By Maeve Lawler, Kasteel Well Bureau Chief
/ December 12, 2022
CharlieCards, used to pay for MBTA subway and bus rides, can be hacked using an Android phone, according to a Boston-based cybersecurity expert Bobby Rauch.
The...
By Maeve Lawler, Kasteel Well Bureau Chief
/ December 12, 2022
The Federal Transit Administration asked the MBTA on Tuesday to revise 12 of its 20 proposed plans to increase the safety and functioning of the T.
The...
Ava Straccia stopped in front of a poster station in the Boston Common, listening to a woman detail her experience of homelessness and mental health struggles....
Boston hosted the Earthshot Prize Awards on Friday, celebrating the innovators fighting climate change on an international scale.
In anticipation of...
By Arthur Mansavage, Photo Editor, Website Editor & Newsletter Editor
/ December 7, 2022
Last Friday, hundreds of people gathered at the Boston Chinatown gate to honor the victims of the Ürümqi apartment fire, which left 10 dead after a delayed...
By Ryan Forgosh, Staff Writer, News
/ December 6, 2022
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Beheshteh Ghaderi and her husband John traveled an hour to Boston to show their...
By Arthur Mansavage, Photo Editor, Website Editor & Newsletter Editor
/ December 5, 2022
On Friday, as President Biden met with Prince William, hundreds of rail workers protested outside the JFK Presidential Library. Just hours prior, Biden...
By Ryan Forgosh, Staff Writer, News
/ December 5, 2022
Just before 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, Mayor Michelle Wu, Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston, and WCVB hosts flipped the switch to light the Nova Scotian Christmas...
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker signed a bill making the Podokesaurus holyokensis the state’s official dinosaur in a ceremony at the Museum of Science...
By Ryan Forgosh, Staff Writer, News
/ November 19, 2022
Three years, one pandemic, and $95 million later, renovations at City Hall Plaza have concluded, and it has finally reopened to the public on Nov. 18.
Since...
By Maeve Lawler, Kasteel Well Bureau Chief
/ November 18, 2022
Since construction began in 2018, the Medford branch of the Green Line will open on Dec. 12, announced MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak at Thursday’s...
Unionized employees from HarperCollins, one of the largest book publishers in the country, began an indefinite strike on Nov. 10 due to frustrations over...
After spending the last four years rising through the federal court system, Haaland v. Brackeen reached the Supreme Court on Nov. 9, challenging the constitutionality...
By Maeve Lawler, Kasteel Well Bureau Chief
/ November 16, 2022
The MBTA hosted a virtual public meeting on Monday to discuss revisions to the Bus Network Redesign project after receiving over 20,000 comments on the...
The Boston City Council dedicated the bulk of its agenda toward examining accessibility in Boston at its meeting on Wednesday afternoon in City Hall.
One...
By Maddie Khaw, Assistant News Editor
/ November 10, 2022
Last month, President Joe Biden pardoned thousands of people convicted of marijuana possession at the federal level. Emerson students and experts alike...
By Hannah Nguyen, Editor-in-Chief
/ November 9, 2022
Democratic Attorney General Maura Healey scored a historic win Tuesday night after becoming the first elected female governor in Massachusetts and the...