Biden boosts offshore wind energy, wants to power 10M homes
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is ramping up efforts to sharply increase offshore wind energy along the East Coast, announcing progress on a huge...
More than 90K businesses without power because of high winds
Powerful winds topping 50 mph knocked out power to tens of thousands of homes and businesses Monday across parts of New England.
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In a leaky underwater rail tunnel, workers race against time
WEEHAWKEN, N.J. — Seven stories below street level on the edge of the Hudson River, a race against time is being waged, foot by...
Romney gets Profile in Courage Award for impeachment vote
BOSTON — U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney was named the recipient of the Profile in Courage Award on Friday for splitting with his party and...
Harvard punishes professor who had ties to Jeffrey Epstein
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — A Harvard University professor who had close ties with Jeffrey Epstein and is accused of giving the disgraced financier an office...
Anti-Semitic play calling renews push for genocide education
BOSTON — Massachusetts lawmakers are renewing a push for mandatory genocide education after a high school football coach was fired following reports that the...
Alternatives to nursing homes get $12B boost in COVID bill
WASHINGTON — With the memory of the pandemic's toll in nursing homes still raw, the COVID-19 relief bill is offering states a generous funding...
Pandemic takes a political toll on Massachusetts governor
BOSTON — Early last March, when the COVID-19 crisis still felt like a remote threat, Charlie Baker flew off with members of his family...
Illinois city becomes 1st in US to pay reparations to Blacks
EVANSTON, Ill. — Evanston, Illinois, on Monday became the first U.S. city to make reparations available to its Black residents for past discrimination and...
USS Constitution honors 1st female chief petty officer
BOSTON — The U.S.S. Constitution named one of its cannons in honor of the first woman to serve as a chief petty officer in...
