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Slavery reparations in Amherst could include funding for youth programs and housing
Local News The council Monday night will consider a report from the town’s African Heritage Reparation Assembly on how those funds should be spent. By MICHAEL CASEY, Associated Press October 16, 2023 | 2:37 PM BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts college town that established one of the nation’s first reparation funds for Black residents is […]
Watch: ’60 Minutes’ goes deep on Martha’s Vineyard migrant incident
Media Florida paid more than $600,000 for a political stunt that sent migrants to Martha’s Vineyard aboard private jets last year, “60 Minutes” reported. Two planes of migrants from Venezuela arrived suddenly on Martha’s Vineyard on Sept. 14, 2022. Jonathan Wiggs/Boston Globe Staff, File Early on Sept. 14, 2022, dozens of newly arrived migrants lined […]
Shelter system will be full by end of month, capacity limits to be implemented, Healey says
Local News There will be no changes to the state’s “right-to-shelter” law, but the Massachusetts emergency shelter system will reach its limit in the coming weeks. At the Massachusetts State House, Gov. Maura Healey provided an update on the state’s emergency family shelter system. Suzanne Kreiter/Boston Globe Gov. Maura Healey announced Monday that the state’s […]
Woman’s body found on South Boston’s Carson Beach
State police announced an investigation into the woman’s death Monday. The post Woman’s body found on South Boston’s Carson Beach appeared first on Boston.com.
Live updates: Massachusetts reacts to Israel-Hamas war
Local News Many with Massachusetts ties are feeling the impacts of the war. A crowd of pro-Israel demonstrators react as pro-Palestine demonstrators drive past their rally on the front steps of Cambridge City Hall. Matthew J. Lee / The Boston Globe More than a week after fighters with the militant group Hamas in the Gaza […]
Coming soon: Beyond the Gilded Gate, a Boston Globe Spotlight Report into Massachusetts’ housing crisis
Coming soon:A Boston Globe Spotlight Reportinto the Massachusetts housing crisis Single-family home price index 010x8x6x4x2x12x1980198519901995200020052010201520202023Base 1980 US Massachusetts New York Washington California Hawaii US Massachusetts From 1980, 6x higher From 1980, 11x higher Home prices have risen nationwide, particularly since the pandemic. By one measure, the cost of a home is now six times higher […]
Humanitarian aid is stuck at Gaza-Egypt border as Israeli siege strains hospitals
World News Israel is widely expected to launch a ground offensive in order to kill Hamas leaders, recover captives, and destroy the group’s military infrastructure, much of which is in residential areas. A Palestinian boy sits on the rubble of his building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip […]
Palestinian American boy, 6, killed and his mother wounded in Illinois hate crime motivated by Israel-Hamas war, police say
National News “Detectives were able to determine that both victims in this brutal attack were targeted by the suspect due to them being Muslim and the on-going Middle Eastern conflict involving Hamas and the Israelis.” By SOPHIA TAREEN, Associated Press updated on October 16, 2023 | 9:12 AM CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois landlord accused […]
The war between Israel and Hamas is testing the Republican Party’s isolationist shift
Politics Republican primary voters across New Hampshire who pelted Republican presidential candidates with foreign policy questions this past week are hungry for better answers. Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks with reporters after signing papers to get on the Republican presidential primary ballot at the New Hampshire Statehouse, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, in Concord, N.H. […]
Harvard student sails the Charles River in a giant pumpkin
Local News Ben Chang had two goals this semester: to raise money for his student-lab and to float in a giant pumpkin. Ben Chang set sail on the Charles River in a giant pumpkin this weekend, WBZ radio reported. WBZ Radio A Harvard student crossed the Charles River this weekend with nothing but an oar, […]