Six years ago, the dilapidated school launched a Hail Mary attempt to raise millions of dollars to build a new urban campus. What’s happening now feels nothing short of a miracle. Continue reading →
Nate Smith planned to host her first Christmas in a space that is truly her own. She is among more than 230 families and individuals who received assistance from the city of Boston to purchase a home for the first time in 2023. Continue reading →
Governor Maura Healey's move to pardon 13 people is positioning Massachusetts among a growing number of states where chief executives are again embracing clemency. Continue reading →
Israeli leaders vowed Sunday to pursue their war against Hamas, even as Israel’s own casualties mounted, with 15 soldiers reported killed in the Gaza Strip since Friday. Continue reading →
Lawyers for former president Donald Trump asked an appeals court in Washington on Saturday night to toss a federal indictment accusing him of plotting to overturn the 2020 election, arguing that he was immune to the charges because they arose from actions he had taken while he was in the White House. Continue reading →
The US government is preparing for its adversaries to intensify efforts to influence American voters next year. Russia has huge stakes in the presidential election. China seems poised to back a more aggressive campaign. Other countries, like Iran, might again try to sow division in the United States. Continue reading →
As the Senate wrapped up its work for the year, Senator Michael Bennet took to the floor of the nearly empty chamber and made a late-night plea for Congress to redouble support for Ukraine: “Understand the stakes at this moment.” Continue reading →
Christians around the world were striving on Christmas Eve to put aside the worries and fears of an unsettled, war-torn world as they prepared to celebrate the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. Continue reading →
The typically bustling biblical birthplace of Jesus resembled a ghost town Sunday after Christmas Eve celebrations in Bethlehem were called off due to the Israel-Hamas war. Continue reading →
Mangled pipes poured sewer water into what remained of the road. On either side of the runoff were piles of broken pavement, churned up by bulldozers. The archway at the entrance to the neighborhood had been demolished; the gnarled hull of a black car sat nearby. Continue reading →
Especially during the holiday season, Americans can make clear that the families grieving a loved one held hostage overseas are not alone. Continue reading →
The Action Plan for Franklin Park is not perfect. Much work is still needed to engage and resolve the many competing interests it surfaces. Yet it offers the best example the city has of a holistic vision since the park’s original design. Continue reading →
With affluence, women can offload their labor and anxiety onto housecleaners when their social status is at risk. For people like Emily Cross, there is no offloading. Continue reading →
A changing of the guard is coming for the state’s child welfare system and with it, perhaps, an unusual opportunity to overhaul an overburdened system responsible for the well-being of more than 40,000 children. Continue reading →
Discouraged by slow zones, wait times, and closures, MBTA riders found other ways to get around. One woman got her driver’s license. Another took her first Uber ever. An East Boston man decided to walk. Continue reading →
Joseph A. Milano, president of Boston’s Union Oyster House, has many titles and many interests, but an initiative that’s particularly close to his heart is Globe Santa. Continue reading →
Six years ago, the dilapidated school launched a Hail Mary attempt to raise millions of dollars to build a new urban campus. What’s happening now feels nothing short of a miracle. Continue reading →
At age 95, Frank Agresti has finally fulfilled a final wish: to have a smiling photo of him and his late wife made into a “porcelain portrait” and permanently fixed to the headstone where he will someday be buried. Continue reading →
El Kaliouby, who serves as the Deputy CEO of the Swedish company Smart Eye, helped develop technology that is used to help reduce the risk of distracted driving. Continue reading →
A farmer, Yacouba Sawadogo was known as “the man who beat the desert” in Burkina Faso for revolutionizing agricultural methods and creating a 75-acre forest on barren land, an effort that won international acclaim. Continue reading →
On social media, the Chicks called Ms. Lynch a “bright light” whose “infectious energy and humor gave a spark to the early days of our band.” Continue reading →
When premium cable channels like HBO and streaming platforms like Netflix began to offer the kind of showcases and challenges that the best actors from the UK are always seeking, they leaped at the opportunities. Continue reading →
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