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The Revolution set a franchise attendance record in 2024, including a sellout of more than 65,000 on April 27 when Lionel Messi and Inter Miami visited, but drew better than 42,000 on two other occasions as well.

The Revolution averaged 29,000 fans a game last season. So why build a smaller stadium?

In an interview with the Globe, team president Brian Bilello discussed the franchise's latest thinking regarding plans for a new soccer-specific stadium in Everett.

More Mass. Black voters are backing Trump. Dems want to know how they can re-energize the voting base.
President-elect Donald Trump's gains among Black voters in Massachusetts have challenged the community's decades-long allegiance to the Democratic Party.

Here are the people Donald Trump has picked for key positions so far Some Arab Americans who voted for Trump are concerned about his picks for key positions

Caroline Kennedy, US ambassador to Australia nominee for President Joe Biden, speaks during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, on April 7, 2022.

Caroline Kennedy calls cousin RFK Jr.’s vaccine views dangerous

US Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy described her cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s views on vaccinations as “dangerous,” the latest public rebuke by a senior member of the storied family against the man Donald Trump has tapped for a key Cabinet post.

How Harris burned through $1.5 billion in 15 weeks
The campaign spared no expense as it hunted for voters — paying for an avalanche of advertising, social media influencers, a for-hire door-knocking operation, thousands of staff, pricey rallies, a splashy Oprah town hall, celebrity concerts, and even drone shows.

The Patriots’ defensive plan against Matthew Stafford worked out well — for the Rams
It was more suitable against a rookie, not a seasoned veteran with a Super Bowl ring.

‘You either win or learn’: Here’s what we are learning about Drake Maye: He’s the real deal. How the Patriots’ rookies fared in their loss to the Rams

Jerod Mayo (left), with Alex Van Pelt, played it safe against the Rams, and paid for it.

Jerod Mayo once called his Patriots soft, but he is coaching in a similar fashion

The rookie coach who offered up some highly insulting verbiage about his team earlier in the year is seeing his questionable decisions adding up — in the form of losses.

Historical documentarian Ken Burns conducted a question and answer session June 11 in College Park, Md. His new documentary on Leonardo da Vinci premieres Monday and Tuesday.

This week’s TV: A new Ken Burns documentary about Leonardo da Vinci

Plus, an adaptation of the novel "Interior Chinatown."

Many of the Haitians migrating to Massachusetts are coming from Chile, not Haiti. Here’s why.

Migrants, both recent arrivals and many who’ve been in Chile longer, find themselves on the fringes of society, with scant opportunity for economic mobility.

As MBTA overhauls slow zones, many workers earn more than $100,000 in overtime

The T's top earner took home $236,472 in overtime, bringing the official's annual earnings to $392,207 — nearly as much as the president of the United States.

Schools to remain closed Monday in three North Shore communities amid teacher strikes

By Sunday night, district officials and union representatives in all three communities remained divided on key issues, including paid parental leave and wages for teachers and teaching assistants.

Biden allows Ukraine to strike Russia with long-range US missiles

President Biden’s decision is a major change in US policy, and it comes two months before President-elect Donald Trump takes office with his vow to limit further support for Ukraine.

A Russian ballistic missile with cluster munitions kills 11 people and injures 84 in Ukraine’s north

A makeshift memorial grows in Ukraine’s capital after 1,000 days of war
After 1,000 days of war, a makeshift memorial has grown in the heart of Kyiv with thousands of blue-and-yellow flags honoring soldiers who died defending Ukraine.

1 dead, 39 sick after E. coli outbreak in organic carrots

As of Sunday, 39 people in 18 states have been infected, resulting in 15 hospitalizations and one death in California.

‘My frustrations got the best of me’: Gloucester mayor sorry for obscene gesture

Greg Verga apologized Friday after he was caught on camera making an obscene gesture to teachers on strike.

Israeli strike in Beirut kills Hezbollah’s spokesman, while a strike in Gaza kills at least 30

A rare Israeli strike in central Beirut killed the Hezbollah militant group’s chief spokesman on Sunday, while an Israeli strike in northern Gaza ‘s Beit Lahiya killed at least 30 people, a hospital director there told the Associated Press.

