Dozens of experts and advocates praised the mayor for doing far more than her predecessors to spotlight the climate crisis. But as Wu’s administration has struggled to find the right leader for city climate efforts, her broader mission remains undefined. Continue reading →
Presumptive Democratic gubernatorial nominee Maura Healey isn’t just casting a shadow over the contest to be her running mate in November. Her presence has all but infiltrated it, remixing how the candidates pitch themselves and influencing how voters may choose. Continue reading →
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an agency that has had its reputation battered by a series of missteps in the COVID-19 pandemic, and a slow response to the monkeypox outbreak, will undergo an “ambitious” overhaul, Director Rochelle Walensky announced Wednesday. Continue reading →
Rudy Giuliani faced hours of questioning Wednesday before a special grand jury in Atlanta as a target of an investigation into attempts by former president Donald Trump and others to overturn his 2020 election defeat in Georgia. Continue reading →
Representative Liz Cheney said early Wednesday that she was “thinking” about running for president in 2024, a prospect that would test the national viability of a conservative, anti-Trump platform that failed resoundingly in Wyoming. Continue reading →
Two of the most prominent women in Alaskan Republican politics — Senator Lisa Murkowski and Sarah Palin — appeared to be on divergent paths early Wednesday following the state’s special election and primary. Continue reading →
After years of testy, on-again-off-again relations, Israel and Turkey announced Wednesday that they were restoring full diplomatic ties and would be exchanging ambassadors again after not doing so for four years. Continue reading →
Ukraine is hoping that a new strategy of attacking key military targets deep inside Russian-occupied territory will undermine Moscow’s ability to hold the front lines ahead of an eventual Ukrainian counteroffensive, Ukraine’s defense minister said Wednesday. Continue reading →
On a recent scorching afternoon in his home state of Tabasco, the president of Mexico celebrated his government’s latest triumph: a new oil refinery. Continue reading →
The political action committee is expected to spend significant sums to bolster Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll in her three-way primary with state Senator Eric Lesser and state Representative Tami Gouveia. Among the PAC’s top donors listed on the ad: billionaire Robert T. Hale Jr., chief executive of Quincy-based Granite Telecommunications. Continue reading →
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu recently proposed hefty salary increases for several elected and appointed positions, including mayor, city councilor, and police and fire commissioners, saying the raises are needed to bring the city’s pay scale in line with its peers. Continue reading →
Mass. is the 16th state to allow high school athletes to capitalize on their name, image, or likeness — a growing movement among college and youth athletes. Continue reading →
McDaniels said the last two years prepared him for this assignment. He worked with vastly different quarterbacks in Cam Newton and Mac Jones. Continue reading →
Federal Reserve officials saw signs that the US economy was weakening at their last meeting but still called inflation “unacceptably high” before raising their benchmark interest rate by a sizable three-quarters of a point in their drive to slow spiking prices. Continue reading →
The therapy was developed by a Harvard grad’s nonprofit, Cure Rare Disease, to treat his younger brother’s unique form of muscular dystrophy Continue reading →
Frederick Buechner, a Presbyterian minister who found his flock not in a church but among the readers of his books, dozens of works of fiction, nonfiction, memoir, and theology in which he sought to capture "the elusive presence of the holiness of God," died Aug. 15 at his home in Rupert, Vt. He was 96. Continue reading →
Frederick Buechner, a Presbyterian minister who found his flock not in a church but among the readers of his books, dozens of works of fiction, nonfiction, memoir, and theology in which he sought to capture "the elusive presence of the holiness of God," died Aug. 15 at his home in Rupert, Vt. He was 96. Continue reading →
Boston’s first South Asian American Theater Festival makes its debut this weekend with an array of performances that highlight the many unique perspectives of the world’s largest diaspora. Continue reading →
Previously a part of the fall Boston Book Festival, this year's standalone event takes place in person, in and around Nubian Square. Continue reading →
The eight children who have been performing "Mom on Skype" — a series of monologues and songs — for US audiences will be returning soon to a country under attack. Continue reading →
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