State inspectors have yet to set foot in most of the hotels rented at taxpayer expense, failing to ensure that the hastily arranged accommodations meet basic health and safety standards. When they do, the results are often dismal. Continue reading →
A Globe analysis found that more than 1 in 5 of the Massachusetts Legislature’s committees have held no hearings and considered no bills in the current two-year session. Their leaders still earn tens of thousands of dollars in additional stipends. Continue reading →
Paris elevated its terror threat to maximum two months ago, and the opening ceremony will be conducted amid the heaviest security in Olympic history. Continue reading →
Sea lion counters tallied 2,000 of the whiskered, blubbery creatures in the water alongside Pier 39 on San Francisco's northern edge. That’s 600 more than the previous record. Continue reading →
Several legal experts cast doubt on his chances of success in an appeal and noted that the case could take years to snake through the courts. Continue reading →
As much of the world has focused on the war in the Gaza Strip, Jewish settlers miles away in the West Bank have hastened the rate at which they are seizing land previously used by Palestinians, rights groups say. Continue reading →
The staggering nosedive for Africa’s oldest liberation movement put one of the continent’s most stable countries and its largest economy onto an uneasy and uncharted course. Continue reading →
The Marubo people are struggling with the internet’s fundamental problem: It has become essential — at a cost to their culture, family structure, and ways of life. Continue reading →
"Only a newly expanded (or restored) H1-B visa program will keep the United States in the game," writes one reader. Another writes, "Colleges must make it clear to [Chinese] students that they enjoy all the benefits of a free society." Continue reading →
The Massachusetts Tourism Trust Fund, which is funded in part by casino revenue, picked up the tab for Governor Maura Healey’s May trip to Italy. Continue reading →
“It’s important to live our values,” said Cambridge City Councilor Sumbul Siddiqui, who moved to the US as a small child from Pakistan. Continue reading →
Over decades, students at Miss Hall’s School told adults that history teacher Matt Rutledge was preying on students. They were ignored and silenced. Continue reading →
He will go down as the greatest "what-if" in NBA history, but when he was healthy, he played his position as well as anyone ever has. Continue reading →
Coach Joe Mazzulla has stressed that each postseason game, regardless of the hype and intensity and increased emphasis on every play, is just like a regular-season game. Continue reading →
Five years and four months have passed since the Patriots won their last Super Bowl, but it might be time for another duck boat parade soon. Continue reading →
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Nora Morales de Cortiñas, a founding member of a group of mothers who searched for their children who were disappeared by Argentina’s military dictatorship in the 1970s and who went on to become a leading global voice for human rights, died Thursday in Morón, Argentina. She was 94. Continue reading →
The shooting of Ronald Reagan happened on Ron Edmonds' second day as the Associated Press's White House photographer covering the president. Continue reading →
If the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., can be called the ‶nation’s attic,″ the Smithsonian-affiliated Springfield Museums stand in as the metaphorical attic of Massachusetts, or at least the Connecticut River Valley. They are perfect for a day or two of discovery. Continue reading →
Even if tenants win in housing court, the matter remains on their record. Landlord group says economy is hard on landlords, and many of these cases were brought after for-cause evictions failed. Continue reading →
Town home-style condo built on a rocky rise in Roxbury comes with three bedrooms, three full baths, two balconies, and a private deck. Continue reading →
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