Nation

Oklahoma Legislature passes bill banning almost all abortions

The Oklahoma Legislature on Thursday gave final approval to a bill that prohibits nearly all abortions starting at fertilization, which would make it the nation’s strictest abortion law. Continue reading →

Nation

Republican panic grows after Mastriano wins

Republicans openly used words and phrases like “suicide mission,” “disaster,” and “voyage of the Titanic” to convey what they believed state Senator Doug Mastriano's candidacy for governor of Pennsylvania will spell for their party. Continue reading →

Political Notebook

Conservatives gather for conference in Budapest

The two-day conference reflects a deepening of ties between the American right wing and the autocratic government of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Continue reading →

World

Israeli military ID’s gun that may have killed journalist

The Israeli military has identified a soldier’s rifle that may have killed Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, but said it cannot be certain unless the Palestinians turn over the bullet for analysis, a military official said Thursday. Continue reading →

World

Israeli government loses majority, raising prospect of election

A second lawmaker quit Israel’s governing coalition Thursday, giving the opposition a narrow two-seat majority in parliament and raising the possibility of the fifth election in three years. Continue reading →

World

G-7 finance ministers race to secure more Ukraine aid

Top economic officials from the world’s advanced economies moved closer toward agreement on a global rescue package for Ukraine on Thursday, with finance leaders negotiating the details of a multibillion-dollar plan to keep the Ukrainian government operating amid Russia’s onslaught. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

In prison, phone calls home aren’t a frill. They’re as important as food and clothes.

Sheriffs shouldn’t balance their budgets with onerous fees. Lawmakers can right that wrong. Continue reading →

OPINION

The politics of white backlash and the endless cycle of racial violence, division, and anger

The 19th-century “Lost Cause” advocates have become the 21st-century defenders of a racial status quo many thought relegated to history’s dustbin in the aftermath of Barack Obama’s election. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Question of a state takeover of BPS stirs debate

Successful strategies deployed by receivers could be implemented in Boston without a state takeover. The point is that they haven’t been. Continue reading →

Health

Monkeypox is not highly contagious, scientists say. So why is it suddenly in nine countries?

The Boston case is one of more than 100 confirmed and suspected cases across nine countries in Europe and North America. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Vermont native slain in Texas had plans for a swim in the hours before she was killed, court documents say

Anna Moriah Wilson, the 25-year-old Dartmouth graduate and professional gravel cyclist slain May 11 in Austin, Texas, days before a race, told a friend hours before her death that she was going for a swim with a male cyclist, according to legal filings that detailed Wilson’s final hours. Continue reading →

Metro

The feds protected Whitey Bulger for decades. Now they’re protecting themselves.

By dragging its heels in charging the prime suspect in Bulger’s murder in a federal prison in West Virginia, the government is avoiding scrutiny of what led officials to put Bulger in a position to be killed. Continue reading →

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

Impressed by J.D. Martinez’s start to 2022 with the Red Sox? He knows he can do more.

The designated hitter has a .931 OPS with five homers and just had an 18-game hitting streak broken, but doesn’t feel as if he’s hot at the plate. Continue reading →

Game 2: Celtics 127, Heat 102

Celtics silenced the Heat fans in Game 2, and now the series shifts to Boston

The Celtics wiped away an early 10-point deficit and did whatever they pleased after that. Continue reading →

bruins

Cam Neely leaves open the possibility that Bruce Cassidy may not return as Bruins coach

The Bruins president said Don Sweeney will return as general manager but also said, "I do think we need to make some changes." Continue reading →

INNOVATION BEAT

Woburn startup aims to break China’s grip on rare metals

Phoenix Tailings says it has developed a pollution-free way to refine metals from mining waste — which could help turn rare earth mining into a major US industry. Continue reading →

Business

At long last, Kendall Square will have a CVS

The Rhode Island-based pharmacy giant will open in a shuttered Au Bon Pain on a corner of the building’s ground floor. Continue reading →

INNOVATION BEAT

Will Boston join the crypto crowd?

Other cities are going to great lengths to position themselves as so-called crypto capitals. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Ben Roy Mottelson dies at 95; shed light on the shape of atoms

Ben Roy Mottelson, an American Danish theoretical physicist who shared a Nobel Prize for revealing how the motion of protons and neutrons could distort the shape of the nuclei of atoms, died Friday. He was 95. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Rosmarie Trapp of the ‘Sound of Music’ family dies at 93

Ms. Trapp traveled and performed with the Trapp Family Singers for years and was a presence at the lodge in Stowe, where she would hold singalongs for the guests. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Vangelis, Oscar-winning composer of ‘Chariots of Fire’ theme, dies at 79

His score for "Chariots of Fire" brought Vangelis international fame, and the soundtrack became the fastest-selling LP at the time. Continue reading →

PHOTOGRAPHY

Pictures of the year on display in Copley Square

The Boston Press Photographers Association’s annual contest winners are on display there through May 25, then they’ll head to Jamaica Plain. Continue reading →

Lifestyle

Here’s where Boston ranks among the nation’s top places to live, according to US News & World Report

While Boston moved up on the list this year, one other New England city ranked higher. Continue reading →

Movies

‘I didn’t intend to do an abortion drama,’ says ‘Happening’ director

In the aftermath of the Supreme Court leak, Audrey Diwan’s film about a young woman trying to end an unwanted pregnancy in 1960s France has new urgency in the US. Continue reading →