February 6, 2021 California financier agrees to plead guilty in college admissions scandal A former senior executive at private equity firm TPG Capital has agreed to plead guilty over his involvement in the college admissions scandal.
February 2, 2021 $500 tip left Boston waitress 'jumping in disbelief' A server in Boston was so blown away by a generous tip she received that she started “jumping in disbelief.”
February 1, 2021 Major winter storm is pummeling Northeast, expected to drop up to 2 feet of snow A major winter storm slamming the Northeast Monday is forecast to drop up to two feet of snow across an area stretching from Pennsylvania to New England, impacting cities such as Philadelphia, New York City and Boston.
January 29, 2021 California's 'atmospheric river' persists as snowfall is coming for Midwest, Northeast More rain and heavy snow are forecast to move into the West this weekend as an "atmospheric river" of moisture streams into California.
January 23, 2021 Biden Cabinet nominee hired convicted domestic abuser who punched woman for refusing sex Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, the nominee to be President Joe Biden's Labor Secretary, briefly hired former Massachusetts state representative Carlos Henriquez to be a special assistant in 2018, despite Henriquez's conviction years earlier for assaulting a woman who refused to have sex with him.
January 22, 2021 Attorney once on People’s ‘most eligible bachelor’ list charged with rape A Boston defense attorney once named as one of People magazine’s most eligible bachelors has been charged with raping two women, prosecutors said.
January 22, 2021 Boston College encourages student reports of coronavirus infractions, including 'improper' mask-wearing Some colleges have faced criticism for how strict their coronavirus safety measures are.
January 21, 2021 Biden Cabinet nominees trailed by ethics concerns President Joe Biden took office Wednesday, but ethics concerns still trail some of his Cabinet picks.
January 14, 2021 Biden labor secretary nominee Marty Walsh's campaign paid his girlfriend's employer nearly $1 million Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, President-elect Biden’s nominee for Labor Secretary, paid his girlfriend’s fundraising consulting firm over $1 million, campaign filings show.
January 13, 2021 FBI searching for Boston Chinatown Massacre suspect 30 years later, offer $30G reward The FBI is now offering a $30,000 reward for information leading to the capture of a Boston quintuple murder suspect who investigators say was “known to like flashy cars, spending money and sipping cognac.”