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Friday, May 6, 2022
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Metro

Suffolk halts construction in wake of South Boston collapse that injured three

The accident was the latest in a string of construction mishaps in Boston in recent months. Continue reading →

Health

‘We don’t want to restrict life’: How to navigate COVID risk at an uncertain time

Case numbers and hospitalizations are rising, but some people — and some doctors — are starting to move on. Continue reading →

NEWS ANALYSIS

Corporate America can’t hide from Roe v. Wade

A growing number of companies, including Amazon and Citigroup, are showing their support for reproductive rights. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Violent attacks by groups of children draw attention to challenges with handling juvenile crime

A policy change, enacted in the state’s criminal justice reform law four years ago, has complicated public officials’ efforts to respond to the recent string of attacks. Continue reading →

Economy

As inflation soars, the price of kids’ shoes is soaring even faster. Here’s why.

The cost of sneakers, cleats, and flats that kids outgrow every few months offer a window into the mechanics of pandemic-era inflation. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Racial justice coalition demands that Biden order study of reparations

A coalition of dozens of human rights organizations and racial justice advocates sent a letter to the White House Wednesday, demanding that President Biden issue an executive order to create a commission to study reparations for slavery. Continue reading →

Nation

Signs of an animal virus discovered in man who received a pig’s heart

A 57-year-old Maryland man who survived for two months with a heart transplanted from a genetically altered pig carried signs of a virus that infects the animals, according to the surgeon who performed the first-of-its-kind procedure. Continue reading →

Political Notebook

Jean-Pierre to be next White House press secretary

Jean-Pierre, who has served as Jen Psaki’s top deputy since the start of the administration, will immediately become the public face of the Biden White House and the first Black person to hold the high-profile job of delivering the president’s daily message and fielding questions from an often skeptical press corps. Continue reading →

The World

World

3 Israelis killed in stabbing attack near Tel Aviv

Police launched a massive search for the assailants, setting up roadblocks and dispatching a helicopter. The stabbing, coming on Israel's Independence Day, was the latest in a string of deadly attacks in Israeli cities in recent weeks. Continue reading →

World

Death toll during pandemic far exceeds totals reported by countries, WHO says

Nearly 15 million more people died during the pandemic than would have in normal times, the World Health Organization said Thursday, a staggering measure of COVID-19’s true toll that laid bare how vastly country after country has undercounted victims. Continue reading →

World

Anti-Putin Russians are leaving, with a push from the Kremlin

Many Russians who are designated “foreign agents” by the government view it as another form of repression that makes living in the country, or returning to it, untenable. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

Harmony still missing while adults play blame game

Child advocate faults lawyers for putting parents’ rights ahead of a child’s welfare. Continue reading →

OPINION

How old are you? Don’t ask, don’t tell.

It seemed to them that once a woman passed 30, her age was not only a secret but also shameful. After all, we’d never celebrated our mother’s big birthdays, not 50, 60, 70, or 80. Presents yes, but no countable candles on the cakes. Continue reading →

OPINION

Preservation looks ahead

The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s list of endangered places confronts issues of equity, immigration, environmental justice, and the untold stories of marginalized communities. Continue reading →

Metro

Metro

Suffolk halts construction in wake of South Boston collapse that injured three

The accident was the latest in a string of construction mishaps in Boston in recent months. Continue reading →

Metro

State dumps large pile of rubble containing asbestos in Chelsea

State officials said the rubble posed no danger to the public, noting that state workers covered the debris with plastic tarps on Wednesday. But local officials and environmental advocates said they remain deeply concerned. Continue reading →

THE GREAT DIVIDE

Boston School Committee votes to shutter Mission Hill School

The vote to close the school at the end of June came after the release of a scathing report last week that found institutional failures there endangered children for years. Continue reading →

Sports

Angels 8, Red Sox 0

Shohei Ohtani baffles Red Sox on the mound, and Angels break it open late for a rout

Ohtani struck out 11 in seven shutout innings and went 2 for 4 at the plate as the Angels took two of three from the Sox. Continue reading →

ON BASEBALL

Trevor Story hears the boos as slow Red Sox start hits new low against Shohei Ohtani

The two-way Angels star struck out Story four times, with Boston’s $140 million offseason addition missing on eight of his swings as his average dropped to a paltry .210 after 21 games. Continue reading →

Celtics

Marcus Smart says there is a ‘strong likelihood’ that he’ll return for Celtics in Game 3

The Celtics are in the middle of three days off between Games 2 and 3, giving Smart more time than usual to recover. Continue reading →

Business

NEWS ANALYSIS

Corporate America can’t hide from Roe v. Wade

A growing number of companies, including Amazon and Citigroup, are showing their support for reproductive rights. Continue reading →

Business

Stocks slide as volatility continues to reign

Stocks dove Thursday, erasing gains from their best day since 2020 in a swing that highlights Wall Street’s heightened anxiety over what the Federal Reserve’s campaign to slow inflation means for the economy. Continue reading →

Technology

Wayfair stock plunges as online sales tumble

Shares of the Boston company declined 26 percent after it announced first-quarter results that didn’t meet analysts’ expectations. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Stanislav Shushkevich, first leader of post-Soviet Belarus, dies at 87

in 1991, Mr. Shushkevich joined with leaders of two other Soviet republics, Boris Yeltsin of Russia and Leonid Kravchuk of Ukraine, to sign an agreement forming a “Commonwealth of Independent States” — in effect, dissolving the Soviet Union. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Erich Barnes, star defensive back for the 1960s Giants, dies at 86

Mr. Barnes was a heady player, notwithstanding his reputation for hits that sometimes went over the edge. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Ron Galella, a celebrity-hounding, genre-bending photographer, dies at 91

The thick-skinned Mr. Galella lived to see his work widely esteemed: displayed in trendy galleries and compared to the photography of Diane Arbus and Henri Cartier-Bresson. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Names

The Jar Festival plans to unite Boston over stand-up and poetry

The remaining events in the inaugural Jar Festival include two stand-up comedy shows and a night of poetry with Boston poet laureate Porsha Olayiwola. Continue reading →

Names

Zendaya debuts new look in Boston on the set of ‘Challengers’

The actress has been spotted around Boston over the past couple of months, shopping on Newbury Street, grabbing coffee at Tatte with boyfriend Tom Holland, and stopping for selfies with fans. Now, those on the lookout for the “Euphoria” star won’t have her long locks as reference. Continue reading →

Commentary

3 films that capture the messiness of being a mom

In a year of movies with maternal themes, "Umma," "Turning Red," and "Everything Everywhere All at Once" seek to mend the fractures of cultural and generational warfare between Asian and Asian American moms and daughters. Continue reading →