Massachusetts has one of the lowest teen birth rates out of all the states in the country, but some say more support is necessary for students who do become pregnant or parents during school. Continue reading →
Massachusetts is aiming to reduce the number of miles driven per household by just 3 percent from 2015 to 2030 as part of its climate plan, a target that is far less ambitious than that of other states. Continue reading →
As part of an emerging, more inclusive look at the town and its history, The Provincetown Museum has opened its first permanent display about the LGBTQ presence on this colorful, quirky tip of Cape Cod. Continue reading →
With the death toll from the Maui wildfires at 93 and expected to rise, search crews continued to scour the scorched ruins Sunday and officials pleaded for patience as they struggle to recover human remains from ashy wreckage that disintegrates when stepped on or touched. Continue reading →
Congressional Democrats are teaming up with the Biden administration and a progressive advocacy group to turn policy efforts to curb "junk fees" into a political rallying cry, betting that a small but potentially potent kitchen table issue will resonate with voters. Continue reading →
Patients who take blockbuster drugs like Wegovy or Ozempic for weight loss may face life-threatening complications if they need surgery or other procedures that require empty stomachs for anesthesia. This summer’s guidance to halt the medication for up to a week may not go far enough, either. Continue reading →
Poland’s ruling party wants to ask voters in a referendum whether they support accepting “thousands of illegal immigrants from the Middle East and Africa” as part of a European Union relocation plan, the prime minister said Sunday, as his conservative party seeks to hold onto power in an October parliamentary election. Continue reading →
Russian shelling ripped into homes in the Kherson region of southern Ukraine on Sunday morning, officials said, an assault that killed at least seven people, including a family of four, in an area that had already borne a heavy toll from relentless Russian bombardment. Continue reading →
The mourners who gathered in Yazd last month and in many other cities across Iran diverged unexpectedly from the script to target the clerical rulers of Iran, turning religious ballads into protest songs about the suffering of Iranians. Continue reading →
Massachusetts can’t rely solely on federal aid to pay for the proposed passenger rail service between Worcester and Springfield. The state needs to put its money where its mouth is, too. Continue reading →
Taunton police said a Toyota Tundra pickup truck crashed through the front wall of the clinic at 59 Broadway shortly after 2 a.m. after bouncing off of three parked cars. Continue reading →
The nonprofit Salisbury Beach Partnership recently celebrated the opening of the Salisbury Beach Carousel, a fully restored vintage merry-go-round housed in a new, state-of-the-art roundhouse, just a Frisbee’s toss from the beach. Continue reading →
Through almost three weeks of training camp, Patriots director of player personnel Matt Groh is likely pleased with what he’s seen from his picks this year. Continue reading →
Guardian Life told some 1,500 small businesses in Massachusetts that it will no longer sell policies to companies of their size come January. Continue reading →
A former Massachusetts General Hospital surgeon whose back operation on former Red Sox pitcher Bobby Jenks led to a $5.1 million malpractice settlement has been reprimanded by state regulators for care he provided to two other patients. Continue reading →
Mr. Giles was managing editor of the Akron Beacon Journal when it won a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the National Guard shootings in 1970 that killed four Kent State students. Continue reading →
“‘Paradigm shift’ is an overused phrase, but this was a paradigm shift,” John A. Tarduno, a professor of geophysics at the University of Rochester, said of Dr. Morgan's discovery. Continue reading →
Tom Jones, who wrote the book and lyrics for a modest musical called “The Fantasticks” that opened in 1960 in New York’s Greenwich Village neighborhood and ran for an astonishing 42 years, propelled in part by its wistful opening song, “Try to Remember,” died Friday at his home in Sharon, Connecticut. He was 95. Continue reading →
On Saturday, the city sponsored the free, day-long party for the music on the newly renovated red brick plaza in front of City Hall. Continue reading →
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