Councilor Julia Mejia filed a new order on how to implement an elected School Committee, a question voters backed 78.7% to 21.3% in 2021. A youth jobs information request passed 13-0. Here is what the docket shows.
A new city map lists every Play Street permit active from Oct. 30 through Nov. 1. A $25,000 contribution from Elevate Cities paid for block party grants of up to $500. The city also set the date for its third Holiday Stroll.
Holly Heslop and Charlie Christopher say their chef of 28 years is returning to Colombia and it is time. The basement club where Lake Street Dive got its start is the latest independent venue in the area to announce it is going away.
The bill (S 3290) cleared Senate Ways and Means 15-0 and goes to the floor Nov. 5, two days after the election. It also carries policy riders on subscription cancellations and junk fees. Here is where the money goes.
Judge Richard Stearns said CMS had no authority to make people in the five exempt categories also prove their condition keeps them from working. Massachusetts helped lead the 25-state suit. The 80-hour work requirement itself still starts Jan. 1.
Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and 35 other attorneys general say GM's Smart Driver program fed insurers data that could raise premiums. The settlement requires express consent before GM collects or shares driving and location data.
Freight trains switching near the CSX intermodal terminal have blocked Front and First streets for years, sometimes several times a day. The state says the project is fully funded and in preliminary design, with an overpass connecting Front Street and 2nd Avenue.
Massachusetts First's chairman, a childhood friend of the Republican nominee, says the 'Massachusetts Mamdani' ads are not an attempt to split the Democratic vote. A UMass Lowell pollster says the numbers suggest it would not work anyway.
Gov. Healey told seniors in Attleboro 'I see you' but announced nothing new. The energy bill remains stuck in conference. Here is what help exists now, who qualifies and when applications open.
The advance estimate shows investment, consumer spending and federal government spending rising while exports fell. Quarterly inflation in the PCE index cooled to 2.1% from 5.0%. Here is what drove the number and what it leaves out.
Americans spent $113.1 billion more in September, but nearly all of it went to higher prices: real spending was flat. The saving rate was 3.8%. Here is what the Fed's preferred inflation gauge shows.
The Employment Cost Index shows compensation up 0.8% in the third quarter. Union workers' pay grew faster than nonunion pay, and health benefit costs rose 6.4%. The Boston-Worcester-Providence area trailed the nation.
Payment rates for major crops come in November; specialty growers and fishermen are being asked to email their own fuel data. Wheat growers say diesel is up 65%. Cattle and logging groups say they were left out.
U.S. District Judge Jennifer Rochon declined to block at least 10 other ads the plaintiffs challenged, and said the government may ultimately win on many of them. The White House called the ruling 'lawless.'
The filings follow a New York Times report alleging Democrat Mary Peltola's campaign helped recruit a candidate with the incumbent senator's name. Peltola denies it. The DSCC says it was not involved. Here is what is alleged and what is not known.
European leaders condemned the strike; Kyiv was hit by ballistic missiles hours later. Ukrainian and Russian rights commissioners said the U.S.-brokered evacuation from Oleshky was completed 'without incident.'
The U.S. draft got 11 votes; Russia vetoed. Russia's rollover got three. MINURSO, created in 1991 to organize a vote that never happened, loses its mandate Oct. 31. Here is what each side said.
Canada, Germany and Norway would fund the PAC-3 MSE missiles through the JUMPSTART program, with no U.S. money. Ukraine wants 100 a month this winter from existing stocks, after reporting 17 ballistic missiles fired in one night.
At a Geneva briefing, UNHCR said its Yemen operation is 19% funded and at least 139 people died trying to cross the sea in October. About 50,000 Ethiopians have fled fighting into Kenya through Moyale. Here are the numbers.
Resolution 2833 drops rural reform from the Colombia mission's job. Resolution 2834 renews EUFOR-Althea for a year. Resolution 2835 extends UNSMIL to Oct. 31, 2027, 13-0. The U.S., which opposed the Colombia mission a year ago, voted yes.
The vice president's letter to Iran's security chief reportedly proposes a 'framework for negotiations' and direct talks as soon as next week. Iran says it will not move on its nuclear position, and analysts warn the risk of new U.S. strikes is high.
Riders got a preview of why the work matters, and a Halloween weekend without trains through the central subway.
Judge Jennifer Rochon ordered three administration ads pulled on a Friday afternoon, and said so out loud.
