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December 4, 2019 at 5:17 am

‘Green Book’ director Farrelly, brother get disability award

BOSTON (AP) — In Peter Farrelly's 2018 Oscar-winning film, “Green Book,” chauffeur Tony Lip quips: “The world's full of lonely people afraid to make the...

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November 26, 2019 at 3:07 am

No thanks: Native Americans to hold 50th gathering of grief

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Happy Thanksgiving to you in the land your forefathers stole. That’s the in-your-feast message Native Americans are preparing to send as...

November 9, 2019 at 9:28 am

Runner’s abuse allegations embolden other female athletes

Track and field is facing a painful and public reckoning with the treatment of some female athletes. Former teen running star Mary Cain's account this...

October 31, 2019 at 2:59 am

Elite runner’s close call inspires road safety campaign

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Elite marathoner Kaitlin Goodman's mantra is "run joyfully," but when a distracted driver forced her to leap to safety, it didn't...

October 11, 2019 at 12:55 pm

California executive avoids jail in college cheating scheme

BOSTON (AP) — The owner of a California frozen foods company avoided jail Friday for paying $15,000 to rig his daughter's college entrance exam in...

In this Sept. 18, 2019, photo, master printer Carolyn Muskat, left, speaks with Crista Carr Shatz about a lithograph by American artist Suzanne McClelland at the exhibit “Women Take the Floor” at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. In the wake of a student group incident last spring when the world-class museum was accused of racism, the MFA has scrambled to make amends. In a nod to the need for greater gender equity, it has given over an entire wing to female artists in “Women Take the Floor,” an exhibition timed to coincide with next year’s centennial of U.S. women winning the right to vote. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) MAEA307 MAEA307

October 7, 2019 at 3:04 am

Accused of racism, renowned museum confronts its blind spots VIEW

BOSTON (AP) — Boston's regal Museum of Fine Arts, home to some of humanity's greatest artworks, is scrambling to make amends. Last spring, the world-class...

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September 8, 2019 at 4:47 am

Comedy or tragedy? Play tells infamous mayor’s story onstage

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — In life, he craved the limelight. Now a new stage play is pulling back the curtain on Vincent "Buddy" Cianci, one...

Entertainment

September 5, 2019 at 7:04 am

New push for racial equality in the marijuana trade

BOSTON (AP) — Black entrepreneurs who say people of color are being shut out of the lucrative marijuana trade are joining forces to close the...

Business

August 15, 2019 at 9:51 am

2 hurt when pickup drives through immigration protest

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island's attorney general and state police launched investigations Thursday after a truck drove through a group protesting federal immigration policies...

August 13, 2019 at 10:04 am

Judge accused of aiding wanted immigrant gets pay restored

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts judge charged with helping an immigrant escape a federal agent waiting to arrest him will be paid while her legal...