Nation - The Boston Globe

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a Democrat from Rhode Island and member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth, speaks during a hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021.

Senators Whitehouse, Blumenthal push for US to offer cash rewards in hunt for Russian oligarchs’ assets

The proposal would give President Joe Biden the authority to make an emergency declaration enabling federal authorities to confiscate — and then liquidate — holdings of Russian oligarchs or other financial elites linked to the Russian government.

Police arrest man suspected of stalking, killing homeless people in N.Y., D.C.

Police said early Tuesday they’ve arrested a suspected gunman who has been stalking homeless men asleep on the streets of New York City and Washington D.C., killing at least two people and wounding three others in less than two weeks.

Fake heiress Anna Sorokin, who swindled elite, is being deported to Germany

From detention cells in New Jersey and at Orange County Correctional Facility in Goshen, New York, Anna Sorokin, who was born in Russia but has family in Germany, fought her deportation for almost a year.

Idaho legislators pass abortion ban based on law in Texas

Idaho on Monday became the first state to adopt a copycat of a new Texas law that relies on ordinary citizens to enforce a ban on abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy.

D.C., N.Y. police seek gunman in shootings of five homeless people

The search for a man who police say fatally shot two homeless people and wounded three others in Washington, D.C., and New York City intensified Monday with authorities releasing a video of a person of interest.

Supporters cheered and waved as the "People's Convoy" departed Hagerstown Speedway for the Capital Beltway on Friday in Hagerstown, Md.

‘People’s Convoy’ drives through D.C. after permit for organized demonstration downtown partially denied

Police blocked interstate exits in Washington into downtown on Monday as hundreds of trucks, cars, and SUVs protesting the government’s response to the pandemic rode into the nation’s capital to start a second week of demonstrations.

New malaria treatment for children gets 1st approval
The novel treatment cures a highly contagious type of malaria that targets children much more often than it infects adults and usually kills infected children below the age of 5.

Tree planting is booming. Here’s how that could help, or harm, the planet.
As the climate crisis deepens, businesses and consumers are joining nonprofit groups and governments in a global tree planting boom. Last year saw billions of trees planted in scores of countries around the world.

Ginni Thomas, wife of Supreme Court justice, says she attended Jan. 6 rally before Capitol attack
Virginia Thomas, wife of Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, for the first time has publicly acknowledged that she participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, rally on the Ellipse that preceded the storming of the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob, raising questions about the impartiality of her husband’s work.

featured COLUMNISTS

More national news

NYPD shows a person who the police believe shot five homeless people.

Gunman is sought in shooting of five homeless men in New York and Washington

A gunman has been targeting homeless men sleeping in the streets of lower Manhattan and Washington. 12:07 a.m.

West Virginia Senate blows deadline to pass bill that puts restrictions on teaching race

The West Virginia Legislature’s Republican supermajority failed to pass a controversial bill restricting how race is taught in public schools because they missed a midnight deadline in the final moments of the 2022 session, a state Senate spokesperson confirmed early Sunday. 5:40 p.m.

Talking chaos, or plotting a conspiracy? The debate in the Whitmer kidnapping trial.

Few people took the COVID-19 lockdown restrictions that swept the world in the spring of 2020 harder than far-right extremist Adam Fox. 4:46 p.m.

Former President Barack Obama speaks during a memorial service for former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid at the Smith Center in Las Vegas, Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022.

Barack Obama says he has tested positive for COVID-19

Former president Barack Obama said Sunday afternoon on Twitter that he has tested positive for COVID-19. He said he has a scratchy throat and is “feeling fine otherwise.” 4:09 p.m.

A Ukranian serviceman walked towards the front line in the city of Irpin, northern Ukraine, on March 12, 2022.

Russia-Ukraine war: Key things to know about the conflict

Russian troops are pressing their offensive across Ukraine, pounding populated areas with artillery and airstrikes and deploying siege tactics honed in Syria and Chechnya. Here are some key things to know about the war. 3:02 p.m.

Isabella Rowe takes a phone call at the Harris Center for Mental Health in Houston.

