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On the same day that President Donald Trump signed into law a landmark tax reform bill, Newton Mayor Setti Warren — one of several Democrats angling for the chance to unseat Governor Charlie Baker — laid into the Swampscott Republican for apparently helping his party pass the legislation. 1. Warren's
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By Rob Shimshock
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BOSTON — An Everett man, found guilty this fall of spearheading a plot to cut off the head of a conservative female blogger who helped organize a controversial "Draw Prophet Muhammad" cartoon-drawing competition in 2015 that ended in violence, landed a 28-year prison sentence on Tuesday, according to federal
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A disagreement between a state-run community college in Charlestown and a student group ordered by campus police last spring to stop distributing copies of the United States Constitution has finally been settled, resulting in a new policy increasing allowances for student expression. A pro-free-speech organization, however, is now asking the
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A Boston University professor who has researched the origins of the popular Christmas carol "Jingle Bells" says she has found proof that the seemingly-innocent song is steeped in racism. Professor Kyna Hamill published a paper earlier this year, titled "The Story I Must Tell: Jingle Bells in
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BOSTON — The Boston Globe, in an explosive story published last Friday that detailed anecdotes of in-house sexual misconduct, refused to name the reporter the newspaper dismissed "months ago" over a series of allegations, including one claim where he allegedly asked a younger reporter if she wanted to have
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The community college adviser who now faces charges for trying to disrupt the controversial "It's O.K. To Be White" talk at the University of Connecticut saw her case pushed back to next month on Wednesday, but claimed outside the courthouse she acted to fight fascism.
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FRAMINGHAM — Federal investigators are launching a probe to determine who is behind a semester-long distribution of hate-filled fliers at Framingham State University which are apparently targeting minority students. The university recently announced it turned over one of the fliers to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.