Nation

Abbott’s troubled baby formula factory closed again due to flooding

In an Abbott Nutrition-issued statement, the company said it halted its production of EleCare and other specialty and metabolic formulas after severe thunderstorms Monday caused power outages and resulted in flood damage in and around Sturgis, Mich. Continue reading →

Nation

For families deeply divided, a summer of hot buttons begins

For families fractured along party lines, this summer’s slate of reunions, trips, and weddings poses another taxing round of political division. Pandemic restrictions have melted away but gun control, the fight over abortion rights, the Jan. 6 riot hearings, who’s to blame for soaring inflation, and other issues continue to simmer. Continue reading →

Nation

US veterans missing in Ukraine formed bond over background

Alex Drueke and Andy Huynh are both military veterans from Alabama, so it was natural that they formed a bond once they met in Ukraine, where each traveled separately with the intention of helping defend democracy against Russian invaders. Continue reading →

World

Alleged Russian spy claimed links to Johns Hopkins, won ICC internship

Dutch authorities made a surprise announcement Thursday that they had refused entry to a Russian spy posing as a Brazilian national to infiltrate the International Criminal Court. Authorities speculated that the man was seeking to gain access to information relating to the ICC's investigations of alleged Russian war crimes. Continue reading →

World

In Yemen, child soldiering continues despite Houthi promise

Yemen’s Houthi rebels are still recruiting children into their military ranks to fight in the country’s grinding civil war, despite an agreement with the United Nations in April to halt the practice, Houthi officials, aid workers, and residents told the Associated Press. Continue reading →

World

Europe offers Ukraine a hope of joining the EU but not a vast arsenal

European leaders on Thursday pledged support for putting Ukraine on a path to membership in the European Union but did not promise the country additional heavy weapons on the scale it says it needs to repel a bloody Russian advance in the east. Continue reading →

OPINION

A former judge’s devastating verdict on Donald Trump’s scheming against American democracy

Once again, the Jan. 6 committee’s hearings are a must-see for democracy. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

House committee seeks the enemies within

A GOP lawmaker’s “tour” group was obsessed with photographing stairwells and security checkpoints. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Teacher’s harshest lesson: day of the lockdown drill

As we awaited an announcement ending the drill, I imagined maiming an armed former student, throwing myself between him and my current students. Continue reading →

Metro

Gun violence visits a small, idyllic Vermont town

Woodstock is one of the last places in Vermont — in America, even — you’d expect to hear gunfire. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Fifty years later, the Vendome fire still casts a tragic shadow

The nine firefighters who died at the Hotel Vendome a half-century ago Friday remain the largest loss of life in the history of the Boston Fire Department. For the families of the deceased, for former firefighters who knew the fallen, and for new recruits who are shown the site, their sacrifice endures. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Vigil remembers 3-year-old Lowell boy whose body was found in pond

Balloons, candles, and a poster that reads “RIP HARRY” were placed on the side of the road near the pond where the boy’s body was found. Continue reading →

CELTICS NOTEBOOK

Playoff experience invaluable for Celtics team that intends to be back

“We’ve had so much to learn, and we’ve learned so much throughout this process. Just every day has been an opportunity for growth," Jaylen Brown said before the final game of the season at TD Garden. Continue reading →

Tara Sullivan

Despite plenty of cheers from the fans, it was a dismal day on the golf course for Phil Mickelson

Spectators at the US Open treated him fine, but The Country Club course was rough on Mickelson. Continue reading →

US Open

Rory McIlroy shot 3-under 67 in the first round of the US Open yet still lost his cool and other thoughts

McIlroy is one of the great stewards of golf, but he was a ball of fury on the second nine. Continue reading →

INNOVATION BEAT

Will remote work help Boston’s startup scene?

Tech entrepreneur Lars Albright has opened a local outpost for Silicon Valley VC firm Unusual Ventures. He is betting on Greater Boston's continued success. Continue reading →

Business

Another try to expand Southie convention center

The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority is launching a $400 million BCEC expansion bid, even as plans to sell the Hynes Convention Center remain up in the air. Continue reading →

INNOVATION BEAT

Somerville startup brings the EV charger to you

SparkCharge created a smartphone app that will summon an electric van stocked with vehicle chargers. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Shauneille Perry Ryder, pioneering theater director, dies at 92

Ms. Perry Ryder was one of the first Black women to direct plays off-Broadway. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Duncan Hannah, a scene-maker as a club-hopper and an artist, dies at 69

Duncan Hannah, who immersed himself in the boisterous art-and-club scene of 1970s New York — vividly documenting it in a 2018 book drawn from diaries he kept — and then in the 1980s became a well-regarded artist himself, died Saturday at his home in Cornwall, Connecticut. He was 69. Continue reading →

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TELEVISION REVIEW

It’s a thrill to watch Jeff Bridges act his age in ‘The Old Man’

Bridges, who has continued to grow more weathered and natural over the decades, brings a looming physicality to the thriller about a spy forced out of retirement by an assassin. Continue reading →

Movies

Emma Thompson finds pleasure — and the female gaze — in ‘Good Luck to You, Leo Grande’

“This whole thing of sexual liberation for women actually is bollocks. You know, we’re still punished for it,” says the actress, who plays a woman making up for lost time with a sex worker (played by Daryl McCormack). Continue reading →

MOVIE REVIEW

To origin story — and beyond — in ‘Lightyear’

Starring Chris Evans, Buzz Lightyear of "Toy Story" fame gets his own movie. Think of Buzz as Captain America in a different kind of suit. Evans nicely conveys the character’s affable humorlessness and oddly endearing pomposity. The film opens in theaters on Friday. Continue reading →