Massachusetts Senate passes statewide school cellphone ban bill

Massachusetts Senate votes to ban cellphones in public schools

Massachusetts public school students would be banned from using or holding on to their cellphones during the school day starting next year, under a bill the state Senate passed 38-2 Thursday. Targeting what Senate President Karen Spilka has called...

Boston Marathon bomber's request for judge recusal denied

Boston School Committee seat open for applications

One Boston School Committee seat will be open for applications for one more week following the departure of member Chantal Lima-Barbosa last month. The new committee member will begin around the start of the 2025-26 school year and serve through...

Defense attorneys refuse new cases in Massachusetts

For months, defense attorneys have refused new cases in Massachusetts, arguing the state's pay rate makes fair representation impossible. Dozens of cases have been dismissed with suspects simply released. Boston Globe courts reporter Sean Cotter...

Boston's Election: Early voting locations approved, more poll workers sought

Election chief: 'Poll pads' will be used to check-in voters for the first time at all precincts The city of Boston’s board of Election commissioners has approved the sites for early voting in the city’s preliminary election, which will begin on...

Boston’s mayoral candidates try to win over artists worried about displacement and funding

On Wednesday, Boston’s mayoral candidates made their pitch to the city’s arts and culture sector. Mayor Michelle Wu, Josh Kraft and Domingos DaRosa attended a forum at Dorchester’s Strand Theatre moderated by Jared Bowen, host of GBH’s “The...

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey offers plan to offset federal research grant cuts

Healey, speaking from the State House on Thursday, said that her Discovery, Research and Innovation for a Vibrant Economy — or DRIVE — initiative will see $400 million invested in the research done by Bay State hospitals, universities, and...

Alberta MLAs travel to Boston this weekend for National Conference of State Legislators

(ID 126397652 © Kasto80 | Dreamstime.com) By rdnewsNOW staff U.S. relations Aug 1, 2025 | 3:24 PM A trio of Alberta MLAs are headed to the National Conference of State Legislators in Boston this weekend. From Aug. 2-7, MLA’s Angela Pitt...

Boston Red Sox acquire starting pitcher Dustin May from the Los Angeles Dodgers, ESPN says

The Boston Red Sox traded for Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Dustin May on Thursday, according to ESPN.May, 27, is a back-of-the-rotation starter with a 6-7 record and a 4.85 ERA this season.He faced the Red Sox on Sunday, allowing four runs...

NHL Summer Splash Rankings: No. 17, Boston Bruins

We’re now reaching the halfway point of The Hockey News’ NHL summer splash series with the Boston Bruins at No. 17. In these summer splash rankings, we’re looking at every team’s roster additions, departures, hirings and firings to see who...

Pedestrian discovers skeletal remains near Walmart on New Boston Road, police say

TEXARKANA, Texas -- The Police Department is investigating the discovery of apparent human remains near Walmart Supercenter on New Boston Road. The skeletal remains were found Friday afternoon along Waggoner Creek, just west of the retail store....

Exclusive–ICE Arrests Illegal Alien Member of Romanian Theft Group Targeting Americans in Massachusetts

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested a female member of the Romanian Theft Group accused of targeting Americans with coordinated retail thefts and fraudulent scams purporting to help sick children, Breitbart News has...

Former Nederland teachers open Sorella's restaurant on Boston Avenue

Brandy Roccaforte and Ashley Whitehead transformed their dream into reality after leaving their teaching careers to enter the restaurant business. NEDERLAND, Texas — Two former Nederland ISD teachers have opened Sorella's, a family-owned...

Why are people protesting against the Boston Consulting Group?

In San Francisco, Boston, Dallas and other cities around the country, protesters have marched and chanted outside the offices of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). The demonstrators were demanding accountability for BCG’s role in creating a deadly...

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev suffers setback in appeals court ruling

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has suffered a setback in his death penalty sentencing appeal. Tsarnaev had been trying to toss the federal judge from the case, as the killer fights to dodge a death sentence. But a federal appeals court...

Boston struggles to find takers for green roof grants

AFTER OPENING A water bill last year, Ruth Solomon saw an advertisement for a novel program that sought to encourage Boston residents to build green roofs. The 51-year-old mom from Jamaica Plain had been intrigued by the benefits of such roofs,...

Rising basketball star spends his summer coaching kids at sports program in Massachusetts

Gov. Healey says hotel shelters in Massachusetts have closed

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey said Friday that all hotel shelters in the state have closed and that she has ended a state of emergency. Healey declared the state of emergency about two years ago to handle a surge of homeless and migrant families...

The Astros just released the lineup for tonight's series opener against Boston...and it's one fans will like

HOUSTON — The Houston Astros have released the lineup for Friday night's series opener in Boston against the Red Sox...and it’s probably one that fans are going to like. First, it's got Carlos Correa in it, batting cleanup and playing third base...