The economic fallout would be even worse if, unlike in previous showdowns, Congress doesn’t ultimately raise the limit in time to avoid a first-ever US government default on its bills. Continue reading →
Massachusetts House Speaker Ronald Mariano’s decision to delay the swearing-in of two Democratic representatives-elect, and appoint a special committee to review the “legal issues” raised in their narrow victories, has quickly sparked fissures in the state’s dominant party. Continue reading →
The significant pay bump has raised questions because the claimed overtime implies a workload that some Chelsea staffers find implausible and because the director, Shereda Grossett, is known as an ally of the home’s embattled superintendent, Eric Johnson. Continue reading →
The recommendations come as BPS is struggling to implement a state-ordered district improvement plan that requires it to get at least 95 percent of buses to school on time each month, a benchmark it has yet to meet. Continue reading →
The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed New York’s new restrictions on carrying a concealed firearm can be enforced while legal challenges to the law continue. Continue reading →
Three months after the federal government stopped providing free school meals to all public school students, some districts are reporting thousands of dollars in unpaid bills. In one district, the unpaid balance for school meals reached as high as $1.7 million. Continue reading →
The US Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments next month over the extent to which federal law protects the tech industry from such claims when social media algorithms push potentially harmful content. Continue reading →
Brazil’s capital prepared for the possibility of more violent demonstrations Wednesday by people seeking to overturn the presidential election, with local security officials blocking access to buildings trashed four days earlier by a horde of rioters. Continue reading →
The fate of a devastated salt-mining town in eastern Ukraine hung in the balance Wednesday in one of the bloodiest battles of Russia’s invasion, while Ukraine’s unflagging resistance and other challenges prompted Moscow to shake up its military leadership again. Continue reading →
The amount of excess heat buried in the planet's oceans, a strong marker of climate change, reached a record high in 2022, reflecting more stored heat energy than in any year since reliable measurements were available in the late 1950s, a group of scientists reported Wednesday. Continue reading →
The Kennedy School allegedly denied a fellowship to a leading human rights advocate because of his criticism of Israel. Unless Harvard offers an explanation, it sends a chilling message that there are significant limits on which ideas it deems acceptable. Continue reading →
The “missing white woman syndrome” is very much on display in the enormous amount of local and national press attention being given to the Walshe story. Continue reading →
It’s easier to focus on the shining example of one player’s ongoing recovery than on the sport’s endemic physical and cognitive crippling of so many others. Continue reading →
In a festive march to fifes and drums, a replica of the wooden Sacred Cod that hangs above the Massachusetts House of Representatives was borne to Beacon Hill from the Old State House in a re-creation of its move there 225 years ago Wednesday. Continue reading →
A Brighton Municipal Court jury on Wednesday acquitted a Green Line driver of a misdemeanor count stemming from a rush-hour trolley crash in Boston in July 2021 that injured dozens of passengers. Continue reading →
Though it really shouldn’t, the fact that the Walshes are apparently wealthy adds another layer of intrigue to this unfolding story. Continue reading →
Mayo is already drawing interest for a defensive coordinator position, and he has made no secret of his desire to advance his coaching career. Continue reading →
Jaylen Brown punished New Orleans’s depleted frontcourt with powerful drives to the rim throughout the night, and the Celtics remained in control throughout for their fourth in a row. Continue reading →
The name of the nearly 20,000-seat TD Garden, home to both the Boston Bruins and Boston Celtics, is now set in place until mid-2045. Continue reading →
The investment will cover refreshed lobbies and entrances for both One and Two International Place, which were completed in 1987 and 1992, respectively. Continue reading →
It’s still unclear why the NOTAM system went down, or what was done to bring it back up. But there's no evidence that the problem extends to other portions of the air traffic control system. Continue reading →
Mr. Freire had stunned the surfing world by surfing the formidable “Jaws” wave in Hawaii without being towed in, a feat previously seen as impossible. Continue reading →
The cardinal was the third-highest ranked official in the Vatican after Pope Francis tapped him in 2014 to reform the Vatican’s notoriously opaque finances as the Holy See’s first-ever finance czar. Continue reading →
The Brattle Theatre and Somerville Theatre will cohost “(Some of) the Biggest & Best of ‘22″ movie screenings Jan. 13–19 at Somerville during the installation of a new sound system at The Brattle. Continue reading →
“Don’t Think Twice: The Daniel Kramer Photographs of Bob Dylan, 1964-65″ opens at the Boch Center Wang Theatre’s Folk Americana Roots Hall of Fame Jan. 18. Continue reading →
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