Daigo Fujiwara-Smith

Jan 14, 2025 | bostonglobe.com | Daigo Fujiwara-Smith |Christina Prignano

To put that number into context, the city of Boston is made up of about 48 square miles of land area, and the borough of Manhattan is about 23 square miles. The largest blaze — the Palisades Fire — has burned about 37 square miles and is just 17 percent contained as of Tuesday morning. The map below shows the latest perimeters of the fires currently burning throughout the Los Angeles area.

Nov 22, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | Gregory Lang |Daigo Fujiwara-Smith

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Nov 12, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | Scooty Nickerson |Daigo Fujiwara-Smith

Although Vice President Kamala Harris received a majority of the votes for president in Boston, preliminary data show that President-elect Donald Trump made significant gains in the city since 2020. Precinct-level voting data from the city show Boston, like much of the country, experienced a rightward shift in this election. In the city, Trump’s vote share expanded by nearly 5 percentage points compared with 2020, a tally slightly higher than the statewide shift of 4.6 percentage points.

Nov 6, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | Neena Hagen |Scooty Nickerson |Daigo Fujiwara-Smith

Former president Donald Trump is projected to win the US presidential race, according to the Associated Press, after he secured wins in key swing states Tuesday night. And while Vice President Kamala Harris won Massachusetts handily, Trump clinched a majority of the votes in dozens of Massachusetts towns where he fell short in 2020.

Sep 24, 2024 | bostonglobe.com | Christopher Huffaker |Daigo Fujiwara-Smith

The state education department on Tuesday released the 2024 test results from the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System, better known as MCAS. Tests are administered to students in Grades 3-8 and 10. All tested grades take the math and English language arts exams. Students in Grades 5, 8, and 10 are also tested on science and technology/engineering. Explore test scores by district and school in the database below.