BOSTON (AP) — For years, Boston city leaders have vowed to diversify the police department so it looks more like the community it serves. Yet the police force is just as white as it was a decade ago, and huge barriers to diversity remain, advocates say. City officials acknowledge more work needs to be done,…
Read MoreSTATELINE, Nev. (AP) — After going through the handshake line following a lopsided win, the Boston Bruins all gathered at center ice for one last team photo.It truly was a picture-perfect day for the Bruins at Lake Tahoe. David Pastrnak had three goals and Boston took control by scoring three times in a span of…
Read MoreBOSTON (AP) — Boston College is down another man.The basketball team that struggled to fill out a lineup as COVID-19 protocols chipped away at the roster lost coach Jim Christian on Monday when he was fired with three weeks remaining in his seventh season. The Eagles are 3-13 with just one win in 10 Atlantic…
Read MoreThe Chicago Bulls bench has been a consistent strength this season, a veteran unit that has flipped the tide of some games and has done its best to keep the team in others. The reserves provided a boost again Monday night, adding 48 points — including a near triple-double from forward Thaddeus Young (16 points,…
Read MoreHappy Holidays. This week we are reprinting our top stories of 2020. This article first appeared online in our “Maps” issue in January, 2020.On a chilly evening last fall, I stared into nothingness out of the floor-to-ceiling windows in my office on the outskirts of Harvard’s campus. As a purplish-red sun set, I sat brooding…
Read MoreNORTON, Mass. NORTON, Mass. — It took a disappointing par for Scottie Scheffler to realize he was making enough birdies to have a shot at 59, and he seized on the chance Friday with four birdies over his last five holes to post the 12th sub-60 round in PGA Tour history. For the longest time,…
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CLOSE CDC says coronavirus ‘does not spread easily’ by touching surfaces or objects. But it still ‘may be possible.’ USA TODAYRecent guidance issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should have clarified how coronavirus spreads through surfaces.But two days after the federal health agency’s guidelines said COVID-19 “does not spread easily” on…
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It’s possible Mario’s Game Gallery, originally released for Windows in 1995 with seemingly little involvement from Nintendo, was the first video game I ever played. It was pretty mediocre. You could play a handful of half-baked games like checkers and yahtzee against Mario, and it’s only notable because it was Charles Martinet’s first gig voicing…
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By Mark Kaufman2020-05-21 09:30:00 UTC It’s increasingly clear that summer won’t quell the new coronavirus. (Sorry.) The preponderance of research suggests warmer weather might have a small impact on slowing the spread of coronavirus, but the summer itself certainly won’t end the historic pandemic. We’re going to be living with this new, circulating virus —…
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(CNN)This is not the summer we had hoped or planned for. The calendar is littered with canceled vacations and summer camps, shuttered pools and playgrounds, spots in our calendars meant to be spent with friends and loved ones. The summer weeks ahead are filled with … nothing. (For some, nothing but work.) Adults, kids and…
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Since late April, Jana De Brauwere has added a new routine to her work-from-home schedule. For four hours a day, four days a week, she calls up strangers, asks them if they are experiencing symptoms of the novel coronavirus, and suggests next steps if they are. De Brauwere, a 44-year-old library manager at the main…
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Tourists visit Shanghai Disneyland during its reopening on May 11, 2020 in Shanghai, China. Photo: Getty ImagesDisney’s theme park in Shanghai, China reopened today for the first time since January 25, when it became the first Disney property to close as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Theme parks around the world are closed, but…
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