricting how much rents may increase each year – and more routine proposals – like adjusting some speed limits. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Air Force offers help to LGBTQ personnel, families hurt by state laws

The Air Force announced a de facto expansion of human rights protections for these military families as states have moved to ban gender-affirming care for minors, restrict teaching about sexual orientation and gender identity in public schools, and prohibit trans athletes from playing on girls' sports teams. Continue reading →

Nation

Disney, built on fairy tales and fantasy, confronts the real world

Both sides of the political divide have been pounding on Disney, endangering one of the world’s best-known brands — one that, for many, symbolizes America itself — as it tries to navigate a rapidly changing entertainment industry. Continue reading →

Nation

Police stops of Black people often filled with fear, anxiety

For a number of Black men and women, resisting arrest during encounters with police for minor traffic stops have been deadly. Experts say anxiety levels of the people stopped and even the officers involved can be high, adding to the tension. Continue reading →

The World

World

Russia fires missile barrage at Ukrainian cities and military targets

Russia pounded military targets throughout Ukraine Saturday, in apparent retaliation for the sinking of an important naval ship and in preparation for an offensive in the Donbas region of the country’s east. Continue reading →

World

Ukraine war shifts to a very different battlefield in country’s east

The war in Ukraine is about to take a hard turn to the southeast and into an expanse of open flatland, fundamentally changing the nature of the combat, the weapons at play and the strategies that might bring victory. Continue reading →

World

North Korea’s Kim attends parade honoring grandfather

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a massive civilian parade in the capital, Pyongyang, celebrating a milestone birth anniversary of his state-founding grandfather in which thousands marched in a choreographed display of loyalty to the Kim family, state media said Saturday. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

LETTERS

DCR lacks the resources it needs to rescue our parks from decay

Massachusetts ranks last in the United States in per capita spending on parks, according to the UMass Donahue Institute’s December 2021 Department of Conservation and Recreation Special Commission Report. Continue reading →

LETTERS

There are solutions to struggles of working family caregivers

As a former co-caregiver, I worked part time. Doing so greatly affected my income, but I realized the futility in working and caregiving simultaneously and that helping my parents was my priority. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Waiting for liquor license reform in Boston

Reforming liquor license law isn’t ultimately about booze. It’s about economic opportunity. Continue reading →

Metro

Education

Second-ever Boston youth poet laureate hopes to bring more of the arts into schools

As Boston’s second-ever youth poet laureate, Anjalequa Leynneyah Verona Birkett hopes to give other young people the ability to express themselves through the arts. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Three Mass. counties have ‘medium’ level of COVID-19, CDC says

The CDC says three Massachusetts counties now have “medium” community levels of COVID-19, an elevated designation shared by just 5 percent of all counties nationwide. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

More than 60 displaced in fast-moving Friday night fire in Lawrence; lack of injuries called ‘small miracle’

Fire officials confirmed early Saturday morning that no one was injured in the blaze. Continue reading →

Sports

Christopher L. Gasper

Celtics’ turnaround brought them the Nets and the expectations of a deep playoff run

With the Celtics, which record do you go by? The 23-24 before Jan. 23 or the 28-7 since? The analytics point toward the latter. Continue reading →

Boston Marathon

Every qualified runner who applied got into the 2022 Boston Marathon. Here’s how it happened.

Every year from 2014 to 2021, the BAA had to turn away thousands of qualified runners, but the pandemic's impact on the running world had one silver lining in 2022. Continue reading →

Bruins 2, Penguins 1

Bruins clinch playoff berth with win over Penguins

Trent Frederick and Erik Haula scored early in the first period for Boston. Continue reading →

Business
Ideas

IDEAS

Truth bombs from a Trappist monk

How Thomas Merton brings sanity to our insane times. Continue reading →

IDEAS

Charles Darwin’s enduring hold on us

The naturalist’s recently returned notebooks illustrate why he was always destined to be both celebrated and misunderstood. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Franz Mohr, piano tuner to the stars, dies at 94

In his 24 years as chief concert technician for Steinway & Sons, Franz Mohr brought a musician’s mindset to the mechanics of important pianos and the care of those who played them. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Television

10 TV shows that have made this a very good year in entertainment already

These series are all original, risk-taking creations — from the creepy sci-fi of “Severance” to the warm slice-of-life of Bridget Everett’s “Somebody Somewhere.” Continue reading →

THEATER

A Temptation who’s plenty proud of ‘Ain’t Too Proud’

Otis Williams, the last surviving member of the Motown group's “classic five” lineup, reflects on the quintet's tumultuous history and the Broadway musical that tells their story. Continue reading →

Visual Arts

At the Venice Biennale — the art world’s version of the Olympics — Boston’s ICA is set to shine

Institute of Contemporary Art director Jill Medvedow's latest feat is to open the US Pavilion at the Biennale next week with artist Simone Leigh, as the country’s official emissaries. Leigh, the first Black woman to represent the US at the event, will bring her exhibition to the ICA in 2023. Continue reading →

Travel

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Welcome back, valued customers. Now, please pay attention while we remind you of the do’s and don’ts of air travel.

Welcome aboard TardyJet Airlines Flight 666 to Orlando. We are currently 15th — perhaps 16th — in line for takeoff. Please listen carefully to our safety and reintroduction announcement. Continue reading →

TRAVEL

A touch of France in California’s Sonoma Wine Country

We had to cancel a long-planned girlfriend’s getaway to Provence. But we so needed time with our friends away from the grind. Pivot. Continue reading →

Real Estate

Real Estate

Tips on buying a foreclosed home

Where to find them, the process, and the pitfalls. Continue reading →

Real Estate

Ask the Remodeler: What is causing the hardwood flooring to separate?

Send your questions to [email protected]. Continue reading →