Three city notices that have drawn little attention add up to a disruptive few days in Cambridge. The half marathon now starts and ends on Land Boulevard, so the closures differ from past years.
The ranking leans on MCAS results and adjusts for students' economic background. Parents and the superintendent welcomed it but cautioned against reading too much into test scores, which have slipped statewide since the pandemic.
The project to add two elevators and replace another was designed starting in 2019 and once projected to finish in mid-2026. The T updated its timeline only after Cambridge Day asked, and it declined to answer 14 questions.
The Oct. 22 letter seeks a narrow exception letting sheriffs alert ICE before releasing some pretrial detainees charged with violent crimes. Within a week it became a campaign issue, the Democratic sheriffs endorsed Healey, and their association asked everyone to stop treating it as politics.
State figures through Wednesday put pre-Election Day turnout at 17.3% of registered voters, already 36% of all ballots cast in the 2022 governor's race. A state advisory to clerks lays out why some counting continues for two weeks after the polls close.
The MBTA extended its East Boston, Lynn, Winthrop and Quincy boats to Dec. 31. It also scheduled two online meetings in November on turning the Commuter Rail into a more frequent Regional Rail system.
The 350,000-square-foot building replaces the 1952 Soldiers' Home and nearly doubles its capacity. The state's veterans secretary apologized to families who learned of Thursday's ceremony only this week.
Prosecutors say double jeopardy does not bar a retrial after September's mistrial and want to keep pursuing the case. The defense says the judge should have questioned the lone holdout juror. A gag order request is also pending.
Massachusetts has as many as 350,000 Brazilian residents, the state's largest immigrant group. Interviews outside the polls show a community split by class, church and education, and conflicted over deportations.
A state-by-state reading of the University of Florida Election Lab's data shows where the early surge is concentrated, what the party registration numbers do and do not say, and how New England compares.
Google's parent reported record cloud growth and its fastest search query growth in five years. Its filing also shows negative free cash flow of $9.1 billion and an $8.2 billion swing in other income.
The Justice Department's Operation Ghostbusters alleges that money mules in New Jersey, Virginia and Nebraska moved stolen federal student aid to Kenya. The court cases are far smaller than the headline figures, which describe suspected exposure, not proven losses.
The agreement, effective immediately, lets survivors who pursue charges pick State Police or campus police. It comes as Cornell's faculty prepares a no-confidence vote and the state attorney general reviews a 2024 fraternity case.
Grand jury subpoenas went to at least two employees of the Los Angeles County registrar a day after a federal judge rejected the department's bid to set aside California ballots. In Alaska, the department filed an amended complaint in the two-Sullivan Senate race.
VA data obtained by NPR show 63% of veterans who got a loan modification saw their payment rise, compared with 2% for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans. A replacement program took more than 13 months to design, and most lenders still do not offer it.
Victoria's Court of Appeal rejected all of Erin Patterson's grounds, including that jurors shared a hotel with the lead detective, then granted prosecutors' appeal and struck out her 33-year non-parole period. She is only the second woman in Australia given a whole-of-life term.
Xinhua's official text shows 162 full and 117 alternate Central Committee members attended, the first time under Xi Jinping that attendance fell below 300. The last remaining general on the Central Military Commission besides Xi joins the Politburo.
Imaan Mazari-Hazir and her husband Hadi Ali Chattha, already jailed since January, were convicted over moving barriers on a cricket convoy route. Amnesty International calls the verdict "an indictment of Pakistan's justice system."
Japan's defense minister announced a final assembly and inspection plant for the F-35's main air-to-air missile and a deal to share data to boost SM-3 interceptor output. The Pentagon's readout did not mention either.
The Nobel laureate thanked the Trump administration for capturing Nicolás Maduro, said she had no invitation from interim President Delcy Rodríguez, and will stay out of election talks. Neither side has set a date.
Days after ousting Aleksandar Vučić's party, the movement born of the 2024 Novi Sad canopy collapse wants dismissals before evidence can be destroyed. Acting President Ana Brnabić calls it "revolutionary justice."
