Tensions escalated on Wednesday as an out-of-state group drove trucks through Harvard Square with images of students, and Tufts denounced a statement from one of its own student groups. Continue reading →
The number of unenrolled voters is surging and they now account for 61 percent of the state’s 4.7 million voters. That, by one analysis, is the highest share of independent voters in any state. Continue reading →
Offering comfort, support, and a secure place to worship, Jewish religious leaders in Massachusetts are trying to keep community members safe in both body and spirit. Continue reading →
The lawsuit casts a wide net among defendants, laying blame not just on Dr. Derrick Todd but on those who employed him or under whose auspices he practiced. Continue reading →
After the deadliest assault on Israel in 50 years, the right-wing government and members of the centrist opposition formed a unity government Wednesday to navigate the crisis, while its warplanes rained destruction on the Gaza Strip and both sides braced for an escalating war between Israel and Hamas. Continue reading →
WATCH: Deputy Washington bureau chief Tal Kopan talks about the Biden administration’s plans to combat book bans in public schools across the country. Watch →
Mere minutes after a slim majority of Republicans voted in a closed-door party meeting to select him as the party’s candidate, Scalise’s fate was thrown into doubt. Several Republican lawmakers announced they would not back him on the House floor without concessions, complaining of a rushed process to choose a new speaker. Continue reading →
High school students’ scores on the ACT college admissions test have dropped to their lowest in more than three decades, showing a lack of student preparedness for college-level coursework, according to the nonprofit organization that administers the test. Continue reading →
So after years of effort, the Remember the Triangle Fire Coalition on Wednesday dedicated a new memorial that has no chance of being overlooked, welcoming a crowd that included victims’ descendants, union members, and elected officials. Continue reading →
A powerful earthquake struck Herat province in Afghanistan near the border with Iran early Wednesday, several days after two major quakes in the same area killed more than 1,000 people. Continue reading →
More than 100 troops left in two flights from the capital Niamey on Tuesday in the first of what will be several rounds of departures between now and the end of the year. Continue reading →
"People have a right to protect their neighborhood," writes one reader. Another wonders why Beacon Hill can't "interfere with the town of Braintree when it votes down building sorely needed housing." Continue reading →
Since they took the majority in January, House Republicans haven’t been guided by the duties of public service but by a desperate, obsessive desire to out-MAGA one another. Continue reading →
Since last fall, something strange has happened every time a commuter rail train approached Lynn’s main station. It just kept going. Continue reading →
Critics argued some district leaders did not adequately condemn the terrorist attack against Israel that left more than 1,000 of its citizens dead over the weekend. Continue reading →
Ultimately, Bush had four years on the job (2020-23), matching John Farrell for the longest run of any Red Sox pitching coach this century. Continue reading →
The alumni gathering prior to the home opener against the Blackhawks was the first in a series of events marking the franchise’s centennial season. Continue reading →
The $75 million project depends on the sale of the existing South End campus, which has been held up by permitting delays and rising interest rates. Continue reading →
Jones said she believes technological innovation will be essential to unlock collaboration between those working from home and those in the office. Continue reading →
Florence Fisher was an adoptee who spent decades searching for her birth parents and then spent another half-century fighting to open adoption records for millions of others. Continue reading →
“Daddy Was a Number Runner,” published in 1970, tells of a poor Black community in Harlem during the 1930s as seen through the eyes of 12-year-old Francie Coffin. It is widely regarded as a groundbreaking and vital portrait of race, gender. and class. Continue reading →
"Things are happening so rapidly. We are being sensitive to the experience on the ground," says BPFF programming director Michael Maria. Continue reading →
The singer-songwriter's set tackled disparate corners of his discography by paring down songs to their base elements. Through reduction came revelation. Continue reading →
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