More than 2.1 million people in Massachusetts are now fully immunized, and so is one-third of Rhode Island’s population. Specialists said the broad distribution of vaccines appears to have arrived just in time to stem the variant-fueled surge that was gathering strength last month. Continue reading →
As employees trickle back to long-dormant offices, they — and their employers — will return to spaces that look and feel different. But the most substantial changes may have to do with how people interact. Continue reading →
The low attendance rates speak to the difficulty of compelling students who already disliked school to attend when it’s optional. Even before the pandemic, the neglected schools struggled to entice high school students to attend class. Continue reading →
Two new buildings on Cambridge Street would have hundreds of private rooms for patients, and the project would improve a busy commuter corridor in downtown Boston while potentially serving as a key cog in the linking of the MBTA's Red and Blue lines. Continue reading →
President Biden moved to put four years of official climate denial behind the United States, declaring that America would cut its global warming emissions at least in half by the end of the decade. Continue reading →
The county sheriff declined to release body camera footage or give many details of the case, including the nature of the warrant, how many shots were fired, or whether the man was armed, citing a state investigation. Continue reading →
The Trump administration put up bureaucratic obstacles that stalled approximately $20 billion in hurricane relief for Puerto Rico and then obstructed an investigation into the holdup, according to an inspector general report. Continue reading →
President Biden’s three nominees to the US Postal Service’s governing board faced their first big test Thursday on Capitol Hill, where a Senate panel pressed them to maintain service levels and rein in parts of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s 10-year plan for the agency. Continue reading →
Tens of thousands of soldiers from Africa and Asia who died during World War I in the service of what was then the British Empire were not properly commemorated, partly because of prejudice and racism, according to the findings of an inquiry issued Thursday. Continue reading →
In Taiwan, one of the few places in the world to offer marriage leave to couples heading to the altar, a bank employee married his partner four times, all in a plot to take advantage of the self-governing island’s time-off policy for newlyweds. Continue reading →
A low-income fare program would provide lower cost, perhaps free, access to all MBTA services, a greater benefit to people for whom fares are a barrier. Continue reading →
In a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday against Governor Charlie Baker, Steven Florio charges that he was fired as the state's chief advocate for the deaf to give Baker “political cover” after controversy erupted around Florio's time in Kappa Gamma Fraternity. Continue reading →
In a vacant storefront in Newtonville, close to an ice cream shop, wine store, supermarket, and marijuana shop, a local businessman hopes to open Newton’s only gun store. Continue reading →
The plan, dubbed the American Housing and Mobility Act, is supported by an array of housing groups and the mayors of most of Massachusetts’ larger cities. Continue reading →
The deal, announced after the markets closed on Thursday, is the latest among a scramble of regional bank mergers announced in recent months. Continue reading →
Shock G, who blended whimsical wordplay with reverence for ’70s funk as leader of the off-kilter hip-hop group Digital Underground, has died. He was 57. Continue reading →
Several Boston-area breweries have reopened their outdoor patios for the season, welcoming visitors to sip on cold, frothy beers in the spring sunshine. Continue reading →
The season will feature four new concerts and two performances from the Pops archives, including a 1976 "Evening at Pops" show with Ella Fitzgerald. Continue reading →
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