4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (227+ words) WBUR is asking Boston to help it raise $125 million, the largest fundraising campaign in the public radio station's history. WBUR has made the campaign public, framing the effort as essential to the station's long-term survival after a year of upheaval…...

4+ day, 11+ 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…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (146+ words) In 1836, that prison gave way to a courthouse, which became a landmark anti-slavery site in 1851 when abolitionists stormed the building to rescue escaped slave Shadrach Minkins. The courthouse was replaced by the present building in 1912. The site also has a…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (138+ words) Monday morning, Boston saw its second-annual Labor Day parade hosted by the Greater Boston Labor Council, this time with themes of challenging corporate takeover and fighting for justice on behalf of the working class across Massachusetts. Union representatives and performers…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (954+ words) For Bob Leonhardt, Lowell’s Labor Day Parade is a family affair. All but one of his sons were there, either in the parade or beside him. The missing son was Brian Leonhardt, who died Jan. 6, 20216, while fighting in Afghanistan. “I…...

6+ day, 7+ hour ago   (285+ words) A man walked into the 7-Eleven at 473 West Broadway in South Boston, grabbed a coffee and a snack, and walked right back out without paying — and police say it wasn't the first time he'd pulled that move. Now Boston Police…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (407+ words) Two people were rushed to local hospitals Sunday night after Boston Police responded to a report of a person shot at 1991 Columbus Avenue in Roxbury around 7:49 p.m. Officers arrived to find the aftermath of a shooting that left both victims with…...

1+ week, 11+ hour ago   (298+ words) The Asian American Association of Boston, which hosts the festival, describes its mission as sharing culture between Asians and Americans, and it bills the event on its website as the largest outdoor celebration of Asian Americans in Greater Boston. The…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (337+ words) A 38-year-old man is facing a fresh round of armed robbery charges after Boston Police say he held up three separate Dorchester businesses at knifepoint over the course of a single week in late August. John Kennedy was taken into…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (190+ words) Thomas Rose, a 37-year-old MIT assistant professor and archaeometallurgist, died on September 2 from injuries sustained when he was riding a bicycle and was struck near the intersection of Memorial Drive and the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge in Cambridge. The crash happened…...