Massachusetts

The Latest: Warren says she got results post-financial crash

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on the 2020 Democratic presidential primary contest (all times local):10 p.m.Elizabet...
3:04 28 February 2022

Utility to pay $53M for blasts that damaged homes, killed 1

BOSTON (AP) — A utility company will pay the largest criminal fine ever imposed for breaking a federal pipeline safety l...
17:48 26 February 2022

Sanders makes bold play to win primary on Warren’s home turf

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the South Carolina primary unfolds Saturday, Bernie Sanders won’t be hustling for last-minute votes...
22:54 25 February 2022

Warren’s next challenge: Maintain post-debate momentum

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elizabeth Warren enters the final stretch before Saturday’s Nevada Democratic caucus with a new and en...
23:06 20 February 2022

MIT to caption online videos after discrimination lawsuit

BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has agreed to provide captions for more of its publicly availabl...
18:04 18 February 2022

Deval Patrick, last black candidate in 2020 race, drops out

WASHINGTON — Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick, the last remaining African American candidate in a Democratic presidential field once defined by...
17:13 12 February 2022

The Latest: Warren says she’s been counted out before

CONCORD, N.H. — The latest on campaigning for the 2020 election (all times local):
22:51 10 February 2022

The Latest: Warren stresses party unity to defeat Trump

MANCHESTER, N.H. — The Latest on the 2020 Democratic presidential race and Tuesday's primary in New Hampshire (all times local):
20:27 9 February 2022

NH poses a last chance for some struggling 2020 Democrats

PLYMOUTH, N.H. — Bounding onto a stage at a conference center in New Hampshire, tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang beamed a smile to a cheering crowd and l...
13:13 9 February 2022

Green tea party? State licenses Boston’s 1st marijuana shop

BOSTON — Boston’s first retail pot shop and Massachusetts’ first minority-owned marijuana business was approved Thursday, more than a year after the f...
18:35 6 February 2022

The Latest: Iowa Democrats release additional caucus results

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Latest on the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses (all times local):
5:03 5 February 2022

Caroline Kennedy backs Biden, calls him Democrats’ best bet

WASHINGTON — Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of President John F. Kennedy, endorsed Joe Biden on Tuesday, calling the former vice president Democrats' ...
13:53 4 February 2022

Survey: University investments saw slower growth in 2019

BOSTON — Most U.S. universities made money on their financial investments last year, but their returns were tempered by a global economic slowdown fue...
5:25 30 January 2022

Warren rolls out council of interfaith advisers

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16:08 24 January 2022

Aerosmith drummer loses bid to rejoin band for Grammy honors

BOSTON — A judge has told Aerosmith's drummer Joey Kramer to dream on if he hopes to rejoin the band as its set to perform and be honored at Grammy ev...
0:01 23 January 2022

The Latest: Prominent New Hampshire Democrat endorses Warren

WASHINGTON — The Latest on the 2020 presidential race (all times Eastern):
22:07 21 January 2022

James heads to Springfield to see son before playing Celtics

BOSTON — Lakers star LeBron James took in his son's high school game in Springfield, Massachusetts, on Monday afternoon before returning to Boston to ...
5:05 21 January 2022

Facing Senate trial crunch, Dems blitzing Iowa, early states

NEWTON, Iowa — As a winter storm barreled down on Iowa, Elizabeth Warren’s campaign team struggled with whether to scrap a town hall scheduled at the ...
17:46 18 January 2022

Debate to highlight vanishing diversity in Democratic field

A half dozen White House hopefuls will gather on a debate stage in Des Moines, Iowa, on Tuesday night at a critical moment in the Democratic primary. ...
21:36 14 January 2022

Warren vows to cancel college debt without awaiting Congress

WASHINGTON — Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren says she'd order her secretary of education to cancel up to $50,000 in college debt for about 95%...
14:00 14 January 2022

Democrats set to clash in final debate before Iowa caucuses

DES MOINES, Iowa — Democrats are preparing for what could be their most contentious debate yet as the leading candidates gather in Iowa on Tuesday loo...
21:38 13 January 2022

Booker ends presidential bid after polling, money struggles

DES MOINES, Iowa — Democrat Cory Booker dropped out of the presidential race Monday, ending a campaign whose message of unity and love failed to reson...
16:04 13 January 2022

Epstein gave $850,000 to MIT, visited 9 times, report finds

BOSTON — Disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein donated $750,000 to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and visited campus at least nine times as h...
0:31 11 January 2022

Ex-Alaska governor Bill Walker chosen for Harvard fellowship

JUNEAU, Alaska — Bill Walker, who was one of the country's few politically unaffiliated governors, plans to discuss with students bridging the politic...
14:26 9 January 2022

Lawsuit seeks to ease adoption of Equal Rights Amendment

BOSTON — Supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment have filed a federal lawsuit in Massachusetts aimed at clearing a legal path for adoption of the lon...
21:29 7 January 2022

Uncertain impeachment schedule leaves 2020ers scrambling

WASHINGTON — Uncertainty over when the Senate will begin President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial is complicating crunch-time campaigning for the fi...
20:31 6 January 2022

2020 Watch: Messy primary finally meets election year

ATLANTA — The presidential politics calendar turned to 2020 nearly a year ago. This week, the actual date catches up. What we’re watching as the prese...
10:21 30 December 2022

Couple return for a 2nd dunk at Dunkin’, this time with vows

WORCESTER, Mass. — A Massachusetts couple reunited for extra-sweet wedding vows at the same Dunkin' Donuts where their young love splintered nearly 30...
20:17 28 December 2022

A final fundraiser for man who boosted ice bucket challenge

GLOUCESTER, Mass. — Supporters of Pete Frates are taking one last chilly plunge for the former college baseball player whose battle with Lou Gehrig’s ...
17:41 28 December 2022

Naked fireman, binky-binging bulldog: New England’s odd 2019

BOSTON — New Englanders fired up the weirdness machine again in 2019, and it cranked out oddities pretty much nonstop.
11:11 27 December 2022