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BOSTON (AP) — A college in Boston will name one of its schools after the late Gwen Ifill (EYE’-ful), a co-host of PBS’ “NewsHour” and veteran journalist who moderated two vice presidential debates. Simmons College announced Tuesday the Gwen Ifill College of Media, Arts and Humanities in honor of Ifill, who graduated from the private […]

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Parents were outraged after the photo went viral on social media.

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BOSTON (AP) — Thousands of demonstrators chanting anti-Nazi slogans in a public rejection of white nationalism upstaged a small group in Boston that planned a “free speech rally” a week after a violent clash rocked Virginia and reverberated across the U.S. Counterprotesters marched through the city on Saturday to historic Boston Common, where conservatives had […]

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BOSTON (AP) — “Saturday Night Live” star Michael Che is not backing away from comments he made about Boston, when he called it the “most racist city” he has ever visited. The Boston Globe reports that the co-anchor of “Weekend Update” told a Boston University crowd Thursday about how he received angry messages on social […]

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Maybe it’s Mike Bivins wearing his signature Red Sox “B” hat, the trio’s thick “r-less” accents or you’ve heard the legendary group talk about growing up in Boston’s inner city in an interview – one thing is for sure, Bell Biv Devoe never misses an opportunity to represent their hometown. That’s why we jumped at […]

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BOSTON (AP) — Archeologists in Boston are digging at a boyhood home of Malcolm X in an effort to uncover more about the about slain black rights activist’s early life. The two-week archaeological dig begins Tuesday in Boston’s historically black Roxbury neighborhood. Organizers say they also hope to learn more about the property’s long history, […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The forecast for a historic blizzard has been there for days, looming over the nation’s capital like the UFO from “Independence Day.” Projected snowfall totals have ticked steadily upward, to the point where the National Weather Service — known for its conservative predictions — says more than 2 feet of snow could […]

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest on the heavy snowfall expected to hit the Washington area and the Northeast. (all times local) 1:40 p.m. Boston is offering help to the District of Columbia with the massive blizzard about to strike the nation’s capital. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh is in Washington for the U.S. Conference of Mayors. […]

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BOSTON (AP) — A six-car train carrying about 50 passengers left a suburban Boston transit station without a driver Thursday and went through four stations without stopping, and investigators were focusing on “operator error” as the reason why. The trip began shortly after 6 a.m. at the Braintree station and ended about nine minutes later […]

The woman decided to follow the culprit and let him know how uncomfortable and degrading it is to be harassed in such a way.

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Boston’s mayor delivered a harsh blow to the city’s effort to host the 2024 Olympics on Monday when he declared he wouldn’t sign any document “that puts one dollar of taxpayers money on the line for one penny of overruns on the Olympics.” That document is the host city contract that most in the Olympics […]