8+ hour, 28+ min ago   (653+ words) More than three decades have passed since the body of 27-year-old Susan “Su” Taraskiewicz was found in the trunk of her car in Revere, after she worked an overnight shift as a baggage handler at Logan Airport. The homicide investigation…...

3+ hour, 6+ min ago   (698+ words) Who had a better Saturday? BB&N graduate T.Y. Harding or the Northeast football run game? Harding, a senior wide receiver for UMass, caught just 24 passes for 361 yards over his first four seasons with the Minutemen. Then came Saturday’s 37-10 win over…...

5+ min ago   (224+ words) Several claims deserve greater scrutiny. The striking assertion that marijuana costs taxpayers $4.50 for every $1 collected in tax revenue comes from a 2018 report commissioned by the Centennial Institute at Colorado Christian University, an organization that has advocated against marijuana legalization, not…...

6+ hour, 18+ min ago   (865+ words) Trump is spending the weekend at his golf resort in the village of Doonbeg, Ireland, where he is watching the Irish Open being played there. Irish golfer Shane Lowry held a four-stroke lead going into Sunday’s final day of competition....

6+ hour, 45+ min ago   (218+ words) The streets of Downtown Crossing came alive Saturday afternoon with Latin rhythms, as hundreds of spectators packed Summer Street Plaza to dance to the clave beat. The third annual Embrace Massó ¡Con Salsa! Ritmo y Sonido Block Party was headlined…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (205+ words) Social media fueled the rise of Ran Duan into a titan of the Boston cocktail scene. After 24-year-old Julia Phan was found dead in his house on New Year’s Day, that digital discourse turned against him. A Boston bartending…...

18+ hour, 5+ min ago   (168+ words) Millions of people are now using AI chatbots every week to navigate health questions. While many say the technology has proved useful, it can generate hallucinations and make mistakes — some of which have had serious consequences. How you prompt a…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (772+ words) David H. Rosmarin is an associate professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and the director of the McLean Hospital Spirituality & Mental Health Program. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been inundated with messages about the trial of Lindsay Clancy, who…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (165+ words) A 30-year-old Massachusetts man died Thursday after falling while climbing rock ledges along the Appalachian Trail in Kent, Conn., police said. Collin Salmon, of Great Barrington, was rock climbing in a section of trail known as St. John’s Ledges when…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (1276+ words) Nearly 2,000 nurses at Boston Medical Center voted overwhelmingly to authorize a three-day strike over pay and staffing at New England’s largest safety-net hospital, their union said Friday. The strike authorization, which passed with nearly 90 percent support, sets up a potentially…...