MassReconnect, which launched in 2022, offers free community college to state residents over age 25 who don’t have a bachelor’s degree. Continue reading →
Religious institutions from Beverly to Roxbury to Cambridge are opting to transform mostly empty properties into housing for lower income families. Continue reading →
The demand is the administration's latest salvo against Boston in its effort to punish local governments that it sees as unfriendly to its immigration policies. Continue reading →
Multilingual and bilingual programs in BPS are expanding for the next school year, but advocates say it's not enough to meet the needs of the current English learner student population. Continue reading →
WASHINGTON — A year after being lauded for its plan to replace thousands of aging, gas-powered mail trucks with a mostly electric fleet, the US Postal Service is facing congressional attempts to strip billions in federal EV funding. Continue reading →
WASHINGTON — A day after conservative activist Laura Loomer posted videos on social media of children from Gaza arriving in the United States for medical treatment and questioning how they got visas, the State Department said it was halting all visitor visas for people from Gaza pending a review. Continue reading →
As President Trump declared Washington, D.C., a crime-ridden wasteland in need of federal intervention and threatened similar federal interventions in other Black-led cities, several mayors compared notes. Continue reading →
As President Trump made the case for militarizing the streets of Washington, he used pictures of “homegrown terrorists” to illustrate his point that crime in the nation’s capital was out of control. Continue reading →
Valentyna Shevchenko, 69, recently fled the home where she had lived for 21 years, a place now threatened by a new Russian offensive. Continue reading →
Amid the setbacks for Ukraine from President Trump’s meeting in Alaska with President Vladimir Putin of Russia, officials in Kyiv found one glimmer of hope. They seized on a US proposal to include security guarantees for Ukraine, designed to deter future Russian aggression, in a potential peace deal. Continue reading →
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — Pope Leo XIV spent the last Sunday of his summer vacation with several dozen refugees, homeless and poor people, and the church volunteers who help them, celebrating a special Mass for them and inviting them into the Vatican’s lakeside estate for a lunch of lasagna and roast veal. Continue reading →
Stoughton native Frederick Richard deliberately drew a penalty for wearing shorts in a national competition, calling attention to the sport’s restrictive dress code. Continue reading →
The free Rat Walk was organized by the Rat City Arts Festival, a local group that hosts a music festival and events celebrating Allston-Brighton. Continue reading →
Some 250 very good girls and boys of a wide array of breeds, sizes, and skill levels participated in a North American Diving Dog certified event. Continue reading →
Mayer exited the Red Sox’ game against the Phillies on July 23 in the bottom of the fifth inning with an injury later determined to be to the triangular fibrocartilage complex. Continue reading →
“I wanted to break through the stereotype of what ‘the little housewife’ wants out of television," Ms. Hamlin said of her groundbreaking talk shows in Boston. Continue reading →
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