Judge blocks $100k visa fee; Shroud of Turin foundation that started in a Fenway wrapped up in suit
Judge bars regime's $100,000 fee for visas for skilled workers as an illegal tax
June 8
A Boston federal judge today blocked the regime from imposing a $100,000 fee for all H-1B visas, which Massachusetts and other states said would seriously damage their educational systems.
Shroud of Turin foundation that started in a Fenway condo now wrapped up in lawsuit
June 8
Two board members of a foundation started by a longtime Fenway resident who amassed one of the world's largest collections of artwork and writings about the Shroud of Turin in his condo before moving it to a former movie studio in Wabash, Indiana, have sued him and a couple of his family members for, they charge, diverting the proceeds of the...
Two stabbed on Astoria Street in Mattapan
June 8
Staco City reports two people were stabbed on Astoria Street in Mattapan around 8:40 p.m. and that one was taken to the hospital in such bad shape the homicide unit was called in, just in case.
Crash that killed little kid in Hyde Park among dozens missing from BPS school-bus company's federal safety records
June 8
WBUR and ProPublica report on the holes in the federal safety records of Transdev, the company that runs BPS buses - and wants to run the MBTA's commuter-rail system. Among the several dozen fatal crashes not in a federal safety database: The one that killed Arthur Lens Joseph, 5, outside his Hyde Park home last year.
Climate-change group blocks Dartmouth Street in Copley Square in protest against fossil-fuel conference
June 8
NBC Boston reports members of Extinction Rebellion sat down in the middle of Dartmouth Street at St. James Avenue this morning to protest a conference of natural-gas executives at the Westin this week.
