Kamala Harris made history on Wednesday as the first Black woman and first Asian American to accept a spot on a major party’s presidential ticket, a moment intended to galvanize Democratic voters heading into the fall campaign against President Trump. Continue reading →
Speaking from a classroom in a temporarily shuttered early learning center in Springfield, Senator Elizabeth Warren said in a speech Wednesday night during the Democratic National Convention that Joe Biden “has some really good plans.” Left unsaid was that they were her plans first. Continue reading →
Nearly all Massachusetts students under the age of 30 will be required to get the flu vaccine by the end of 2020, state health officials announced Wednesday. Continue reading →
The COVID-19 pandemic has reshaped and redefined the discussion around how best to educate the state’s children and the state’s three influential teachers unions have played a key role in elevating health concerns related to reopening, Continue reading →
It’s time for colleges and universities to rethink their use of standardized test scores as a factor in admissions during and after the coronavirus pandemic, a report by the world’s largest postsecondary counseling and admissions group says. Continue reading →
Deaths in Florida from the coronavirus surpassed 10,000, while teachers and state officials argued in court over whether in-person schools should reopen this month. Continue reading →
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s postmaster general has no intention of restoring mail equipment or funding overtime hours he cut, despite public outcry that operational changes are undermining service before the November election. Continue reading →
Venezuelan officials are denouncing people who may have come into contact with the coronavirus as “bioterrorists” and urging their neighbors to report them. The government is detaining and intimidating doctors and specialists who question the president’s policies on the virus. Continue reading →
The Wednesday rally, led by City Life/Vida Urbana, a housing justice organization, started with a caravan from Jamaica Plain to the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building, where the BPS superintendent and school committee are headquartered. Continue reading →
In recent weeks, Kennedy has sharpened his attempts to paint Markey as out-of-touch with constituents. But has Kennedy, whose polling lead has diminished, waited too long to push this sharply unflattering portrait? Continue reading →
A Florida appellate court on Wednesday upheld a lower court ruling tossing video footage that allegedly captured New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft paying for sex on two consecutive days at a spa in that state last year. Continue reading →
The seaside city was having a moment before COVID-19 hit. Revere’s revival was well underway until the pandemic wreaked health and economic havoc in a city that’s home to many immigrants and service industry workers. When and how it emerges will provide a measure of the “new” Revere’s resiliency. Continue reading →
Dan H. Fenn was a staff assistant to President John F. Kennedy before becoming the first director of the JFK's presidential library. Continue reading →
Acclaimed photographer Dan Budnik, noted for his portraits of artists in New York in the 1960s and documenting the civil rights movement and Native American culture, has died. He was 87. Continue reading →
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