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Massachusetts progressive Markey, a longtime Israel critic, expected to rout centrist challenger

Although polls project that Markey, a progressive stalwart, will retain his seat, this race began as a neck-and-neck battle between the old and new guard.

 Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) speaks on Capitol Hill during the Patriotic Millionaires Tell the Rich: "PAY YOUR TAXES" press conference on April 15, 2026 in Washington, DC
A drone view shows St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, which is owned by the bankrupt hospital operator Steward Health Care, in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., September 13, 2024.

Israeli intern says Boston Medical Center punished her for reporting antisemitic material at work

Boats sail along the East River, July 4, 2026; illustrative.

No injuries after Delta plane hit by July 4 fireworks while preparing to land at a Chicago airport

Rare medieval Sefardi Torah scroll from the late 13th or early 14th century on display at ANU, Museum of the Jewish People in Tel Aviv.

'Proclaim Liberty Throughout the Land': America’s relationship with the Torah - review


Boston councilors slam City Hall for allowing violent pro-Palestinian Oct. 7 rally without permit

Boston City Councilors criticize the unpermitted October 7 pro-Palestinian rally that turned violent, sending four officers to the hospital and prompting arrests.

An activist poster calling for a pro-Palestinian protest in Boston on October 7, 2025.

'Dirty Jew...go back to Israel,' two non-Jewish Boston men allege antisemitic assault

Two cousins were beaten in Boston after being called “Dirty Jew” and told to “go back to Israel.” Police say the attack was antisemitic.

 Boston police car (illustrative)

US judge blocks Trump from withholding funds from Los Angeles, other sanctuary cities

Trump's orders targeted so-called sanctuary jurisdictions that have laws and policies that limit or prevent local law enforcement from assisting federal officers with civil immigration arrests.

US President Donald Trump an announcement in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, August 22, 2025

Alex Bregman’s Boston breakout: A season of resilience, and representation

Alex Bregman is steadily finding his rhythm after overcoming a right quad strain that sidelined him for nearly seven weeks.

BOSTON RED SOX third baseman Alex Bregman hits a three-run home run against the Chicago Cubs during Boston’s 6-1 victory at Wrigley Field this week.

Kiss cam gone wrong: AI CEO caught in affair with HR chief at Coldplay concert

As the jumbotron camera moved from couple to couple and landed on Byron and Cabot, the couple swiftly tried to hide their faces.

Andy Byron with HR chief Kristin Cabot

Fire at Boston-area senior living facility kills at least nine

About 70 people lived at the Gabriel House Assisted Living Facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, where the fire broke out about 9:30 p.m. on Sunday.

 Boston firefighters respond to a two-house fire between Sumner and Webster Streets in East Boston, Massachusetts, July 30, 2014.

Rare trial to begin in challenge to Trump-backed deportations of pro-Palestinian campus activists

Judges have ordered the release of students detained by immigration authorities after they argued the administration retaliated against them for their pro-Palestinian advocacy

 Students rally at the Columbia University campus in New York City, US, April 17, 2025

JetBlue flight rolls off runway at Boston airport, no injuries reported

The airport authority deplaned the passengers via stairs and transported them by bus to the terminal.

 A Jet Blue plane comes in for a landing at LaGuardia airport in New York, August 29, 2012.

Two Harvard students who assaulted Jewish peer receive honors, $65,000 fellowship

In October 2023, Ibrahim Bharmal and Elom Tettey-Tamaklo surrounded a Jewish student named Yoav Segev and covered him with keffiyehs while shouting “Shame! Shame! Shame!”

Ibrahim Bharmal and Elom Tettey-Tamaklo surrounded a Jewish student named Yoav Segev and covered him with keffiyehs while shouting “Shame! Shame! Shame!” as he tried to free himself and said "don't touch me." October 2023.

Rubio says US may have revoked more than 300 visas

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the State Department may have revoked more than 300 visas and warned that the Trump administration was looking every day for "these lunatics".

 U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio attends an interview after meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian President Vladimir Putin's foreign policy advisor Yuri Ushakov, , U.S. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, and U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, at Diriyah Palace