Police arrested 11 men and seized numerous firearms Saturday morning following an armed standoff with officers on Interstate 95 in Wakefield that began after a State Police trooper tried to help two vehicles parked in the highway’s breakdown lane. Continue reading →
President Biden will be tested as he tries to preserve a bipartisan infrastructure deal and address difficult foreign policy issues. Continue reading →
As President Trump and his allies looked for the pressure points in the country’s sprawling election system, hoping to overturn his loss, they met resistance from Democrats but also a cadre of Republicans who acted as the guardrails of American democracy by prioritizing truth and law over political allegiance. Continue reading →
The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan is leaving intelligence agencies scrambling for other ways to monitor and stop terrorists. Continue reading →
At a time of epic high temperatures, dried-up cherries with almost no financial value are just one of the problems that farmers are facing in eastern Washington, one of the country’s most productive agricultural regions. Continue reading →
Thirteen stripes, a dusting of stars, the American flag has had infinite meanings over the 244 years since the country began flying one. Continue reading →
A powerful mudslide carrying a deluge of black water and debris crashed into rows of houses in a town west of Tokyo following heavy rains on Saturday, leaving at least 19 people missing, officials said. Continue reading →
With the pandemic, hunting and culling stopped, the market for venison collapsed and, as a result, the deer population of Britain is exploding, decimating the plant life that many species depend on. Continue reading →
The fire burned for more than five hours before it was extinguished, according to Pemex, the Mexican oil company that controls the pipeline. Continue reading →
A powerful man escaping accountability doesn’t help Black people ensnared in an unjust legal system — or encourage sexual assault survivors to speak out. Continue reading →
A digital dollar under the control of the Federal Reserve would not entail the egregious consumption of electricity for which Bitcoin is infamous. Continue reading →
The Match Charter Public High School class of 2021 valedictorian aspires to help others through sustainability as she heads to Brown University in the fall. Continue reading →
Drownings are starting to look like an epidemic, the losses mounting as heatwaves, the lingering effects of COVID, inequality, and bad luck collide. Continue reading →
Aaron Briggs confessed to participating in the Gaspee affair in 1772, but some believe the multiracial teenager was looking to buy his freedom. Continue reading →
The plot of countless sci-fi thrillers — a massive space rock hurtling toward Earth — isn’t fantasy. Can a NASA-led team head off catastrophe? Continue reading →
A writer and editor who took part in the civil rights movement, Elizabeth Martínez was best known during a long life of activism as an outspoken advocate for Mexican American and feminist causes. Continue reading →
Second in command to President Nguyen Van Thieu of South Vietnam during the last six years of the Vietnam War, General Tran Thien Khiem fled to the United States shortly before the fall of Saigon to communist forces in 1975. Continue reading →
A pianist and conductor who specialized in music programs with a social-justice or political theme, Mimi Stern-Wolfe most notably held an annual concert that featured music of composers lost to AIDS. Continue reading →
He worked with Madonna, NSYNC, and Luther Vandross, and wrote the massive hit “Right Here Waiting.” In a new memoir, he tells the stories behind the songs. Continue reading →
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