Duck boat tours, nearly chock full, are again circuiting the city. The Cheers bar is standing room only. And Old Town Trolley Tours, no longer restricted to a solitary stop, are truly a hop-on, hop-off experience again. Continue reading →
With its cochairs at odds, a Boston School Committee task force failed to reach consensus Friday night on the fate of the entrance test for the city’s exam schools, after a heated debate erupted over what role test scores should have in admission decisions. Continue reading →
A Harvard Medical School professor who resigned from a US Food and Drug Administration advisory panel over approval of a controversial Alzheimer’s treatment called the agency’s decision “perhaps the worst” drug authorization in its recent history. Continue reading →
A summary of a 56-page investigative report released in the wake of a scandal involving the Duxbury High football team’s use of antisemitic play calls also found that coaching staff failed to model appropriate behavior for the student-athletes over the past several seasons. Continue reading →
The Boston Globe won a 2021 Pulitzer Prize for a series of stories that uncovered the deadly consequences of the failure by states across the country to track and keep dangerous drivers off the road. The Globe’s “Blind Spot” investigation, published over two days in August 2020, also revealed lax oversight by federal trucking regulators that also endangered lives. Continue reading →
The Biden administration said Friday it has dismantled a Trump-era government office to help victims of crimes committed by immigrants, a move that symbolizes President Biden’s rejection of former president Donald Trump’s repeated efforts to link immigrants to crime. Continue reading →
Vice President Harris discussed new guidance on $15 billion in grants to support child-care programs, forthcoming payments to families from the child tax credit, and a separate credit to help parents pay for care during a visit to a child-care center Friday. Continue reading →
Legislators said on the House floor that this could be the most important vote they ever cast. They then proceeded Thursday night to expel an unapologetic Representative Mike Nearman with a 59-1 vote. Continue reading →
For decades, Hong Kong’s movie industry has enthralled global audiences with balletic shoot-em-ups, epic martial-arts fantasies, chopsocky comedies, and shadow-drenched romances. Now, under orders from Beijing, local officials will scrutinize such works with an eye toward safeguarding the People’s Republic of China. Continue reading →
The outgoing chief of Israel’s Mossad intelligence service has offered the closest acknowledgment yet his country was behind recent attacks targeting Iran’s nuclear program and a military scientist. Continue reading →
Donald Trump’s abuse of the pardon power to reward criminal loyalists is a precedent for a future authoritarian leader to commit crimes without consequence. Its use must be curtailed by Congress. Continue reading →
MBTA and commuter rail passengers are required to wear masks in train cars and stations, according to federal guidelines, but it's not clear how strictly the mandate is enforced across the system. Continue reading →
The five-man staff has a combined 7.99 earned run average in the last seven games, and allowed 21 earned runs over 18 innings in the last four games. Continue reading →
The Red Sox erased a late 5-1 deficit, winning in a walkoff when Danny Santana scored on Alex Verdugo’s RBI single off the wall in left. Continue reading →
Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., and other U.S. technology giants would have to sell or exit key businesses under sweeping antitrust legislation proposed by House lawmakers. Continue reading →
A young Soviet ballerina who brought her Bolshoi training and remarkable style to Britain’s Royal Ballet, Violetta Elvin was remembered in the British magazine Dancing Times as a “glorious and glamorous” dancer. Continue reading →
A young Soviet ballerina who brought her Bolshoi training and remarkable style to Britain’s Royal Ballet, Violetta Elvin was remembered in the British magazine Dancing Times as a “glorious and glamorous” dancer. Continue reading →
The Pops will perform for an audience in the Berkshires followed by fireworks from Boston Common. The events will be televised live. Continue reading →
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