In Harvard case, judge appears skeptical of plaintiffs
The judge said the lack of Asian-American witnesses was a ?problem? in the lawsuit. But she also said Harvard?s case had a weakness because the school gave Asian-Americans lower scores.
The judge said the lack of Asian-American witnesses was a ?problem? in the lawsuit. But she also said Harvard?s case had a weakness because the school gave Asian-Americans lower scores.
Paul Manafort intentionally lied to investigators and a grand jury in special counsel Robert Mueller?s probe into the role Russia played in President Trump?s election win, a judge said.
Vanessa Tyson, who said Virginia?s lieutenant governor sexually assaulted her at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, will provide details to the Suffolk district attorney?s office, her attorney said.
Massachusetts Senator Edward Markey co-sponsored the Green New Deal, and its proposed wide-ranging economic changes, making him a target of Republicans who say the idea won?t win popular support.
Yvonne Abraham
Another day, another study telling us what is already blindingly obvious: Boston?s rush-hour is soul-crushing misery. If we don?t make massive changes, it?s going to get worse.
A new study shows how climate change will affect cities in the future. It?s as if they are moving 500 miles south.
Caitlin Clavette, a 35-year-old art teacher at a Milton elementary school, was driving to work in 2016 when she was killed near the edge of the Thomas P. O?Neill Jr. Tunnel.
Richard Paris, president of Local 718, said Wednesday he will step down on Feb. 28 after leading one of the city?s largest and most politically active labor unions for 9 years.
?Insys Therapeutics, that is our name,? the associates sang. ?We?re raising the bar and we?re changing the game. To be great it takes a decision, to be better than the competition.?
Boston police are looking to identify at least five people who are thought to be connected to a violent assault on a man in the South End before dawn on Saturday.
President Trump isn?t showing his hand yet. But with little Washington appetite for another shutdown, he?s expected to grudgingly accept the border agreement.
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
The Red Sox? standout lefthander gave all the right answers when asked about his contract being up after this season.
CELTICS 118, PISTONS 110
Al Horford had 17 points, 14 rebounds, and 8 assists to lead Boston, which led Detroit by 28 points with just nine minutes left.
A Massachusetts town cracked the top 50 in the annual Bloomberg Richest Places index.
Globe Magazine
The widowed Irish mother was dragged away from her 10 children in Belfast in 1972. They never heard from her again.
The property?s sale could generate more than $200 million for the cash-starved school.
Opportunity was built to operate for just three months but kept going and going, setting endurance and distance records that are years, if not decades, from being broken.
Love Letters podcast season 2
In Episode Two of the podcast, a risky work crush involving H.R. and a conversation with an employment lawyer about dating at work in the #MeToo era.
Miss Conduct
Everyone else complains when she?s not there, but no one in our group wants to confront her.
File this one under ?Only in Maine.?
JOAN VENNOCHI
It all depends on how you measure ?success.?
Indira A.R. Lakshmanan
Roderick MacFarquhar?s provocative insights were rooted in real knowledge, not the glib cleverness of cable talking heads.
SHIRLEY LEUNG
The board shouldn?t stick with the Partners Way, which is plucking a doctor from one of its teaching hospitals.
A New York Times report says seven women have claimed singer-songwriter Ryan Adams offered to help them with their music careers but then turned things sexual.
Arlington native Dane Cook is setting out on tour with new material for the first time in years.
Dating in 2019 is?complicated. Frustrating. Sometimes completely exhilarating. In Season 2 of the podcast, Meredith Goldstein goes deep on one of her most-asked questions.
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Read a multi-part investigation into how and why the lives of promising Boston valedictorians didn?t quite turn out the way they expected.
The Big Picture
In a world where the smartphone is now ubiquitous, photographers capture daily life in which the personal device is part of the moment.
Denver will send a 2019 fourth-round pick to Baltimore in the deal, a source told the AP.
The measure was passed in the form of a home rule petition, which needs state approval. A similar council measure was passed in 2016 but died in the State House.
The handyman, who had threatened to "get even," splashed gasoline on himself and was blown through a wall, authorities said.
In choosing Lau, a longtime aide who also worked on presidential campaigns for John Kerry and Hillary Clinton, Warren has selected an operative she knows and trusts.
Cutting a shadowy and alarming path through American politics for a half-century, Lyndon LaRouche ran for president eight times.
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The Passport balances capability for handling off-road terrain with comfort for the daily drive.
The tech company Wednesday confirmed long-rumored plans that it will fill a new Kendall Square office tower, giving the company room to double its workforce here.
It?s a suspense drama of former Nazis hiding in plain sight, a romance that has difficulty keeping its clothes on, a mystery that drops one shoe and never quite the other.
Here?s what experts say we should be eating: lots of vegetables and fruits, whole grains, beans, nuts, fish, lean poultry, and a moderate amount of healthy fats.
Mobile homes may be the least expensive and most effective means of addressing the region?s housing shortage.
Although the number of cases have subsided dramatically, ?we don?t know how the story?s going to end,? says one influenza expert.