As a result of the headlines about weather-related events, tourists are looking for new summer escapes as they find old vacation haunts increasingly uncomfortable and northern locations more welcoming, travel industry experts say. Continue reading →
He saw firsthand the sacrifices the UAW made when he was vice president, and the union’s efforts now to regain financial ground fit into his broader economic agenda. Continue reading →
Egypt is a key American ally that receives more than $1 billion in military aid from the United States each year, the second-highest in the world, after Israel. Continue reading →
A federal government shutdown this weekend looks increasingly likely, as House Republicans indicated Wednesday they would not consider a bipartisan Senate plan to fund the government past the weekend deadline. Continue reading →
In a surge of legal briefs this week, frustrated leaders from across the political spectrum charged that homeless encampments were turning their public spaces into pits of squalor and asked the Supreme Court to revisit lower court decisions that they say have hobbled their ability to bring these camps under control. Continue reading →
Three years after George Floyd’s killing triggered a racial reckoning in the news media, Pew took its first broad-based look at Black attitudes toward the media with a survey of nearly 5,000 Black adults this past winter and follow-up focus groups. Continue reading →
The fire broke out Tuesday night in a wedding hall near the village of Qaraqosh in Hamdaniya, an area about 20 miles southeast of Mosul. Continue reading →
Russia has held sway over the Black Sea for much of the war. But Ukraine is increasingly managing to gain a degree of control over part of its disputed waters, aided by an intensifying military campaign, experts say. Continue reading →
Private Travis T. King, the American soldier who crossed into North Korea on July 18, was released into US custody Wednesday after weeks of diplomacy mediated by the Swedish government, US officials said. Continue reading →
The Healey administration has stated that housing is a priority, and it has an important opportunity to prevent further deterioration of this valuable housing resource. Continue reading →
The contract requires the city to provide firefighters with base wage increases of 3 percent, 3 percent, and 2.5 percent in July of each fiscal year of the contract, which covers 2021-2024. Continue reading →
Decades of activism, community organizing, and legal campaigns led by Black women set the stage for the landmark Garrity decision in 1974 that led to the forced busing and desegregation of Boston Public Schools. Continue reading →
The team could try to get All-Defensive guard Jrue Holiday, which would make them championship favorites again and complete possibly the best starting lineup in the league. Continue reading →
There is a long history of sports/entertainment power couples, going back to the biggest one of all, Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe. Continue reading →
Pfizer chief executive Albert Bourla said artificial intelligence has the potential to accelerate everything from scanning for drug targets to enrolling patients in clinical trials. Continue reading →
The Boston Planning and Development Agency board is set to vote on two major projects and a master plan for fast-changing Sullivan Square. Continue reading →
Michael Bonallack was a five-time British Amateur champion, ran the Royal & Ancient Golf Club at St. Andrews for a decade and a half, and was knighted for his services to golf in 1998. Continue reading →
A film historian, curator, and collector, Pearl Bowser was instrumental in preserving and bringing to light the works of Black filmmakers from early in the last century, especially those of Oscar Micheaux, whom one writer described as “the Jackie Robinson of American film.” Continue reading →
Until the ongoing actors strike is resolved, movie and TV projects that were to be filmed in Massachusetts, including Netflix's “The Perfect Couple” and Tim Burton's “Beetlejuice 2,” are on pause. Continue reading →
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