The “Salem Witch Trials: Reckoning and Reclaiming” exhibition at the Peabody Essex Museum draws parallels between the country’s most infamous example of mass hysteria and current culture.
It can be the safety-above-all caricature that deep-red America has made of it, or it can leave the age of emergency behind.
New Jersey’s vaccine mandate for school and state workers also took effect this week, requiring employees to provide proof of vaccination or complete a Covid-19 test at least once a week.
A 1770 Colonial home in Westfield, a Tudor Revival house in Amherst and a three-bedroom condominium in Chicago.
A 1770 Colonial home in Westfield, Mass.; a Tudor Revival house in Amherst, N.Y.; and a three-bedroom condominium in Chicago.
Meteorologists said that a bolide, a type of large meteor explosion in the atmosphere, might have been the source of a disturbance that was widely reported on Sunday.
More than two years after the last race, runners finally hit the pavement on Monday. “It just feels so good to be out here doing this,” one said.
The U.S. Geological Survey said it had so far found no evidence of an earthquake in all of New England during the past seven days.
We should take a cultural approach that incorporates universal design, dismantles structural barriers, and includes deaf people from the ground up.
Prosecutors said David A. Staveley, who cut off his electronic monitoring bracelet and left suicide notes with friends and relatives, was sentenced to 56 months in prison.
The mayoral candidate Annissa Essaibi George, the daughter of Polish and Tunisian immigrants, speaks with the accent of working-class Boston. And she’s having some fun with it.
Despite some turmoil, a vast majority of students have been in classrooms full-time and mostly uninterrupted this fall. Now, educators debate what’s next.
The company’s chairman, a fellow co-founder and an early investor are all listed as multibillionaires.
The coronavirus pandemic sent a surge of inexperienced hikers into the wilderness. Many ran into trouble. Now states are looking to bill them for costly search and rescue operations.
Art often draws inspiration from life — but what happens when it’s your life? Inside the curious case of Dawn Dorland v. Sonya Larson.
David Hackett Fischer’s “Albion’s Seed,” published in 1989, describes today’s United States with stunning prescience.
A novelist looks back on her past as she reveals her favorite autumn spots — and finds some new ones — in her home state.
Some brokers say houses that are not posted publicly give buyers a chance to get into the market, others say the practice violates fair housing laws.
The latest news and data from the team tracking the coronavirus.
The latest news and data from the team tracking the coronavirus.
The latest news and data from the team tracking the coronavirus.
The latest news and data from the team tracking the coronavirus.
A powerful winter storm pummeled the northeast, dropping more than a foot of snow in many areas
There are 13,000 school districts in the U.S. Here is how some are faring.
A look at this week’s news from the team tracking the coronavirus.
Farmers Ralph and Lisa Turner of Freeport, Maine, made a living supplying restaurants. This spring, they had tens of thousands of pounds of crops — and no customers.
See full results and maps from the Vermont election.
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See full results and maps from the Rhode Island election.
Every four years, as Election Day draws near, we embrace America’s oddball geographic nicknames.
Most professional theater in America has been shut down since March. So how did this production of “Godspell” come together?
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A detailed county map shows the extent of the coronavirus outbreak, with tables of the number of cases by county.
A detailed county map shows the extent of the coronavirus outbreak, with tables of the number of cases by county.
A detailed county map shows the extent of the coronavirus outbreak, with tables of the number of cases by county.
A detailed county map shows the extent of the coronavirus outbreak, with tables of the number of cases by county.
A detailed county map shows the extent of the coronavirus outbreak, with tables of the number of cases by county.
The reality of global warming.
A log cabin in Stowe, a midcentury-modern home in Columbus and a Victorian house in Chatham.
More than 30,000 cashiers, bakers and other supermarket workers had been on strike for 11 days across three states in New England.
A Craftsman bungalow in St. Paul; a contemporary ranch house in Springfield, Mo.; and a shingled cottage in Long Island, Me.
More than 30,000 Stop & Shop employees have been on strike since Thursday at stores in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
A Boston-based construction company, trying to expand its New York business, is helping Mayor Bill de Blasio raise money for his national political ambitions.
Chuck Key’s line of sterling silver earrings and necklaces mimic kitchen tools.