The new limit of 7,500 families has spurred questions about where homeless families, once guaranteed a roof over their heads under state law, will now go. Continue reading →
The effort is a huge undertaking for an organization that has struggled to deliver on even its most basic duty in recent years: to provide safe, reliable transit service. Continue reading →
Lawmakers are trading accusations of antisemitism, Islamophobia, and politicizing tragedy in the month since Hamas’s surprise attack on Israel. Continue reading →
Between 20 and 25 teachers are absent on any given day, but the school has only four permanent substitutes, leaving more than a dozen classes uncovered. Continue reading →
Biden had asked Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to institute the daily pauses during a Monday call and said he had also asked the Israelis for a pause of at least three days to allow for hostage negotiations. Continue reading →
WATCH: Globe's political reporter grades the Republican presidential hopefuls. And, the results are in – what’s the message from local Boston voters? Watch →
At least 2 million low-income children have lost health insurance since the end of a federal policy that guaranteed coverage through Medicaid earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new analyses by researchers at the Georgetown Center for Children and Families and KFF, a health policy research organization. Continue reading →
Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia, a conservative Democrat known for bipartisan dealmaking and often frustrating some of his party’s most ambitious policy goals, announced Thursday that he would not seek reelection. Continue reading →
The bureau’s 2023 National Population Projections estimate that the population will peak at almost 370 million in 2080 before receding to 366 million in 2100, an increase of only 9.7 percent between 2022 and 2100. That is far below the rate the country has grown each decade for most of the nation’s history. Continue reading →
The strikes by two Air Force F-15E jets against a weapons warehouse in Deir al Zour province in Syria, came after US airstrikes Oct. 27 against similar targets in eastern Syria failed to deter Iran or its proxies in Syria and Iraq. Continue reading →
The nations vowed to continue to support Ukraine against Russia’s invasion and boost humanitarian aid to Palestinian civilians in Gaza caught in Israel’s war against Hamas. Continue reading →
The gathering ended a few hours before the White House said Israel has agreed to put in place four-hour daily humanitarian pauses in Gaza, starting on Thursday. Continue reading →
I, like Douglas Smith, lost my father much too young to cancer. You could sense that his father’s prediction that Smith would grow up to be a good man had come true. Continue reading →
In one of several demonstrations held across the Boston area Thursday, including on several college campuses, the crowd shut down Avery Street as it rallied in front of the Ritz-Carlton, where Harris was believed to appear for a fund-raising event. Continue reading →
A court document referenced the relief funds and the extensive international travel of a California man charged in connection with a brothel ring that allegedly operated out of apartments in the Boston area. Continue reading →
In a major break from her predecessors, Governor Maura Healey’s office said it is no longer publicly disclosing when the Democrat intends to travel outside of the state she was elected to lead. Continue reading →
A game in Germany — especially for a Patriots team that doesn’t have a lot of players who have played overseas — can provide a dash of excitement. Continue reading →
The state missed out on a $250 million grant to better manage offshore wind power, but it landed $50 million grants for a “future grid” project and to electrify low-income households. Continue reading →
In Massachusetts, about 2,956 individuals filed new claims for unemployment benefits last week, up 435 from the week prior, according to the Labor Department. Continue reading →
The announcement arrives less than a year after Amazon announced the $3.9 billion acquisition of the membership-based primary care provider One Medical, which has medical offices in more than 20 markets. Continue reading →
"I don’t know of an American poet who has had an achievement of this magnitude," poet and professor George Kalogeris said of Mr. Ferry's unusually prolific later years. Continue reading →
Mr. Meyer was at the center of a revolution within the craft and business of journalism — a revolution that, to a large degree, he helped shape. Continue reading →
Sweet Honey will open its two shows this weekend with “Affirmations for a New World,” a 30-minute symphony written in collaboration with Boston's Dr. Bill Banfield. Continue reading →
Jennifer Rohn and Dennis Trainor Jr. excel in Paula Vogel’s memory play, directed by Elaine Vaan Hogue at Actors’ Shakespeare Project. Continue reading →
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