A 13-0 vote demands responses within a week on Section 17F orders covering a former BPS engineer flagged by the Inspector General, BPS contracting controls and permanent roadway changes at Tremont and Parker streets.
Forty residents chosen by lottery from 15,000 invited households will meet four Saturdays and send advisory recommendations to the City Council in December. ShotSpotter has been back on since an August council vote.
The 8-2 vote, with three councilors voting present, compels Phillip Eng to testify on transit equity and an Orange Line extension. The Wu administration called subpoenas unconstructive, and the MBTA says it gave notice he would miss the Oct. 14 hearing.
The state moved the Northeast region to Level 2 on Oct. 9, weeks after easing it. Cambridge's Hobbs Brook reservoir holds about 575 million gallons, 75 million above its minimum reserve, and local outdoor-water bans are back.
The spending bill to close fiscal 2026 adds AI disclosure rules for political ads and limits on self-promotional ads by constitutional officers. It now waits on a Senate that has not said when it will act.
MassHousing financing is aimed at at least 20 homes in a first round, with one in five reserved for first-time buyers at 80 percent of area median income. Proposals are due Feb. 25.
Prosecutors say Andy Vicente filed false Red Line inspection reports and overtime sheets in 2024 while working on private cars in a T garage. He received $80,000 in overtime that year, the Globe reported.
A resolution adopted Oct. 21 lays out how HUD funding formulas, voucher shortfalls and a proposed rule on mixed-status families are hitting the Boston Housing Authority, and asks the state's congressional delegation to intervene.
The unsigned order pauses a federal judge's ruling that had let election officials consider student IDs as backup proof of identity. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson dissented, and the state's Senate race is among the most closely watched in the country.
A federal judge found the Homeland Security push relied on flawed data and likely intimidated voters. Separately, Massachusetts and 21 other states backed California against a Justice Department bid to set aside 20,000 mail ballots.
Five House Republicans signed a letter urging full enforcement of the Graham sanctions law, and Speaker Mike Johnson signaled unease. The dispute could carry into post-election defense and spending bills.
An attack on Dammam's airport killed one person and a drone downed near the Shaybah oil field killed two. The State Department says the departure order applies to Saudi Arabia only.
A woman who arrived from Uganda on Oct. 3 tested positive for the Bundibugyo strain, making Nigeria the fifth country to detect the virus in an outbreak centered in Congo. The CDC will require air travelers to the U.S. to attest they have not been in Congo.
The World Meteorological Organization forecasts tropical Pacific temperatures near 3.8 degrees Celsius above normal by winter, beyond anything in its four-decade records. The UN's relief chief said 50 million people could face more hunger.
After U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff met Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg, a Kremlin aide floated Abu Dhabi for a new three-way round. Russia freed 74-year-old American Stephen Hubbard before the meeting.
Phil Eng skipped a hearing on Blue Hill Avenue, so the City Council voted 8-2 to summon him for Nov. 6. City Hall called it unconstructive. The bus lane is still just a drawing.
The governor's 110% cap on resold concert tickets got cut from the $2.35 billion closeout budget. The resellers are already talking lawsuit anyway.
A former MBTA track inspector pleaded guilty to faking Red Line inspection reports and overtime. He made $80,000 in OT in 2024. Four co-workers are still fighting their charges.
Russia released a 74-year-old American and agreed in principle to more talks. Then missiles hit Kyiv. The adjectives are doing a lot of work this week.
A 48-yard screen-pass miracle at the half, a rookie tight end TD and a late field goal weren't enough. One end-zone interception and a 58-yard kick from an old friend decided it. The streak is over at three.
Michael DiPietro made 28 saves, David Pastrnak and Charlie McAvoy had four points each, and five different Bruins scored. Boston is 6-0-1 in its last seven.
Both teams lost their openers Tuesday. Boston blew a 22-point lead in Detroit despite 38 from Paul George; the Knicks lost to Jaylen Brown's 76ers on ring night. Robinson, who left New York over the luxury tax, now wears green.
The No. 15/17 Crimson are one of three undefeated FCS teams left. Princeton brings the nation's stingiest defense and a coach-vs.-alma-mater twist. Plus: Harvard basketball opens its exhibition slate against UMass on Friday.
The Dorchester artist's new video is built for the club and for anybody fighting through a hard stretch.
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.
Six months after the verdict, the penalty phase is pushed to 2027, the Justice Department's separate settlement is still awaiting a judge's ruling, and two House Democrats want that deal investigated.
MMMG Inc. sued Cordae, EMPIRE, Apeshit and Mass Appeal in federal court in Manhattan on Oct. 15, alleging breach of an exclusive 2018 record deal. The complaint's claims are allegations and have not been tested in court.
Seven local rap and R&B records to run this week.
A Sept. 30 lawsuit alleges Virgin and Universal shorted the Compton rapper's 2022 album by about $320,000 in marketing and then recouped what his own company spent from his royalties. The labels deny breaching any agreement.
Producer Aviel Hirschfield's Oct. 16 federal lawsuit alleges Drake's biggest hit in years uses a chorus he recorded in January and sent to Drake's producers. Drake's representatives categorically deny it. Nothing has been proven.
The 91-year-old Oscar winner told BBC Radio 4 that age-related macular degeneration, diagnosed in 2012, has left her unable to perform on stage or film, read, or reliably recognise faces.
Brand, 51, has pleaded not guilty to three counts of rape, three of sexual assault and one of indecent assault involving six women between 1999 and 2009. The trial in London is expected to run up to 10 weeks.
The Institute of Politics survey of 2,024 Americans ages 18 to 29 found 9 percent think the country is headed in the right direction, and for the first time more expect to fall behind their parents financially than to surpass them.
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences added Anthropic's Claude this summer and moved ChatGPT Edu to request-only. Students describe course assignments, club projects and personal tools built with it, and some cite the company's Pentagon dispute as a reason for their preference.
JumboVote tables weekly and helps students request mail-in ballots. Tisch College emailed students from three states with notarization rules for first-time absentee voters and hosted two secretaries of state Thursday.
Boston Medical Center can have a waitlist of about 100 children and adolescents, a program director says. The new concentration places counseling students inside pediatric practices, and a $50,000 grant funds four $10,000 stipends.
National historic site, house tours and gardens. Free (no entrance pass or tour fee)
Free map gallery inside the Boston Public Library. Free; no advance booking
Members' library and gallery. First floor $11 ($8 students/educators/military); one-day membership $40
House museum. Guided tours; tickets sold on the museum's site
House museum. $16 adults, $13 seniors, $8 students; free for children 12 and under
Museum. Free
