Legislature forms yet another joint committee, this one to tackle voter petitions
With an unusually high number of initiative petitions to consider this year, leaders in the Legislature have announced they will tackle the long list of...
Jimy Williams, ’97-01 Red Sox manager and ultimate baseball coach, passes away
There was something very Forrest Gump-ian about former Red Sox manager Jimy Williams, who passed away on Friday at 80 years old after a brief...
4 dead, including Florida man suspected of shooting and wounding 2 police officers
PALM BAY, Fla. (AP) — Four people were killed in a city on Florida’s Space Coast, including a retired priest and a man accused of...
Boston Mayor Wu calls Roxbury rec center ‘painful’ option for migrants
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu criticized a state plan to use a Roxbury community center as an overflow site for migrants with emergency shelters at capacity,...
Opinion: Is Gentrification Changing How New Yorkers Grieve?
“Gentrification is known to have profound effects on village life and the social fabric of cities. Ask any abuelita and she’ll tell you about new...
Chicago to extend migrant shelter stay limits over concerns about long-term housing, employment
By SOPHIA TAREEN (Associated Press) CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago will again extend its 60-day limit on shelter stays for asylum seekers, Mayor Brandon Johnson announced,...