The family name still adorns the business Jacob Nissenbaum started over a century ago. But this unvarnished slice of Somerville near Union Square is about to vanish as the area is transformed by the Green Line Extension and a boom in biotech development. Continue reading →
Attorney General Maura Healey is the front-runner in the Massachusetts governor’s race. If she wins, her lived experience would bring crucial representation to the state’s highest office. Continue reading →
Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley’s original proposal to Mayor Michelle Wu, which the Globe obtained Thursday under a city public records request, puts the ultimate responsibility of executing the changes on Wu. Continue reading →
President Biden delivered an impassioned plea to Congress in an address to the nation Thursday night, calling on lawmakers to restore a ban on the sale of assault-style weapons and high-capacity magazines after a string of mass shootings. Continue reading →
The commander at the scene of a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, was not informed of panicked 911 calls coming from students trapped inside the building as the massacre unfolded, a Texas state senator said Thursday. Continue reading →
The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Thursday it would seek to return authority to states to oppose gas pipelines, coal terminals, and other projects that pose a threat to lakes, rivers, and streams — reversing a major Trump administration rule. Continue reading →
The concerted effort by the Proud Boys to join the leadership of the party has destabilized and dramatically reshaped the Miami-Dade Republican Party that former Governor Jeb Bush and others built into a powerhouse nearly four decades ago. Continue reading →
President Biden, who as a candidate vowed to make Saudi Arabia a “pariah” in response to the assassination of a prominent dissident, has decided to travel to its capital, Riyadh, this month to rebuild relations with the oil-rich kingdom at a time when he is seeking to lower gas prices at home and isolate Russia abroad. Continue reading →
With columns of Scots and Irish guards, throngs of Union Jack-clad admirers and waves of aircraft roaring overhead, Queen Elizabeth II celebrated 70 years on the throne Thursday, earning tributes from world leaders and ordinary people for one of history’s great acts of constancy. Continue reading →
As Congress once more struggles through acrimonious and so far fruitless negotiations over gun reforms in the wake of a mass shooting, Americans may find themselves looking north in befuddlement. Continue reading →
Activists plan to tout Massachusetts as a bastion of progressive trendsetting, and set a course — they hope — toward retaking full control of Beacon Hill. Continue reading →
Dr. Preston Phillips, 59, was at work in a Tulsa medical office on Wednesday when a gunman entered the facility and killed him, another doctor, a receptionist, and a patient. The killer then turned the gun on himself. Continue reading →
The union complains that Noriega-Murphy didn’t communicate with them before announcing more than 60 layoffs last month and has often tried to make changes that ignored their contract during her first year on the job. Continue reading →
Horford appeared in his 142nd playoff game on Thursday night. No player has ever been in as many playoff games without reaching the Finals. Continue reading →
Unlike in past postseason games, they didn’t let a poor third quarter cost them a chance at victory, and responded with their best basketball at the perfect time. Continue reading →
He alleged that a top Goulston attorney secretly advised Stephen Weiner, his partner in an $800 million condo project, as Weiner sought to back out of the joint venture. Continue reading →
Matthew López’s 6½ hour Tony-winning drama examines the dreadful toll taken by the AIDS epidemic, while ensuring the next generation understands the meaning of all those lives lost. The production continues its Calderwood Pavilion run through June 11. Continue reading →
"It’s long overdue for a local Boston artist to be on this wall," says Audrey Lopez, the Greenway’s director and curator of public art. Continue reading →
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