60-year-old woman dies after stabbing in Roxbury park, police say

Around 12:45 p.m. Saturday, police responded to a report of a person stabbed at Ramsay Park, located at 1917 Washington St., between Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard, officials said.

CELTICS

NBA says Jayson Tatum traveled on overtime game-winner against Raptors on Saturday

Tatum moved his pivot foot with 3.4 seconds left in overtime and should have been called for traveling, but an earlier missed call would have rendered that moot.

Celtics to visit President Biden at the White House on Thursday

The 16-bedroom, 120,000-square foot mansion built by Yankee Candle founder Michael J. Kittredge in Leverett.

Can late Yankee Candle founder’s $23 million luxury estate be a solution to the state’s housing shortage?

The $23 million property has been on the market as a single-family home for two years without any bidders — until developer Joshua Wallack entered the picture.

Backup goalie Joonas Korpisalo could be in line to make a second straight start Monday night.

KEVIN PAUL DUPONT | ON HOCKEY

Could boost the Bruins need to go on a winning run come from Joonas Korpisalo? The backup goalie may be that guy.

Realistically, the Bruins may have but these next five-eight games to shake their sleepwalking ways and gain some traction in the East.

Opinion

Elon Musk spoke before Donald Trump at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden on Oct. 27 in New York.

Jill Abramson

Trump, Musk, and the rise of the conservative press

The news standards for accuracy used by some conservative shows are looser than the rules observed by traditional journalists.

Renée Loth

Welcome to the world of influencer media

EDITORIAL

Judges throw a wrench in Massachusetts adoptions

IDEAS | Elizabeth Preston

What are fathers for?

LETTERS

Seth Moulton has certainly got people thinking

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Lives upended by domestic violence, parents ask for Globe Santa’s help

For children in a fractured family, the holiday season is little more than a painful reminder of what they lack.

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President Biden pledged new financial help to protect the Amazon, the planet’s largest tropical rainforest, during a visit to Brazil on Sunday, making one final push to combat climate change before President-elect Donald Trump returns to power in January.

Brazil hosts a G20 summit overshadowed by wars and Trump’s return, aiming for a deal to fight hunger
Brazil is hosting the Group of 20 summit and it appears unlikely the industrialized and emerging-market nations in attendance will sign a meaningful declaration regarding geopolitics.

Red Line trains to be suspended between Harvard and Broadway starting Sunday
Direct shuttle bus service will run every 15 minutes between Harvard and South Station weekdays from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., officials said.

Charli XCX hosts and performs on ‘Saturday Night Live’
"SNL" went "brat" as pop star Charli XCX pulled double duty as this weekend's host and musical guest.

Tensions over abortion erupt as protesters confront Men’s March in Boston
Hundreds of anti-abortion marchers faced off against counter-protesters in Boston as the two sides shouted slogans at each other. Police gave everyone a notice to disperse.

Shen Yun’s longstanding labor practices attract regulators’ scrutiny
The prominent dance company requires its performers to keep grueling tour schedules and train under abusive conditions, former performers have said.

Clutch situations haven’t always been Jayson Tatum’s forte. That didn’t stop him Saturday night.

"I know what I’m capable of," Tatum said after his 3-pointer at the buzzer in overtime lifted the Celtics over the Raptors.

Special education is becoming more expensive for schools. That’s one reason why they can’t pay educators more.
With teachers on strike in Beverly, Gloucester and Marblehead, officials say the rapidly rising cost of special education is among the reasons why they cannot afford the pay raises educators are seeking.

From prison to green jobs: Ex-inmates among new workforce powering state’s climate goals
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This teacher has a super power to help her young students learn to read
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Culture & Lifestyle

This combination of photos shows a portrait of Leonardo da Vinci by an unknown circa the 16th century and filmmaker Ken Burns, during his commencement speech at Brandeis University on May 19.

Ken Burns on why no one, not even Elon Musk, can compare with Leonardo da Vinci

Attendees enjoying a silent disco, which will take place at Republic Fitness in Somerville.

