The investigation will focus on whether Harvard “discriminates on the basis of race by using donor and legacy preferences in its undergraduate admissions process.” Continue reading →
A survey of economists at leading US businesses released this week showed a large majority put the risk of a recession starting in the next year at 50 percent or less, a significant improvement from this spring. Continue reading →
A federal judge struck down on Tuesday a stringent new asylum policy that the Biden administration has called crucial to its efforts to curb illegal crossings along the US-Mexico border. Continue reading →
WATCH: Reporter Kevin Paul Dupont breaks down Patrice Bergeron’s retirement news, from his legacy in Boston to what the Bruins will look like without him. Watch →
With the stroke of President Biden’s pen, the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument, located across three sites in two states, became federally protected places. Continue reading →
Crime scene officials have spent the week digging up the backyard of Rex Heuermann and removing items ranging from large pieces of furniture to small bags of household possessions. Continue reading →
The Atlantic Ocean’s sensitive circulation system has become slower and less resilient, raising the possibility that this crucial element of the climate system could collapse within the next few decades. Continue reading →
A Greek air force water-dropping plane crashed while diving into a wildfire in southern Greece on Tuesday, killing both pilots, as authorities battled blazes that have been raging for days across the country amid a return of heat wave temperatures. Continue reading →
Only five weeks ago, China’s foreign minister, Qin Gang, was at the center of an important restoration of high-level diplomacy in US-China relations: He shook hands with Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Beijing, and accepted an invitation to visit the United States. Continue reading →
Wildfires devouring swaths of Algeria’s Mediterranean coast have killed 34 people over two days, Algerian authorities said Tuesday, as an extreme heat wave sears North Africa, Southern Europe, and the sea between them. Continue reading →
The Boston Public Health Commission and local homeless shelters are working to support the city’s homeless population in the hot weather. Continue reading →
The experiment reveals a major challenge for educators scrambling to keep up with the fast-pace adoption of a tool that is hard to detect and capable of composing college-level prose. Continue reading →
The suspension effectively renders the restaurant temporarily nonviable. The Board did not set a date for the next hearing, but said it would work to schedule it quickly. Continue reading →
The former Wisconsin star has been slowed by a knee injury but her cameo against Vietnam showed that she can still be a game-changer. Continue reading →
The five-year, $304 million deal ensures that Brown will be part of the core for the long term as the team pursues its first NBA title since 2008. Continue reading →
"I have given the game everything that I have physically and emotionally, and the game has given me back more than I could have ever imagined," he said. Continue reading →
The tentative five-year agreement with the Teamsters, a union that represents 340,000 workers, includes immediate raises for all UPS employees. Continue reading →
"If you give good service to this customer, he won’t go anywhere else," Gregory Thomajan said of his success in keeping customers for decades at his Zareh men's clothing store. Continue reading →
Brady has kept his private life very much on the down-low since his divorce last fall from Gisele Bundchen. But lately, the former QB has been keeping a very busy social schedule. Continue reading →
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