City voters have for the first time narrowed the field of mayoral candidates to two women of color, a major shift away from two centuries of local politics dominated by white men.
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Boston University professor falls to death through rusted staircase
He fell about 20 feet through a rusted-out staircase, which had been closed for nearly 2 years, near an MBTA train station.
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Second lawsuit alleges sexual abuse by multiple staffers at New Hampshire youth center
The lawsuit names the state health and human services commissioner and several former staffers.
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Feds seek 11 years in prison for Fall River ex-mayor in corruption case
Jasiel Correia was convicted in May on felony fraud and corruption charges.
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Harvard University will divest itself from fossil fuels
Harvard has committed to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across the entire investment portfolio by 2050.
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Vermont state troopers accused in fake vaccine card scheme
Three now former troopers are suspected of having varying roles in the operation. They resigned last month, police said Tuesday.
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Shark tourism grows on Cape Cod, three years after attacks
Cape Cod is slowly embracing its reputation, three summers after the popular vacation destination’s first great white shark attacks in generations.
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Ex-Cardinal McCarrick, 91, pleads not guilty in Massachusetts sex assault
An activist says former U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s court appearance in a sex abuse case marks a new phase in the global struggle to hold clerics accountable.
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Small jet crashes into building on takeoff in Connecticut; four aboard die
Authorities are trying to identify the two pilots and two passengers who died.
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Two charged with vandalism at dinosaur tracks site in Massachusetts
Authorities say the men were digging around an area of protected dinosaur footprints.