City Hall coffee lounge, a new Levain, and a JP Literary Salon: Free things to do in Boston this week

Artist Alan Michelson with his unfinished sculpture, "The Knowledge Keepers," at UAP’s Pollich Tallix foundry in Rock Tavern, N.Y. The finished pair have now been installed in front of the MFA.

MFA installs Alan Michelson’s answer to ‘Appeal to the Great Spirit.’ ‘No one would ever take them for Native American stereotype.’

Jenée Walker and Kerry Casting wed Aug. 22, 2024, at the Lakehouse in Halifax with 105 of their family and friends.

That time she manifested her ideal man

Special Projects

Illustration of Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and Derrick White along with other NBA greats for the 2024 Finals preview.

Where do the 2023-24 Celtics stand among the greatest teams in NBA history?

Data show that these Celtics are truly extraordinary, a team of uncommon prowess on both ends of the court

Lauren Friel (left) owner of Rebel Rebel, chatted with customers while working at her wine bar in Bow Market in Somerville. The restrictive Boston liquor license system has pushed throngs of innovative chefs to neighborhood towns with laxer laws, including Brookline, Somerville, and Cambridge.

HIGH & DRY

Priced out: How Boston’s broken liquor license system drives chefs from the city

A stubbornly high price tag for serving alcohol hurts thousands of hospitality workers, aspiring restaurateurs, and the city itself.

Interactive map

Pothole season is upon us. See which neighborhoods have the most reports

Boston’s 311 data provides a day-by-day look at the condition of the city’s streets and sidewalks, which neighborhoods are hit hardest, and just how fast repairs are made.

Nightmare in Mission Hill

The story of how a murder in Mission Hill — the Carol Stuart shooting — terrorized and wounded a community of innocent people.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Hunter Biden after leaving court during his trial on tax evasion charges in Los Angeles in September.

RENÉE GRAHAM

President Biden should pardon his son Hunter

A ceremony recalling the crucifixion in Caracas, Venezuela, in 2010.

JEFF JACOBY

The missionary in the parking lot

The Massachusetts State House in Boston.

EDITORIAL

Beacon Hill lobbyists have their own ‘family plan’ for political donations

Back when people had landline phones they always answered, pollsters could easily reach a representative sample of Americans. But now, people who bother to answer calls from pollsters are much more likely to unrepresentative.

IDEAS | JEFF HOWE

The ‘science’ of polling is broken

Donald Trump, then president, spoke during a Jan. 6, 2021, rally protesting the certification of Joe Biden as president in Washington, after which a mob of his supporters stormed the Capitol.

LETTERS

The one thing that should have disqualified Trump in voters’ eyes

IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

Winter Outlook | Ken Mahan

Winter outlook: Here’s what to expect for New England

This winter may bring a tug of war between cold and warm spells.

As MBTA overhauls slow zones, many workers earn more than $100,000 in overtime

The T's top earner took home $236,472 in overtime, bringing the official's annual earnings to $392,207 — nearly as much as the president of the United States.

RI ARTS

Trinity Rep is taking ‘A Christmas Carol’ to PPAC this year

While the Providence Performing Arts Center may be a different setting for the holiday season tradition, Trinity Rep set designer Michael McGarty said his hope is that audiences “come and see ‘A Christmas Carol’ ... produced by Trinity in the way Trinity produces shows.”

RI ARTS

Big changes are coming to Trinity Repertory Company

An exclusive sneak peek at the $35 million renovation expected to bring “renewed vitality to a cherished cultural landmark " in downtown Providence.

Sports

Dan Shaughnessy

Jerod Mayo once called his Patriots soft, but he is coaching in a similar fashion

The rookie coach who offered up some highly insulting verbiage about his team earlier in the year is seeing his questionable decisions adding up — in the form of losses.

REVOLUTION

The Revolution averaged 29,000 fans a game last season. So why build a smaller stadium?

In an interview with the Globe, team president Brian Bilello discussed the franchise's latest thinking regarding plans for a new soccer-specific stadium in Everett.

Rams wide receiver Cooper Kupp left the Patriots in his wake on the second play of the third quarter for a 69-yard TD.

