For decades, Boston residents have been promised a transformed Charles River. State officials are proposing an about-face on that longstanding promise. Continue reading →
US District Court Judge Indira Talwani said she hopes to file a decision today on whether to force the administration to use billions of dollars to fund food stamps after Nov. 1. Continue reading →
The agreement was a win for the world economy, but was brokered under the shadow of a new and sudden amplification of nuclear threats between global powers. Continue reading →
The Defense Department’s newly established “quick reaction force” within the National Guard must be ready for deployment by Jan. 1, according to internal documents. Continue reading →
Every Monday morning, Mexico’s top diplomat in Los Angeles, Carlos González Gutiérrez, holds public forums that have become a kind of help desk for Mexican nationals whose lives have been upended by the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Continue reading →
Authorities said three of the four alleged members of the “commando” team, as French media have dubbed the robbers, are now in custody. Continue reading →
Hundreds of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Israelis converged on Jerusalem on Thursday for a mass demonstration against efforts to enlist some of them in the military, a protest that is likely to deepen divisions in a country reeling from two years of war. Continue reading →
The rumble of large machinery, whine of chain saws, and chopping of machetes echoed through communities across the northern Caribbean on Thursday as they dug out from the destruction of Hurricane Melissa. Continue reading →
"The issue isn’t that 'outliers' charge too much," writes a retired physician. "The problem is that many physicians, at least in primary care, charge too little." Continue reading →
In the stores I visited in Japan, you could buy umbrellas and underwear, stationery or sake. You could pay an electric bill, top up a metro card, make photocopies, buy tickets to events, use the spotless bathrooms. Continue reading →
The decision in the case of Robert C. Devine followed secret disciplinary hearings held in June and July by the Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission. Continue reading →
This spring, Ashby was at Patriot Place picking up some dinner. That’s when Connor Vigneau, the long snapper for the Walpole High football team, spotted him. Continue reading →
So far this month, there have been six winner-take-all games: three best-of-three Wild Card Series, two best-of-five Division Series, and the seven-game Blue Jays-Mariners American League Championship Series. Continue reading →
Maria Riva, an actress and author who spent much of her life as a self-described "handmaiden" to her mother - the German-born Hollywood star Marlene Dietrich - and who wrote a harrowing biography that sought to demystify the complicated woman behind the glamorous legend, died Oct. 29 at her son's home in Gila, New Mexico. She was 100. Continue reading →
Rabbi Arthur Waskow, an influential leader of the Jewish Renewal movement that sought to make worship more spirited, participatory and egalitarian and who called on followers to work actively for social justice, peace and environmental preservation, died Monday at his home in Philadelphia. He was 92. Continue reading →
A new poll found that a vast majority of Gen Z is willing to splurge on nonessentials like streaming services and dining out despite economic uncertainty. Continue reading →
From bad weather to expensive costumes to one other seriously scary thing just around the corner, here's what's got me worried this week. Continue reading →
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