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1 month ago | 
nbcboston.com | Jericho Tran |Mike Pescaro |Matt Prichard
President Donald Trump's executive order calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education has been met with condemnation from Massachusetts leaders and the state's largest teachers union. Trump promised on the campaign trail to do away with the agency. Its official dismantling would require an act of Congress. "We're going to shut it down, and shut it down as quickly as possible," Trump said.
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1 month ago | 
nbcboston.com | Alysha Palumbo |Asher Klein |Jericho Tran
Massport will vote Thursday on a deal that will make rideshares more expensive, but easier to access at Boston's Logan Airport. While Uber and Lyft praised the efforts that went into making a plan, some customers were not enthusiastic. The agreements would bump the surcharge for Uber and Lyft rides at Logan from $3.25 to $5.50 starting this July - but not as high as $7.50 by 2028, which Massport proposed earlier this year, according to Wednesday's announcement.
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1 month ago | 
flipboard.com | Alysha Palumbo |Asher Klein |Jericho Tran
Rapper Dajua Blanding, known to her fans as Dank Demoss, has once again sparked a debate after posting a revealing photoshoot on her TikTok last Friday …
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1 month ago | 
nbcboston.com | Asher Klein |Jericho Tran
Massport, Uber and Lyft have struck deals they say will help both rideshare passengers and drivers at Boston's Logan airport. The agreements would bump the surcharge for Uber and Lyft rides at Logan from $3.25 to $5.50 starting this July - but not as high as $7.50 by 2028, which Massport proposed earlier this year, according to Wednesday's announcement.
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1 month ago | 
telemundonuevainglaterra.com | Asher Klein |Jericho Tran
Massport, Uber y Lyft han llegado a acuerdos que, según afirman, beneficiarán tanto a los pasajeros como a los conductores de viajes compartidos en el aeropuerto Logan de Boston. Los acuerdos aumentarán el recargo por viajes en Uber y Lyft en el aeropuerto Logan de $3.25 a $5.50 a partir de julio, pero no hasta los $7.50 que Massport propuso a principios de este año.
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1 month ago | 
nbcconnecticut.com | Eli Rosenberg |Jericho Tran
A massive homecoming is in store for four astronauts making their descent down to Earth - and one of them is Sunita Williams of Needham, Massachusetts. Williams and her fellow astronaut Butch Willmore have endured about nine months in space, after several failed attempts to bring them home. Needless to say, their families and communities can't wait to welcome them with open arms.
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1 month ago | 
nbcboston.com | Jericho Tran |Thea DiGiammerino
Boston police have released surveillance photos of a man accused of assaulting two teenagers at a YMCA in Brighton Wednesday afternoon. The victims' mother says her 14-year-old son was attacked after a basketball game, and his 17-year-old brother was also hurt standing up for him. Police say the 21-year-old man responsible ran off after the incident on Washington Street around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. He is described as having short dreadlocks, earrings, and a chain.
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1 month ago | 
nbcboston.com | Asher Klein |Jericho Tran
Five employees of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston who were fired last week, apparently leading to the institution's abrupt closure and widespread backlash, have been reinstated, according to the nonprofit that supports the library. "As the Foundation that supports the JFK Library, we are relieved that all five of the JFK Library staff members who were let go last week have been reinstated.
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2 months ago | 
telemundonuevainglaterra.com | Jericho Tran |Munashe Kwangwari
Una nueva propuesta de Massport podría encarecer el viaje de ida y vuelta al aeropuerto Logan. En un plan que se espera que se presente a la junta directiva de la agencia el jueves, Massport propone un aumento de la tarifa para dejar y recoger pasajeros en viajes compartidos. La tarifa actual es de $3.25 y el plan la aumentaría a $5.50 en 2026 y a $7.50 en 2028. En otras palabras, un viaje que cuesta $41 hoy costaría $46 en 2026 y $51 en 2028.
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2 months ago | 
nbcboston.com | Mike Pescaro |Jericho Tran
A man accused in a hit-and-run crash that killed a young woman in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood is expected in court on Thursday. Taylor Wilkinson, a 20-year-old Fisher College sophomore from Roxbury, was crossing Washington Street near Lenox Street on Jan. 18 when she was fatally hit by a driver who fled the scene. Her 23-year-old sister, Carlee, was also hurt.
