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The British are coming, and so are the crowds. Hundreds of people will be in Lexington, Massachusetts, to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. The Battle of Lexington, the war’s first major battle, will be reenacted with muskets and minutemen on Saturday. “We’ve been planning this for over seven years, and to have…
ST. LOUIS — Who knew being the bad guy could be this much fun? “Oh, yeah. Now it’s a whole other level of this,” Carter King, loquacious captain of the DU Pioneers hockey team, reflected recently. “No one wants us to win. I think that’s pretty clear. Especially when you win a lot recently, teams…
A controversial plan to close and merge several Boston public schools will go into effect in the 2026-2027 school year after the city’s school committee approved the proposal Thursday. That means hundreds of students will be relocated. Thursday night, the Boston School Committee voted 5-1 to merge two schools and close four others – including…
Arrests continue in immigrant-heavy Massachusetts communities like Everett and Chelsea, with residents documenting enforcement actions on social media. The apparent uptick in arrests comes nearly a month after President Donald Trump’s border czar, Tom Homan, declared he would be “bringing hell” to Boston and other sanctuary cities. Some in the immigrant community believe recent arrests…
There was a tone of woe and worry at Boston Children’s Hospital Monday as the iconic health care facility operates in a state of flux. The hospital fears its $230 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health could be cut off. Gov. Maura Healey said at least half of that total is at…
Boston police have released surveillance photos of a man accused of assaulting two teenagers at a YMCA in Brighton Wednesday afternoon. The victims’ mother says her 14-year-old son was attacked after a basketball game, and his 17-year-old brother was also hurt standing up for him. Police say the 21-year-old man responsible ran off after the…
Days away from the St. Patrick’s Day Parade this weekend, organizers plan to implement a few changes to the parade in an effort to keep things safer than last year. For starters, this year’s parade will begin an hour and a half earlier, at 11:30 a.m. Sunday. “Last year at the parade, it was an…
Authorities have released new details on the wrapped body that was caught by fishermen off the coast of Massachusetts last week. The person’s death is not considered suspicious, the Suffolk District Attorney’s Office said Monday, and appears to be consistent with having been buried at sea. The person was a woman in her 60s who…
Two people were injured in a shooting overnight in Downtown Crossing in Boston. Boston police said they responded to a reported shooting on Kingston Street around 12:25 a.m. on Saturday. When they arrived, officers found a 36-year-old man suffering from a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. He was taken by ambulance to a local hospital for treatment….
There’s a new push to save a controversial bus lane in Boston. Mayor Michelle Wu announced last month that the city would be removing the lane on Boylston Street, which was first installed during the Orange Lane shutdown in 2022 to accommodate the shuttle buses that were replacing service. It was finalized in July 2024…
