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Alexei Navalny, an anti-corruption activist who for more than a decade led the political opposition in President Vladimir Putin’s Russia while enduring arrests, assaults and a near-fatal poisoning, died Friday in a Russian prison, according to Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service. He was 47. Continue reading →
Hot Oven Cookies owner Sheila Coon has long planned to open seven stores — one for each kid to call their own. But that’s just the beginning for this entrepreneur. Continue reading →
A New York judge Friday handed Donald Trump a crushing defeat in his civil fraud case, finding the former president liable for conspiring to manipulate his net worth and ordering him to pay a penalty of nearly $355 million plus interest that could wipe out his entire stockpile of cash. Continue reading →
WATCH: Friday's show. Stories include: More questions than answers as Spring Training heats up, and a split is brewing between the Patriots’ offense & defense. Continue reading →
Trump has studiously avoided taking a clear position on restrictions to abortion since Roe v. Wade was overturned in the middle of 2022, galvanizing Democrats before the midterm elections that year. Continue reading →
A news release from the Jackson County Family Court said the juveniles are being detained in the county’s Juvenile Detention Center on gun-related and resisting arrest charges. Additional charges are expected as the investigation continues. Continue reading →
He also said he did not want to play the role of a spoiler as President Biden nears a likely rematch with former president Donald Trump. Continue reading →
The announcement appeared to reverse secret Israeli efforts earlier in the war to promote the idea of sending millions of Palestinians into Egypt. Continue reading →
Harris’s speech precedes a busy weekend in which she will meet several European leaders, including German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Continue reading →
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived Friday in Paris to sign a bilateral security agreement with France hours after he officialized a similar one with Germany. The agreements send a strong signal of long-term backing as Kyiv works to shore up Western support nearly two years after Russia launched its full-scale war. Continue reading →
Anyone who cares about education should be focusing on not only how to respond in the moment but how we can work collaboratively to build a better campus for the future. Continue reading →
Renée Graham urged people to really talk about the impact of old age — on officeholders, on all of us — and readers have much to say on the issue. Continue reading →
The subpoenas follow nearly two months of haggling between the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and Harvard, which says it is fully cooperating. Continue reading →
The crowd in the courtroom Friday erupted in cheers when the foreman of the jury read aloud the verdict of guilty of first-degree murder in Chesna's 2018 killing. The jury found Lopes guilty of second-degree murder in Adams’ killing. Continue reading →
One of the city’s busiest streets has gotten so bad that residents made stickers saying their car “survived” driving on it. The city says it will partially repave the road this summer ahead of a full-fledged redesign and reconstruction scheduled to begin in 2025. Continue reading →
Jaylen Brown, wearing No. 7, will participate in the dunk contest Saturday, and for those 40-plus-year-old NBA fans, it will conjure memories of Dee Brown’s stunning victory in 1991. Continue reading →
The Celtics would have to go 16-11 or worse over the final 27 games to miss out on achieving the 14th 60-win season in franchise history and first since 2008-09. Continue reading →
The head of the IRS warned Thursday that proposed cuts to his agency’s budget would ultimately cost the federal government more money and pushed back against accusations that he had been disregarding laws for political purposes. Continue reading →
Fidelity Investments and Deutsche Bank AG are among the ranks of companies changing when and how frequently workers need to report to the office. Continue reading →
With almost 64,000 passenger EVs on the roads to start 2024, the battery-powered sector made up 1.3 percent of all passenger vehicles in the state, according to RMV data. Continue reading →
An Algerian general and defense minister, Khaled Nezzar was part of a ruling junta in the 1990s that escalated an iron-fisted campaign of repression and bloodshed against Islamist opponents that claimed at least 100,000 lives during an era called the "Black Decade." Continue reading →
A British pathologist, Anthony Epstein's chance attendance at a lecture on childhood tumors in Africa began years of scientific sleuthing that led to the discovery of the ultra-common Epstein-Barr virus. Continue reading →
Thursday night’s crowd was there for Lim, who is almost definitely the most famous current undergraduate student at New England Conservatory. Continue reading →
On her first of four nights in Boston, the singer performed before a rapt audience. At times you could hear the crowd not breathing. When it was time to applaud, they let it rip. Continue reading →
In her new book, the Emerson alumna explores rituals, magic, agency, and spirituality — and trouble as a good thing — through the lens of Black womanhood. Continue reading →
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