District 7 Boston city council race heads toward recount
Third-place finisher Mavrick Afonso and several former rivals planned to submit paperwork Monday afternoon.
‘Very disheartening’: Americans reading for pleasure plummets in 21st century
A national study that looked at data over the last 20 years has found that the number of Americans who read for pleasure has dropped by 40%.
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Joy Behar, Jackie Hoffman talk love, sex and relationships in ‘My First Ex-Husband’
Joy Behar's new play features a series of monologues based on real stories of women discussing why they got divorced. -
Generational tension is at the heart of Liza Tully’s new murder mystery novel
"The World's Greatest Detective and Her Just Okay Assistance" is a cozy contemporary whodunnit in the style of Agatha Christie. -
Massachusetts lags in housing production despite units added in Healey’s term
More than 90,000 housing units have been completed or entered development since Gov. Maura Healey took office, she said Wednesday, chipping away at the state’s estimated need for 220,000 homes by the end of the decade. -
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Trump administration targets Boston in latest sanctuary city lawsuit
In a lawsuit filed Thursday, the U.S. Department of Justice claims Boston's "Trust Act" is illegal and has resulted in the release of dangerous criminals.
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