Donor cancels $100,000 gift to Westfield State

The man who wanted to make the gift said he was “appalled at the lavish spending” by university president Evan Dobelle.

Questionable moves hamper once-dominant WEEI

Analysts and former employees place the blame for slumping ratings on decisions made by parent company Entercom Communications.

Yvonne Abraham

Let’s open the door to the arts in Boston

We live in a city that bursts with world-class art institutions and creative types, but great cultural programming rarely trickles down to the neighborhood level.

Mayoral candidates cornered on many topics at many forums

Scores of groups are clamoring for face time with the mayoral contenders — and demanding answers on very specific questions.

The House of Blues on Lansdowne Street in Boston.

House of Blues closed while police probe apparent overdoses

It’s unclear how long the popular nightclub, located on Lansdowne Street, would remain shuttered.

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Bostonians paused Wednesday to recall the March on Washington and Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech. King’s famous speech was projected onto Fort Independence on Castle Island in South Boston on Wednesday night.

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Lisa Eck of Natick and her daughter Fiona Ripp watched as the King speech was displayed on Castle Island.

Rick Ellis and co-workers at Action for Boston Community Development listened to President Obama speak Wednesday.

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Rick Ellis and co-workers at Action for Boston Community Development listened to President Obama speak Wednesday.

Governor Deval Patrick rang the bells at the Old South Meeting House in Boston to mark King’s speech.

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Governor Deval Patrick rang the bells at the Old South Meeting House in Boston to mark King’s speech.

In his remarks in Washington, President Obama said much progress had been made on race since the 1963 speech.

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In his remarks in Washington, President Obama said much progress had been made on race since the 1963 speech.

Celtics great Bill Russell was among those who spoke at Wednesday’s event in Washington.

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Celtics great Bill Russell was among those who spoke at Wednesday’s event in Washington.

50 years later, some dreams realized and others deferred

President Obama’s speech Wednesday resonated with many who work on the front lines in the battle against poverty.

Street vendors selling cellphone minutes are easy to find in Africa.

Tech Lab

Congo’s cellular service answers the call

In a New York-sized city of desperately poor people, nearly everybody had some kind of cellphone, and the networks perform about as well as in the United States.

Mike Carp hit a pinch-hit single in the eighth inning to drive in Jarrod Saltalamacchia with the winning run.

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Red Sox rally for fourth straight win

Mike Carp’s pinch-hit single in the eighth inning plated Jarrod Saltalamacchia and extended Boston’s hot streak.

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JOANNA WEISS

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Miley Cyrus’s scandalous VMA performance is what liberation looks like.

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According to Rolling Stone, Aaron Hernandez told Bill Belichick his life was in danger.

Rolling Stone piece has lots of fact, and some fiction

The piece does a thorough job of recounting Aaron Hernandez’s sordid past, but it’s filled with sensationalism, hearsay, convenient fact-bending, and even one blatant falsity.

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Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has accused Governor Lincoln Chafee of not doing enough to support Schilling’s failed 38 Studios.

RI judge OKs lawsuit against Curt Schilling, others

Most of a lawsuit asserting Curt Schilling and executives at his failed video game company duped the state’s economic development agency can move forward, a judge ruled.