Chad Finn | Unconventional review

The Patriots’ defensive plan against Matthew Stafford worked out well — for the Rams

It was more suitable against a rookie, not a seasoned veteran with a Super Bowl ring.

Tara Sullivan

‘You either win or learn’: Here’s what we are learning about Drake Maye: He’s the real deal.

bills 30, chiefs 21

Bills hand Chiefs first loss of season, ending Kansas City’s 15-game win streak

NEPSAC CHAMPIONSHIPS

Ani Greene’s four goals carry Lexington Christian girls’ soccer to Class D title

Business

Caroline Kennedy calls cousin RFK Jr.’s vaccine views dangerous

Bluesky is growing up. Maybe too fast.

It's a relatively new social network. Bluesky is seeing big increases in users, especially after Nov. 5.

Will the antitrust showdown launched under Biden turn into ‘Let’s Make A Deal’ under Trump?

SPORTS MEDIA

‘Inside the NBA’ will air on ESPN and ABC beginning next season as part of settlement between Warner Bros. Discovery and NBA, AP sources say

magazine

Betsy Ehrenberg holds up the letter Tyler wrote to introduce himself to her. (For privacy, the Globe obscured his contact information.)

Globe Magazine

A woman with cancer needed a miracle from a stranger. A veteran in pain needed one, too.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘THAT is the kind of unapologetically nerdy passion I’m looking for’

Marine Lance Corporal Antonio “Tony” Molina during a Veterans Day event at the Puerto Rican Veterans Memorial Plaza in the South End last year.

PERSPECTIVE

Puerto Ricans have fought for the US since WWI. They must never be forgotten.

Festive cocktails, and a mocktail, for any holiday celebration.

holiday style

Who could use a drink? Six festive cocktails for holiday parties.

metro

AI fuels new medical billing startup created by Brown students

A little warmer today with above-average temps and sunshine. Rain possible later in the week.

Could Greenland hold the answer to New England’s drought? Experts warn months of rain needed to break dry cycle.

sports

NBA says Jayson Tatum traveled on overtime game-winner against Raptors on Saturday

Jerod Mayo is not coaching to win, and it cost the Patriots against the Rams

Cavaliers rout Hornets, head to Boston as NBA’s fourth-ever team to open a year 15-0

business

Rob Griffiths (center, left), Saucony president, and Chris Hufnagel (center, right), chief executive of Saucony parent Wolverine Worldwide, cut a ceremonial ribbon at Wolverine's new Boston office.

Shoe company Wolverine opens new Saucony office in Boston

At Bentley University, the trading room floor is a launching pad

Tyson-Paul fight gives Netflix opportunity to show it can handle big events with NFL, WWE on horizon

politics

Supporters of Donald Trump with signs and T-shirts that read "Blacks for Trump" marched in Washington D.C. in 2023.

More Mass. Black voters are backing Trump. Dems want to know how they can re-energize the voting base.

Congress will ‘do the math’ on a key tax pledge by Trump, Mike Johnson says

Trump names fossil fuel executive Chris Wright as energy secretary

Nation

Osama Siblani, publisher of the Arab American News, in his office, on April 10, in Dearborn, Mich.

Some Arab Americans who voted for Trump are concerned about his picks for key positions

Veteran news executive Reg Murphy, who survived abduction decades ago, has died at 90

Salmon return to lay eggs in historic habitat after largest dam removal project in US history

World

In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters extinguish the fire following a Russian rocket attack that hit a multi-storey apartment building in Sumy, Ukraine, on Nov. 17.

A Russian ballistic missile with cluster munitions kills 11 people and injures 84 in Ukraine’s north

Typhoon Man-yi leaves 7 dead in landslide in Philippines and worsens crisis from back-to-back storms

At climate summit in Baku, negotiators are urged to get down to business as talks enter second week

opinion

An American flag was backlit in the late-afternoon sun as steam rose from a vent on Harrison Avenue in Boston's South End.

