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BOSTON – Despite its well-documented troubles, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ranks as the nation's third-best mass transit system, according to a new study. The Chicago-based Center for Neighborhood Technology released its list of top urban transportation networks last week. Though behind San Francisco and New York City, Boston
Massachusetts
BOSTON – Boston College's perceived "Eurocentric" course requirement for graduation has some students up in arms. Sophomore Elizabeth Waltman is leading the charge, describing the prestigious college's core courses as falling short of the Jesuit institution's goal of producing students capable of "
Harvard University
CAMBRIDGE – Harvard University imposed harsh penalties on off-campus social groups Friday, targeting all-male Final Clubs – some that are centuries old – in the latest attempt by administrators to deal with a purported epidemic of sexual abuse at the Ivy League institution. Future members of exclusive single-sex social clubs, including fraternities and
amherst
BOSTON – Three prestigious Massachusetts colleges were singled-out for stifling free speech on campus over the past year, earning them "muzzles" from the Thomas Jefferson Center. Amherst College, Harvard University and Williams College were among 50 U.S. schools that curtailed students' First Amendment rights in 2015, drawing
GOP
Massachusetts native and political provocateur Corey Lewandowski has apparently fallen out of favor in New York billionaire Donald Trump's campaign to become the Republican nominee for president. Lewandowski, born and raised in Lowell, reportedly fell victim to a campaign overhaul launched by The Donald last week. The move
Marine
Marine veteran Thomas Brennan's road to launching The War Horse, an ambitious nonprofit news site dedicated to covering the military community, began with a therapy session. In 2012, the Randolph native was struggling with a host of mental and physical ills following deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. The
Massachusetts
BOSTON – A Somerville man accused of wreaking havoc after hacking into a local hospital's computer network turned up in a sailboat off the coast of Cuba Tuesday, where his craft had foundered, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Martin Gottesfeld, 31, faces a single criminal conspiracy charge for disrupting the
boston
ROXBURY – Mass transit riders, students, activists and a trio of local lawmakers lambasted the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's proposal to raise fares by as much as 9.7 percent at a public hearing Wednesday in Boston. The public hearing, held at Roxbury Community College, was one of several