2+ day, 8+ hour ago  (467+ words) A federal judge in Vermont ruled Tuesday that a Customs and Border Protection agent improperly canceled the visa of a Harvard Medical School scientist from Russia who was charged with smuggling frog embryos into the United States. Kseniia Petrova was…...

15+ hour, 29+ min ago  (187+ words) Brandon Cardet-Hernandez is the founder and CEO of Medley Learning. In January, my term as a member of the Boston School Committee ended. I felt two things at once: gratitude for the chance to serve, and urgency about what comes…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago  (160+ words) Crews are working to repair a water main break Thursday that opened up a sink hole and shut down a section of Route 20 causing traffic delays in Sudbury, police said. The water main ruptured on Route 20 in the vicinity of…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (195+ words) A Lynn man was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in federal prison for sex trafficking two women who lost their jobs or housing during the coronavirus pandemic and taking their earnings, US Attorney Leah Foley's office said in a statement. Anthony…...

2+ week, 8+ min ago  (574+ words) I just finished my own deep dive into Thoreau as part of a 19th-century American literature course. While this hardly makes me an expert, it does mean my responses come fresh from the pond. Chief. .. A new PBS Thoreau documentary…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (295+ words) If you could travel anywhere right now, where would you go? Istanbul. I've always wanted to go and have never been. I hear it's beautiful and also for the cats. Apparently, there are cats all over the place and if…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (545+ words) M'liejade Tremblay-Bouchard spins as many as 12 hula hoops at a time around her torso, limbs, and neck in "Passengers," from the 7 Fingers, a Montreal-based circus collective, at American Repertory Theater Sept. 2-26. In the show, train travel is a metaphor for…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (1938+ words) Emily Oster, Brown University economist and author of Parent Data newsletter, headlined Boston's Globe second annual Working Mothers Summit this month. In a special live recording, Oster talks with Say More producer Anna Kusmer about why making parenting decisions feels…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (326+ words) Hi there, and welcome back to Immigration Unmasked! I'm Emma Platoff, a reporter and editor at the Globe, joining the newsletter this week to bring you the story of one of the most important figures in the country's immigration leadership:…...

11+ hour, 2+ min ago  (950+ words) More American workers are experimenting with artificial intelligence in their jobs, but skepticism is still widespread. New Gallup polling finds that while more employees are using AI frequently in their work, there's been an uptick in alarm that new technologies…...