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Rain streaks terminal windows overlooking aircraft on a wet airport apron during a coastal storm.

Travel

Nor’easter Threatens East Coast Flights and Cruise Departures

An early-autumn nor’easter is bringing coastal flooding, high surf and strong winds from New Jersey to New England, putting New York and Boston flights, cruise departures and coastal roads at risk through the weekend.

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Policy

Healey Seeks 60-Day Pause on Massachusetts 24-Cent Gas Tax

Sep 23, 2026

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Healthcare

Massachusetts Seeks Universal Newborn Nurse Visits

Sep 23, 2026

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Politics

Nine States Sue to Block $1.4 Billion Wind Buybacks

Sep 23, 2026

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Policy

Healey Seeks Two-Month Massachusetts Gas-Tax Pause

Sep 22, 2026

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Policy

Massachusetts Awards $40 Million for 36 Battery Projects

Sep 22, 2026

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Healthcare

Massachusetts Seeks $2 Million for Newborn Nurse Visits

Sep 22, 2026

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US

Cut Fiber Line Snarls 7,000 U.S. Flights

Sep 22, 2026

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Policy

Judge Vacates Anti-DEI Policy Behind $600 Million in Teacher-Training Cuts

Sep 18, 2026

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US

Judge Voids Policy Behind $600 Million Teacher-Grant Cuts

Sep 18, 2026

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Entertainment

Ed Sheeran Tour Loses Four Acts After Macklemore Removal

Sep 16, 2026

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Travel

Flash Floods Disrupt New York-Boston Travel Corridor

Sep 14, 2026

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US

350,000 New Mexicans Put Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica Legacy Back on Trial

Sep 9, 2026

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US

12 Jurors, Seven Days, No Verdict: Lindsay Clancy Trial Ends in Mistrial

Sep 4, 2026

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Politics

Markey Defeats Moulton’s Generational Challenge in Massachusetts Primary

Sep 2, 2026

Healthcare

Massachusetts General Transplants Gene-Edited Pig Kidney Into Living Patient, a First for Xenotransplantation

Mar 23, 2024

US

FBI Arrests 21-Year-Old Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira in Classified-Documents Leak Investigation

Apr 15, 2023

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