Nation

Taking aim at Trump, Koch network will back GOP primary candidates

The donor network created by billionaire industrialist brothers Charles G. and David H. Koch is preparing to get involved in the presidential primaries in 2024, with the aim of turning “the page on the past” in a thinly veiled rebuke of former president Donald Trump, according to an internal memo. Continue reading →

Nation

Biden’s State of the Union to tout policy wins on economy

President Biden will use his second State of the Union address on Tuesday to remind Americans of how their lives have been improved over his first two years in office, as he tries to confront pessimism in the country and navigate the tricky politics of a newly divided Washington. Continue reading →

Nation

US states take control of abortion debate with funding focus

Though the Insight Women’s Center sits at the epicenter of a reinvigorated battle in the nation’s culture wars, the only hint of its faith-based mission to dissuade people from getting abortions is the jazzy, piano rendition of “Jesus Loves Me” playing in a waiting room. Continue reading →

World

Returning from Africa, Pope Francis and Christian leaders condemn antigay laws

Pope Francis on Sunday doubled down on his assertion that homosexuality should not be criminalized, saying on the papal plane returning from South Sudan, a country that penalizes homosexual acts, that “to condemn a person like this is a sin.” Continue reading →

World

Fierce battle rages for ‘every stairwell’ in Bakhmut, Russian paramilitary leader says

Fierce fighting raged Sunday in the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, where a Russian paramilitary leader said Ukrainian forces were defending “every street, every house, every stairwell,” as they waged an increasingly desperate effort to deny Moscow its first significant battlefield success in months. Continue reading →

World

China finds itself with limited options after US shoots down balloon

After an American fighter jet shot down the Chinese balloon that had floated across the United States, the reaction from Beijing — defensive, angered, yet hedging its options — illustrated the challenges facing China’s leader, Xi Jinping, as he tries to stabilize relations while giving little, if any, ground. Continue reading →

LETTERS

The push and pull of Boston development, shadows and all

How is it, in a time of presumed environmental awareness and advocacy, that we are arguing over whether a development should conform to existing guidelines or a cherished park warrants protection? Continue reading →

LETTERS

Kid-size assault rifle is a new low

Where are the adults in this picture? This can’t be for real. Continue reading →

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Crime & Courts

With no pay raise in 17 years, state’s court interpreters threaten a walkout

Many of the state’s court interpreters who provide per diem translation services across Massachusetts plan to stage a weeklong walk out beginning Monday to protest a lack of pay raises since 2006, which could lead to a disruption of court hearings requiring their services. Continue reading →

K-12

Woburn teachers, city reach settlement

Educators and the city’s public school leadership reached an agreement on a new contract Sunday afternoon, ending a long, contentious conflict that sparked a labor strike that canceled classes for nearly 4,300 students last week. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Renowned lawyer defending Duxbury mother Lindsay Clancy has a history of tackling crimes driven by severe mental illness

Defense attorney Kevin Reddington has won several high-profile cases in his lengthy career and is prepared to demonstrate Lindsay Clancy acted out of mental instability when she killed her three children. Continue reading →

Gary Washburn | On basketball

Celtics should look to shore up bench positions — swingman and backup big man — as trade deadline nears

Brad Stevens has a plethora of options before the trade deadline, but there will also be more opportunities in the buyout market, where there will be several players eyeing the Celtics as a possible destination. Continue reading →

Matt Porter | On hockey

NHL All-Stars are the ones looking up to the Bruins

If the Bruins can keep this up in the second half, they could cruise to the Presidents’ Trophy and home ice throughout the playoffs. Continue reading →

PATRIOTS

Matthew Judon makes the most of NFL’s new-look Pro Bowl festivities

This year, the NFL abandoned a traditional football game in favor of a series of events. Judon's strengths were hardly highlighted, but the 30-year-old still enjoyed the festivities. Continue reading →

Real Estate

In East Boston, a dispute between old industry and affordable housing

The fight in Suffolk Superior is the latest clash over the state’s four-decades-old port-area rules, which are designed to protect industrial waterfront properties from conversion to commercial or residential development. Continue reading →

Biotech

Boston biotech internship program aims to increase diversity through expansion

Project Onramp has partnered with venture capital firm Third Rock Ventures to find summer jobs for 1,000 college students from low-income backgrounds. Continue reading →

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Obituaries

Roger Saunders, storied Boston hotelier whose empire included the Lenox, dies at 93

"We try harder," Mr. Saunders said of his family's approach to running hotels. "We’re Bostonians. We love this city." Continue reading →

Obituaries

Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan martial ruler in 9/11 wars, dies

General Musharraf, who seized power in a bloodless coup and later led a reluctant Pakistan into aiding the US war in Afghanistan against the Taliban, has died, an official said Sunday. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Melinda Dillon, actress who played crisis and comedy, dies at 83

She played a remarkably varied set of women in crises: the mousy Honey in Broadway's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?", a mother seeking her alien-abducted son in "Close Encounters of the Third Kind," and the doting matriarch in the holiday classic "A Christmas Story." Continue reading →

DANCE REVIEW

BalletX transports and transcends with ‘Become a Mountain,’ ‘Credo,’ and ‘Exalt’ at the Cutler Majestic

The trio of Boston premieres didn’t have much new to say. But you couldn’t complain about how the dancers said it. Continue reading →

ASK AMY

A secret friendship harms intimacy

Advice from Amy Dickinson. Continue reading →

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