12+ hour, 16+ min ago   (653+ words) More than three decades have passed since the body of 27-year-old Susan “Su” Taraskiewicz was found in the trunk of her car in Revere, after she worked an overnight shift as a baggage handler at Logan Airport. The homicide investigation…...

10+ hour, 33+ min ago   (218+ words) The streets of Downtown Crossing came alive Saturday afternoon with Latin rhythms, as hundreds of spectators packed Summer Street Plaza to dance to the clave beat. The third annual Embrace Massó ¡Con Salsa! Ritmo y Sonido Block Party was headlined…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (557+ words) Karen Weaver, a former college field hockey coach and athletics administrator, is an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania. She is the author of “Understanding College Athletics: What Campus Leaders Need to Know About College Sports.” There are…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (772+ words) David H. Rosmarin is an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the director of the McLean Hospital Spirituality & Mental Health Program. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been inundated with messages about the trial of Lindsay Clancy, who…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (165+ words) A 30-year-old Massachusetts man died Thursday after falling while climbing rock ledges along the Appalachian Trail in Kent, Conn., police said. Collin Salmon, of Great Barrington, was rock climbing in a section of trail known as St. John’s Ledges when…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1276+ words) Nearly 2,000 nurses at Boston Medical Center voted overwhelmingly to authorize a three-day strike over pay and staffing at New England’s largest safety-net hospital, their union said Friday. The strike authorization, which passed with nearly 90 percent support, sets up a potentially…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (74+ words) Cambridge officials marked 25 years since the Sept. 11 terror attacks with a Friday morning ceremony near Kendall Square and a synchronized moment of silence at all the city’s firehouses. Camberville: Cambridge marks 25th anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks with memorials across town…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1079+ words) PROVIDENCE — After Wednesday’s primary delivered victories for progressive candidates up and down the ballot in Providence, city leaders are all but certain to enact limits on rent increases in 2027. The Providence City Council narrowly failed to enact rent control earlier…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (831+ words) The MBTA and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s administration last week proposed yet another redesign for the overhaul of Blue Hill Avenue, the primary commercial thoroughfare through Dorchester, Roxbury, and Mattapan. But what they hoped would mark the beginning of the…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (891+ words) SPRINGFIELD — The scene was notable for what was not happening. At the time when students are normally let out at Springfield Central High School, there were scores of empty spots in the parking lot, no crowds of teenagers streaming out…...