As graduation approaches this spring, a Boston University senior from Myanmar had hoped her mom — whom she hasn’t seen in two years — could travel to the United States to watch her receive her diploma.
From the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963 to the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, the Associated Press has been at the forefront of breaking news as a part of the White House press pool — until this month.
White House officials declared Feb. 14 that AP journalists would be banned from “limited spaces, like the Oval Office and Air Force One” indefinitely.
Michael Horrell, a staff attorney at Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts — an organization focused on protecting civil rights of people in prisons — said the pandemic has worsened the quality of health care in the state’s correctional facilities, which has “never been great.”
After months of debate, the Massachusetts Legislature passed a police reform bill banning chokeholds, creating a state-level oversight committee and allowing officers to report each other’s inappropriate or violent conduct.
Boston Police Commissioner William Gross caused controversy when, on his private Facebook account, he criticized the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts for their Nov. 15 lawsuit against...
The Senate Committee on Net Neutrality and Consumer Protection proposed protections for Massachusetts media consumers, in response to the Federal Communications Commission's repeal of net neutrality.
By Alana Fialkoff and Kaylie Felsberg
Massachusetts legislators, healthcare providers and activists convened on Tuesday morning at the State House for a hearing that discussed a redraft of a bill...
The American Civil Liberties Union canceled a Tuesday protest against the Boston Police Department’s use of social media surveillance software, after BPD announced it will reconsider the use of social...
Approximately 20 people gathered at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse Wednesday afternoon to show support for Mary Holmes in her case against the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority...
Following nearly a year of conversation between activism groups and state leaders, the Boston Police Department is closer to implementing a pilot program to test the use of body-worn cameras for officers.
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