The Justice Department wants Alaska to set aside every ballot ranking the second Sullivan. Its filing doesn't say what that would show.
Russia vetoed a U.S. plan for Western Sahara. Both sides said the fight was about a single letter in MINURSO's name.
The board, apparently. And it split the difference with a neighborhood group that asked it to wait.
Federal data out this week put greater Boston near the bottom of big metros for private-sector wage growth.
A season-high 44 points in the opening 12 minutes, a 78-49 halftime lead, and Payton Pritchard at 58 points across two games against Chicago in five days. Also: 60 fouls and nobody fouled out.
Brown was activated from IR not even two weeks ago. Now he has missed two straight practices. TreVeyon Henderson is questionable with an illness. The good news: Drake Maye and eight others came off the injury report.
James Hagens scored early, then the Blues scored four, two on the power play. Marco Sturm says the sloppiness had been 'creeping in' even during wins. Puck drop is 1 p.m. at TD Garden.
Boston traded infielder Tsung-Che Cheng for cash and outfielder Nate Eaton for pitching prospect Jareth Rayo to clear 40-man spots for players coming off the 60-day injured list. Gray, Patrick Sandoval and Isiah Kiner-Falefa elected free agency.
Benson picked off three passes to reach nine for the season, most in program history. Harvard threw three interceptions of its own. Dartmouth's Grayson Saunier scored twice, and the Crimson's home finale against Columbia is Nov. 7.
Boston College ran for 399 yards at Georgia Tech last week. Duke allows 16 points a game. BC leads the ACC with 13 takeaways. Bill O'Brien and defensive coordinator Ted Roof both used to work in Durham.
UMG's subscription revenue jumped 19.2% and physical sales rose 17.4%. But Lucian Grainge and digital chief Michael Nash used the call to press streaming services on AI 'slop', and hinted at pushing to demonetize it.
The Financial Times reported the timing and price, which Spotify declined to confirm. UMG, Merlin, Kobalt and Believe have licensed catalog. Artists still get to choose whether their songs can be remixed.
The North Shore rapper's November tour runs from San Francisco through the Midwest to Brighton Music Hall on Saturday, Nov. 28. The album behind it came out of a scare over his own health.
The newcomer's 'Bars On Guitars' social series mixes lyrical rap with heavy riffs and old-school samples, The Source reports. A debut album is due this fall.
The veteran Boston emcee and producer is rolling out 'A Notebook With No Light' one video at a time: 'All the Same' with EMS partner Kore, shot on tour in Hungary, and 'Hold On,' shot in Rhode Island. Method Man and 38 Spesh are on the album.
The Western Massachusetts singer, songwriter and producer cut the soul-and-R&B-rooted record in Nashville with Dr. Dog drummer Erick Slick, engineered about a quarter of it herself and is making a video for every song.
A 65-page suit filed Friday in Los Angeles accuses Gary Marella and Bruce Seckendorf of fraud and civil theft. Marella denies it and says Timbaland knew about a 15% cut on the catalog sale; the suit says the deal allowed 10%. Seckendorf has not commented.
A Los Angeles judge found Martinez 'did not sustain the applicable burden of proof.' Berry still cannot have overnight visits with their 13-year-old son, and the two must attend 12 joint therapy sessions. A hearing to appoint a therapist is set for Nov. 4.
A 31-page amicus brief in The New York Times' lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft argues the tech companies' claim that clearing rights is too costly is wrong. OpenAI pointed to briefs backing its fair-use defense.
The LLM Election Observatory tracks how popular chatbots answer questions about the 2026 midterms across user identities and over time. Early patterns show differences in tone, framing and sources, even when the facts match.
Sendhil Mullainathan was named a senior fellow; Alex Damian, Bailey Flanigan, Yunha Hwang and Manish Raghavan are early-career fellows. Two MIT alumni and a former postdoc were also selected.
ARTEMIS started with a weeklong institute at MIT Endicott House in Dedham and runs through December. Participants range from PhD students to pre-tenure faculty. It is funded by Arnold Ventures, the Russell Sage Foundation and the Sloan Foundation.
The physics department's tradition at Metcalf Science Center came the day after Dean of Students Jason Campbell-Foster's message to all students: 'the call is coming from inside the house.' Here is what BU is asking students to do this weekend.
A Crimson analysis of more than 200 Student Advisory Committee members found 58% of Executive Team members started in public service in 2016-20, compared with about 19% in 2021-25. Campaign jobs nearly vanished.
