Should Boston have a vacancy tax on empty storefronts? City councilors are mulling the idea.
But leaders of key business groups called it a nonstarter. “Believe me, if [landlords] could fill them, they would, but they ...
Regulators approve North Dakota section of planned 5-state Midwest carbon dioxide pipeline
The proposed $8 billion, 2,500-mile pipeline system would carry tons of planet-warming CO2 emissions from 57 ethanol plants in five states for storage deep underground in North Dakota.
The $38 million question: Supreme Court asked to intervene in N.H. youth center abuse case
The New Hampshire Supreme Court has been asked to weigh in on a disputed $38 million verdict awarded to David Meehan, which ...
Red Line trains to be suspended between Harvard and Broadway starting Sunday
Direct shuttle bus service will run every 15 minutes between Harvard and South Station weekdays from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., ...
Trial begins for the man accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley
Jose Ibarra, who entered the US illegally, is charged with murder in the February killing, which helped fan the immigration ...
Frustration grows at fossil fuel influence and structure of UN climate talks. Some call for reform
Environmental advocates released reports Friday decrying fossil fuel industry influence at the climate talks called COP29. At ...
Pro-Palestinian Harvard students arraigned a year after protest clash
Elom Tettey-Tamaklo and Ibrahim Bharmal, dressed in suits, stood quietly near the front of a district courtroom in Brighton ...
Did Democrats stay home in 2024? Here’s what we know.
Votes are still being tallied across the country, but a Globe analysis of results from counties where counting is largely ...
Man charged with murder of his infant son in R.I. is now on US Marshals ‘Most Wanted’ list
Olalekan Abimbola Olawusi, 48, allegedly fled the country using his Nigerian passport after his 3-month-old son was found ...
Prosecutors file motion seeking phone records of Karen Read’s mother
Prosecutors said Read’s phone records indicate she called her mother three times in the hours before John O’Keefe's body was ...
Want to meet a millionaire? Best chance is in Bay Area.
More than one in 200 workers in San Francisco earns at least $1 million a year, the highest share in the country by quite a ...
US stocks have already reversed half of post-election rally
The S&P 500 Index has given back more than half of its post-election rally as Friday’s selloff steepens, with sticky ...