COVID-19

Here’s what you need to know about getting a COVID-19 shot for your child under 5

Federal officials say vaccines for children as young as 6 months old could be approved in less than two weeks — and they’ve drawn up plans to make the shots “widely available and highly accessible.” Continue reading →

Nation

31 Patriot Front members arrested near Idaho pride event

Authorities arrested 31 members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front near an Idaho pride event Saturday after they were found packed into the back of a U-Haul truck with riot gear. Continue reading →

Nation

The shadow race is underway for the Republican presidential nomination

With months to go before the midterm elections, the shadow campaign for the 2024 Republican nomination is well underway, with at least 15 potential candidates traveling the country, drawing up plans, huddling with donors or testing out messages at various levels of preparation. Continue reading →

World

‘We buried him and kept walking’: Children die as Somalis flee hunger

When her crops failed and her parched goats died, Hirsiyo Mohamed left her home in southwestern Somalia, carrying and coaxing three of her eight children on the long walk across a bare and dusty landscape in temperatures as high as 100 degrees. Continue reading →

World

McDonald’s, Moscow style, is back, as Russian economy stumbles on

McDonald’s restaurants are reopening in Russia this weekend, but without the Golden Arches. After the American fast-food giant pulled out this spring to protest President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, a Siberian oil mogul bought its 840 Russian stores. Continue reading →

World

Newly united, French left hopes to counter President in upcoming vote

With its centuries-old stone villages nestled among lavender fields, cows and goats grazing in the mountains and miles of vineyards, the Drôme region resembles a France in miniature. Continue reading →

LETTERS

‘Civil discourse’ is yesterday. Let’s have civilized outrage

Civil discourse becomes an anachronism when one party to the debate is attempting to shred the Constitution. Such tragedies abound that we must go beyond "calm" and "fair-minded." Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

The mental health crisis afflicting American youth demands health care reforms

Our failure to adequately value mental health is the root of the problem. Still. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Worcester is key and fertile ground in Mass. life sciences ‘ecosystem’

We have to think bigger about how to build the entire state of Massachusetts into a life sciences hub that supports the growing industry. Continue reading →

YVONNE ABRAHAM

In two congressional hearings, a portrait of an ailing democracy

Republicans’ inaction over mass shootings and their support for an attempted coup are parts of the same sorry story. Continue reading →

Politics

Mass. residents overwhelmingly support a bill that would allow terminally ill patients to end their lives. Lawmakers are unlikely to pass it this year.

A decade after voters narrowly rejected a similar measure at the ballot, a recent public opinion poll found a sweeping majority of residents back letting physicians prescribe aid-in-dying medication to end patients’ suffering. But the House Speaker says representatives are divided. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Boston man arrested after alleged arson at Salem’s Satanic Temple that damaged porch

A Boston man in his 40s was arrested by police Friday night for allegedly attempting to set fire to The Satanic Temple in Salem. The building's porch was damaged in the fire. Continue reading →

Christopher L. Gasper

Stephen Curry’s greatness was on full display in Game 4, and there was little the Celtics could do

This was a night where nothing could be done about the game's greatest shooter, except to sit back, tip your cap, and marvel. Continue reading →

Peter Abraham | On baseball

J.D. Martinez tries to get back into the swing of it in search of his missing power stroke

Martinez was missing the big swing at the right time that allowed him to average 111 RBIs in his three full seasons with the Sox. He has only 24 through 49 games this season. Continue reading →

Golf

Matthew Fitzpatrick gets a warm welcome on his return to The Country Club

He won the 2013 US Amateur at TCC while staying with the Fulton family in Jamaica Plain, where he'll be once again during the US Open. Continue reading →

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IDEAS

Where have Boston’s children gone?

Though the city is booming, it is losing families. This is a trend we have to halt. Continue reading →

IDEAS

Sheryl Sandberg’s real legacy

In the face of her own terrible loss, the Facebook executive showed us all how to tend to grief in the workplace and beyond. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Valery Ryumin, who set endurance record in space, dies at 82

A Soviet tank commander who became a cosmonaut, Valery Ryumin spent more than a year in space, setting endurance records — and then, after 18 years, took another flight, this time on a US space shuttle. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Nancy Clark Reynolds, a player in Reagan’s Washington, dies at 94

Nancy Clark Reynolds's life as a Washington insider stretched from the 1930s, when she arrived as the daughter of a New Deal congressman, to her role as a confidante to Ronald Reagan and, finally, to her prominence as one of the city’s best-connected lobbyists in the 1980s. Continue reading →

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MOVIES

I never liked ‘E.T.’ as a kid, but 40 years later I’ve changed my mind

Steven Spielberg's ‘Poltergeist’ also came out in 1982. I rewatched them both to see if my childhood opinions grew up. Continue reading →

ART REVIEW

Power and prototypes: Matthew Angelo Harrison at MIT List Visual Arts Center

The Detroit-based artist positions organized labor and workers’ rights as entombed relics, victims of post-industrial economy — and leaves little room for discussion. Continue reading →

Theater

At this year’s Tonys, diversity wins

Sunday night's ceremony features an exceptionally diverse slate of nominees, with Black artists, stories, or cultural icons also at the center of the three most-nominated productions: “A Strange Loop, “MJ,” and “Paradise Square.” Continue reading →

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER

This solo cruise was like stepping into a postcard that served really good food

The Italian Riviera is a sparkling jewel in Italy’s delicious crown. (Remind me again why I live so far from Italy?) Continue reading →

TRAVEL

As gas prices soar, destinations are inviting visitors to leave the car at home

Popular this season are islands where motor vehicles are not allowed, all-inclusive resorts where they’re not needed, big cities with reliable public transportation, small cities that are bike- or walkable, and ski and beach towns where everything is close by. Continue reading →

Real Estate

A step-by-step guide to making an old New England home energy-efficient

Getting an old home to net-zero isn’t always a reasonable goal, but there are steps you can take to reduce your carbon footprint. Continue reading →

Real Estate

Ask the Remodeler: Making ants cry ‘Uncle!’ in an underground home

Plus, the best options for soundproofing a floor with radiant heat. Continue reading →