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Did you know that Dr. Rose Butler Browne, the first Black woman to earn a doctoral degree in education from Harvard University, was a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.?. Rose Butler Browne was born on March 19, 1897, in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of a brickmason and a...

If you’ve ever walked around Castle Island, you’ve probably noticed the tall granite obelisk standing just behind Fort Independence. It’s a monument honoring Donald McKay, one of the greatest shipbuilders of the 19th century and the man behind some of the fastest clipper ships ever built, including the legendary Flying

Monday at 11:00 a.m., Xavier Bautista’s family and friends gathered at Saint Mary of the Annunciation Parish on Norfolk St. for his funeral. Two hours prior, Rayquon Brown, a 29-year-old resident of Canton, was arraigned at the Cambridge District Court and charged with the murder of Bautista in Cambridge on July 4. Bro

The owner of a Brockton salvage yard was burned and a firefighter was taken to the hospital with heat exhaustion after a fire broke at Brockton Auto Parts Sunday afternoon. On Sunday, July 13, shortly after 1:30 p.m., the Brockton Fire Department received a call about a fire at Brockton Auto Parts at 511 Thatcher Stree

The incident occurred on Sunday around 4 PM when first responders were dispatched to Jumptown Skydiving in response to reports of a serious accident.

Arriving soon at Logan Airport: A Scottish keepsake for Boston. The intrigue: The cone is the latest gesture of goodwill between Glasgow and Boston, which recently became sister cities. Zoom in: Scottish influencer Andrew Dobbie couldn't make the World Cup matches that drew throngs of Tartan Army members to Massachuset

Bentley University has cut 173 dining jobs as it prepares to swap out longtime food service provider Sodexo for a new contractor. The layoffs, announced this week, come ahead of Chartwells Higher Education taking control of campus dining in August. University leaders and the incoming vendor say many of those same worke

The City of Boston, Massachusetts, issued a heat advisory for Tuesday, July 14th, and Wednesday, July 15th, citing current weather forecasts that put the highest heat index in the 95° to 103° range with limited overnight relief. In the announcement shared Monday, the City urged residents to take the conditions seriousl

The customer, who was evaluated for “visible lacerations to the forehead,” was punched three times while being called racial slurs, prosecutors say. A Boston man is facing charges after he allegedly lunged at a Burger King employee, punched a customer, and then resisted arrest at a nearby MBTA station in East Boston, a

The Middlesex District Attorney said multiple men in masks confronted him on his walk to work on the morning of the Fourth of July.