11+ hour, 5+ min ago   (154+ words) Police are urging residents in Somerville's East End to be vigilant following a series of break-ins this month. There have been seven break-ins in the area since Feb. 3, police said Thursday, five of them when residents were at home. Police…...

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1077+ words) Good morning. Today we're bringing you takeaways from a first-of-its-kind Globe survey about how the Trump administration's cuts to scientific research have hurt Massachusetts " and the country. Federally funded scientific research at universities has long been a thrumming engine of…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (218+ words) Several people were taken to the hospital as firefighters battled a house fire in Quincy in brutal conditions on Sunday, officials said. Crews responded to 59 Pond St. at approximately 6 a.m. and encountered heavy fire coming from the right side of a…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (652+ words) Sound Check is the Globe's weekly guide to concerts, tunes, and trends rooted in Boston and beyond. This column covers Feb. 6-12. On a national level, that magazine page is where the story of Worcester hip-hop begins. But locals like Kaz…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (329+ words) More than 180 years later, what seems even more striking is how soon the miracle became taken for granted. Not as it is now, with a smartphone camera in so many pockets, but as a part of daily life: from studio…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (214+ words) A 23-year-old New Bedford woman was killed and another woman was critically injured Friday night after they were struck by a car on Route 18 after their vehicle broke down, officials said. Ruby Quiro Santos was pronounced dead Saturday after being…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (700+ words) These aren't the numbers you like to see if your job is convincing companies and people to move to Massachusetts, or to stay here. But like a true venture capitalist, state economic development secretary Eric Paley sees opportunity in the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (241+ words) A nor'easter set to develop Saturday morning and intensify into a bomb cyclone, bringing blizzard conditions to coastal Virginia and the Carolinas, will more or less graze New England, although Cape Cod and the islands will see a few inches…...

2+ week, 14+ hour ago   (98+ words) Public schools in Worcester will be closed Friday "due to hazardous wind chill conditions," officials said. The National Weather Service is forecasting extreme cold Thursday night into Friday, with expected wind chills between -15 to -25 degrees Fahrenheit. Head-start and after school…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (765+ words) What follows is part of the Globe's weekly Camberville & beyond newsletter, which explores the latest from Cambridge and Somerville. You can read the full Jan. 29 edition here. A Thursday still digging out It was about 9 p.m. Sunday in Cambridge, the snowstorm…...