Advocates had pushed hard for the change. “Often we wonder, is it worth it to testify? Is it worth it to show up? And the answer is yes,” said Beth Huang, executive director of the Massachusetts Voter Table. Continue reading →
Boston authorities declared addiction and homelessness in the city to be a public health crisis, while Acting Mayor Kim Janey unveiled steps aimed at combating the problems plaguing the local geographic heart of that crisis, the area known as Mass. and Cass. Continue reading →
Eversource says a western Springfield community has too many customers reliant on just one pipeline. But local residents and environmental advocates oppose the utility's massive new pipeline project, which could perpetuate the use of a fossil fuel that a new state law aims to eliminate. Continue reading →
During a substantive policy conversation with far more fireworks than were on display in previous forums, the candidates tussled on topics from policing to housing to transportation. Continue reading →
Less than a month from Election Day, new campaign finance data show a stark divide among city workers willing to put money behind one of the two sitting councilors in the race for mayor. Continue reading →
President Biden told Democrats during a private meeting Tuesday that he believed they could secure a deal on a new tax-and-spending proposal between $1.75 trillion and $1.9 trillion, far less than some in the party initially sought, even as some lawmakers later maintained it still would allow them to accomplish broad swaths of their vast economic agenda. Continue reading →
A Navy report has concluded there were sweeping failures by commanders, crew members, and others that fueled the July 2020 arson fire that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard, calling the massive five-day blaze in San Diego preventable and unacceptable. Continue reading →
Upending centuries of medical dogma, a team of South African researchers has found that breathing may be a bigger contributor to the spread of tuberculosis than coughing, the signature symptom. Continue reading →
The last three mountain glaciers in Africa are receding at such a rapid pace that they could disappear within two decades, a symbol of the broader devastation being wrought by climate change on the continent, according to a new United Nations report. Continue reading →
The gang that kidnapped 17 people with a US-based Christian aid group in Haiti on Saturday is demanding a ransom of $1 million for each person they are holding, the country’s justice minister, Liszt Quitel, said Tuesday. Continue reading →
A special Senate committee investigating Brazil’s response to the pandemic will accuse President Jair Bolsonaro of committing crimes against humanity for his role in the public health disaster that killed hundreds of thousands of people, a senior lawmaker said Tuesday. Continue reading →
The handling of the incident has spurred an outcry in the Massachusetts town of 30,000, where Ade and other parents say school administrators have brushed off queries and concern about bullying. Continue reading →
Nikole Hannah-Jones, the Pulitzer-Prize winning New York Times journalist who conceived The 1619 Project, said Tuesday that she was disinvited from speaking at Middlesex School, a private boarding school in Concord, during Black History Month. Continue reading →
Though some in Lawrence have long lamented the receivership, which the district was put under in 2011 due to poor student performance, the issue came to a head late Monday night during a meeting to address recent reports of violence at the city’s high school. Continue reading →
The videos are disturbing. A giant python wraps its thick body around the neck of a puppy, which thrashes and squeals in panic. A baby monkey, trembling and screeching in horror, is poked, prodded, and pinched inside a basket. Another monkey is forced to fend off a giant snake slithering toward it while tied to the ground. Continue reading →
The actress, who portrayed Thelma Lou, the patient girlfriend of Barney Fife, the neurotic deputy sheriff of Mayberry in the 1960s sitcom “The Andy Griffith Show,” died Saturday in Mount Airy, North Carolina. She was 95. Continue reading →
The actress, who portrayed Thelma Lou, the patient girlfriend of Barney Fife, the neurotic deputy sheriff of Mayberry in the 1960s sitcom “The Andy Griffith Show,” died Saturday in Mount Airy, North Carolina. She was 95. Continue reading →
The Boston Asian American Film Festival showcases 10 features films along with a wide variety of shorts, documentaries, and filmmaker Q&As. In its 13th year, the festival opens on Oct. 20 and closes on Oct. 24. Continue reading →
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