When classes resume Thursday, families should see improvements under the state plan, though much of the implementation remains unfinished. Continue reading →
The effort to pick a new leader follows the February 2023 retirement of former colonel Christopher Mason, who had pledged to reform the force. Continue reading →
WATCH: Reporter Hanna Krueger and the Globe Spotlight Team uncovered Ralph De La Torre’s secret financial dealings that put personal profit over patient lives. Watch →
The Supreme Court has turned down a request from Oklahoma to restore millions in federal family-planning grants that the Biden administration withheld after the state announced that it would no longer provide access to abortion counseling services. Continue reading →
The United States on Wednesday announced a broad effort to push back on Russian influence campaigns in the 2024 election, trying to curb the Kremlin’s use of state-run media and fake news sites to sway American voters. Continue reading →
Judge Tanya Chutkan wasted no time last month when the biggest case of her career — the indictment of former president Trump on election interference charges — was handed back to her. Continue reading →
The vote advances one of the most far-reaching judicial overhauls in any major democracy in recent decades, raising tensions in Mexico over whether the measures will improve the functioning of the country’s courts or politicize the judiciary in favor of the ruling party and its allies. Continue reading →
The political upheaval came after a series of blistering Russian missile attacks and battlefield gains in recent weeks and before a vital trip by Ukraine's president to Washington, where he plans to reveal a “victory plan” for the war. Continue reading →
Seven years after flames engulfed Grenfell Tower, a public housing block in West London, killing 72 people, a public inquiry on Wednesday blamed unscrupulous manufacturers, a cost-cutting local government, and reckless deregulation for the disaster, Britain’s worst residential fire since World War II. Continue reading →
The slow, progressive nature of CTE suggests Wyatt Bramwell first developed the disease years prior to his death, possibly before he ever stepped foot on a high school field. Continue reading →
"A binding code of ethics is pretty standard for judges, and so I guess the question is: Is the Supreme Court any different?" Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said this week. Continue reading →
Caught in the middle of a battle between her mother and Braintree Public Schools over her education, Samantha Frechon is again facing the start of school with nowhere to go. Continue reading →
The mother of a transgender teenager who was beaten up Friday night at a party in a Gloucester park said video shows a large group of teenagers attacking her son. Continue reading →
The debut of the long-awaited reduced-fare program expands access to more than 60,000 residents across Massachusetts’ transit system. Continue reading →
At 70-70, the Sox are at .500 for the first time since June 14 when they were 35-35. They have lost five straight for the first time this season and 11 of 14 counting the completion of a suspended game last week. Continue reading →
In an effort to increase the number of returns while maintaining player safety, the league has drastically altered how kickoffs are executed. Continue reading →
The drivers and the unions supporting them, SEIU 32BJ and the International Association of Machinists, have been organizing for more than two years. Continue reading →
The founder of the Woods Hole Research Center was one of the first scientists to warn about the effects of the pesticide DDT on birds and other animals and the effects of carbon emissions on global temperatures. Continue reading →
Linda Deutsch, a special correspondent for The Associated Press who for nearly 50 years wrote glittering first drafts of history for many of the nation’s most significant criminal and civil trials died Sunday. Continue reading →
The MFA said a scholar, who wished to remain anonymous, suggested the museum look into the origin of the necklace several years ago, before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue reading →
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