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Politics

From concealed carry to eliminating permits, gun restrictions have loosened since Sandy Hook

In the 10 years that passed between the slaughter of 26 children and adults at Sandy Hook Elementary School and the mass murder in Uvalde, Tex., on Tuesday, the lack of action on gun control became a perennial source of frustration — and fear — for millions of Americans. Continue reading →

Golf

Cracking the code at America’s first country club: ‘We don’t talk about that’

Brookline’s venerable, fiercely private The Country Club will host the US Open in June. Continue reading →

Investigations

Bad blood, old friendships, political alliances run Everett, a Globe review shows

This diverse gateway city of 49,000 runs on old friendships and bad blood, a thicket of political alliances controlled by a circle of white political leaders, a Globe review found. Continue reading →

THE GREAT DIVIDE

After mastering English, bilingual students ace tests, including the MCAS

Among all Massachusetts students who took the MCAS exam as 10th-graders in 2019, former English learners had a higher passing rate on the English Language Arts portion of the test than any other group of students. Continue reading →

World

Russia edges closer to seizing key city in Eastern Ukraine

Aided in part by thermobaric warheads, the Russian advance in eastern Ukraine highlighted the dividend that Russia has gained by seizing a port on the Black Sea and halting its attempts to capture Kyiv and Kharkiv. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Testing positive and using the ‘backdoor’ to get into the US

It is not clear how many infected people are using backdoor routes to get home, but strong anecdotal evidence indicates that some travelers — and travel advisers — are sharing suggestions for how to avoid getting stuck. Continue reading →

Nation

The Lincoln Memorial rose from the mud of the Potomac 100 years ago

Over 100 years ago, builders began sinking concrete pilings, gathering earth, and hauling in blocks of marble and limestone to erect one of the nation's most hallowed shrines. Continue reading →

Nation

Police delay in confronting Uvalde shooter becomes center of the investigation

By Friday, authorities acknowledged that students and teachers repeatedly begged 911 operators for help while the police chief told more than a dozen officers to wait in a hallway at Robb Elementary School. Continue reading →

The World

World

Drones. Crutches. Potatoes. Russians crowdfund their army.

Across Russia, grassroots movements, led in large part by women, have sprung up to crowdsource aid for Russian soldiers. They are evidence of some public backing for President Vladimir Putin’s war effort — but also of the growing recognition among Russians that their military, vaunted before the invasion as a world-class fighting force, turned out to be woefully underprepared for a major conflict. Continue reading →

World

An Irish national treasure gets set for a long-needed restoration

Engineers, architects and conservation experts are about to embark on a $97 million program to restore and upgrade the Trinity College Dublin's Old Library building, of which the Long Room is the main part. Continue reading →

World

Australia wields a new DNA tool to crack missing-person mysteries

The method, known as DNA phenotyping, relies on variations in the genome associated with traits connected to physical appearance to assess the likelihood that a person has a certain hair, eye or skin color, among other characteristics. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

Obama’s campaign ‘gaffe’ now seems prophetic

As a candidate in 2008, Barack Obama was blasted for telling truths about white America that it still struggles to admit. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

A fateful moment for Massachusetts Republicans

A hard turn to the right could snuff out one of the last vestiges of responsible conservatism in the United States. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Like the 300 Spartans, his workplace had but a few hardy souls propping up the BlackBerry

I clung to my BlackBerry, with its simplicity and physical keyboard. For this choice, my teenage children declared I was a dweeb. My wife chose not to come to my defense. Continue reading →

Metro

Politics

Advocates hope Texas school shootings will build momentum to ban manufacture of assault rifles in Massachusetts

A proposed ban has been stalled in the legislative Judiciary Committee, but gun control advocates say they plan a “full court press” to pass it in the wake of the Texas massacre. Continue reading →

Health

‘Mild’ Omicron variant was highly lethal, study finds

Massachusetts experienced 1,975 excess deaths from last year's Delta surge over 6 months. But, in just 8 week last winter, Omicron likely killed some 2,294. Continue reading →

YVONNE ABRAHAM

Inevitability? Maura Healey doesn’t want to hear it.

The attorney general and gubernatorial front-runner says she’s taking nothing for granted. Continue reading →

Sports

RED SOX 5, ORIOLES 3 | ORIOLES 4, RED SOX 2

Nate Eovaldi throws first-ever complete game as Red Sox split doubleheader with Orioles

After Eovaldi needed 108 pitches to go the distance for the first time in 11 seasons, but Boston's bats couldn't back the debuting Josh Winckowski in Game 2. Continue reading →

celtics

Seven things to watch when the Celtics and Heat meet in Game 7 on Sunday

When the Celtics have won, they've won big, but the results have not been as encouraging in close games. Continue reading →

Alex Speier | On baseball

Nate Eovaldi can finally say one aspect of his career is complete

In 11 seasons and 210 starts since his big league debut, Eovaldi had never pitched more than eight innings. Continue reading →

Business
Ideas

IDEAS

Speaking up before it’s too late

Former Trump officials have set tongues wagging for telling us now what they knew then. But we should focus on those who told the truth when it mattered. Continue reading →

IDEAS

The real reason nurses are burned out

I loved my job tending to the sick. I’ve just had it with a system that compromises my patients’ safety — and my own. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Angelo Sodano, once-powerful Vatican prelate, dies at 94

Long a power broker in the church, late in his Vatican career, Mr. Sodano’s church legacy was tarnished by his staunch championing of the Rev. Marcial Maciel, the deceased Mexican founder of the Legion of Christ, a religious order, who was later revealed to be a pedophile. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

DON AUCOIN | ON BROADWAY

Out of the past and onto the Broadway stage

In “Funny Girl,” “Mrs. Doubtfire,” “American Buffalo,” and "Mr. Saturday Night," performers and playwrights are competing with the ghosts of illustrious predecessors — who, in some cases, include their former selves. Continue reading →

DEVRA FIRST

12 Boston-area burgers you need to eat right now

Consider it a salute to "Bob’s Burgers," the best animated show about running a restaurant, now also a movie that opens this week. Continue reading →

Movies

Out of the frying pan into a film for ‘Bob’s Burgers’

We caught up with H. Jon Benjamin and Eugene Mirman, who serve up big laughs with the rest of the Belcher clan in "The Bob’s Burgers Movie," hitting theaters Friday. Continue reading →

Travel

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

Multiple surveys find a majority of passengers still favor wearing masks on planes

No matter the opinion on masks, or the political party, the great unifier is the urge to travel this summer. Continue reading →

TRAVEL

When it comes to summer vacations, Maine has Massachusetts beat, according to US News & World Report

In a list released Tuesday of the best places to visit in the United States, Bar Harbor ranked number 16, while Boston landed at 19 on the list. But what destination came in first? Continue reading →

Real Estate

Real Estate

Perennial favorites: Native wildflowers that will attract pollinators and accolades

They return to active growth year after year. Continue reading →

Real Estate

Home of the Week: A historic Rockport home with a steamy secret

The Greek Revival comes with five bedrooms, 2.5 baths, ocean views, and a wood-burning sauna. Continue reading →