The BERDO Review Board meets online at 4:30 p.m. to decide a building-portfolio application from Retals LLC covering properties in Brighton, Downtown, the South Boston Waterfront and the Fenway, and to vote on extending a deadline for owners seeking flexibility for 2027.
Boston police say the department's Fugitive Unit arrested Dayanna Familia, 35, in Dedham on Saturday on a warrant that also charges drug possession, destruction of evidence and misleading investigators. A medical examiner found the child died of acute fentanyl intoxication in August.
The Nature for All Fund would receive half, then all, of state sales tax on sporting goods, RVs and golf courses. Supporters say up to $100 million a year. The state's fiscal statement says tens of millions would be diverted from the operating budget. A key clause makes all of it subject to appropriation.
Sprinklers were already running when firefighters reached the specialty chemical facility at 7 Mulliken Way late Friday. A hazardous materials incident was declared, crews from 10 communities helped, and the cause is under investigation.
The Worcester County district attorney's office says its investigation into the January crash has concluded and does not warrant charges. It has not released the findings that led to that decision.
Prosecutors called Birchmore's OB/GYN, her therapist, a friend and the father of her unborn child to rebut the defense claim that she took her own life. Defense lawyers pointed to her history of anxiety and depression.
Federal prosecutors served letters on 57 of California's 58 counties Friday, 11 days before the election. The first letter, sent Oct. 13 to Los Angeles County, asked officials not to verify signatures on or count returned ballots from people on a federal list until their citizenship is confirmed.
The National Center for Health Statistics counted 3,612,012 births last year. Rates for women 20 to 24 fell 6% in one year and teen rates fell 7%, while rates rose for every age group from 30 to 44.
As Waltham-based Boston Dynamics rejects an employee petition to cancel the $1.3 million sale, federal spending records show the order was placed without competition and describes the robots as being for ICE's Office of Firearms and Tactical Programs.
The president and first lady cast ballots Saturday at the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections office before he flew to a rally in Georgia. He used mail ballots in Florida's March special election and August primary while criticizing mail voting.
The World Health Organization's latest update counts 9,704 confirmed cases and 4,687 deaths in Congo from the Bundibugyo strain. Nigeria's health minister says genomic tests show his country's first case closely resembles Kenya's index case.
About 7.33 million Israelis are eligible to choose the 26th Knesset on Oct. 27. Lists must clear a 3.25% threshold to win seats. On Saturday, tens of thousands rallied in Tel Aviv for a state commission of inquiry into the 2023 security failures.
Ukraine's Defense Ministry said Saturday its monitoring shows Starlink and Starshield working at full speed again, including on equipment moving above 400 km/h, after more than a week of limits that disrupted drone operations. Elon Musk said the restriction was SpaceX's.
The government counted at least 400,000 marchers across France on Saturday over the cost of living and education; unions said twice that. The interior minister blamed late violence on 'ultra-left' groups and reported two serious injuries. Protests also took place in Italy, Spain and Albania.
I pulled the federal contract record on ICE's $1.3 million Spot purchase. It doesn't match the company's talking points as neatly as you'd hope.
An Auburndale woman spent more than $100,000 on a backyard shelter for her miniature horse. The city says it needs a stable. She's going to court.
The parents came to see the Dome. They also got a rolling screen with the president's salary on it.
He mailed his ballot twice this year. Now he's in line in Palm Beach, and his DOJ is telling California counties they could face legal jeopardy for counting certain mail votes.
Down a goal in the third against San Jose, Boston scored three straight in three and a half minutes. David Pastrnak's tying goal moved him into a tie for third on the franchise list. The Bruins are 9-2-1 and haven't lost in regulation in eight games.
Bo MacCormack III ran for 155 yards and three touchdowns, Mason McKenzie added two more on the ground, and the Eagles' defense scored on a 47-yard pick-six. Boston College is 4-3 and has won two straight ACC games.
Charlie Smith threw for 230 yards, 103 more than Princeton's entire passing total, and Dorsey Benefield scored Harvard's first defensive touchdown of the year. The No. 17/15 Crimson head to Dartmouth on Friday.
The former Boston College outfielder, from Lexington, Mass., launched a game-tying solo shot to dead center in the sixth, and Milwaukee came back from 4-0 down to beat Tampa Bay 5-4. Game 3 is Monday at 8 p.m. on FOX.
Joseph Strange worked at Eminem's Ferndale studio for 14 years, left in 2021, and sold at least 10 unreleased files for about $50,000 in 2024, prosecutors say. The government puts the infringement at $750,000 or more. Sentencing is Jan. 27, 2027.
Seeker Music has acquired the original and 2018 re-recorded versions of JoJo and The High Road and released a 20th-anniversary deluxe of The High Road. JoJo says she didn't take the decision lightly. The deal unites two versions of the same records that had been competing with each other.
Warner's lawsuit against the Ray-Ban and Oakley owner got headlines for Ariana Grande and Dua Lipa. The 427-work schedule attached to the complaint is packed with rap and R&B, from "Juicy" to "Lovin On Me."
The Pittsburgh rapper signed with 10K Projects and dropped "The Calm" the same week the RIAA hit him with 12 new plaques, including 16-times platinum for "See You Again."
ISM's federal lawsuit against Sony Music, filed Oct. 16, claims a 0.75% royalty where 1.5% was owed, a six-week stall on a catalog sale, and a 'no audit' form pitched as non-negotiable. Sony has denied liability, according to the complaint. Chris Brown is not a defendant.
In an Oct. 16 filing, Hugo says Williams is trying to 'erase' him from the duo, points to nearly 50 studio sessions from 2019 to 2021 and a 50/50 deal, and asks the judge for a chance to fix his complaint rather than lose it.
The week before his birthday, Drake became the first act past 350 million RIAA-certified units. Then he threw a 400-guest party at Casa Cipriani. Six weeks from now, his lawyers face Universal Music Group in a federal appeals court. Dez reads the timing. Speculation is labeled as opinion.
Laura Owens pleaded guilty in August to fraudulent schemes, perjury and identity theft. Prosecutors sought more than five years in prison; the judge cited her lack of a record and mental health. Echard told the court, 'She's not sorry. She's sorry she got caught.'
The JAY-Z30 run, marking 30 years since Reasonable Doubt, reached Los Angeles with a two-hour, 33-song set. Critics called it a possible test run for a Super Bowl halftime show at the same stadium in February, which remains unconfirmed.
Trustees of Tufts College v. SEIU Local 509 was filed Oct. 9 in federal court in Boston. An arbitrator had reduced the lecturer's 2025 firing for violating the sexual misconduct policy to a written reprimand. The case tests how far a union contract's just-cause protection reaches.
The Institute of Politics' 53rd national survey of 18-to-29-year-olds finds just 9% think the country is on the right track and, for the first time, more expect to be worse off than their parents than better off. The partisan turnout gap is the widest the poll has measured in a midterm.
The CERBERUZ team took first place in both tracks of NASA's LunaRecycle Challenge with a system that grinds mixed waste, including a foam that has no recycling solution even on Earth, into molded composite parts.
Officers working without a contract since July say MIT offered no raise in year one and no guarantees after. The truck displayed the pay of top MIT executives. The union says it does not plan to strike.
Landscape architect's home and office, National Park Service site. Free
Contemporary art galleries and campus public art. Free
Garden cemetery and sculpture walk. Free to visit
Historic garden cemetery and arboretum. Free
