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…]
Local News One of the victims suffered life-threatening injuries, according to police. Boston police are investigating a double stabbing in Roxbury that left one man with life-threatening injuries on Wednesday evening. Officers responded to 1 Trotter Court around 5:45 p.m. for a report of two people stabbed, according to a police spokesperson. Nearby, in the … [Read more…]
Local News “We talked about a lot of different ways to attack the problem.” David L. Ryan / The Boston Globe, File With the state’s overburdened shelter system nearing capacity, Hynes Convention Center is among the locations being considered as an overflow shelter site by legislative leaders, The Boston Globe reports. According to the newspaper, … [Read more…]
Local News The rider, a 57-year-old Watertown woman, was taken to Beth Israel Hospital, according to police. Authorities are investigating a Tuesday evening crash in Cambridge involving an electric bicycle that left the rider with serious injuries. State police said its officers, along with Cambridge police, fire, and EMS, responded to the report of the … [Read more…]
The Boston Globe Not long ago, the co-working giant was Boston’s largest occupier of office space. A WeWork location in Boston on May 26, 2019. Bloomberg By Dana Gerber, Catherine Carlock, The Boston Globe updated on November 8, 2023 | 5:12 PM WeWork, the co-working juggernaut that once ranked as Boston’s largest office tenant and … [Read more…]