Nation

Loopholes and missing data: the gaps in the gun background check system

The bipartisan gun control bill being hashed out in the Senate this weekend leans heavily on a muscular but mistake-plagued bureaucratic workhorse familiar to any American who has bought a firearm recently: the federal background check system. Continue reading →

Politics

Justices seem poised to hear elections case pressed by GOP

The Supreme Court seems poised to take on a new elections case being pressed by Republicans that could increase the power of state lawmakers over races for Congress and the presidency, as well as redistricting, and cut state courts out of the equation. Continue reading →

Nation

Jan. 6 committee setting its sights on Mike Pence, Ginni Thomas

Members of the House committee investigating the Capitol riot said Sunday they may subpoena Mike Pence and are waiting to hear from Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, the wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, about her role in the illegal plot to overturn the 2020 election. Continue reading →

World

Petro wins Colombian election, becoming country’s first leftist president

Gustavo Petro, a former rebel and a longtime senator who has pledged to transform the country’s economic system, has won Sunday’s election, according to preliminary results, setting the third-largest nation in Latin America on a radically new path. Continue reading →

World

Macron loses strong majority to opposition surge, a blow for his second term

In a serious blow to President Emmanuel Macron of France, his centrist coalition was projected to lose its strong majority in the lower house of Parliament on Sunday, after crucial elections that saw the far-right and an alliance of left-wing parties surge in seat numbers, leaving him with a slim lead and complicating his second term. Continue reading →

World

State Department says it has seen videos that appear to show 2 missing Americans

The State Department said Saturday that it had reviewed photos and videos appearing to show two Americans captured in Ukraine, although it declined to comment on the authenticity of the images or on the men’s conditions. Continue reading →

OPINION

I know firsthand the threats judges face: My son was killed and my husband was shot

In 2015, the US Marshals Service recorded 976 inappropriate communications regarding federal judges and other essential court personnel. By 2021, that number had skyrocketed to 4,511. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Does the city have the ability — and willingness — to fire the next Patrick Rose?

No police officer should remain on the force if the city sustains a finding of grave misconduct like sexual abuse of a child. Continue reading →

OPINION

Fund behavioral health clinics to avoid the ER boarding crisis

The one thing everyone can agree on is that the emergency department is the wrong venue for longer-term treatment of patients with acute behavioral health needs. Continue reading →

Transportation

‘It’s so freeing’: Boston women learn to bike as more protected lanes are built

Hundreds of women have taken the free classes provided by Boston’s transportation department during warmer months as part of the city’s larger effort to get people out of their cars, lowering emissions and relieving congestion. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Boston Fire Commissioner Dempsey to retire at month’s end

City officials said the search for a new fire chief is ongoing and the interview process is underway. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

As transformational chancellor departs, UMass Amherst takes stock of its newfound prestige

UMass Amherst has steadily climbed towards the top tier of the nation’s public universities, but now as the state’s flagship searches for a new chancellor, members of the UMass Amherst community are reflecting on the university’s rise. Continue reading →

US Open

Matt Fitzpatrick makes the shot of his life out of a fairway bunker on 18 to win the US Open

Fitzpatrick made an improbable shot, hit the green, and two-putted for his first major championship. Continue reading →

Red Sox 6, Cardinals 4

Nick Pivetta deals again as Red Sox break it open in the eighth to take series from Cardinals

Pivetta allowed one run in seven innings of work, and Christian Vázquez’s three-run shot was enough cushion despite a rocky ninth. Continue reading →

On Golf

Major championship might have been even sweeter for longtime caddie Bill Foster

Foster always wanted to win the British Open, but the US Open will do. Continue reading →

Innovation economy

Lightening the load for warehouse workers

Somerville startup Verve Motion’s "exosuit" acts like extra muscle to make picking up heavy objects easier. Continue reading →

Business

A vote of confidence for gene therapies

An advisory panel of the US Food and Drug Administration voted this month to recommend two gene therapies from Cambridge-based Bluebird Bio, giving optimism to other companies that are developing similar gene therapies. Continue reading →

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Obituaries

Jean Entine, activist and ally for Boston’s women of color, dies at 79

A longtime activist in Cambridge and the founder of the Boston Women’s Fund, Jean Entine helped direct money to organizations ignored by larger philanthropic groups. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Jean-Louis Trintignant, French actor of powerful reserve, dies at 91

Mr. Trintignant achieved international renown in the 1960s and 1970s playing an amorous race car driver in “A Man and a Woman,” an enigmatic prosecutor in “Z,” and a closeted gay fascist assassin in “The Conformist.” Continue reading →

Obituaries

George Lamming, a Caribbean writer who explored the end of colonialism, dies

Mr. Lamming's calling was to address the crimes of history, unearth and preserve his native culture, and forge a “collective sense” of the future. Continue reading →

Books

Kirstin Chen’s new novel explores the model minority myth through a counterfeit handbag scheme

The author, who got her MFA at Emerson, reads at Harvard Book Store on June 21. Continue reading →

Arts

National Juneteenth Museum takes shape in Texas

In 2016, at 89, Opal Lee walked from her home in Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., to help get Juneteenth made a federal holiday, which it finally was in 2021. And for nearly 20 years, she has operated a modest Juneteenth Museum in a property on Rosedale Street, which also served as a filming location for the 2020 movie “Miss Juneteenth.” Continue reading →

MUSIC REVIEW

At Leader Bank Pavilion, Bonnie Raitt’s excellence is no surprise

If this was a familiar performance, it showed Raitt still doing what she does best. Continue reading →