Longtime Boston Globe sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy is recovering after heart surgery, the newspaper announced Sunday.
In a brief story posted on the newspaper’s website Sunday night, the Globe announced that Shaughnessy is “resting …
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School Committee members call for National Guard presence at Brockton High School
About half of the Brockton School Committee members have signed a petition calling for the National Guard to assist in monitoring local high school students following a recent increase in violence on campus.
They noted how in the last few months, t…
Two people rescued from early-morning fire in Boston
Boston firefighters responded to a fire in the city’s Roxbury neighborhood early Monday morning, saving two people who were screaming for help from a second floor window.
The Boston Fire Department said the flames were heavy when they arrived…
Amid Brockton student violence, proposal to call in National Guard stirs controversy
Four school committee members in Brockton are requesting for the Massachusetts National Guard to assist in monitoring high school students following an increase in violence on campus.
In a letter sent Thursday to Mayor Robert Sullivan, the committe…
First lady Jill Biden to visit Mass., Conn. this week
First lady Jill Biden will be in New England this week for a fundraiser and an event about research on women’s health, the White House said Sunday.
Biden will travel to to Connecticut, then Massachusetts, on Tuesday, and leave Wednesday afternoon, according to a news release from her office.
Biden will arrive at Tweed New Haven Regional Airport in Connecticut at around 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday ahead of a political finance event for the Biden Victory Fund in Guilford, according to the release.
That evening, the first Lady will arrive at Boston Logan International Airport. She’ll speak at an event in Cambridge the next morning as a part of the White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research.
Biden leads the initiative, launched in November to close the gender research gap in health care.
“Every woman I know has a story about leaving her doctor’s office with more questions than answers. Not because our doctors are withholding information, but because there’s just not enough research yet on how to best manage and treat even common women’s health conditions. In 2023, that is unacceptable,” she said in a statement announcing the initiative.
Cloudy and chilly Sunday evening in New England
More clouds than sun will be with us this afternoon as low pressure tracks just north of the Canadian border today into tonight. Snow showers and flurries will develop across the higher terrain of northern and western New England with several in…
