Nation

Biden administration cancels drilling sales in Alaska, Gulf of Mexico

Republicans and oil industry leaders used the cancellation of lease sales to claim that President Biden’s actions were exacerbating consumer hardship Thursday. Continue reading →

Nation

Prosecutors pursue inquiry into Trump’s handling of classified material

Federal prosecutors have begun a grand jury investigation into whether classified White House documents that ended up at former president Donald Trump’s Florida home were mishandled, according to two people briefed on the matter. Continue reading →

Political notebook

All Trump traces to be removed from D.C. hotel

Miami-based CGI Merchant is partnering with Hilton to turn the Pennsylvania Avenue property into a Waldorf Astoria hotel. Continue reading →

World

Israel, in shift, investigates possibility Israeli soldier killed American journalist

A day after a Palestinian American journalist was killed during an Israeli raid in a West Bank city, the Israeli military said that it was investigating the possibility that the fatal shot may have been fired by one of its soldiers, according to an Israel Defense Forces official. Continue reading →

World

Wickremesinghe is chosen as Sri Lanka’s prime minister in effort to quell crisis

Five-time former Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was reappointed on Thursday in an effort to bring stability to the island nation, which is engulfed in a political and economic crisis. Continue reading →

World

Rights group: Israel approves over 4,000 new settler homes

Israel advanced plans for the construction of more than 4,000 settler homes in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, a rights group said, a day after the military demolished homes in an area where hundreds of Palestinians face the threat of expulsion. Continue reading →

OPINION

To ensure every American has access to water and the Internet, stop selling utility data to ICE

When a monthly gas or Internet bill can make someone visible to ICE agents, some households may decide that registering for services is simply too much of a risk. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Putin’s folly helps strengthen NATO

The Ukraine invasion has prompted Finland and Sweden to eye membership after decades of neutrality. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Memorializing the pandemic

We need to honor those we mourn, the survivors, and the heroes with long-living (but low-maintenance) flowering trees that can provide ongoing beauty. Continue reading →

Weather

Scientists unveil first-ever picture of supermassive black hole at center of Milky Way

A team of scientists that included researchers from Harvard on Thursday unveiled the first-ever picture of the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. Continue reading →

Metro

In Vermont, a house that, like the owner’s story, no one would buy

People in this part of Vermont are known for their live-and-let-live attitude. But the rumor and innuendo that trailed Nathan Carman made his house unsellable. Continue reading →

Transportation

Baker welcomes federal safety inspection of T

Governor Charlie Baker said the Federal Transit Administration brings a lot of knowledge about how other transit systems manage their older lines. Last month, a passenger whose arm got caught in a more-than-50-year-old Red Line car was dragged to his death. Continue reading →

Red Sox

Did Tim Hyers’ departure for Texas have anything to do with Red Sox offensive malaise? Pete Fatse, Hyers successor as hitting coach, doesn’t think so.

Since Hyers’ departure, the Red Sox have averaged 3.5 runs through the first 31 games. Said chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom: “I wouldn’t point to that [as a cause of the team’s struggles]. Tim and Pete were in lockstep on so many things.” Continue reading →

Christopher L. Gasper

If the Bucks win the series, the Celtics will have no one to blame but themselves

The Celtics now face two must-win games to keep their season alive after squandering a solid effort for three and a half quarters in Game 5. Continue reading →

Bruins Notebook

Hampus Lindholm shows no rust in his return to Bruins lineup

“This time of year, you want to be out there,” Lindholm said. Continue reading →

Business

Parents are grappling with an ‘impossible’ baby formula shortage

Nearly half of the normal supply of baby formula is out of stock nationwide, forcing families to travel far for supplies or ration what they have. Continue reading →

THE BIG IDEA

The housing divide is pulling Massachusetts apart

In areas where people talk a lot about fixing inequality, like Boston, real estate prices have erected higher and higher barriers between existing and aspiring homeowners. Continue reading →

ANALYSIS

Crypto meltdown unmasks some truly risky products

Alongside the crash in tech stocks, the plunge in cryptocurrencies has exposed some once-hyped investments as total nonsense. Continue reading →

Obituaries

John Leo, columnist who took aim at liberal pieties, dies at 86

Mr. Leo viewed American life with a gimlet eye, leavened by a disarming sense of humor and a deep reserve of cultural and historical knowledge. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Bruce MacVittie, ubiquitous character actor, dies at 65

Mr. MacVittie excelled at playing tough guys with tormented souls, revealing a tenderness at the heart of his characterizations. Continue reading →

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Theater

Al Franken is taking comedy seriously again

On Saturday, Franken will stop by the Wilbur with his solo show “The Only Former US Senator Currently on Tour.” Forced to resign in 2017 for some improper acts — we’ll get to that — he’s having a second act in American life. Or maybe a third. Continue reading →

Arts

6 art-school stars from around Boston to watch in 2022

This year’s artists are from Boston University, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, and Lesley University College of Art & Design. Continue reading →

Theater

ART’s ‘1776’ aims to give history a shake

The bound-for-Broadway revival of the musical features a racially diverse group of actors who identify as female, nonbinary, and trans portraying the nation's founders. Continue reading →