Viewing next four years with conflicting feelings — and some hope

The pain of Trump’s victory is keenly, uniquely felt

Question 1 voters seek more openness on Beacon Hill, not more Republicans

lifestyle

Moira Legault and Tyler Ferron of Nashua, N.H., wed on Nov. 7 at the Amherst Woman's Club in Amherst. The celebration, in part, was provided by Chicago nonprofit Wish Upon a Wedding, an organization that helps to provide weddings and other ceremonies to couples facing life-altering illnesses.

From heartache to hope: A canceled wedding finds new meaning

Should I swear off dating?

A + B = I’m single again

food & dining

Cocktails at Wink and Nod in Boston in 2019.

Sad hour continues: Beacon Hill lawmakers again decline to bring ‘happy hour’ back to Mass.

Who could use a drink? Six festive cocktails for holiday parties.

Feast & Fettle will close its retail store in Pawtucket, R.I.

travel

A mountain hut on the TMB in Switzerland, where weary hikers from Massachusetts would soon be refreshed by hot cappuccino in porcelain mugs.

We spent 12 days on the greatest hiking trail in the world. You can, too.

Taylor Goldsmith on doing what he wants, catching up on sleep, and making coffee on a plane

See the world by train; renew your passport soon

Arts

Ken Burns on why no one, not even Elon Musk, can compare with Leonardo da Vinci

MFA installs Alan Michelson’s answer to ‘Appeal to the Great Spirit.’ ‘No one would ever take them for Native American stereotype.’

Laurie Simmons: when a house is not a home

Books

OX, Untitled, 2016. Paris. Acrylic on paper.

Poems of desire, looking at graffiti, a new bookstore in Quincy

Stephen King refutes rumors he called Elon Musk Trump’s ‘First Lady,’ was kicked off X

Author readings around Boston through Nov. 23

Movies

Ken Burns on why no one, not even Elon Musk, can compare with Leonardo da Vinci

Five things to do around Boston, Nov. 18-24

Conan O’Brien tapped to host the 2025 Oscars

Television

This week’s TV: A new Ken Burns documentary about Leonardo da Vinci

Charli XCX hosts and performs on ‘Saturday Night Live’

Ken Burns on why no one, not even Elon Musk, can compare with Leonardo da Vinci

music

A 2022 performance of the Celebrity Series presented with the Berlin Philharmonic.

The Berliners are back

Five things to do around Boston, Nov. 18-24

Mattapan native SeeFour wanted the world to see Boston hip-hop on Netflix’s ‘Rhythm + Flow’

Theater/Dance

Two Lavine Learning Lab students welcome audience members to an ART performance.

American Repertory Theater launches Lavine Learning Lab for local high schools

For a fast-moving ‘Noises Off,’ set designers used every inch of the stage

'Tartuffe' finds new resonance, and an antic comic tone to match

Health

Dr. Susan Meschwitz, center, a chemistry professor at Salve Regina University in Newport, R.I., in her lab with two undergraduate students.

About 30% of women are reinfected with a UTI within a year. This R.I. professor is looking for a way to change that.

Why is Lifespan buying hospitals in Massachusetts instead of saving two in Rhode Island?

R.I. Life Science Hub still in negotiations to develop lab incubator space: ‘In the business world... things moved a lot faster’

Obituaries

Former US women's gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi carried Kerri Strug to receive her gold medal for women's team gymnastics competition at the Centennial Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta on July 23, 1996. Karolyi died Friday at the age of 82.

The Revolution averaged 29,000 fans a game last season. So why build a smaller stadium?

More Mass. Black voters are backing Trump. Dems want to know how they can re-energize the voting base. President-elect Donald Trump's gains among Black voters in Massachusetts have challenged the community's decades-long allegiance to the Democratic Party.

Caroline Kennedy calls cousin RFK Jr.’s vaccine views dangerous

The Patriots’ defensive plan against Matthew Stafford worked out well — for the Rams It was more suitable against a rookie, not a seasoned veteran with a Super Bowl ring.

Jerod Mayo once called his Patriots soft, but he is coaching in a similar fashion

This week’s TV: A new Ken Burns documentary about Leonardo da Vinci

Many of the Haitians migrating to Massachusetts are coming from Chile, not Haiti. Here’s why.

