On the sixth day of testimony in the penalty phase of the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the defendant’s attorneys delved further into his complicated family life and presented witnesses from his high...
As part of a new digital scholarship initiative on Islamic studies, the Institute for the Study of Muslim Societies and Civilizations at Boston University hosted an interdisciplinary panel discussion...
On Tuesday, the second day of defense testimony in the penalty phase of the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, Tsarnaev’s attorneys focused on personality changes in the defendant’s deceased brother, Tamerlan.
The...
At the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Tuesday, Tsarnaev’s defense team called several witnesses to the stand before officially resting its case, ending the evidence presentation portion of the trial. Tsarnaev...
The spectacle of the flagship concert of The Nile Project, held Thursday after a week of panels and exhibitions, roared against a very serious concern for the issues it sought to expose.
“Somewhere...
The trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the 21-year-old accused of placing two bombs at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring more than 260, picked up Tuesday morning with...
Instead of peeling through candy wrappers looking for a golden ticket on Jan. 13, Boston
music lovers scoured the city looking for hidden vinyl records.
The citywide scavenger hunt for the coveted records...
Every year, Boston residents gather together to cheer on runners as they race 26.2 miles from Hopkinton to Copley Square. Though the thousands of people in the Boston Marathon and the thousands more...
Gun-related incidents made national headlines every day last week, two of which occurred on college campuses. Despite the recent series of shootings, however, security officials at Boston University say...
As part of President Barack Obama’s agenda to make college more affordable and accessible to American families, the U.S. Department of Education hosted “Datapalooza” Wednesday, where representatives...
From 2007 to 2011, 99 percent of urbanized areas in the United States, including Boston, showed commuters are transitioning from personal cars to alternative modes of transportation, according to a report...
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino is expected to sign an ordinance in the coming weeks voted on by the Boston City Council that would ban smoking in all public parks owned by the City of Boston.
Nick Martin,...
