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After weeks of tense negotiations, state and city officials have struck a deal to manage crowds at a major transit hub for the World Cup. Continue reading →
State lawmakers included the changes in an agreement on a $1.56 billion spending bill, which would put money toward everything from early literacy spending to World Cup costs. Continue reading →
State attorneys general from Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Vermont joined in challenging the cancellation. Continue reading →
If Platner and Paxton win, it may tell us more about American politics and the changing definition of what is “unelectable” than Trump’s victories ever did. Continue reading →
Russia’s front-line advance in Ukraine has slowed almost to a halt. Domestic discontent is growing. Europe is providing new support to Ukraine. All this adds up to a loss of momentum by Russia, analysts say. Continue reading →
The reports by news agencies close to Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard came as tensions flared in Israel’s separate but related fight against the Iranian-backed militia Hezbollah. Continue reading →
Kenya's high court effectively delayed the Trump administration's plan to set up a quarantine unit in the country for Americans exposed to Ebola. Continue reading →
Senate races in Maine and New Hampshire suggest the region’s Democrats are moving left even as prominent Republicans stake out the political center. Continue reading →
This is not about whether people deserve forgiveness. They do. It is not about demanding perfection. None of us is perfect. Rather, it is about leadership. Continue reading →
The new owner, a New Jersey golf pro, intends to turn the 16-bedroom, 13-bathroom property — which once belonged to Michael Kittredge II — into a destination for corporate and family retreats and weddings. Continue reading →
The new legislation, which the House plans to vote on Wednesday, would apply that law for the first time to the governor’s office, but not to lawmakers themselves, who are specifically exempt from following it. Continue reading →
Méthot, who worked as the general manager and head coach of the NAHL's Rochester Jr. Americans for three seasons, replaces Kris Sparre. Continue reading →
Rent control advocates are floating a compromise measure that could cap rents in parts of Massachusetts while avoiding a bruising ballot fight this fall. Continue reading →
Edgar Morin, a French sociologist, anthropologist, ecologist, philosopher, and filmmaker whose work spanned epochs and disciplines, dazzling his countrymen with his erudition and life lessons learned in the Resistance, died Friday in Paris. He was 104. Continue reading →
Mr. Hodge finished ninth in the decathlon at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the same position his mother had finished in the high jump at the 1936 Berlin Games. Continue reading →
Twenty centuries are stacked in 13 feet of earth — or about the height of two-and-a-half Napoleon Bonapartes standing on top of one another. Continue reading →
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