Wu won't cross Harvard picket line; harder rains, but more drought

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Wu won't cross grad-student picket line; cancels Harvard Law commencement address

May 26

Mayor Wu, who had been scheduled to give the Class Day speech at Harvard Law School on Wednesday, will instead stay on this side of the Charles, because she won't cross a picket line set up by striking Harvard graduate students. 

Local vegetarian chain Clover to shut down for good on Thursday

May 26

Boston Restaurant Talk reports.

Developer that planned but never built a 44-unit apartment building in Brighton Center says it will soon file plans for a 143-unit project there

May 26

A Burlington developer that owns three small apartment buildings on Dighton Street in Brighton Center says it will soon file plans for a six-story building with 143 apartments - with an entire floor dedicated to people who don't want to leave the building to work or work out.

Teens were riding around Dorchester with loaded guns, a knife and crack, police say

May 26

Boston Police report arresting two of four people in a car at Blue Hill Avenue and Columbia Road early this morning, one with a loaded gun in a fanny pack, the other with a loaded gun in her underwear.

The US is seeing stronger storms, so why are droughts getting worse?

May 26

About two-thirds of the U.S. is in some stage of drought in late spring 2026, yet at the same time the country has been seeing more intense downpours. It might seem contradictory, but both are symptoms of rising global temperatures.

The Senate ad the Red Sox don't want you to see

May 26

No, not the pro-Markey PAC ad that recycles a Boston mayoral ad from 1983 (the one that got Ray Flynn...