Nation

House passes semiautomatic gun ban after 18-year lapse

Speaker Nancy Pelosi pushed the vote toward passage in the Democratic-run House, saying the earlier ban “saved lives.” Continue reading →

Nation

Jan. 6 texts missing for Trump Homeland Security’s Wolf and Cuccinelli

This discovery of missing records for the senior-most Homeland Security officials increases the volume of potential evidence that has vanished regarding the time around the Capitol attack. Continue reading →

Nation

Skeleton of a Gorgosaurus sells at auction for $6.1 million

The sale was the latest in a series of auctions for dinosaur fossils that have infuriated some scientists who worry about the commercialization of the earth’s evolutionary history. Continue reading →

World

Russia, Ukraine trade blame for deadly attack on POW prison

Russia and Ukraine accused each other Friday of shelling a prison in a separatist region of eastern Ukraine, an attack that reportedly killed dozens of Ukrainian prisoners of war captured after the fall of Mariupol. Continue reading →

World

Blinken presses Russia to free Brittney Griner, Paul Whelan

Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke by phone to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday in the highest-level known contact between the two sides since Russia invaded Ukraine, with Blinken urging Russia to accept a deal to win the release of American detainees Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan. Continue reading →

World

China accuses US of ‘navigation bullying’ in South China Sea

China blasted a top US Navy official Friday after he criticized Beijing’s increasingly aggressive actions in the South China Sea, saying it’s America’s military deployments in the disputed waters — which it called “navigation bullying” — that could spark confrontations. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Subpoena Ginni Thomas

It’s unlikely that Thomas, a prominent right-wing activist, will appear before the nine-member panel voluntarily. If she won’t speak to the panel by choice, she should be subpoenaed. Continue reading →

OPINION

Puerto Rico, Bad Bunny, and the island’s future

America’s biggest pop star right now symbolizes some of Puerto Rico’s most urgent problems. Continue reading →

LETTERS

A new prison won’t help our community

And what kind of resources and options could someone have if we took the $50 million dollars we the taxpayers are spending on an entirely new prison and spent it on creating those resources and options. Continue reading →

Commentary

‘Paddling is for suckers.’ Kayaking has gone electric.

Thanks to the Old Town Autopilot kayak, we can all stop pretending to love paddling. Continue reading →

Politics

Mass. Senate president won’t recognize staff union effort, doesn’t ‘see a path forward’

“The Senate does not at this time see a path forward for a traditional employer-union relationship in the Senate as we are currently structured,” Senate President Karen E. Spilka wrote in a staff email on Thursday evening. A piece of state law carves out legislative staff from the definition of public employees who may collectively bargain. Continue reading →

Metro

‘Don’t harass them.’ Experts explain whale behavior in Plymouth, warn boaters to stay clear

Scientists and law enforcement officials held a press conference in Plymouth Friday outlining how the hundreds of boaters who have followed a group of whales into the harbor should conduct themselves. Continue reading →

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A lesson to be taken from the Kyler Murray contract situation

The Cardinals inserted — and rescinded — a clause in his contract that he study football on his own time, but it just doesn't work that way; athletes have lives, too. Continue reading →

Brewers 4, Red Sox 1

Scoring opportunities squandered as Red Sox stumble in late innings in loss against the Brewers

Red Sox tied it, 1-1, in the sixth, only to give away the lead in the seventh and the game in the ninth after the Brewers broke it open with two runs. Continue reading →

Red Sox

Are these the last days of J.D. Martinez with the Red Sox?

According to industry sources, there is a good likelihood that Martinez is traded, regardless of the Red Sox' performance leading up to the deadline. Continue reading →

Business

Harvard publication sued for defamation in ‘misinformation’ dispute

A pair of Black political activists have filed a defamation suit against Harvard University and 10 authors of a retracted academic paper that accused the activists of spreading online disinformation to suppress Black voter turnout. Continue reading →

Business

Project Bread says pilot program reduced food insecurity for some in Mass.

The program targets those at risk of food insecurity. A quarter of early participants reported they were no longer struggling with getting enough to eat after six months. Continue reading →

Technology

Pear Therapeutics is latest Boston tech firm cutting workers

Tough economic conditions and the funding slowdown for startups is leading to more layoffs among area companies, across sectors like software, cybersecurity, and fitness. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Phyo Zeya Thaw, Burmese pro-democracy rapper, executed at 41

A Burmese hip-hop pioneer, Phyo Zeya Thaw's democracy-affirming lyrics led to a career in parliament and, after Myanmar’s military coup last year, as a resistance leader. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Phyo Zeya Thaw, Burmese pro-democracy rapper, executed at 41

A Burmese hip-hop pioneer, Phyo Zeya Thaw's democracy-affirming lyrics led to a career in parliament and, after Myanmar’s military coup last year, as a resistance leader. Continue reading →

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Names

A summer reading list for gardeners and green thumbs

New books that celebrate the joy of dirt beneath your nails and the beauty of green spaces. Continue reading →

Arts

Kelis accuses Beyoncé, Pharrell of song ‘thievery’ on ‘Renaissance’

Kelis accused Beyoncé and songwriter-producers Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo of "thievery" late Thursday after discovering a track on Beyoncé's highly anticipated new album "Renaissance," released overnight, contains an interpolation of Kelis's hit single "Milkshake." Continue reading →

Names

Will Smith apologizes to Chris Rock on Instagram, breaks silence since Oscars slap

The “King Richard” star released a video on Instagram on Friday apologizing to Rock for hitting him during the 2022 Oscars ceremony after the comedian made a joke at the expense of Smith’s wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. Continue reading →