As MBTA overhauls slow zones, many workers earn more than $100,000 in overtime

Schools to remain closed Monday in three North Shore communities amid teacher strikes

Biden allows Ukraine to strike Russia with long-range US missiles

A makeshift memorial grows in Ukraine’s capital after 1,000 days of war After 1,000 days of war, a makeshift memorial has grown in the heart of Kyiv with thousands of blue-and-yellow flags honoring soldiers who died defending Ukraine.

1 dead, 39 sick after E. coli outbreak in organic carrots

‘My frustrations got the best of me’: Gloucester mayor sorry for obscene gesture

Israeli strike in Beirut kills Hezbollah’s spokesman, while a strike in Gaza kills at least 30

60-year-old woman dies after stabbing in Roxbury park, police say

NBA says Jayson Tatum traveled on overtime game-winner against Raptors on Saturday

Can late Yankee Candle founder’s $23 million luxury estate be a solution to the state’s housing shortage?

Could boost the Bruins need to go on a winning run come from Joonas Korpisalo? The backup goalie may be that guy.

Trump, Musk, and the rise of the conservative press

Welcome to the world of influencer media

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Brazil hosts a G20 summit overshadowed by wars and Trump’s return, aiming for a deal to fight hunger Brazil is hosting the Group of 20 summit and it appears unlikely the industrialized and emerging-market nations in attendance will sign a meaningful declaration regarding geopolitics.

Red Line trains to be suspended between Harvard and Broadway starting Sunday Direct shuttle bus service will run every 15 minutes between Harvard and South Station weekdays from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., officials said.

Charli XCX hosts and performs on ‘Saturday Night Live’ "SNL" went "brat" as pop star Charli XCX pulled double duty as this weekend's host and musical guest.

Tensions over abortion erupt as protesters confront Men’s March in Boston Hundreds of anti-abortion marchers faced off against counter-protesters in Boston as the two sides shouted slogans at each other. Police gave everyone a notice to disperse.

Shen Yun’s longstanding labor practices attract regulators’ scrutiny The prominent dance company requires its performers to keep grueling tour schedules and train under abusive conditions, former performers have said.

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Jerod Mayo once called his Patriots soft, but he is coaching in a similar fashion

The Revolution averaged 29,000 fans a game last season. So why build a smaller stadium?

The Patriots’ defensive plan against Matthew Stafford worked out well — for the Rams

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A little warmer today with above-average temps and sunshine. Rain possible later in the week.

Could Greenland hold the answer to New England’s drought? Experts warn months of rain needed to break dry cycle.

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NBA says Jayson Tatum traveled on overtime game-winner against Raptors on Saturday

Jerod Mayo is not coaching to win, and it cost the Patriots against the Rams

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President-elect Donald Trump's gains among Black voters in Massachusetts have challenged the community's decades-long allegiance to the Democratic Party.

The Patriots’ defensive plan against Matthew Stafford worked out well — for the Rams
It was more suitable against a rookie, not a seasoned veteran with a Super Bowl ring.

A makeshift memorial grows in Ukraine’s capital after 1,000 days of war
After 1,000 days of war, a makeshift memorial has grown in the heart of Kyiv with thousands of blue-and-yellow flags honoring soldiers who died defending Ukraine.

Brazil hosts a G20 summit overshadowed by wars and Trump’s return, aiming for a deal to fight hunger
Brazil is hosting the Group of 20 summit and it appears unlikely the industrialized and emerging-market nations in attendance will sign a meaningful declaration regarding geopolitics.

Red Line trains to be suspended between Harvard and Broadway starting Sunday
Direct shuttle bus service will run every 15 minutes between Harvard and South Station weekdays from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., officials said.

Charli XCX hosts and performs on ‘Saturday Night Live’
"SNL" went "brat" as pop star Charli XCX pulled double duty as this weekend's host and musical guest.

Tensions over abortion erupt as protesters confront Men’s March in Boston
Hundreds of anti-abortion marchers faced off against counter-protesters in Boston as the two sides shouted slogans at each other. Police gave everyone a notice to disperse.

Shen Yun’s longstanding labor practices attract regulators’ scrutiny
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