March 17, 2016 Cop sorry for image of mushroom cloud, reference to Islam A Massachusetts police officer has been placed on administrative leave for posting an image of a mushroom cloud with a reference to Islam.
March 16, 2016 'Spotlight' company settles complaint over made-up dialogue The distributor of the Oscar-winning film "Spotlight" has acknowledged that filmmakers fabricated dialogue that made it appear as if a Boston College spokesman downplayed the extent of the Catholic priest sex abuse scandal.
March 16, 2016 Voice actor Hank Azaria to give commencement speech at Tufts Comedian and voice actor Hank Azaria has been picked to deliver the commencement address at Tufts University this spring.
March 16, 2016 Massachusetts police warn residents of men challenging others to rap battles Police in a Massachusetts town are warning residents to be on the lookout for men challenging passers-by to rap battles.
March 15, 2016 Massachusetts man who stole from Girl Scouts gets probation A Massachusetts man who stole more than $400 from Girl Scouts selling cookies must pay restitution but has avoided prison.
March 14, 2016 Harvard agrees to retire law school shield tied to slavery Harvard University is retiring the official shield of its law school following complaints over its ties to an 18th-century slaveholder.
March 14, 2016 Students asked not to attend game after anti-Semitic taunts Students at a Catholic school have been asked not to attend a semifinal basketball game days after several taunted fans from a Boston-area high school with a large Jewish population by yelling, "You killed Jesus!" The Boston Globe reports (http://bit.ly/1QYg9Or) administrators for Catholic Memorial School in the city's West Roxbury neighborhood asked the students not to attend Monday night's semifinal game.
March 13, 2016 'Brooklyn' author Colm Toibin to speak on St. Patrick's Day The Boston Public Library is celebrating St. Patrick's Day with a talk from Irish author Colm Toibin.
March 13, 2016 Catholic school students start anti-Semitic chant at game Students from a Boston-area high school with a large Jewish enrollment taunted students from an all-boys Catholic school during a basketball game about not having girl students, prompting the Catholic school students to chant: "You killed Jesus!" The Boston Globe (http://bit.ly/22cavzo) reports the chanting horrified and upset many who were attending the Friday game between Newton North and Catholic Memorial School.
March 11, 2016 Going green: Ancestry.com indexes millions of Irish records Just in time for St. Patrick's Day, genealogical research website Ancestry.com is making 10 million Catholic parish records from Ireland — some dating to 1655 — available online for free to help people trace their Irish heritage.
