Nation

USDA approves first vaccine for honeybees

Dalan Animal Health, which is based in Athens, Georgia, developed a prophylactic vaccine that protects honeybees from American foulbrood, an aggressive bacterium that can spread quickly from hive to hive. Continue reading →

Nation

A lecturer showed a painting of the Prophet Muhammad. She lost her job.

Arguments over academic freedom have been fought on campuses for years, but they can be especially fraught at small private colleges such as Hamline, which are facing shrinking enrollment and growing financial pressures. Continue reading →

Politics

In speaker fight’s final hours, arm-twisting, flaring tempers, and calls from Trump

The final hours of McCarthy’s ultimately triumphant struggle for the speakership featured backroom dealing with the hard right and arm-twisting out in the open. Continue reading →

World

Detained journalist’s hunger strike highlights press freedom woes in Senegal

The health of a prominent Senegalese journalist detained on charges of exposing confidential government information is deteriorating after a nearly three-week hunger strike, according to his lawyers, who say that he has refused care from doctors at the hospital where he is being treated. Continue reading →

World

Detained journalist’s hunger strike highlights press freedom woes in Senegal

The health of a prominent Senegalese journalist detained on charges of exposing confidential government information is deteriorating after a nearly three-week hunger strike, according to his lawyers, who say that he has refused care from doctors at the hospital where he is being treated. Continue reading →

Continue reading →

LETTERS

A true free range for animals — what a concept

Two readers offer contrasting views on author Martha Nussbaum's notion that "all animals count, and all deserve to live as the animals they are." Continue reading →

LETTERS

No ‘pipe dream’ — both parties must know immigration reform is urgent

Both Democratic and Republican leaders know full well that we cannot continue to accept the millions of people who are aiming to come to this country. Both sides know full well we have a crisis that demands solutions. Continue reading →

LETTERS

It’s been a productive, impactful couple of years for Richard Neal

Releasing Donald Trump's tax returns "was indeed important and high profile," writes Marty Meehan, but "I would argue . . . that the investments that Neal shepherded through Congress over the past two years were of even greater value." Continue reading →

Metro

‘I feel really, really lucky.’ Meet Maura Healey’s partner.

Healey began quietly dating attorney Joanna Lydgate after Lydgate left the attorney general’s office in 2020. They spoke exclusively to the Globe about their relationship. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Rally at Concord church to demand justice after Jan. 6 uprising

“The pit in my stomach grew and I was initially incredulous and then horrified as I watched the Trump mob breaking into the capitol, destroying anything that prevented their entry, including attacking the police,” said Paul, the chairperson of Indivisible MA, from the front steps of the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, where about 100 people gathered for the event. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Hardwick residents vote down developer’s push to build horse racetrack in town

The plan lost in a vote of 830 to 312, according to unofficial results Saturday night. About 57 percent of the town’s 1,998 registered voters participated in the balloting at Hardwick Elementary School. Continue reading →

dan shaughnessy

The Rafael Devers deal coming together was one for the books, and other thoughts

It will go down as one of those epic Red Sox moments, and by any measure it is good news for the fans. Continue reading →

Christopher L. Gasper

The NFL can’t just go back to business as usual after Damar Hamlin episode

It feels like NFL players are being pushed to their limits. Continue reading →

high school sports

Why are girls’ basketball stars leaving MIAA schools for NEPSAC programs?

The players are finding that prep schools can afford them better exposure to college recruiters, among other benefits. Continue reading →

Continue reading →

Continue reading →

Continue reading →

IDEAS

Where have so many workers gone?

Maybe you retired early, shifted to gig work, or just stepped away from having a day job for a while. Or maybe your business can't hire enough people. We want to hear how it's going. Continue reading →

IDEAS

The business of college sports deserves to collapse

College football and basketball have become massive enterprises that appear to be on shaky ground. Can Charlie Baker save the NCAA from itself? Continue reading →

Obituaries

Ken Balcomb, 82, dies; revealed the hidden world of killer whales

Ken Balcomb's meticulous decadeslong effort to track a population of killer whales in the Pacific Northwest did much to transform the marine mammals’ image from soulless predators to compassionate creatures worth protecting. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Ken Balcomb, 82, dies; revealed the hidden world of killer whales

Ken Balcomb's meticulous decadeslong effort to track a population of killer whales in the Pacific Northwest did much to transform the marine mammals’ image from soulless predators to compassionate creatures worth protecting. Continue reading →

Continue reading →

MATTHEW GILBERT

At TV’s midseason, the best shows and performances we’ve seen so far

These are the shows and actors whose work will need to linger in Emmy voters’ minds until they choose their nominees this summer. Which ones already look like they deserve to be considered? I have some opinions. Continue reading →

ART REVIEW

At the Clark, a glimpse of a French cultural storehouse

"Promenades on Paper" presents an eclectic sampling of drawings from the sprawling holdings of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Continue reading →

Theater

Instead of waiting for their Netflix moment, Boston comics are creating their own specials

With YouTube as their go-to platform, comics like Will Noonan, Orlando Baxter, and Corey Rodrigues are trying to expand their fanbases by self-releasing stand-up specials and then rolling out clips on social media. Continue reading →

TRAVEL

Back in Ireland for the first post-lockdown St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. How lucky was I?

The lack of COVID restrictions was mesmerizing, and kind of thrilling, and for Bostonians who had barely seen each other’s faces for the better part of two years, it felt like an Irish Brigadoon. Continue reading →

SURVEY SAYS

Don’t laugh. New travel poll finds Massachusetts families want to relocate to N.H. in 2023.

You have to have thick skin to live in the Granite State and hang around a bunch of Massachusetts people. Turns out, maybe they're just jealous? Continue reading →

Real Estate

Home of the Week: In Holbrook bungalow, anything and everything

The two-bedroom ranch-style single-family offers a partially finished basement, two patios, a pergola, a firepit, and a dining room with a “living wall.” Continue reading →

Real Estate

Altar-ed states: What is it like to live in a ‘chondo’?

As more churches are converted into condos, do unit owners feel they must be on their best behavior? Continue reading →