MIT, New England Optometry accused by feds of civil rights violations
MIT is among three New England colleges under investigation by the federal education department for alleged civil rights ...
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The Column: Farewell, Arty
ARTHUR TINGAS, a lifelong resident of Lowell, who co-owned the Olympia Restaurant on Market Street, died March 9. A Greek flag flew in front of the family-owned business last week, presumably in ...
Pols & Politics: Massachusetts is increasingly becoming the target of Republican ire
President Donald Trump’s administration and Congressional Republicans are increasingly targeting Massachusetts over ...
Protesters at UMass Amherst, Harvard show support for Mahmoud Khalil
Khalil, despite being a permanent U.S. resident, has been ordered by the Trump administration to be deported to his ...
South Boston bars closing early Sunday ahead of St. Patrick’s Day; what to know
Specific regulations are in place as officials plan to crack down on rowdy antics in Boston on St. Patrick's Day.
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The story behind Evacuation Day, the holiday Boston officially recognizes on March 17
March 17 is officially observed as Evacuation Day in Boston, even though St. Patrick’s Day falls on the same date. Here's the ...
Boston Nonprofit Emerges as Legal Engine of Trump Resistance
A Boston-based nonprofit civil rights organization with just eight staff attorneys has established itself as a significant ...
Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism to visit leaders in Boston
The task force said it plans to come to Boston and meet with local leaders to “discuss their responses to incidents of ...
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'Uncharted waters': Boston finds itself in the Trump administration's crosshairs
Trump is not the first president to wield federal funds as a weapon. But some analysts say the current attacks on Boston is ...
Audit battle inches toward court
‘THINGS ARE GOING FINE’ — The fight between legislative leaders and state Auditor Diana DiZoglio just keeps escalating. But ...
In Massachusetts, detectives are allowed to lie in interrogations. A new bill seeks to change that.
A pair of state legislators are introducing a bill to ban deception in police interrogations – a practice that, though ...
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Immigrant Doctors Now See a ‘Pathway’ to Practice in Mass.
During his first rotation in pediatrics as a medical student in Boston in the late 1960s, Dr. Deeb Salem came across a man performing janitorial work in one of the pediatric wards. Dr. Salem, now a ...