‘Like winning the lottery’: How a wave of free liquor licenses is making Boston a cooler place to eat, drink, and live

The city has approved 64 liquor licenses since a landmark expansion in 2024.

US carbon pollution rose in 2025. Experts blame cold winter, high natural gas prices, data centers.

Researchers say the United States emitted 2.4 percent more greenhouse gases in 2025 than the previous year.

The BBC seeks to dismiss Trump’s $10b defamation lawsuit in a Florida court

President Trump filed a lawsuit in December over the way the BBC edited a speech he gave on Jan. 6, 2021.

Consumer prices likely stayed elevated in December as data recovers from shutdown

The Labor Department is expected to report that consumer prices rose 2.6 percent in December compared with a year earlier, according to economists’ estimates compiled by data provider FactSet.

Reopening Norwood Hospital is top priority for the town, and state may take it by eminent domain

Several hospital operators are interested in buying the property, state Representative John Rogers said.

Malaysia and Indonesia become the first countries to block Musk’s Grok over sexualized AI images

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Tech research firm IDC starts new chapter in downtown Boston under Genevieve Juillard

IDC is moving its corporate office from Needham to the 33rd floor of the One Beacon tower downtown.