As a crisis hotline grows, so do fears it won’t be ready

With an infusion of federal money, the upgraded lifeline starting in July will have its own three-digit number, 988, and operators who will not only counsel callers but eventually be equipped to dispatch specially trained responders. 5:00 a.m.

Authorities investigate a fatal shooting at a massage parlor.

Atlanta: Tribute to victims on anniversary spa shootings

Nearly a year after eight people were killed in a mass shooting at three Atlanta-area spas, many of them women of Asian descent, community members came together Saturday to remember the victims at a memorial tribute. 12:00 a.m.

People are evacuated from the Museum of Modern Art where a stabbing occurred, Saturday, March 12, 2022, in New York.

Police: 2 stable after stabbing attack at New York’s MoMA

A man stabbed two employees inside the Museum of Modern Art in New York on Saturday afternoon, leaping over a reception desk to attack them after he was denied entrance for previous incidents of disorderly conduct, authorities said. 7:46 p.m.

Senators Whitehouse, Blumenthal push for US to offer cash rewards in hunt for Russian oligarchs’ assets

Police arrest man suspected of stalking, killing homeless people in N.Y., D.C.

Fake heiress Anna Sorokin, who swindled elite, is being deported to Germany

Idaho legislators pass abortion ban based on law in Texas

D.C., N.Y. police seek gunman in shootings of five homeless people

‘People’s Convoy’ drives through D.C. after permit for organized demonstration downtown partially denied

New malaria treatment for children gets 1st approval
The novel treatment cures a highly contagious type of malaria that targets children much more often than it infects adults and usually kills infected children below the age of 5.

Tree planting is booming. Here’s how that could help, or harm, the planet.
As the climate crisis deepens, businesses and consumers are joining nonprofit groups and governments in a global tree planting boom. Last year saw billions of trees planted in scores of countries around the world.

featured COLUMNISTS

More national news

Gunman is sought in shooting of five homeless men in New York and Washington

West Virginia Senate blows deadline to pass bill that puts restrictions on teaching race

Talking chaos, or plotting a conspiracy? The debate in the Whitmer kidnapping trial.

Barack Obama says he has tested positive for COVID-19

Russia-Ukraine war: Key things to know about the conflict

As a crisis hotline grows, so do fears it won’t be ready

Atlanta: Tribute to victims on anniversary spa shootings

Police: 2 stable after stabbing attack at New York’s MoMA

Subscribe Now

My Account

Contact

More

Senators Whitehouse, Blumenthal push for US to offer cash rewards in hunt for Russian oligarchs’ assets

Police arrest man suspected of stalking, killing homeless people in N.Y., D.C.

Fake heiress Anna Sorokin, who swindled elite, is being deported to Germany

Idaho legislators pass abortion ban based on law in Texas

D.C., N.Y. police seek gunman in shootings of five homeless people

‘People’s Convoy’ drives through D.C. after permit for organized demonstration downtown partially denied

New malaria treatment for children gets 1st approvalThe novel treatment cures a highly contagious type of malaria that targets children much more often than it infects adults and usually kills infected children below the age of 5.

Tree planting is booming. Here’s how that could help, or harm, the planet.As the climate crisis deepens, businesses and consumers are joining nonprofit groups and governments in a global tree planting boom. Last year saw billions of trees planted in scores of countries around the world.

featured COLUMNISTS

More national news

Gunman is sought in shooting of five homeless men in New York and Washington

West Virginia Senate blows deadline to pass bill that puts restrictions on teaching race

Talking chaos, or plotting a conspiracy? The debate in the Whitmer kidnapping trial.

Barack Obama says he has tested positive for COVID-19

Russia-Ukraine war: Key things to know about the conflict

As a crisis hotline grows, so do fears it won’t be ready

Atlanta: Tribute to victims on anniversary spa shootings

Police: 2 stable after stabbing attack at New York’s MoMA

New malaria treatment for children gets 1st approval
The novel treatment cures a highly contagious type of malaria that targets children much more often than it infects adults and usually kills infected children below the age of 5.

Tree planting is booming. Here’s how that could help, or harm, the planet.
As the climate crisis deepens, businesses and consumers are joining nonprofit groups and governments in a global tree planting boom. Last year saw billions of trees planted in scores of countries around the world.