T board approves 6 percent fare hike
The MBTA?s board on Monday approved a fare increase aimed at bolstering its budget, but agreed to keep fares stable for bus riders, seniors, and riders with disabilities.
The MBTA?s board on Monday approved a fare increase aimed at bolstering its budget, but agreed to keep fares stable for bus riders, seniors, and riders with disabilities.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in an interview that she opposes moving to impeach President Trump even though she believes he is ??unfit?? for office.
?We removed the ads because they violated our policies against use of our corporate logo,? said a Facebook spokesman.
The NAACP, one of the nation?s oldest and prominent civil rights organizations, announced Monday that it will hold its 2020 convention in Boston.
Steve Johnson?s three-decade quest to learn what happened to his younger brother, Scott, who died in 1988, has shined a light on a dark period in Australian history.
A new version of the Boeing 737 jetliner has come under scrutiny after two crashes in five months that killed everyone on board each time.
In 2014, a border patrol agent found Jean Leonard Teganya walking down a road in Maine, carrying a backpack and filthy from a journey through the dense Canadian woods.
Louis D. Coleman was led into federal court in handcuffs on Monday, marking the start of a case that could lead prosecutors to seek the death penalty.
She says she informed the principal in October 2017, more than a year before a science teacher was suspended.
A 36-year-old Dorchester man was arrested Monday on federal charges alleging he secretly recorded several boys in a bathroom at Boston Latin School.
Boston police are urging people to seek alternate routes after a water main break caused flooding at the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Exeter Street Monday night.
BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL
Brown signed the largest contract for an offensive lineman, and Flowers will get $16 million to $17 million from the Lions.
The defensive lineman wrote on Instagram that he will be forever grateful for his experience with the Patriots.
You can spot a nonconformist a mile away. Because they all look alike. Just ask mathematician Jonathan Touboul.
GARY WASHBURN | ON BASKETBALL
With his team failing to live up to its great expectations, the young coach concedes he has to do a better job.
Sean P. Murphy | The Fine Print
Arnie Greenfield has no problem helping his children with student loans. But he has a problem being penalized for making an early payment. Yes, that?s right. Not late, early.
A Cape Cod woman walked away with minor injuries Monday after a turkey smashed through her car windshield as the woman drove along a busy Sandwich road, according to police.
The mixed martial artist and boxer stole the cellphone of someone who was trying to take his photo, authorities said.
The blizzard killed 400 people and dumped almost 60 inches on some parts of the East Coast.
Editorial
Voluntary compliance and after-the-fact services to students are a poor substitute as a financial stress test for troubled higher education institutions.
Opinion | Jennifer C. Braceras
At 16, most kids have have little life experience to inform their decisions.
Opinion | Kenneth Rogoff
Progressives like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are pushing Modern Monetary Theory as a way to fund social programs. It?s a bad idea.
Opinion | Niall Ferguson
A cold war with China and a vogue for socialism with young Americans makes for a worrisome combination.
Charlie Kravetz, the general manager of WBUR-FM, is leaving the station to ?pursue new options,? Boston University said in a statement.
Hal Blaine, the Hall of Fame session drummer and virtual one-man soundtrack of the 1960s and ?70s, died Monday.
The Merrimack Valley is getting its first recreational marijuana shop.
Opinion columnist Michael Cohen takes a candid and no-holds-barred look at the current political moment. Sign up now.
If it?s March, it must be time for the tournament everyone awaits all year: Munch Madness.
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
Here?s a look at some of the best images taken by Globe photographers last month: winter weather, presidential candidates on the campaign trail, a Chinese New Year celebration.
?It happened. There?s nothing you can do about it,? the lefthander said.
The four-person panel will meet monthly to assess the quality of the law enforcement inquiry into the death of 36-year-old Kasim Kahrim.
A pet snake escapes and slithers around an apartment building, a very expensive fanny pack goes missing, and other odd items from local police blotters.
Builders ramped up the construction of single-family houses to the fastest pace in eight months. The rebound fueled optimism that new-home sales will improve in 2019. | realestate.boston.
Fresh off the longest government shutdown in history, his 2020 plan shows he is eager to confront Congress again over the wall.
Shamima Begum was pregnant with her third child when she surrendered to a US-backed group, which brought her to a detention camp.
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The John Cooper Works GP marks a return of the fastest, most hardcore production Mini ever.
Don Law signs 10-year deal with Providence-based bank that also includes sponsorships at 3 other venues.
On Saturday, the sweetly vivacious Brit showed that ?Boo?d Up,? which won this year?s best R&B song Grammy and was nominated for song of the year, was no fluke.
Does this sound like a dandy girlfriend?s getaway? For sure.
Mobile homes may be the least expensive and most effective means of addressing the region?s housing shortage.
The human reference genome has achieved near-mythic status, but it falls short in ways that have become embarrassing and misleading.