WILLIAM J. KOLE

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...

Entertainment

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

Nation & World

In this May 5, 2019 photo, the Handel & Haydn Society performs its rendition of Mozart’s “Masonic Funeral” at Symphony Hall in Boston. When they finished the piece, a youngster in the audience blurted out loudly: “WOW!” The organization has mounted a search for the kid it’s calling the “Wow Child” â€” not to reprimand, but to offer a chance to meet the conductor. (Chris Petre-Baumer/Handel & Haydn Society via AP) BX102 BX102

May 8, 2019 at 5:59 am

Orchestra searching for child who charmed crowd with ‘wow!’

The Mozart ended, and then in the silence a radio station captured the "Wow!" and the crowd's laughter and applause. Now the orchestra is seeking...

Entertainment

California executive avoids jail in college cheating scheme

Accused of racism, renowned museum confronts its blind spots VIEW

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

New push for racial equality in the marijuana trade

2 hurt when pickup drives through immigration protest

Judge accused of aiding wanted immigrant gets pay restored

RFK granddaughter dies; police awaiting toxicology reports VIEW

‘Justice wasn’t served’: 50 years since Chappaquiddick VIEW

Archaeologists begin first excavations of Boston’s Chinatown VIEW

Orchestra searching for child who charmed crowd with ‘wow!’