America’s 250th birthday prompts rethinking of historical markers
By Erika Bolstad, Stateline.org Most Revolutionary War history buffs know the story of Francis Marion, the Continental Army officer called the Swamp Fox for his guerrilla-style attacks that bedeviled...
View ArticleMarblehead’s Amy Carnevale reelected as chair of Massachusetts Republican Party
DEDHAM — Massachusetts Republican Party Chair Amy Carnevale won reelection Saturday to the top post in the state party, beating out a single challenger for a second term with a pledge to continue...
View ArticleWorcester County Sheriff Lew Evangelidis not ruling out running for governor...
Worcester County Sheriff Lew Evangelidis said he is not ruling out a run for governor in 2026 after an organization circulated a petition calling on the longtime law enforcement official and former...
View ArticleBruins survive late goal, beat Panthers in OT, 4-3
David Pastrnak failed on several attempts to end Boston's six-game losing streak but, with two seconds left in overtime, he finally got the job done. He got some help, too. After the B's coughed up a...
View ArticleTrump, Musk offer support of H-1B as foreign-worker visa under attack
The H-1B visa is having a celebrity moment, and it may never be the same. Created in 1990 and intended for skilled foreign workers, the visa had until recently remained little known outside Silicon...
View ArticleTicker: Wall Street recoils after good news on the economy raises inflation...
U.S. stocks dropped on worries that good news on the job market may prove to be bad for Wall Street by keeping inflation and interest rates high. The S&P 500 fell 1.5% Friday. The Dow Jones...
View ArticleFacebook's Mark Zuckerberg says ‘neutered’ companies need more masculine energy
Mark Zuckerberg lamented the rise of “culturally neutered” companies that have sought to distance themselves from “masculine energy,” adding that it’s good if a culture “celebrates the aggression a bit...
View ArticleThe ‘Worst in Show’ CES products put your data at risk and cause waste,...
So much of the technology showcased at CES includes gadgets made to improve consumers' lives — whether by leveraging AI to make devices that help people become more efficient, by creating companions to...
View ArticleJeff Bezos’ Blue Origin to debut new rocket in SpaceX challenge
After more than a decade of development, hype and pent-up demand, Jeff Bezos’ aerospace venture Blue Origin will at long last attempt to put a rocket into orbit. New Glenn, originally intended to...
View ArticleA major deadline was supposed to hold Beacon Hill accountable. Democrats may...
Public outrage over the appearance of a backroom deal to boost legislative pay and phase-out the capital gains tax led Beacon Hill pols in 1995 to put in place a deadline to halt formal lawmaking in...
View ArticleRevere City Council to consider motions related to arrest of illegal...
After looking the “other way” as migrants came into the city, a Revere dad says the arrest of an illegal immigrant who allegedly had an AR-15 and loads of fentanyl at a shelter is a wake-up call that...
View ArticleSpecial counsel Jack Smith has resigned after submitting his Trump report,...
Special counsel Jack Smith has resigned from the Justice Department after submitting his investigative report on President-elect Donald Trump, an expected move that comes amid legal wrangling over how...
View ArticleIsrael's Netanyahu sends Mossad director to Gaza ceasefire talks in Qatar in...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is sending the director of the Mossad foreign intelligence agency to ceasefire negotiations in Qatar, his office said Saturday, in a sign of progress in talks...
View ArticleTrump's words on Greenland and borders ring alarms in Europe
President-elect Donald Trump has tossed expansionist rhetoric at U.S. allies and potential adversaries with arguments that the frontiers of American power need to be extended into Canada and the Danish...
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Walmart rolls back DEI initiatives, Massachusetts AG Campbell urges retailer...
Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell is pushing back against Walmart’s plans to do away with its DEI practices, urging the world’s largest retailer to maintain the strategies which she says...
View ArticleFeline herpes is common and treatable
Dear Dr. John, A few months ago, we adopted a kitten from the local shelter. We were sent home with an eye ointment since the eyes were a bit red and producing a bit of discharge. We were told that the...
View ArticleToday in History: January 12, Haiti earthquake kills an estimated 300,000
Today is Sunday, Jan. 12, the 12th day of 2025. There are 353 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 12, 2010, Haiti was struck by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake that the Haitian government...
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Pols & Politics: MBTA pulls over OT train, Water and Sewer freezes up,...
The MBTA was once a bottomless pit of overtime. That's changed. Related Articles Politics | 2024 MBTA complete payroll: ‘Your Tax Dollars at Work' database Phillip Eng, the T's general manager, is the...
View ArticleSouth Boston crash into building leaves 1 dead, 2 injured
One pedestrian is dead and two people are injured after a crash in South Boston's Andrew Square. The crash is under active investigation by Boston Police Homicide and the Fatal Collision Team. Officers...
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Trump team is questioning civil servants at National Security Council about...
By AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Incoming senior Trump administration officials have begun questioning career civil servants who work on the White House National...
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