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 According to the MBTA website, patrons of the T will no longer be able to use the site to reload when the replacement site is live. A CharlieCard being used at the State Street MBTA station in Boston. The MBTA has often been the source of discomfort and irritation for Bostonians following an … [Read more…]
Sports News The event will be called the 2024 FM Global Championship and will be held at the club in Norton, Massachusetts, from Aug. 29 to Sept. 1. Rose Zhang of the United States hits from the seventh tee during the second round of the LPGA Maybank Championship in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, Oct. 27, … [Read more…]
Business It is unclear what exactly the Fort Point property, which is home to the light-up, roadside “Gillette World Shaving Headquarters” sign, will look like in a few years. The “Gillette World Shaving Headquarters” sign in South Boston. Nathan Klima/The Boston Globe In what will be an era-ending change for South Boston, toiletries giant Procter … [Read more…]
Food But a liquor license is not a given for the restaurant. Great Scott, a music venue in the Allston neighborhood of Boston that closed during the pandemic, may become a Taco Bell Cantina. Keith Bedford/Boston Globe Taco Bell Cantina has cleared another hurdle in its plans to open on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston last … [Read more…]
Commentary It’s an improvement … Except where it’s not. The new MyCharlie website went live on Wednesday, Nov. 15. John Blanding, Boston Globe staff On Wednesday, Nov. 15, the MBTA’s old CharlieCard website was officially retired “and replaced with an updated version that is more accessible and easier to use,” according to the agency. But … [Read more…]