New Hampshire, the only state in New England where the sale of recreational marijuana remains illegal, is trying to end its status as an island of prohibition. But it’s been a slog. Continue reading →
It’s a Plum Island landmark and the US Fish and Wildlife Service no longer wants it. But an eight-year battle to save it may finally be lost. Continue reading →
Rosalynn Carter, a close political and policy adviser to her husband, former president Jimmy Carter, who created the modern Office of the First Lady and advocated for better treatment of the mentally ill during her years in the White House and for four decades afterward, died Nov. 19 at her home in Plains, Ga. She was 96. Continue reading →
Four days after it was seized by Israeli troops, the Gaza Strip’s largest hospital has become a “death zone,” the World Health Organization said, as 31 premature babies in extremely precarious health there were evacuated Sunday. Continue reading →
As voters in state after state affirm their support for abortion rights, opponents are acting with escalating defiance toward the democratic processes and institutions they perceive as aligned against their cause. Continue reading →
A 38-year-old woman with ovarian cancer who started a campaign to help people pay off their medical debt has raised more than $200,000 in the week since she died. Continue reading →
In the first two weeks of November, fires fueled by unusually dry and hot weather destroyed nearly 1.9 million acres of the Pantanal, the world’s largest tropical wetlands. Continue reading →
The Israeli military called the episode a “grave event,” saying that the ship was en route to India from Turkey and had an “international crew, without Israelis.” Continue reading →
While we have yet to learn the extent of the sexual exploitation, the buyers, since at least 2020, number in the hundreds in this case. Continue reading →
White entrepreneurs, as a group, enjoy targeted financing that Black entrepreneurs are rarely offered. Those who are questioning the legality of these equity efforts are fighting to keep this looming imbalance in place. Continue reading →
As the nation mourned the death Sunday of Rosalynn Carter, local residents recalled the 96-year-old former first lady’s visits to Massachusetts and the ways she used her platform as wife and adviser to the nation’s 39th president to advance the causes she believed in. Continue reading →
The proposed ballot question would ask voters to eliminate the MCAS graduation requirement, instead requiring students to complete coursework that is consistent with the state’s academic standards to receive their high school diplomas. Continue reading →
Desmond Bane (30 points) kept his team in it, but the Celtics managed to escape Memphis thanks to the two-way play of their big man, who scored 26 points and blocked six shots. Continue reading →
Pritchard says the "crypto scammer" quip from the Raptors' most famous fan didn't bother him, and he's already embraced it on Instagram. Continue reading →
As part of a pilot program, the Ipswich Electric Light Department is covering the cost of clean energy upgrades, allowing residents to pay back the principal using the savings from their energy bills. Continue reading →
Jumpin’ Johnny, as he came to be known, was 6-foot-5 and about 200 pounds, but he often bested taller and huskier front-line opponents, snaring rebounds, blocking shots, and hitting short-range baskets. Continue reading →
The historic dive, on Jan. 23, 1960, was cloaked in secrecy in case it failed — which seemed quite possible, given that the towering waves in the Western Pacific had battered or carried away essential gear. Continue reading →
A Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, he was an experimentalist who redefined himself, becoming identified with a lush style called the New Romanticism. Continue reading →
This weekend marks the company’s fourth Global Arts Live-sponsored visit to the Institute of Contemporary Art. Three of the four pieces on the bill are Boston premieres. Continue reading →
In opening remarks, music director Benjamin Zander dedicated the performance to his former wife and lifelong friend Rosamund Stone Zander, who died in September. Continue reading →
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