Candy and gum prices are up 7.7% in a year, more than food overall. Halloween spending still hits a record $13.5 billion.
NPR found 37 websites, all set up the same day, posing as local news and promoting mostly Democrats. Nobody will say who runs them.
Two new surveys show kids start before 13 and use chatbots for both homework and comfort. One study found companionship users got lonelier.
The MWRA, Cambridge and Somerville want the middle option. Critics want zero overflows. Everybody hates the tank under Magazine Beach.
The College floated a grab-and-go Fly-By spot in Zimmer Hall. Students like the idea, mostly. They also want their Clover back.
The rapper urged New Yorkers to vote for Republican Bruce Blakeman. The governor, who leads in recent polls, fired back from Albany.
James Hagens scored early, then the Blues scored four straight, two on the power play. Boston's eight-game point streak turned into a two-game road skid, but the Bruins still sit first in the Atlantic heading into Saturday's 1 p.m. home game with Chicago.
Boston (3-1) beat Chicago 134-99 on Monday. Tonight at 7:30 at TD Garden, the Celtics honor Boston Children's Hospital a day after their owners announced the largest gift in the hospital's history.
Brown (ankle/knee) and rookie running back TreVeyon Henderson (illness) sat out Thursday. Drake Maye was a full participant again. New England (4-3) plays at 1-5 Miami on Sunday at 4:25 p.m.
Jordan Love threw three touchdown passes and Green Bay sacked Bryce Young six times on Thursday night. Christian Watson left for the hospital and came back. The Packers (5-3) visit Gillette after the Patriots' trip to Miami.
The No. 13/16 Crimson visit Dartmouth at 7 p.m. on ESPNU with first place in the Ivy League on the line for a second straight week. Harvard leads the series 75-48-5 and has won four straight.
Boston sent the utility outfielder to the Athletics for right-hander Jareth Rayo, who made his pro debut in the Dominican Summer League this year. MLB.com ties it to a 40-man roster crunch.
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.
Spotify's third-quarter SEC filing puts its exposure in The MLC's bundling lawsuit at about €538 million if the collective wins outright, up €65 million in one quarter. Spotify is winning in court so far. Songwriters say they've already lost.
The tool will be a paid Premium add-on for AI-powered remixes and covers. Believe says artists must opt in twice. Spotify's own Q3 release, two days later, doesn't mention it.
The Shakespearean actor who became one of science fiction's most recognizable faces died at home in Los Angeles, according to a post on his social media pages, after what it called a "brief and poignant journey" with Alzheimer's disease and Lewy body dementia.
On Club Shay Shay, the independent Texas rapper said his streaming check is his leverage with the majors. Public Spotify tracking shows roughly 4 million of his streams a day. The math says the claim is possible. The word "made" is doing a lot of work.
In a GQ conversation in Las Vegas, Cole said the sold-out tour for "The Fall-Off" changed his mind about quitting. He also said two Kendrick Lamar features he had on the album put him in a "weird position" during their 2024 battle.
Harvard's graduate workers walked out Tuesday for the second time this year. At MIT, graduate workers and 600 facilities workers have both voted to authorize strikes and held a joint practice picket Thursday. A side-by-side look at the votes, the demands and the offers.
Angela Belcher's lab coated an engineered M13 bacteriophage with tumor antigens at controlled densities. In mice, the 35 percent version protected best against melanoma and colon tumors. The work is early and was tested only in animals.
Hugh Herr's lab implanted 3-millimeter magnetic beads in leg muscles and read them through the skin. In a cursor task, the magnets gave more accurate and stable control than electrodes. A larger study with actual prostheses is under way.
Hongli "Julie" Zhu's lab in Boston makes solid-state cells with a sulfide ceramic electrolyte. The American Chemical Society's energy division picked her for its 2027 Research Excellence Award in Electrochemical Energy Storage.
The academy elected 100 new members for 2026, including Yaffe and six MIT alumni. Yaffe directs MIT's Center for Precision Cancer Medicine and was recently named a senior adviser at the National Cancer Institute.
