11+ hour, 21+ min ago   (153+ words) An artificial intelligence startup that automates background checks for banks, law firms, and universities is moving its top brass to Boston after pulling in $56 million in new funding. Xapien announced the investment round this week, saying the money will fund…...

15+ hour, 10+ min ago   (314+ words) A 30-year-old rock climber from Great Barrington, Massachusetts, died Thursday afternoon after falling roughly 40 feet from the cliffs at St. John's Ledges in Kent, Connecticut. Collin Salmon was pronounced dead at New Milford Hospital following the fall at St. John's…...

15+ hour, 19+ min ago   (203+ words) Carrow Road Trust of Peabody claimed the $25 million top prize in Massachusetts’ $25,000,000 Mega Money scratch-ticket game, with Donald MacDonald representing the trust. The trust selected a one-time cash payment of $16.25 million before taxes, according to MassLive’s report citing Massachusetts Lottery…...

15+ hour, 37+ min ago   (275+ words) A man in his 60s from Worcester County has become Massachusetts' seventh human case of West Nile virus this year, according to health officials. All six prior cases this season involved residents exposed in Middlesex and Suffolk counties. Only Dukes and…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (265+ words) According to a U.S. Congress hearing record, ICE's December 2006 Operation Wagon Train involved more than 1,000 agents and about 1,300 arrests at six worksite locations. ICE Health Service Corps provides medical services to detained people. According to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the agency…...

2+ day, 9+ hour ago   (311+ words) El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico will headline a free block party Saturday from 3 to 7 p.m. at Summer Street Plaza in Downtown Crossing. The program will also feature DJ ArmandoTheTruth and Johnny Giraldo of Salsa y Control, according to Embrace Boston....

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (361+ words) Broomfield-based Quantinuum lands a $100 million federal CHIPS Act award and gives the U.S. government an equity stake in the deal. A quantum computing company based in Broomfield, Colorado just cut a deal with Washington that hands the federal government a direct…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (287+ words) The math matters because the district's formation depends on clearing both thresholds. Not every major property owner in Back Bay shares BXP's reluctance. Saunders Hotel Group, which owns the Lenox Hotel and Raffles Boston, has three properties inside the proposed…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (304+ words) Drivers of non-Tesla electric vehicles can now plug in at four Massachusetts highway rest stops that were previously off-limits to them, after Tesla agreed to open its Supercharger stations along the Mass. Turnpike and Interstate 95 to every EV brand. The…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (330+ words) The nurses are represented by 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, as reported by WCVB. The vote concerns a possible strike, while federal law requires unions representing healthcare workers to give hospitals at least 10 days written notice before any picketing or walkout…...