🏠 Top Spots to Live in Greater Boston in 2024 The glaring mismatch between supply and demand has meant soaring real estate prices for several years. Now, interest rates are nudging us to an expensive impasse. Read more.
“I didn’t have any proof as to why they removed me, but I had an educated guess, which is my politics,” said Porsha Olayiwola, Boston’s poet laureate. Continue reading →
Advocates worry environmental justice neighborhoods are being saddled with this infrastructure, taking away open space and exposing residents to risks such as fire, while wealthier communities that are more able to push back are spared. Continue reading →
The Suffolk district attorney’s office said it is responding to a rising number of firearm cases among young people while trying to balance how best to help children involved in crimes. Continue reading →
The president of Columbia said the university had suspended 15 students. She promised that one visiting professor “will never work at Columbia again.” Continue reading →
WATCH: They face stratospheric prices and aren’t likely to get much help. Reporter Hilary Burns shares the dollars and cents of higher education. Watch →
Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday told Republicans that the House would vote Saturday evening on his foreign aid package for Israel and Ukraine, pushing through resistance in his own party to advance a long-stalled national security spending package for US allies. Continue reading →
The Senate on Wednesday dismissed the impeachment case against Alejandro Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, voting along party lines before his trial got underway to sweep aside two charges accusing him of failing to enforce immigration laws and breaching the public trust. Continue reading →
European diplomats traveled to Israel on Wednesday to make one more plea for restraint in response to the aerial attack that Iran launched this weekend, but Britain’s foreign secretary acknowledged that an Israeli reprisal seemed inevitable. Continue reading →
The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah claimed responsibility for a cross-border drone and missile attack in northern Israel on Wednesday that the Israeli military said had injured 14 soldiers, six of them severely. Continue reading →
President Volodymyr Zelensky said the death toll, reported by the office of Ukraine’s prosecutor general, might rise and blamed Ukraine’s lack of air defenses for the loss of life. The prosecutor general said 61 people had been reported injured. Continue reading →
Despite what the MTA might hope, teachers do not enjoy free speech in their classrooms. On the contrary, what they say in front of their students — a captive audience — is a form of government speech. Continue reading →
The rift between Lawrence and Methuen highlights the difficulties municipalities can face amid the effort to regionalize public health in Massachusetts. Continue reading →
Out of roughly 90 potential jurors in the courtroom, nearly 60 said that they’d heard about the case. Two dozen said they had an opinion, and 12 said they had a bias against one side or the other. Continue reading →
The state Department of Fire Services has identified 50 lithium-ion battery fires in Massachusetts over the last six months, more than double the annual average documented by a national fire data reporting system, the agency said Wednesday. Continue reading →
The Waltham company said its new robot is electric powered and able to lift heavy items, twist its body, and eventually work in factories. Continue reading →
Joe D’Avena got an apology and an extra $200 after a pursuit to redeem his gift card to the now-closed Flutie’s Sport Pub in Plainville’s Plainridge Park Casino. Continue reading →
State regulators on Wednesday approved a request from Massachusetts General Hospital to add nearly 100 new beds to its massive downtown construction project. Continue reading →
The lefthander posted a 174-150 record and 3.49 ERA from 1965 to 1979 with the Athletics, Cubs, Yankees, and Orioles, throwing a pair of no-hitters with the Cubs. Continue reading →
The Democrat took upon himself to, for a day, do hundreds of unglamorous jobs in order to get closer to constituents and win their support. Continue reading →
The “Today” personality talks writing, cooking, his dream job, and favorite Massachusetts grocery store ahead of “Murder on Demand.” Continue reading →
Area secondhand stores where you can try on items before buying, and consign what you’re ready to part with — some offer online shopping, too. Continue reading →
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