Education May 28 WATCH: Conan O'Brien delivers Harvard commencement address Comedian and television host Conan O’Brien entertained Harvard University graduates at their commencement Thursday, mixing offbeat humor and political jokes with more reflective commentary about empathy and humility at a time when the Ivy League school is in the Trump…
Nation May 09 Pedestrian killed after being struck by Frontier Airlines plane taking off in Denver A person who jumped a fence and was on a runway at Denver International Airport was struck and killed by a Frontier Airlines plane during takeoff, airport authorities said.
Nation Apr 20 Actors reenact Paul Revere's historic midnight ride with some modern-day tweaks Revere's ride took place on April 18, 1775, when the silversmith and express rider was dispatched to Lexington to warn Revolutionary leaders Samuel Adams and John Hancock that the British were coming to arrest them.
Economy Mar 30 WATCH: Fed Chair Powell addresses energy price spikes, challenging job market in Harvard conversation Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Monday that it is important to closely monitor inflation amid a spike in energy prices from the Iran war.
Nation Feb 19 When Rhode Island shooter opened fire, bystanders jumped into action to end the carnage Pawtucket police say the group of “courageous citizens” who rushed to intervene in the attack “undoubtedly prevented further injury and increased the chances of survival for the injured.”…
Nation Feb 17 Deadly shooting at Rhode Island youth hockey game was 'targeted event,' authorities say Pawtucket Chief of Police Tina Goncalves said Tuesday the victims were the shooter's ex-wife and adult son. The shooter injured three others during the shooting Monday afternoon in Pawtucket.
Politics Feb 16 How George Washington rose to prominence and became the stuff of myth No, he didn't have wooden teeth.
Nation Jan 06 Shooter who killed MIT professor and Brown students planned attack for months, DOJ says Justice Department officials said Tuesday that during the search of the storage facility where the shooter's body was found, the FBI recovered an electronic device containing a series of short videos made after the shootings.
Nation Dec 08 Massachusetts court hears arguments in lawsuit alleging Meta designed apps to be addictive to kids Massachusetts' highest court heard oral arguments Friday in the state's lawsuit arguing that Meta designed features on Facebook and Instagram to make them addictive to young users.
Nation Nov 07 Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments After a Boston appeals court declined to immediately intervene, Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued an order late Friday pausing the requirement to distribute full SNAP payments until the appeals court rules on whether to issue a more lasting…