Rachel Skerritt made history in 2017 when she took on the job, becoming the first person of color to lead the nation’s oldest public school. Continue reading →
Andrii Bezverkhyi, who runs SOC Prime, fled Ukraine’s capital when Russia attacked. His new office has chickens, geese, pigs — and a fast Internet connection. Continue reading →
Russia’s airplanes and artillery widened their assault on Ukraine on Friday, striking airfields in the west and a major industrial hub in the east, as Moscow’s forces tried to regroup from recent losses and their onslaught fast reduced crowded cities to rubble. Continue reading →
Deportations by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement fell sharply last year under President Biden to the lowest levels in the agency’s history despite record-high border crossings, according to statistics released Friday in an annual report. Continue reading →
Relatives said they would present Mississippi authorities with a petition signed by about 250,000 people seeking a renewed probe of the killing, which came to demonstrate the depth of racial hatred in the South to the world. Other petition drives continue. Continue reading →
Eric Lander, the prominent scientist who formerly led the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, is in the news again with the release of a whistleblower complaint about his alleged conduct as the head of President Biden’s Office of Science and Technology Policy. Continue reading →
The judgment comes at a particularly fraught time for London’s Metropolitan Police Service, which is dealing with the resignation of its chief, Cressida Dick, and a broader crisis of trust after allegations of misogyny, racism, and bullying within the force. Continue reading →
Facing a barrage of economic sanctions in response to its invasion of Ukraine, Russia has taken its fight against those sanctions into the nuclear talks with Iran, effectively holding up the nuclear agreement as leverage. Continue reading →
After North Korea tested parts of its biggest intercontinental ballistic missile, a sign that Pyongyang may execute a massive provocation on the West, the US Treasury Department announced new sanctions against Russian-based entities that helped cultivate North Korea’s military capabilities Friday. Continue reading →
Is using an Indigenous American logo valid representation or blatant appropriation? Naturally, the answer lies in the eye of the beholder. But it matters who the beholder is. Continue reading →
Europe’s increased reliance on Russian natural gas has not only contributed to climate change but has also put the continent in the position of financing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s brutal war machine. Continue reading →
The decision came days after the chief medical examiner’s office reversed its findings in the case, writing that Thomas Devlin’s death was likely not only caused by the injuries he suffered — as it originally found — but also a rare and fatal brain disease. Continue reading →
Jovan Vavic, who led USC’s men’s and women’s water polo teams to 16 championships, confirmed during a 2009 meeting that he flagged students as fake water polo recruits in exchange for donations from their parents, Ali Khosroshahin, a former women’s soccer coach at USC, told jurors Friday in US District Court in Boston. Continue reading →
A group of thieves crashed a car into the Chanel store on Newbury Street early Friday morning, grabbing about 20 bags before fleeing in a waiting Jeep SUV, Boston police said. Continue reading →
“It’s going to be crazy and it’s going to be insane, and rightfully so,” Celtic Marcus Smart said. “I think not just us, everyone is excited.” Continue reading →
While he doesn't see it as a perfect deal, Barnes said there are enough positives in it to keep the game moving in a good direction. Continue reading →
“I offered if they wanted me to help unofficially or officially to try and come to a resolution to sit both sides down, I would. I didn’t have to do that. They stayed at the table,” the former Boston Mayor told the Globe. Continue reading →
Andrii Bezverkhyi, who runs SOC Prime, fled Ukraine’s capital when Russia attacked. His new office has chickens, geese, pigs — and a fast Internet connection. Continue reading →
Despite some objections from neighborhood residents, the BPDA board on Thursday approved a 134-room hotel on Cross Street in the North End, along the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway. Continue reading →
For two decades, Elsa Klensch produced and hosted the fashion news program “Style With Elsa Klensch” on CNN, becoming one of the cable channel’s early stars. Continue reading →
With her husband, Don, Sally Schmitt opened the French Laundry, the now-famous restaurant in the Napa Valley of California, in 1978, and in doing so helped solidify the valley as a food-and-wine destination and start a culinary movement built on seasonal local ingredients. Continue reading →
An original member of the Willie Nelson and Family Band, Bobbie Nelson played piano for more than 50 years with her brother. She died Thursday “peacefully and surrounded by family," the Nelson family said in a statement. Continue reading →
Here’s our list of ways to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day this year, with everything from traditional Irish music and food to bar crawls and road races. Continue reading →
After three weeks, he still continued to call and text me, and a few times he asked me about going out again and I told him yes, but then when I asked what day he told me we should just play it by ear. Continue reading →
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