Local News Boston Medical Center is increasing security at its campus near Mass. and Cass. An exterior view of Boston Medical Center. Jessica Rinaldi/Boston Globe The head of Boston Medical Center said Wednesday that the hospital’s main campus is experiencing a rise in the number of homeless people seeking shelter there since the city cleared … [Read more…]
Travel Among the airports hosting meetings with airlines, pilots and drivers of ground equipment will be Dallas-Fort Worth International, Newark Liberty International in New Jersey, and Logan International in Boston. The National Transportation Safety Board logo and signage are seen at a news conference at NTSB headquarters in Washington, Dec. 18, 2017. AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, … [Read more…]
Local News The T’s plan includes 188 days of track work and periodic shutdowns on all four subway lines, starting this fall. The Orange Line. Carlin Stiehl for The Boston Globe, File The MBTA rolled out a plan Thursday to expedite track repairs and lift nearly 200 speed restrictions throughout its subway system by the … [Read more…]
Local News After an outcry to save Pumpkin the bear from euthanasia, authorities are asking the public to educate themselves on living with the animals. Pumpkin, a black bear spotted in and near Hanson, Massachusetts, killed two goats. Now police say they have to euthanize the bear. Courtesy of the Hanson Police Department A bear … [Read more…]
Politics “Leave my daughter out of your voice.” By Mariana Alfaro, Washington Post updated on November 9, 2023 | 9:35 AM Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley told entrepreneur and fellow Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to keep her daughter “out of your voice” during a contentious moment on the debate stage in Miami on Wednesday … [Read more…]
Weather Over the course of the year, 7.3 billion people, or 90% of humanity, endured at least 10 days of high temperatures that were made at least three times more likely because of climate change. A man cools off in a shower at Ipanema beach, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sept. 24, 2023. AP Photo/Bruna Prado, … [Read more…]
Politics Republican presidential candidates Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis participated in the Republican presidential primary debate in Miami on Wednesday, Nov. 8. Joe Raedle/Getty Images By MICHELLE L. PRICE and JILL COLVIN, Associated Press November 8, 2023 MIAMI (AP) — In their first debate since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, the Republican presidential candidates … [Read more…]
Local News Robert Silvia pled guilty to a charge of motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation. A Fall River man was sentenced to serve jail time in connection with a 2020 crash that resulted in the death of a 10-year-old New Bedford girl, prosecutors announced. Robert Silvia, 33, pled guilty to a charge of motor … [Read more…]
Politics A billboard announcing the third Republican presidential debate in Miami is shown, Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023, in downtown Miami. AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee By The Associated Press, Associated Press updated on November 8, 2023 Five candidates will take the stage at a whittled-down third Republican presidential debate in Miami as front-runner Donald Trump holds his … [Read more…]
Politics Lloyd Austin, US secretary of defense, during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 31. AL DRAGO/BLOOMBERG By LOLITA C. BALDOR, Associated Press November 8, 2023 WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. launched an airstrike on a facility in eastern Syria used by Iranian-backed militias, in retaliation for what has been a … [Read more…]