SimpliSafe launches tailored security solutions for SMB

BOSTON — SimpliSafe has announced a new suite of security solutions designed to protect business owners and entrepreneurs. SimpliSafe Business Security introduces protection plans tailored for small and medium businesses and backed by 24/7...

What it means to be an indigenous person

A new book by Joseph Lee explores community, power, and identity. Awardwinning journalist and Aquinnah Wampanoag Joseph Lee masterfully weaves multiple themes into his book “Nothing More of This Land.” He uses land both physically and as a sense...

Africa's climate health crisis could amplify global $1.5 trillion productivity loss as continent bears 94% of world's malaria burden

In the next 25 years, climate-driven health impacts could result in the loss of more than $1.5 trillion in lost output from select climate-health illnesses. This is according to a new report from the World Economic Forum, developed in...

A woman’s lens

Although women comprise more than half of the country’s population, in 2024, they accounted for 16 percent of directors and 27 percent of producers working on the 250 top-grossing films, according to the 2024 “Celluloid Ceiling” report. While an...

A bad season for Boston College football gets even worse, and other takeaways at the midpoint

“I’ve got to do a better job of coaching the team,” BC head coach Bill O’Brien said after Saturday’s loss. “I’ve got to do a better job of helping the coaches. It just was a terrible night. But it’s football. It’s adversity.” Each week follows a...

Eco-art

Fiber artist Mary Beth Daniels. —Dena Porter Daniels' "Waiting for the Chappy Ferry," is made of hand felted wool, alpaca, silk and other natural fibers. —Dena Porter Daniels' "Nature's Sanctuary" is made of hand felted wool, alpaca, silk and...

State Reserves Recede From Record High as Fiscal Pressures Mount

After years of growth, states’ rainy day fund capacity—the number of days they could cover state operations—fell in fiscal year 2025, the first decline since the Great Recession of 2007-09. At the end of fiscal 2025, the median state could run on...

A return to glory?

As I listen to corporate executives from the major adhesive and sealant companies describe the business environment during recent earnings calls and investor conferences, the consensus is clear: It’s been quite a year. Executives describe 2025...

Boston Water and Sewer Commission’s fired HR director sues mayor, Herald, ex-city councilors alleging ‘civil conspiracy’

The Boston Water and Sewer Commission’s former human resources director Marie Theodat has filed an employment discrimination lawsuit alleging that a number of people, including two ex-city councilors and the Herald, conspired against her to get...

EPA’s Explanation for Endangerment Finding Repeal Doesn’t Pass Muster

EPA is calling it the “largest deregulatory action in U.S. history.” The New York Times called it “President Trump’s most consequential step yet to derail federal climate efforts,” which “appears to represent a shift toward outright denial of the...

Employment – Race – Confederate battle flag

U.S. District Court Where a plaintiff has claimed that he was treated unequally and subjected to a hostile work environment, his complaint should be dismissed because he has failed to allege any actionable adverse employment action and because...

Josh Minott Seizes Opportunity with Boston Celtics After Timberwolves Struggles

TORONTO — Josh Minott, 22, is carving out a new chapter with the Boston Celtics after a challenging stint with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Minott sported “NOW” and “LATER” tattoos on his shins, a reminder from his uncle urging him to work hard in...

AES Announces Expansion and Relocation to New Facility

NORTH CHELMSFORD, MA, MA / ACCESS Newswire / October 15, 2025 / Associated Environmental Systems (AES), a leader in designing, manufacturing, and nationwide servicing of environmental test chambers and battery testing equipment, is excited to...

Moulton to take on Markey for Senate seat

By COLIN A. YOUNG State House News Service BOSTON — For the second election cycle in a row, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey will face a challenge from a younger Democrat in the state’s Congressional delegation. Congressman Seth Moulton of Salem announced...

If Ed Markey is too old, is Seth Moulton too ambitious?

What’s better? The ambition of youth grasping for power or the ambition of old age holding onto it? That’s the choice that Representative Seth Moulton of Massachusetts is putting before voters with his primary challenge to Senator Ed Markey. No...

Honoring A Life of Legacy: Billy Baker

Billy Baker was a native Bostonian who was born and raised in South Boston. He owned several businesses and is most known in the neighborhood for bringing soccer to the youth of South Boston. In 1984, Billy gathered a group of parents to work with...

A wind-chilled start to Thursday, with the chance for some unsettled weather along the coast

Temperatures rose to the low to mid-60s across Greater Boston on Wednesday afternoon, marking the warmest day over the past week and boosting the monthly average temperature — now over 2 degrees warmer than normal. If October wraps up with...

Side effect of tariff fatigue: Furniture shoppers are trading down, survey finds

BOSTON — Consumers are unhappy with the prices they are paying for products in the current tariff environment, including furniture, and will likely opt to trade down in response, according to new research from L.E.K. Consulting. Among shoppers who...

UConn women’s basketball embraces ‘dress rehearsal’ exhibition vs. Boston College: How to watch

Last October, the UConn women’s basketball team began its 2024-25 season with a disaster behind closed doors. The only public evidence of the secret scrimmage the team played against Columbia at Gampel Pavilion is a photo of a crinkled box score...

UConn men’s basketball looks to debut improved defense in Monday’s exhibition against Boston College

Across Dan Hurley’s 15 seasons as a head college basketball coach, the last one was an outlier. Aside from the years he took over rebuilds at Wagner, Rhode Island and the early days at UConn, Hurley’s teams were never ranked outside of the top-73...