The district spends millions each year to keep half-empty schools afloat, prompting calls from some community members for more efficiencies. Continue reading →
When a woman refuses to yield to an oncoming man on the sidewalk, makes the default pronoun for a doctor “she,” or asks a girl about her dreams, not her dolls, that’s microfeminism. Continue reading →
Rumors are swirling that the younger son of billionaire New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft is contemplating challenging Mayor Michelle Wu in 2025. Continue reading →
In closely coordinated announcements, the leaders of the three countries said that Palestinian independence cannot wait for a negotiated peace deal with Israel’s right-wing government. Continue reading →
WATCH: Ironing out business on the links isn't new, but how about wedging in calls with a sand wedge in hand? It's a thing. Reporter Mark Shanahan explains why. Watch →
WATCH: Director Maurice Emmanuel Parent and actor Kai Clifton discuss how the show exposes the heart and soul of an artist wrestling with his thoughts. Watch →
Last summer, two years after an upside-down American flag was flown outside the Virginia home of Justice Samuel Alito, another provocative symbol was displayed at his vacation house in New Jersey, according to interviews and photographs. Continue reading →
The settlement, announced at a news conference in Uvalde, involved the largest group of potential plaintiffs: 17 families of children who were killed during the May 24 massacre, and two families of children who were wounded. Continue reading →
With the election months away, President Biden is lauding his administration’s achievements in delivering loan cancellation to nearly 4.8 million people through a mix of existing programs and new policies. Continue reading →
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak of Britain on Wednesday called a snap general election for July 4, throwing the fate of his embattled Conservative Party to a restless British public that appears eager for change after 14 years of Conservative government. Continue reading →
Crowds packed the streets of Tehran, the capital of Iran, and Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, performed funeral prayers Wednesday for the country’s president, with senior officials from the Iranian-backed militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah joining the commemorations. Continue reading →
While Mexico’s brutal heat wave has been linked to the deaths of at least 26 people since March, veterinarians and rescuers say it has killed perhaps hundreds of howler monkeys. Continue reading →
History is more like a succession of random events to which we later assign certain meanings. Its complicated perspectives are hard to see, in real time or even in hindsight. Continue reading →
Why do we have so little respect for our fellow travelers that we delay their flights with our ginormous bags and then confront them for six hours with our most slovenly selves? Continue reading →
Magellan Diagnostics has admitted that it misled its customers and the Food and Drug Administration about a serious malfunction in its “LeadCare” devices. Continue reading →
Marietta Sullivan and Laura Sullivan testified that Karen Read fought with John O’Keefe during a trip to Aruba because Read falsely accused him of kissing Marietta Sullivan. Continue reading →
Though it might make sense to trade Linus Ullmark, the GM said he'd like to keep the tandem of him and Jeremy Swayman "because I think it’s damn good." Continue reading →
At least 67 communities have approved zoning they think will meet the law’s requirements, and roughly 50 of those votes have come in the last couple of months. Still, the opposition movement is gaining some momentum. Continue reading →
David Shapiro, a cerebral yet deeply personal poet aligned with the so-called New York School, whose highly lyrical work balanced copious literary allusions with dreamlike imagery and intimate reflections drawn from family life, died May 4 in the Bronx. He was 77. Continue reading →
Samm-Art Williams, who made his mark in several fields — as an executive producer of the sitcom “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” as an actor on both stage and screen and as a Tony-nominated playwright for “Home,” died Monday in Burgaw, North Carolina. He was 78. Continue reading →
C. Gordon Bell, a technology visionary whose computer designs for Digital Equipment Corp. fueled the emergence of the minicomputer industry in the 1960s, died Friday at his home in Coronado, California. He was 89. Continue reading →
"I really wanted to highlight how we are all in different parts of Boston, yet we remain connected to the shared experience," Lee said. Continue reading →
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