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Business

In booming Revere, affordable housing stalls as city grapples with its future

Long a working-class haven on the North Shore, Revere these days is a city grappling with its identity: welcoming upscale developers while also trying to keep costs manageable for longtime residents. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Boston’s new police commissioner is determined to chart a path forward that doesn’t dwell on his past

Michael Cox returns to Boston with a clear mandate from Mayor Michelle Wu to transform a department buffeted by scandals and without a permanent leader for more than 16 months. Continue reading →

Politics Policy

Boston wants to ban fossil fuels in new buildings

The City of Boston is seeking state permission to ban fossil fuels from new construction, a step toward reducing climate-harming emissions on a large scale, Mayor Michelle Wu said Tuesday. Continue reading →

Politics

Representative Liz Cheney, vice chair of House Jan. 6 committee, concedes race in GOP primary

The third-term congresswoman is a staunch conservative and the daughter of former vice president Dick Cheney, but she sealed her fate with a Republican base still devoted to the former president by becoming his boldest intraparty critic. Continue reading →

Retail

‘Not only a financial burden, but an emotional burden’: How inflation is affecting back-to-school shopping

Rising costs have put a strain on the back-to-school shopping experience for some local parents and students. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

FDA clears path for hearing aids to be sold over-the-counter

The FDA's decision fulfilled a long-sought wish of consumers frustrated by expensive exams and devices. Continue reading →

Nation

A new round of Colorado River cuts revealed

Levels at the Colorado River’s two main reservoirs, Lake Mead and Lake Powell, remained dangerously low after more than two decades of drought in the Southwest made worse by climate change. Continue reading →

Nation

Jesuits struggle to raise $100 million to atone for slave labor

The Jesuits announced their $100 million pledge in March 2021 as part of their efforts to make amends for their history of profiting from slavery. Continue reading →

The World

World

The secret powers of an Australian prime minister, now revealed

Turns out, the blustery leader that Australia chose to evict from office in May, Scott Morrison, had elevated himself to new heights. Continue reading →

World

Explosions rock Crimea in suspected Ukrainian attack

Explosions and fires ripped through an ammunition depot in Russian-occupied Crimea on Tuesday in the second suspected Ukrainian attack on the peninsula in just over a week, forcing the evacuation of more than 3,000 people. Continue reading →

World

A walrus named Freya showed up in Norway. Did she have to die?

Last week, as the Oslo Fjord was basking in the sunshine and full of swimmers, boaters and children enjoying their last week of summer vacation, it had a visitor: a 1,300-pound walrus named Freya. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

Remembering Anne Heche

The engaging and candid actress, who died Sunday, deserved better than she got from Hollywood. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Afghan evacuees deserve a permanent home

One year after the fall of Kabul to the Taliban and a chaotic US exit, those who aided the US await word of their ultimate fate. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Secure funds for hybrid public meeting format — override Baker’s veto

We cannot go back to requiring that people be physically present to participate in their local government. Continue reading →

Metro

Metro

Authorities suspend search for missing man who jumped from ‘Jaws’ bridge on Martha’s Vineyard

Hampered by poor weather, authorities suspended their search on Martha’s Vineyard Tuesday afternoon for a 21-year-old Jamaican man who went missing Sunday night after he and his older brother jumped from a bridge connecting Edgartown and Oak Bluffs. Continue reading →

Metro

At this block party in Dorchester, politics is on the menu

For more than a half-century, the residents of Hewins Street in Dorchester have closed off their street and held a party, which draws pols like moths to light. Continue reading →

Elections

In lieutenant governor’s race, little daylight separates Democrats on policy

The three Democrats running for lieutenant governor met Tuesday in an hourlong forum, where they leaned into their background and their slightly varied takes on the No. 2 seat in Massachusetts government. Continue reading →

Sports

celtics

After another busy offseason, the Celtics roster is almost set. Let’s break it down.

The main rotation has been fortified, and there will be several competitions for the final slots during training camp. Continue reading →

Red Sox 5, Pirates 3

Nick Pivetta simply brilliant, but bullpen struggles as Red Sox hold off Pirates, 5-3

The Red Sox scored all of their runs in the first two innings, while the hosts scored their three off the Sox bullpen in the eighth. Continue reading →

patriots notebook

Patriots place cornerbacks Malcolm Butler and Joejuan Williams on season-ending injured reserve

Williams will miss the 2022 season because of a shoulder injury, a league source confirmed, while Butler’s injury is undisclosed. Continue reading →

Business

Business

In booming Revere, affordable housing stalls as city grapples with its future

Long a working-class haven on the North Shore, Revere these days is a city grappling with its identity: welcoming upscale developers while also trying to keep costs manageable for longtime residents. Continue reading →

Business

Prosecutors struggle to catch up to a tidal wave of pandemic fraud

The federal pandemic aid came with few strings and minimal oversight. The result: one of the largest frauds in American history, with billions of dollars stolen by thousands of people. Continue reading →

Business

Sales are down, and prices are leveling off: More signs of a downshift in Boston-area housing market

Sky-high home sales prices and persistent inflation rates are discouraging people from buying a house, and the market appears to be slowly inching towards normalcy. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Robert Marr, business executive and Dorchester Boys and Girls Clubs founder, dies at 86

Scholarships funded by Mr. Marr and his brother have helped about 2,000 students attend Catholic schools. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Pete Carril, Princeton’s Hall of Fame basketball coach, dies at 92

His kinetic offensive system propelled his undersized Princeton teams to heroic performances against NCAA Division I powerhouses. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Paul Coker, cartoonist at Mad for almost six decades, dies at 93

Mr. Coker was part of an elite group of artists at Mad who brought a vibrant and varied look to the magazine’s silly and satirical view of politics, war, movies, television, and pop culture. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

MUSIC REVIEW

At Leader Bank Pavilion, songs in the key of Elvis

The two solid hours that Elvis Costello and the Imposters put in Monday night had almost all of the ingredients of a memorable or even spectacular Costello show. Only one thing was missing. Continue reading →

Movies

MFA’s Boston French Film Festival is back with slate of seven films

Award-winning costume drama "Lost Illusions" is among the features in the program, offering in-person screenings from Aug. 18-21. Continue reading →

STAGE REVIEW

In a bilingual ‘And Your Little Dog Too!,’ we’re off to see the wizard in Chelsea

Apollinaire Theatre Company and Teatro Chelsea’s outdoor production is a modern-day retelling of “The Wizard of Oz” in Spanish and English. Continue reading →