The report from the state’s attorney general, covering 75 years, faulted the Diocese of Providence for not removing accused priests and not contacting the police enough.
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Universities from Harvard to Hampshire have admitted significantly more students with disabilities over the last decade, as diagnoses for A.D.H.D. and anxiety increase.
On Friday, the state approved a settlement that included a $3,000 fine but no acknowledgment of guilt for a tree poisoning that riled people in scenic Rockport, Maine.
His store, Bobby From Boston, transformed the way vintage men’s wear is sold, serving as a model for a generation of retailers.
A runner, coach and best-selling author, he created the widely embraced run-walk-run method, which helped make running more accessible to the public.
An itinerary for Mr. Patel’s trip provides more granular detail, including long segments of personal time that suggest he was not immensely oversubscribed by official duties.
A day after the city got a record-breaking amount of snow, some residents clung to the magic. Others were gearing up for endless shoveling.
18 bishops and archbishops from border areas issued a strongly worded statement hours before President Trump’s State of the Union address.
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At the storm’s peak, well over half a million homes and businesses in the Northeast were without power.
Record-breaking amounts of snow fell in many parts of the region, blanketing the area with snow in the second large storm of the year.
Gov. Maura Healey said there were nearly 300,000 power outages throughout the state and about 350 cars stuck on roadways, some with drivers still in them.
By the afternoon, the snowfall level near Providence — almost 33 inches — obliterated the two-day record set by the infamous Blizzard of 1978.
The F.B.I. said that the person, who was not killed, “allegedly fired at” a Border Patrol agent in Pittsburg, N.H., around 1 a.m. on Sunday.
Subways, trains and buses are canceled or severely delayed from New Jersey to Massachusetts as the blizzard makes its way across the East Coast.
The blizzard warnings are the first since 2017 for New York City, which is expected to get up to 18 inches of snow, or more.
Seeking a home with lower carrying costs and situated closer to family, a photographer looked in three Western Massachusetts towns.
A farmhouse in Jamaica, Vt., a 1930 townhouse in Savannah, Ga., and a cottage in Colorado Springs.
At a hockey rink in Pawtucket, R.I., shots rang out, leaving two people dead, in addition to the shooter. The police chief said it was a family matter that exploded in public.
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The shooter was also dead, apparently by a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the authorities said. The shooting, which the police described as a “targeted event,” happened at the Dennis M. Lynch Arena in Pawtucket.
If you’re looking for a family-friendly weekend in New England, the Midwest or Quebec, it’s hard to find a better travel theme than syrup.
Forecasters said snowfall totals of one to two inches were likely Sunday night, with isolated amounts of up to three inches across New York City, northeastern New Jersey and much of Long Island.
Learning about our family’s past can connect us to the turmoil and difference that have always been America’s story.
Not long ago, Vermont had a population problem. Then Act 76 ushered in affordable child care for the first time in the state’s history.
A 19th-century sculptor of Black and Indigenous ancestry was acclaimed, then overlooked. But a groundswell of scholars and artists are keeping her flame alive in new projects.
A Frank Lloyd Wright-designed house in Galesburg, a modern condo in Portsmouth and a midcentury modern home in Seattle.
The student, Rumeysa Ozturk, who is from Turkey, was detained by immigration agents last year after she co-wrote a pro-Palestinian opinion article for her student newspaper.
The Maine Republican is one of her party’s most vulnerable senators, and her seat is crucial to Democratic hopes of retaking control of the chamber.
Wind chills below zero were expected to persist across parts of the Northeast and New England on Monday but should finally ease, forecasters said.
Punishing winds have combined with low temperatures to produce dangerously cold conditions across the Northeast. Forecasters say, though, that relief is on the horizon.
Off the coast of Cape Cod, the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument is a unique stretch of ocean that had been protected for a decade.
The laws aim to force oil companies to help pay for damage from global warming. Industry is gearing up for state-by-state battles.
When the New England Patriots play in the Super Bowl, a collective sigh will rise from the willful few who live in the region but root for other teams.
These siblings (and an in-law) turned their childhood love of movies into a family enterprise that has resulted in “Solo Mio,” starring Kevin James.
The ad is part of a multimillion dollar effort by a Republican-aligned group to help Ms. Collins, who is seen as one of the party’s most vulnerable incumbents.
Calling dibs on the parking spot you shoveled after a blizzard tends to be a respected tradition in northern cities, but a spate of confrontations is a reminder of just how precious a spot can be.
In “Bernie for Burlington,” Dan Chiasson’s affection for his subject risks turning history into a sales pitch.
School communities are central to organizing against federal harassment.
Couples have three days to celebrate togetherness this year, and resorts and hotels are going all out on the feel-good front.
She fished off the New England coast for more than 80 years, and intended to continue until she died. “It’s not hard work for me,” she said at 101.
A prolific writer and lecturer, he viewed U.S. history through the lens of class struggle. But some accused him of defending brutal regimes in the Soviet Union and Serbia.
Asking students to drill down on their schoolwork amid an array of digital distractions is inimical to learning.
Readers discuss the reasons for the spike since the pandemic and how to lure students back.
The former superintendent and medical director of the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home in Massachusetts were indicted in 2020 on charges of neglect after many residents became sick and died.
Dana L. McIntyre, who owned a pizzeria in a Boston suburb, defrauded the federal government out of more than $660,000, the Justice Department said.
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The state has begun emptying hotels of about 2,800 homeless people living there as part of a pandemic-era program — and offering them tents — after federal funding ran out.
The group liked online war games. But then Jack Teixeira, an active-duty airman, began showing them classified documents, members say.
New York State tax figures show that 1,453 millionaire taxpayers moved away in 2021, while 80,000 remained.
New arrivals over the last few years have fueled hopes of population growth, but workers increasingly struggle to find housing in a market gone wild.
Hospital-at-home care is an increasingly common option, and it is often a safer one for older adults. But the future of the approach depends on federal action.
In a so-called natural experiment, two school districts in Boston maintained masking after mandates had been lifted in others, enabling a unique comparison.
“Govs. Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis are using asylum seekers as political tools,” a reader writes. Also: President Biden and the pandemic; abortion prosecutors; arms for Ukraine.
A signature-matching rule in North Carolina is rejected, mail ballots in Pennsylvania are in dispute, and more.
A signature-matching rule in North Carolina is rejected, mail ballots in Pennsylvania are in dispute, and more.
As the United States marks one million Covid-19 deaths, Times journalists reflect on the one story or moment from the pandemic that will stay with them forever.