The state prison system is the only one in the nation where no one has died of Covid-19. But the strict lockdowns and quarantines that slowed the virus created their own problems.
Three weeks into her tenure as Boston’s acting mayor, Kim Janey has done something her predecessor did not: order the police to release documents about a leader accused of sexual abuse.
Officer Patricia Lio of the Milton Police Department in Massachusetts is accused of berating her son’s 14-year-old Black friend about his stance on the Black Lives Matter movement.
A love for all things magical, spooky and cute informed the thousands of tattoos Mr. Audy inked in a 15-year career in Burlington. He died of Covid-19.
Local officials nationwide are announcing plans to step back from elected office. Many offer the same explanation: Covid burnout.
The moves come as President Biden pushed up the deadline to make all adults eligible for a vaccine and as the pace of inoculations is accelerating in the country.
Suburban homeowners who have profited from the urban exodus during the pandemic are leaving small-town life behind to find out what they have been missing.
Three recent recordings conjure the mid-20th-century moment when the city was a center of innovative composition.
After a lost live 2020, the theater will stage a musical at a museum’s reflecting pool and an immersive show, all over town, based on real events.
An 1876 clapboard cottage in New Bedford, a two-bedroom condo in Cincinnati and a Cape Cod-style house in Winston-Salem.
An 1876 clapboard cottage in New Bedford, a two-bedroom condo in Cincinnati and a Cape Cod-style house in Winston-Salem.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 19 people had been sickened in eight states.
A bipartisan group of governors decided to flex its muscle and get students back into classrooms, despite union resistance and bureaucratic hesitancy.
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A married couple’s contention over a broken washer.
A historian explains how the term “busing” was used by opponents of desegregation in Boston and elsewhere. Also: Meat alternatives and the climate; compensating separated border families.
A 1912 showplace with a wraparound porch in New Bern, a midcentury-modern house in Los Angeles and a Dutch Colonial Revival home in Burlington.
A 1912 showplace in New Bern, N.C.; a midcentury-modern house in Los Angeles; and a Dutch Colonial Revival home in Burlington, Vt.
Vanessa Seder’s new book, “Eat Cool,” focuses on recipes that require minimal oven and stove use.
“We must get every dose of vaccine into arms quickly,” said Gov. Laura Kelly of Kansas.
“We must get every dose of vaccine into arms quickly,” said Gov. Laura Kelly of Kansas.
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Independent bottlers and blenders are helping small distillers reach a wider audience, and helping consumers discover new flavors.
School officials in Duxbury, Mass., denounced what they called the “horrifying and disappointing” language and said they had hired a private lawyer to conduct an investigation.
At 11, Kim Janey was bused into a neighborhood where Black students were pelted with rocks. As acting mayor, she hopes to help Boston step out of the shadow of that era.
Companies are trying to prove that conservation, sustainable fishing and carbon sequestration are profitable.
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.
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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.