The former employee who shot and killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis legally bought the two rifles used in the attack despite red flag laws designed to prevent such purchases, police said.

As President Biden and Democratic lawmakers begin assembling a massive jobs and infrastructure bill they hope will echo the New Deal, they are quickly finding that their ambitions are colliding with the reality of precisely how to do it.

The renewed momentum for gun-control legislation after House action in March comes as authorities in Indiana said they do not know what broke down in the existing process that’s meant to prevent the bloodshed that took place.

Michigan may finally be starting to turn a corner, after enduring more than a month of explosive coronavirus spread, Governor Gretchen Whitmer said Sunday.

People gathered around Chicago on Sunday to remember a 13-year-old boy fatally shot by a police officer and to call for changes in policing and an end to gun violence.

Scientists have estimated that 70 percent to 90 percent of the total population must acquire resistance to the virus to reach herd immunity. But in hundreds of counties around the country, vaccination rates are low, with some even languishing in the teens.

A former sheriff’s deputy in Texas has been taken into custody Monday following a manhunt that began after three people were fatally shot in Austin, authorities said.

News that seven women developed a rare blood clotting disorder after receiving Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine has prompted new questions about whether vaccines affect women differently than men, and whether there are special considerations that women should take into account when getting vaccinated.

Authorities say they have apprehended a person in connection with a shooting at a busy tavern in southeastern Wisconsin early Sunday that left three men dead and three men injured.

The United States and China have said they will fight climate change “with the seriousness and urgency that it demands” by stepping up efforts to reduce carbon emissions, a rare demonstration of cooperation amid escalating tensions over a raft of other issues.

“Allow a doctor to see my dad.” The plea, tweeted Saturday by Alexei Navalny’s daughter, came amid a global wave of dismay over Russian authorities’ refusal to let President Vladimir Putin’s leading critic see his physician as his condition has reportedly worsened.

Lord Mountbatten, a celebrated commander during World War II who later served as the last viceroy of India, was killed after a bomb exploded on his fishing boat off the coast of Ireland.

The Himalayan nation has given more than 60 percent of its people a shot. Some villages were reached by helicopter, and health workers hiked through ice and snow.

We must find affordable, equitable ways to bring every aspect of the global economy to net-zero carbon no later than 2050.

The United States can’t be drawn into a military conflict when a diplomatic solution is possible.

We can act now with proven tools to cut greenhouse gas emissions and store vastly more carbon in plants and the earth.

A bill is currently before the Legislature that would prohibit the exploitation of wild animals by the animal entertainment industry operating in our state.

I am furious — where are the reports on Kamala Harris's work to pass the infrastructure bill? The work to solve underlying problems at the border? Shoes, crochet, and cooking?

The conflict in question in Wakefield is embedded in a larger set of concerns being debated by community members in various cities.

Massachusetts preschool enrollment increased by fewer than 300 children in 2019-2020, as the pandemic shifted those programs to remote learning in the middle of the school year, according to a national report that found most states don’t provide enough funding to support all-day pre-kindergarten for all children.

Massachusetts’ education commissioner, Jeff Riley, has proposed changes to vocational-technical school admissions aimed at giving disadvantaged students a better shot at attending the coveted schools.

Starting Monday, everyone in Massachusetts age 16 or older will be eligible for the vaccine — opening up appointments to 1.7 million more residents — but health officials cautioned the state must do more to deliver doses to communities of color.

More than a hundred protesters marched from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus in Cambridge to Boston Common calling for justice for Daunte Wright on Sunday, a week after the 20-year-old Black man was killed by a police officer in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center.

Walker, the senior pastor of Roxbury Presbyterian Church, will be honored during the May 11 virtual event along with University of Massachusetts President Martin Meehan, Jim Geraghty, Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Private Wealth Management; Justin Pasquariello, Executive Director of East Boston Social Centers, the RFK corps announced.

Today is Monday, April 19, the 109th day of 2021. There are 256 days left in the year.

Joseph Birolini and William Hickey, both 23, who graduated from Pembroke High in 2016, died from injuries suffered in the crash early Saturday morning on Elm Street, officials said Sunday.

“That’s really the gateway to Needham,” said Greg Reibman, president of the Newton-Needham Regional Chamber. “You want something aspirational to appear in that spot, not a big warehouse with trucks coming in at all hours of the day.”

The Fenway Center project will put a two-acre deck, followed by a 350-foot tower, above the Massachusetts Turnpike between Brookline Avenue and Beacon Street.

Ads for CarShield are ubiquitous on cable television, making the case that it makes economic sense to buy an extended warranty to cover the cost of expensive car repairs. But does it really?

Alma Wahlberg, the mother of entertainers Mark and Donnie Wahlberg and a regular on their reality series “Wahlburgers,” has died, her sons said on social media Sunday.

As the wife of a US diplomat, Penelope Laingen had trekked to Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Malta, loyally serving alongside her husband in the long tradition of Foreign Service families.

A poet who published more than 20 books, Mr. Junkins formerly directed the MFA program at UMass Amherst.

An Iranian-born historian and educator who transformed the New York Public Library from a broke and derelict institution into a thriving center of culture and learning and who pushed tirelessly for improving access to knowledge, Vartan Gregorian also led Brown University and the grantmaking Carnegie Corp.

Three unanswered goals from the Bruins in the second period gave them the edge. Patrice Bergeron, David Krejci, and Brad Marchand scored two goals apiece.

Boston managed only four hits off former prospect Michael Kopech and the Chicago bullpen in Game 2, while Tanner Houck’s solid start in the opener was not enough.

UEFA and FIFA have condemned the league's formation, which would allow 12 of the richest clubs in Europe to break off and form their own league.

Two of Boston's former top prospects played key roles in Chicago's doubleheader sweep, but there's still no reason to regret the swap that helped deliver a World Series championship in 2018.

Krejci has scored three of his five goals this season since Hall arrived.

Marcus Smart is following his instincts, Kemba Walker is ramping it up and Jabari Parker is fitting in.

The clash is being portrayed as a struggle for heart and soul of the game.

The Rule 5 draft pick, who has allowed just three hits and zero runs in 6⅓ innings this season, is being stretched out by the team in an effort to find the righthander a bigger role.

The last-place Yankees lost their fifth consecutive game. Said manager Aaron Boone: "We’re getting punched in the mouth right now.”

Bieber (2-1) become the first pitcher in big league history to begin the season with four straight starts with at least 10 strikeouts.

The Panthers concluded a four-game winning streak with a thrilling 27-24 win over North Quincy to repeat as champions of the Patriot League’s Fisher Division.

Cink capped off a dominant performance at Harbour Town with a stress-free 70 on Sunday.

The complimentary trips will be available in Arlington, Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Newton, Revere, Somerville, and Watertown.

From your backyard to your favorite trail, enjoy these virtual (or socially distanced) events that make you proud to be an earthling.

Enthusiasts regularly trade clippings and solicit gardening advice on Facebook groups like Boston Plant Swap. Instagram accounts devoted to succulent propagation have picked up thousands of followers, and “plantfluencers” are finding fertile ground on TikTok for doling out gardening advice.

Advice from Amy Dickinson.