Nation

Hospitals across nation closing children’s units

Young patients occupy beds to recover from infections or asthma attacks but don’t undergo lucrative, billable procedures — like joint or heart surgeries — that are more common among aging patients. Continue reading →

Nation

Smashing success: NASA asteroid strike results in big nudge

“Let’s all just kind of take a moment to soak this in ... for the first time ever, humanity has changed the orbit” of a celestial body, noted Lori Glaze, NASA's director of planetary science. Continue reading →

Politics

Biden administration considering humanitarian parole program for Venezuelans

Calls for protections for Venezuelan migrants grew louder after Governor Ron DeSantis, Republican of Florida, flew a group of mostly Venezuelan migrants who had illegally entered the country to Martha’s Vineyard last month. Continue reading →

World

Israel and Lebanon reach landmark maritime agreement

Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a draft deal to resolve a decades-old dispute over the control of an eastern stretch of the Mediterranean Sea, the two countries announced Tuesday, in a major diplomatic breakthrough between two neighbors that technically remain at war and have no direct official relations. Continue reading →

World

Coronation of King Charles III is set for May 6

The crowning of King Charles III and his wife, Camilla, is the first coronation in Britain in seven decades, and it will be pared back considerably from the extravagant ceremony held for Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. Continue reading →

World

Biden to reevaluate relationship with Saudi Arabia after oil production cut

President Biden will reevaluate the relationship with Saudi Arabia after it teamed up with Russia to cut oil production in a move that bolstered President Vladimir Putin’s government and could raise gasoline prices in the United States just before midterm elections, a White House official said Tuesday. Continue reading →

OPINION

The climate crisis in the polar regions doesn’t stay in the polar regions

Global warming occurs two to three times faster at the Poles than anywhere else in the world, due to what is known as the “polar amplification process.” Climate change is accelerating natural processes of reshaping of the waterfront as close as Cape Cod. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Pardons for pot offenders? Groovy. But Biden needs to do more to bring marijuana out of the shadows.

The United States should stop lumping marijuana in with much more dangerous drugs like heroin, let banks lend to marijuana businesses, and encourage scientific research on cannabis. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Russian involvement in Trump campaign remains crux of the issue

The Russian involvement in the 2016 Trump campaign was a fact, not a hoax. Continue reading →

Metro

Councilor Michelle Wu never would have backed this City Council raise. Mayor Wu should veto it.

While thousands of city employees have gone years without a meaningful raise, the councilors have decided that they are hugely underpaid. Continue reading →

Rhode Island

R.I. couple helps rescue babies from burning nursery in Barcelona

Doran Smith and David Squillante of Bristol, R.I., were on their honeymoon when they came upon a fire in progress. They helped roll cribs with kids in them across the street to safety. Continue reading →

Metro

Brian O’Donovan is walking on air against his better judgment

When you’re given a terminal diagnosis, it’s hard not to dwell on it. More important is how you deal with it. Continue reading →

BRUINS

How Patrice Bergeron channeled his empathy to become the leader the Bruins needed

“I think I’ve always been a guy who is close to other people’s emotions and feelings,” Bergeron said. Continue reading →

On Hockey

Are the Bruins legitimate contenders to win the Stanley Cup this season?

“You look at what we have on paper, what we can possibly do, I think there’s no doubt we can be a really good hockey team,” said new coach Jim Montgomery. Continue reading →

red sox

If Xander Bogaerts leaves, the Red Sox would lose much more than an All-Star shortstop

In the last 10 years, Bogaerts has become a clubhouse leader, a foundational player, and a link to the team's championship past. Continue reading →

Business

Supreme Court voices concern over California humane-pork law

Any ruling could have major implications for Massachusetts, where voters in 2016 passed a ballot question that is similar to California's law. Continue reading →

Business

Tax on high-dollar real estate sales could have generated millions for Boston housing, study finds

Boston would have at least $20 million more in its affordable housing funds from just five luxury condo developments, if Beacon Hill had passed a tax on high-dollar real estate sales three years ago. Continue reading →

Retail

Marijuana, with a side of music, may be coming soon to Faneuil Hall

For the people behind Soul Cannabis, opening in Faneuil Hall is a chance to change the narrative of the historic marketplace. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Billy Sothern, crusading New Orleans defense lawyer, dies at 45

Billy Sothern, a defense lawyer renowned for taking on some of Louisiana’s toughest capital cases — including the wrongful conviction of Albert Woodfox, who spent 42 years in solitary confinement for a crime he didn’t commit — died Sept. 30 at his home in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, where he and his family had moved during the pandemic. He was 45. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Angela Lansbury, star of ‘Gypsy’ on stage and ‘Murder, She Wrote’ on screen, has died

Ms. Lansbury was five days shy of her 97th birthday. She won five Tony Awards for her Broadway performances and a lifetime achievement award and was nominated for multiple Academy Awards for her work in film. Continue reading →

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ART, TRAVEL & FOOD

Just over the border in Kittery, Maine, a neighborhood that has it all

The Foreside has art, music, food, and shops — and an uncommon spirit of compassion and collaboration that’s helped the community thrive during the worst of the pandemic. Continue reading →

MUSIC REVIEW

Chart-topper Steve Lacy is a big hit at Roadrunner

The "Bad Habit" singer performed for an enthusiastic crowd of Gen Z peers. Continue reading →

FOOD

I read the new Anthony Bourdain biography and spoke with the author. Here’s what to expect.

No amount of recounting can totally capture the chef’s mystique or the darkness of his final days, but Charles Leerhsen tries in “Down and Out in Paradise: The Life of Anthony Bourdain," out today and already making headlines. Continue reading →