Flynn wants a hearing on the state Forensic Oversight Board's review of the Boston police crime lab and a residency waiver for its director. Durkan wants delivery-trip data and more parking enforcement officers.
The Wu administration is asking to accept more than $2.1 million in grants and donations, fund a custodians' raise, and has filed its first-quarter budget report. Here is each item and what it pays for.
A deputy city manager told the council permanent fencing is 'off the table.' A city engineer said Magazine Beach is still listed as a tank option in a draft plan filed with regulators in April.
A 7-point early lead for the starter-homes measure evaporated overnight. City results show where the yes vote came from, and the town-by-town count will decide it.
Question 1 passed with about 86% early in the count and takes effect Jan. 1. House and Senate negotiators are writing their own version, and Democratic supermajorities can override a veto.
The First Worcester race was the one GOP-held open seat still in doubt at 11 p.m. In Western Mass., a Republican incumbent conceded. Here is who is heading to the State House.
Most of the record-tying ballot has been decided. Here is what passed, what failed, when each change takes effect, and how Boston voted compared with the state.
Mike Minogue spent a record $19.5 million of his own money. Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll return as Trump faces a Democratic Congress.
Ed Markey beat Republican John Deaton by more than 30 points. Deaton conceded, wishing him success 'in his final six-year term.'
Race calls compiled overnight put Democrats at 54 Senate seats and more than 228 House seats. Alaska, Mississippi and dozens of House races were still uncalled Wednesday morning.
Gina Hinojosa ended three decades of Republican control of the Texas governor's office. State ballot measures went both ways on abortion and identification at the polls.
Two complaints filed Monday in Manhattan say Brave's crawler can't be detected or blocked and that it resells news to AI firms. Brave's response was not included in early reports.
Pressed on Fox & Friends, the president said the $4 billion could be counted 'any way you want to define it.' Netanyahu's office declined to comment; his political rivals said Israel learned of the change from the media.
In interviews and posts after Democrats won Congress, the president said he was 'a little surprised,' singled out Greg Abbott and said Democrats would eventually have to work with him.
The seven flipped seats came largely in states Trump won by wide margins. Two races, Alaska and Mississippi, were still uncalled Wednesday.
Qatar says both sides remain committed to talks over Iran's seven conditions for reopening the strait. Here is what each government said on the record in the last 48 hours.
Officials counted 289 drones, 59 cruise missiles and 17 ballistic missiles. A three-ton bomb collapsed a shelter in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, and a Dnipro hospice for the elderly was destroyed.
In the first generative-AI case before the EU's top court, Advocate General Szpunar set out two tests for Google's Gemini: how the article was accessed, and whether the answer replaces it.
Óscar Puente quit after a parliamentary grilling and withdrew from the Nov. 29 election. Sixty-nine people died in the second deadly crash on the Madrid-Seville line this year.
The exchange's preliminary findings trace the attack to June and describe attackers using an internal AI tool to move between engineers' laptops. The FBI has attributed it to North Korea.
Beijing's foreign ministry spelled out its aims Wednesday as U.S.-Iran tensions rose. Its Middle East envoy will tour Iran, Oman and Saudi Arabia this month.
Question 7 sat at 50-50 at dawn. The city that wouldn't be covered backed it more than 2 to 1. That tells you everything about who's scared of a 5,000-square-foot lot.
Question 1 won by one of the widest margins on the ballot. Lawmakers have a closed-door bill that could replace it. Read that sentence twice.
City turnout landed near 41.9 percent. On a ballot with nine questions, a governor and a Senate seat, that's a lot of people letting somebody else decide.
The closure plan dropped Monday. The School Committee votes Dec. 2. Two councilors are asking for a hearing and a delay. They're right to.
Cambridge says the MWRA dropped the permanent fence. The park is still in the draft sewer plan. Keep your eyes open, Cambridgeport.
Binance says an engineer downloaded malware disguised as a coding test. If it can happen at the world's biggest crypto exchange, it can happen to the job-hunter down the street.
Boston is 5-2 and perfect at home. Tatum (rest) and Pritchard (shoulder) are questionable, Paul George and Mitchell Robinson are cleared, and the rotation is still being sorted out.
Boston is 11-4-1 and 7-2-1 in its last 10. Pittsburgh is 5-8-2 with a banged-up lineup. The Bruins' fourth-line center spot is the question.
New England can start 4-0 at home for the first time since 2019. A.J. Brown's status, Andy Borregales' misses and a Nov. 10 trade deadline hang over the week.
Breslow and Chaim Bloom made their third deal in a year. Chad Tracy and Payton Tolle are BBWAA finalists. Sonny Gray is a free agent with a $10 million buyout.
The Eagles are 4-4 and 2-3 in the ACC. Florida State is 3-5 under Rick Stockstill. BC hasn't beaten the Seminoles at Alumni Stadium since 2017.
Tynan Lawrence scored 29 seconds in and then erased a 2-0 deficit. BC and Northeastern traded overtime wins. Here's how every Massachusetts team did, from the league's own release.
A third-generation Bostonian, a self-described 'trap feminist' and a two-time Boston Music Awards nominee, Brandie Blaze brings hard bars and a stage show people remember. Start with 'BIG VIRGO ENERGY.'
A federal inquiry into streaming fraud is open for public comment. Bot farms, playlist stuffing and 'ghost tracks' dilute the royalty pool that independent rap and R&B artists live on. Here's what's on the table.
The federal rate fight that sets what streaming services pay songwriters from 2028 to 2032 is underway. If you write your own rap or R&B songs, this is your paycheck.
Rapper, singer, filmmaker, professor, organizer. The Boston artist behind Why the Wild Things Are and 'Beast' has spent close to a decade refusing to pick one lane, and the city keeps handing them awards for it.
DistroKid says it distributes 30 to 40 percent of all new music in the world. UMG and Sony want monthly counts of AI-flagged tracks, the streams they earned, and how many trace back to Suno. Meanwhile, Suno is chasing The MLC's streaming data.
Spotify's Q3 filing puts the worst case at €538 million. A judge has already ruled Premium is a bundle, so The MLC would need to win on appeal. Songwriter groups say more than $500 million has already been taken from them.
The suit accuses Gary Marella and Bruce Seckendorf of taking unauthorized commissions on Verzuz and the Hipgnosis catalog sale. Marella says Timbaland knew and is blaming others for his own spending.
Fif told a judge Tuesday he'd drop it if Tia Kemp had just followed the order. The filings, the posts and the timeline say this one started with him. A Dec. 7 hearing is next.
The 25-foot-deep hole on Sea Level Drive forced 31 homes to evacuate in September. Malibu's city manager says coastal erosion 'is going to keep happening.'
The professor ordered 100 pairs of earplugs and gave 15 extra minutes. The union says administrators 'cannot expect business as usual.' Harvard calls the strike 'unwarranted.'
Soumya Raguraman's LabMatch, still in development, would let principal investigators post openings and students post availability. It won a university innovation award.
A Huntington News survey found 68% of respondents planned to vote but rated their knowledge of ballot questions at 4.34 out of 10. Harvard first-timers described the same problem.
The school bans unattributed AI text but lets each course 'differ from and supersede' its guidelines. Meanwhile, the Bok Center trained 1,556 section leaders this fall, more than double last year.
Historic surgical amphitheater. Free
Guided-tour sports history museum. $30 adults; $25 seniors; $20 ages 2-12; $15 military; $3 adults with EBT (Card to Culture)
Reservoir reservation and urban wildland. Free
