Every weekday during the Christmas season, Rick Banks spends some time after work in his “man cave,” memorizing the Santa jokes and children’s stories from a stack of well-worn index cards. Suiting up as a Santa means constantly improving their craft, Banks says. Continue reading →
Amid an outcry from juvenile justice advocates, who said the program would result in the over-policing of Black and Latino students, the city is reframing the effort as focused on connecting students with social services and other kinds of help. Continue reading →
Dunyadar Gasanov, 38, the former vice president of the defunct Westfield Transport in West Springfield, wants to get back into commercial trucking, and, over the objections of prosecutors, on Monday he convinced federal magistrate judge in Springfield to give him a chance. Continue reading →
The closure of Darwin’s amid union activity highlights the often fraught relationship in independent cafes, when workers and owners stand side-by-side all day. Continue reading →
Dozens of migrants have been spending their nights on the concrete banks of the river, awaiting word of possible changes to the asylum restrictions put in place in March 2020. Continue reading →
Dozens of migrants have been spending their nights on the concrete banks of the river, awaiting word of possible changes to the asylum restrictions put in place in March 2020. Continue reading →
A 69-year-old man was taken into custody Friday in connection with shootings at a Kurdish community center, a hair salon and a restaurant in central Paris that left at least three people dead. Continue reading →
Polar bears in Canada’s Western Hudson Bay — on the southern edge of the Arctic — are continuing to die in high numbers, a new government survey of the land carnivore has found. Continue reading →
A country trying to mourn its dead from an explosive COVID outbreak is grappling with a system unprepared for the surge in fatalities Continue reading →
John Eastman, lawyer and ringleader in the attempted coup plot, is explicitly named in the criminal referrals that accompanied the committee’s final report this week, and rightly so. Continue reading →
The Ways and Means Committee investigation was never about any one president, nor was it about being punitive or malicious. It was about the integrity of the presidency and the integrity of our institutions. Continue reading →
Price Meropol McMahon, 36, died Tuesday after her health rapidly declined. Her death certificate lists the shocking reason: complications from the flu. McMahon's brothers say she had no history of health issues. Continue reading →
A letter sent to families said school and city health leaders were discussing a masking mandate for the first two weeks of school after the break. Continue reading →
Democrat Kristin Kassner, a first-time candidate, emerged as the winner by the slimmest of margins over state Representative Lenny Mirra, a five-term Republican incumbent, after local clerks recounted ballots in the Second Essex district earlier this month. Continue reading →
The Celtics have not been the same team since their Dec. 7 dismantling of the Suns, winning once since, an overtime victory over the Lakers that required a 13-point rally to force overtime. Continue reading →
The approval comes as demand from the life-science lab market has significantly pulled back from 2021 levels amid rising construction costs and a shaky economy. Continue reading →
Xi Xi was a poet whose work described with playful humor and poignancy life in the margins of Hong Kong and the city’s limbo between British and Chinese rule. Continue reading →
A Grammy-winning producer, writer, and arranger, Thom Bell helped perfect the “Sound of Philadelphia” of the 1970s with the inventive, orchestral settings of such hits as the Spinners’ “I’ll Be Around” and the Stylistics’ “Betcha by Golly, Wow.” Continue reading →
Oscar White Muscarella was an archaeologist who argued vociferously that antiquities collectors and museums were fueling a market in forgeries and encouraging the plundering of archaeological sites. Continue reading →
For Stephen and David St. Russell, renovations on their 1893 Victorian in Dorchester started off as a hobby. Now, through social media, it's become their full-time careers. Continue reading →
According to Deadline, which broke the story of Garlin’s casting, his character will be a man who kindles the romantic interest of Devi’s grandmother, Nirmala, portrayed by Ranjita Chakravarty. Continue reading →
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