Melissa Hoffer started her role earlier this year with a mandate that essentially boils down to remaking the way that state government functions — from one in which climate change is siloed into limited spaces, to one in which it informs every corner. Continue reading →
Some residents of four nursing homes in Western Massachusetts are being threatened with homelessness if they don't leave quickly, advocates say. Continue reading →
New Hampshire saw the largest increase by percentage in hateful messages delivered through fliers, banners, and graffiti, according to a new assessment by the Anti-Defamation League. Continue reading →
The former foster children are suing the Blouins, Susan Blouin’s sometime boyfriend, DCF, and 17 current and former state social workers, supervisors, and investigators, alleging they knew or should have known that the children were in danger. Continue reading →
Massachusetts may consider itself to be a progressive leader in many respects, including climate action, but a new report on renewable energy in the United States is challenging that perception. Continue reading →
As political gridlock puts the government at risk of defaulting, President Biden on Thursday made an opening bid with a budget plan that would cut deficits by $2.9 trillion over the next decade — a proposal that Republicans already intend to reject. Continue reading →
A jury in Cincinnati found the two guilty of conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise involving bribery and money laundering. Each faces up to 20 years in prison. Continue reading →
The CEO of Norfolk Southern told Congress on Thursday that he was “deeply sorry” for the effects of the train derailment last month in East Palestine, Ohio. Continue reading →
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had to be airlifted Thursday to the country’s main international airport for an overseas trip after throngs of cars and protesters prevented him from driving there. Continue reading →
A Palestinian gunman opened fire on a crowded street in central Tel Aviv late Thursday, wounding three people before he was shot and killed, Israeli officials said. The shooting came hours after an Israeli military raid killed three Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank. Continue reading →
A barrage of more than 80 Russian missiles and a smaller number of exploding drones hit residential buildings and critical infrastructure across Ukraine on Thursday, killing six people and leaving hundreds of thousands without heat or electricity. Continue reading →
Changing clocks twice a year can be costly, dangerous, and, oh yeah, annoying. Beacon Hill should enact legislation to make daylight saving time permanent if Congress passes federal legislation. Continue reading →
After learning her South End apartment was the office of Dr. Cornelius Garland, who ran the city’s first and only Black hospital, Lisa Gordon embarked on a journey of discovery. Continue reading →
An all-girls Catholic school in Newton for grades 7 through 12 will close after the academic year and its 23-acre property will be sold, officials said, and a parochial school in Fall River is also shutting its doors. Continue reading →
The MBTA has fewer bus drivers now than it had at the start of the year, but instead of cutting service to reflect its shrinking staff, the agency plans to advertise mostly the same service for the spring, starting this Sunday, despite expecting to cancel about 5 percent of those trips. Continue reading →
The Bruins became the last team this year to suffer a regulation loss when leading after one period (28-1-1), and are now 35-1-2 when leading after two periods. Continue reading →
The Bruins perfectly executed Job No. 1, taking the puck and game and wizardry out of the hands of Connor McDavid, but in doing so perhaps lost their offensive spark. Food for thought given the tests that remain. Continue reading →
The new program offers loans up to $250,000, and a wide array of services, to help entrepreneurs from groups that business lending programs often miss. Continue reading →
Smaranda Albeck is getting ready to raise the curtains on the shuttered Embassy cinema, but this sequel features a big twist: Four theater rooms will be remade for Albeck’s rhythmic gymnastics school, Boston Rythmic. Continue reading →
At a TEDxBoston event this week, dozens of speakers offered opinions on how to use, and monitor, artificial intelligence as it becomes more powerful. Continue reading →
Mr. Topol charmed generations of theatergoers and movie-watchers with his portrayal of Tevye, the long-suffering and charismatic milkman in “Fiddler on the Roof.” Continue reading →
The half-hour show, about a single mom and her daughter evicted from their home, is rich in its characterizations and commanding in its self-awareness, but the journey can be harsh, especially as your hopes for the characters are so often dashed. Continue reading →
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