Nation

Some rail workers, seeking sick days, say Biden betrayed them

Biden said he was urging action to avoid a nationwide strike that would threaten hundreds of thousands of jobs and that the industry estimates would cost the economy more than $2 billion per day. The House of Representatives took the first step Wednesday toward carrying out his request, approving the plan on a vote of 290-137. Continue reading →

Nation

Biden: Nevada site sacred to tribes to be national monument

President Biden told a gathering of tribal leaders in Washington on Wednesday that he intends to designate an area considered sacred by area Native Americans in southern Nevada as a new national monument. Continue reading →

Politics

In a show of unity, House Democrats elect Hakeem Jeffries minority leader

House Democrats on Wednesday elected new leaders to take the mantle from the three octogenarians who have led them for two decades, ushering in a long-awaited generational change that, for the first time in the history of either party or chamber in Congress, installed a trio of top leaders that includes no white men. Continue reading →

World

For China’s leader, another dilemma: How to mourn Jiang Zemin

The deaths of Chinese Communist leaders are always fraught moments of political theater and especially so now with the passing of Jiang Zemin soon after a wave of public defiance on a scale unseen since Jiang came to power in 1989. Continue reading →

World

EU seeks specialized court to investigate Russia war crimes

The European Union proposed Wednesday to set up a United Nations-backed court to investigate possible war crimes Russia committed in Ukraine, and to use frozen Russian assets to rebuild the war-torn country. Continue reading →

World

Prince William’s godmother resigns royal role over treatment of Black palace guest

A prominent lady-in-waiting to the late Queen Elizabeth II and godmother to royal heir Prince William resigned from her role in the Buckingham Palace household on Wednesday and expressed “profound apologies for the hurt caused,” after she pressed a Black British guest at the palace: “Where are you really from?” Continue reading →

OPINION

Billionaire bucks for the arts

The arts are expensive, and as has often been pointed out, the price of a ticket doesn’t come near paying the cost. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Use Question 1 to boost college aid

Students at public universities have been an afterthought in Massachusetts for too long, and they deserve a share of the cash from the new tax. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Culling deer won’t decrease the population but contraceptives might

Culling only creates a cycle of killing deer, bounce back numbers, and more killing. Continue reading →

Health

New survey reveals stark racial disparities among those who rely on ERs for health care

Black and Hispanic Massachusetts residents were 60 percent and 110 percent more likely, respectively, to visit the emergency department for a nonemergency condition. Continue reading →

Politics

Boston City Council votes to lower voting age to 16 for local elections

The petition will now be sent to the Massachusetts Legislature for approval, which is not guaranteed. Similar proposals had been approved in recent years in Cambridge and Somerville, but neither cleared the State House. Continue reading →

Metro

For millions of student loan borrowers, the lucky break that might evaporate.

A slew of Republican-led legal challenges claiming that Biden’s order exceeds his powers have frozen the loan forgiveness program and threaten to scuttle it altogether. Continue reading →

Celtics 134, Heat 121

In the presence of royalty, Celtics’ Jayson Tatum holds court with 49 points to beat the Heat

Tatum was on fire, going 15 of 25 from the field and a scorching 8 of 12 from 3-point range. Continue reading →

High school football

On the golden anniversary of high school Super Bowls in Massachusetts, its creators savor a dream come true

Childhood friends Bill Abramson and Marvin Pave invented a rating system that came to fruition in 1972. Continue reading →

Dan Shaughnessy

They’re responding to a new coach, have a former MVP on the third line, and plenty of locker room leadership. No wonder the Bruins can’t lose.

Tuesday’s victory over the Lightning made the Bruins 13-0 at home this season. Continue reading →

ON THE STREET

Framingham is reinventing itself. Again.

In its 322 years, the self-proclaimed “largest town in America” has been a farm town, a factory town, a suburban boomtown, and now, a magnet for immigrants seeking a new hometown. Continue reading →

Finance

State Street pulls plug on $3.5 billion Brown Brothers Harriman acquisition

The companies put out releases Wednesday, saying they had “mutually agreed” to terminate the deal, with both citing difficult regulatory environments. Continue reading →

ON THE STREET

Framingham’s public schools offer a pipeline for inclusion

The public schools already play an outsized role in integrating newcomers to Framingham, but there are now efforts underway to make all the of the city’s 14 K-12 schools more inclusive and multilingual. Continue reading →

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Podcast

Audie Cornish has a new ‘Assignment’ on CNN

The Randolph native left NPR and "All Things Considered" early this year. We called Cornish the other day to chat about her new gig. Continue reading →

Working On It

‘Anywhereists’ are free to live wherever they want, and there’s the rub

Melody Warnick’s new book, “If You Could Live Anywhere,” is for workers who are free to choose where they live. Continue reading →

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

For ‘SNL,’ new cast shaping up nicely

Ego Nwodim, Bowen Yang, Chloe Fineman, Mikey Day, and Heidi Gardner are now, in some ways, MVPs, but the cast feels more like an ensemble than a collection of individuals. Continue reading →