David Weber has carved out a unique niche in science fiction with his military books, especially the popular "Honor Harrington" series, featuring the eponymous "intrepid" heroine, as a contributor for...
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A Harvard University professor who accused the school of gender discrimination has withdrawn her resignation, but said Thursday that the school's landscape architecture department remains a bastion...
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One of the men criminally charged after placing blinking cartoon advertisements around the city videotaped a police bomb squad removing one of the electronic devices, but did not tell the officers ...
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Former Massachusetts House Speaker Thomas Finneran started a new career as a radio talk show host Monday, just five weeks after he pleaded guilty to federal charges.Finneran promised to discuss eve...
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The tribe that shared in the first Thanksgiving celebration received federal recognition Thursday as a sovereign American Indian nation, 32 years after it began its quest.The ancestors of the Mashp...
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A 15-year-old boy was stabbed to death Friday in a hallway at his high school in an affluent Boston suburb, and a classmate was charged with murder after blurting out, "I did it, I did it," authori...
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A group lobbying for a constitutional ban on gay marriage concedes that its chances are slim with Democrats controlling Congress. So now it's setting its sights on state legislatures.The Washington...
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A conservative, student-run journal at Tufts university published a satirical Christmas carol that ridiculed black students and campus affirmative action policies, then issued an apology after some...
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Tweeter Home Entertainment Group Inc. will close 49 of its 153 stores over the next eight weeks and lay off about 650 workers as the firm restructures to target customers who want high-end audio an...
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