Globe interviews with two dozen students and recent graduates show that this year, Vice President Kamala Harris is losing young people from both flanks of her party over the conflict in Gaza. Continue reading →
As the Southeastern United States recovers from a pair of massive storms, how is climate change loading the dice for a hurricane to hit New England? Continue reading →
Question 3 would allow drivers to organize as independent contractors. But could this hurt the fight for employment rights throughout the gig economy? Continue reading →
Their studies have shown the importance of giving people a real democratic voice for countries’ economic survival, the Nobel committee said. Continue reading →
In the two weeks since Iran’s latest missile barrage on Israel, the Middle East has braced for Israel’s promised response, fearing the two countries’ decades-long shadow war could explode into a head-on military confrontation. Continue reading →
WATCH: Senior assistant business editor Andy Rosen unpacks the dollars and cents to help you decide if it’s an essential safety net, or unnecessary expense. Watch →
WATCH: Veterinarians are prescribing more and more antidepressants. STAT reporter Sarah Owermohle explains what the trend says about pet parents. Watch →
Federal disaster workers paused and then changed some of their hurricane-recovery efforts in North Carolina, including abandoning door-to-door visits, after receiving threats that they could be targeted by a militia, officials said, as the government response to Helene is targeted by runaway disinformation. Continue reading →
A meteorologist based in Washington, D.C., was accused of helping the government cover up manipulating a hurricane. In Houston, a forecaster was repeatedly told to “do research” into the weather’s supposed nefarious origins. And a meteorologist for a television station in Lansing, Michigan, said she had received death threats. Continue reading →
Vice President Kamala Harris has made an expanded child tax credit central to her campaign, and former president Donald Trump boasts, “I doubled the child tax credit.” With a quick look, voters might think the child-rearing subsidy is the rare matter on which the rival candidates agree. It is anything but. Continue reading →
Canada accused the Indian government Monday of homicide and extortion intended to silence critics of India living in Canada, escalating a bitter dispute that began last year with the assassination of a Sikh activist. Continue reading →
Russia has recaptured a few villages in its western borderlands that Ukraine invaded over the summer, threatening Kyiv’s hold on territory it views as crucial leverage for pushing Moscow toward negotiations to end the war. Continue reading →
Palestinian detainees have been coerced to explore places in Gaza where the Israeli military believes that Hamas militants have prepared an ambush or a booby trap. Continue reading →
Lexington has long celebrated its colonial history. But as the town prepares to honor the 250th anniversary of that conflict next year, many locals are working to feature the stories of Indigenous people as central to the town’s history. Continue reading →
Previous research has shown Boston students who completed MassCore had better odds of earning a post-secondary degree than those who did not. Continue reading →
In Rhode Island, Italian American roots run deep, and the annual Christopher Columbus Festival in its capital city is one of New England’s largest. But the festivities all but ignored the controversy around Columbus to focus on Italian heritage and culture. Continue reading →
The undisciplined Bruins fell to the undermanned Panthers, with too many men in black too often spectators — oftentimes from the penalty box. Continue reading →
“I put no limit on myself,” said Pritchard. “But also I have an understanding of what’s in front of me. And we have a tremendous team that could win another championship.” Continue reading →
Many lawmakers and business leaders are baffled by the mayor’s resistance to modifying her plan to raise commercial real estate tax rates. Continue reading →
After being paid significantly less for the same work as her male colleagues, Ms. Ledbetter embarked on a legal, and then political, battle to make wages more fair. Continue reading →
The Sack Exchange represented a high point in the Jets’ fraught history. Mark Gastineau and Joe Klecko, terrifying edge rushers who chased down and tackled quarterbacks behind the line of scrimmage, were the stars of the foursome. Salaam and Marty Lyons were the run stoppers. Continue reading →
The “Off-Campus” universe revolves around hockey teammates at the fictional, elite Briar University based in Hastings, a fictional town described to be close to Boston. Continue reading →
“Nassim” proves to be ultimately a play about filial love, intensified by geographically imposed separation from a beloved parent; in this case, Soleimanpour’s mother. That’s what makes the play, at its best, so moving. Continue reading →
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