Nation

Wanted: teachers. No training necessary.

Public officials are openly challenging the idea that a degree in education should be a prerequisite for getting into the classroom and are aiming to undo long-standing license rules. Continue reading →

Political Notebook

A record number of Black candidates for higher offices aim to reshape politics

This year, 16 Black candidates — 13 Democrats and three Republicans — are major party nominees. Continue reading →

Politics

Graham proposes 15-week abortion ban, seeking to unite Republicans

Although the proposal sought to unite Republicans, divisions quickly emerged, reflecting the difficult politics of abortion for the party in the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision. Continue reading →

World

After bitter election, crowds and confetti greet Kenya’s new president

NAIROBI — William Ruto was sworn in as Kenya’s fifth president Tuesday in a ceremony attended by dozens of global leaders and diplomats — a peaceful handover of power following a bitter election campaign that underscored the entrenched if troubled place of democracy in East Africa’s largest economy. Continue reading →

World

Armenia and Azerbaijan clash raises fears of broader conflict

Fighting erupted Tuesday between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the latest flare-up in their decadeslong confrontation in the South Caucasus, killing as many as 100 service members and raising the prospect of fallout from the war in Ukraine spreading instability across a wider region. Continue reading →

World

King Charles inherits untold riches and passes off his own empire

LONDON — King Charles III built his own empire long before he inherited his mother’s. Continue reading →

OPINION

Busing migrants from the border is a blessing, not a punishment

What was intended as a cynical political ploy turned into something admirable. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Rein in these ridiculous rankings

Columbia University’s drop from 2 to 18 in the US News college guide because of dubious data underscores the way the rankings have warped the college admissions process. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Biden brings cancer fight to the fore

Until we face the toxic world we have created, we will never lick cancer, which seems to present more as a reaction to modern life than a disease. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Roxbury man arraigned on charges of raping two children and two women in separate attacks

“If Mr. Cheung thought that the passage of years had somehow erased the possibility of him facing justice for these vicious crimes, he was very much mistaken,” Suffolk District Attorney Kevin R. Hayden said in a statement. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Suspicious package explodes at Northeastern University, staff member injured

The employee, identified as a 45-year-old man, suffered minor injuries to a hand after opening the package in Holmes Hall Tuesday evening, Boston police and university officials said. Continue reading →

Metro

The queen, the Boston Irish, and the IRA

When Queen Elizabeth visited Boston in 1976, there was fear that IRA sympathizers might try to disrupt her trip or even harm her. Some 35 years later, she made peace with the Irish and shook hands with the IRA’s former chief of staff. Continue reading →

Sports Business

Coming soon to Massachusetts casino floors: Patriots-themed slot machines

“One-armed bandits” adorned in NFL and Patriots logos will be found at Encore Boston Harbor, MGM Springfield, and Plainridge Casino next year, according to Aristocrat Gaming. Continue reading →

Yankees 7, Red Sox 6 (10 innings)

Red Sox hit three home runs but still lose to Yankees in 10 innings

The Red Sox got home runs from Triston Casas, Reese McGuire, and Xander Bogaerts. Continue reading →

ON FOOTBALL

The Patriots’ new-look offense needs to ditch the run and pass the ball. A lot.

Today’s NFL is a passing league. Teams that come out running the football end up missing the playoffs. And the numbers confirm it. Continue reading →

Business

GE workers in Lynn reach tentative agreement to boost pay faster

Union workers at the General Electric plant in Lynn will vote on a tentative agreement later this month that would boost wages. Continue reading →

Jobs

Northeastern dining hall workers approve most lucrative contract in Local 26 history

Following a vote to approve a new contract on Tuesday, food service employees at Northeastern will see their wages increase to roughly $30 an hour in 2026 — tripling their pay in a span of 14 years. Continue reading →

Biotech

Nimbus Therapeutics raises $125m to test drug in psoriasis, lupus, and other diseases

The Cambridge company’s new financing comes days after the FDA approved a similar inflammation-reducing medicine made by drug giant Bristol Myers Squibb. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Dr. W. Gerald Austen, MGH surgeon and legendary leader in Boston medicine, dies at 92

A pioneering heart surgeon, Dr. Austen spent 29 years as chief of surgical services at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he worked his entire career. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Ken Starr, whose investigation led to Bill Clinton’s impeachment, has died

Mr. Starr also served as a federal appellate judge, solicitor general, and a prominent attorney. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Renowned jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis has died at 87

Mr. Lewis had also hosted a syndicated weekly radio program, “Legends of Jazz.” Continue reading →

Lifestyle

Inequality last year grew, but child poverty dropped, according to census

Income inequality in the nation increased last year for the first time in more than a decade, but childhood poverty was cut almost in half due to expansion of the federal government’s child tax credit and stimulus payments made in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to survey results released Tuesday by the Census Bureau. Continue reading →

STAGE REVIEW

Ideology and personality prove a combustible combination in ‘Heroes of the Fourth Turning’

A reunion of Catholic conservatives turns into a polemical showdown in Will Arbery's play at SpeakEasy Stage Company. Continue reading →

Music

Terri Lyne Carrington has 101 reasons to celebrate women composers

This week the drummer, composer, and Berklee professor will publish “New Standards: 101 Lead Sheets by Women Composers,” followed by an album comprising 11 selections from the book interpreted by her band and an array of guest artists. Continue reading →