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The outside of City Smoke Shop in Downtown Crossing is boarded up.

Emerson, Boston brace for potential civil unrest as election picture clarifies

By Andrew Brinker / November 4, 2020

A purple sunset settled over Boston early Tuesday evening. The streets, bustling with people in the afternoon, thinned out, as rays of golden light spilled...

Voters enter the Boston City Hall polling place to vote on Election Day Nov. 4.

In-person polls drew thousands of Boston voters Tuesday

By Charlie McKenna / November 3, 2020

Thousands of Massachusetts voters flocked to the polls Tuesday to cast their ballots for president in an election tempered by the coronavirus pandemic...

Live Updates: Election results from across the country roll in

Live Updates: Election results from across the country roll in

By Charlie McKenna / November 3, 2020

Hour by hour, polling stations across the country are closing, and results from the highly contentious 2020 general election are beginning to pour in. Below...

A polling place at the Chinatown YMCA was open on Nov. 3.

As polls close, wary students anxious for results

By Ann E. Matica and Dana Gerber / November 3, 2020

Students at Emerson’s Boston campus were apprehensive and anxious Tuesday as the country awaits results from this year’s highly anticipated presidential...

Boarding on the Paramount theatre.

Emerson to house staff member on campus as part of election day precautions

By Maximo Aguilar Lawlor / November 3, 2020

Additional college staff members may stay in the Colonial Building this week to provide support to residential staff in the event civil unrest follows...

Boarded up entrances to the Paramount Theatre.

Emerson switches to online classes until Thursday, boards up campus buildings

By Charlie McKenna / November 3, 2020

All in-person classes taking place between 6 p.m. Tuesday night and 10 p.m. Wednesday night will be held virtually as the college braces for potential...

Marty Walsh speaks to reporters after casting a vote for Presidential Candidate Joe Biden at The Lower Mills branch of The Boston Public Library on November 3, 2020.

Mayor Marty Walsh casts vote for Biden-Harris in Dorchester

By Frankie Rowley / November 3, 2020

Outside of the Lower Mills Branch of the Boston Public Library Tuesday morning, a line of Boston voters, all six feet apart, waited to cast their votes...

Tris Arthur dropping off her absentee ballot application in the mailbox outside of the Colonial Theater.

As the election begins, the college gets-out-the-vote

By Camilo Fonseca / November 3, 2020

In the lead up to Election Day, Emerson’s Office of Student Engagement and Leadership established an outreach campaign this semester to encourage students...

This month, Emerson Polling Society has surveyed marijuana opinions nationwide.

On Election Eve, alumni panel forecasts presidential race results

By Camilo Fonseca / November 3, 2020

A panel of Emerson faculty and alumni gathered at the final “Road to the White House” event Monday to discuss their insights and predictions for the...

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker.

Baker tightens COVID-19 restrictions on masks, restaurants amid statewide surge

By Charlie McKenna / November 2, 2020

Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker announced stricter restrictions for restaurants, entertainment venues, and informal gatherings in an effort to slowing...

The Boylston and Tremont intersection covered by snow

When Halloween looks a lot more like Christmas

By Frankie Rowley / October 30, 2020

Boston Common transformed into a pre-winter wonderland Friday morning as the first snowfall of the season made its way through the city. About one...

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey speaks at an event advocating for student loan reform on January 13, 2017.

AG Healy calls on DHS to rescind proposed rule limiting international students’ time in the U.S.

By Charlie McKenna / October 28, 2020

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healy and 22 additional state attorneys general, sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security Monday calling...

An alleyway on Exeter St.

Boston Police investigating report of shots on Newbury St.

By Charlie McKenna / October 27, 2020

Two suspects are in custody after a report of shots fired on Newbury St. near Exeter St. Tuesday afternoon. Walter Coleman, 23, and Rashawn Bly, 24,...

The Department of Public Health reported more new COVID-19 cases Thursday among those aged 0 to 19 than any other age group, the first time during the outbreak that the youngest group has represented the largest jump in infections.

New COVID-19 Numbers Highest in State’s Youngest Age Group

By Chris Lisinski, State House News Service / October 23, 2020

Confirmed COVID-19 infections among Massachusetts residents younger than 20 are higher than they have been through the entire pandemic, prompting one leading...

Gov. Charlie Baker.

Massachusetts COVID metrics rise as anticipated second wave approaches

By Andrew Brinker / October 22, 2020

Coronavirus cases ticked up dramatically in Massachusetts over the last week, as epidemiologists ramped up warnings that the winter season may bring about...

American Indian activist Chali’Naru Dones speaking to a crowd of protesters in Boston on Indigenous People's Day, 2020.

Indigenous Peoples’ Day protest calls for end of Columbus Day

By Charlie McKenna / October 10, 2020

Hundreds marched from Boston Common to the North End Saturday afternoon to call on the city of Boston to formally replace Columbus Day with Indigenous...

The Orange Line will be closed until Sept. 18 for safety repairs.

Significant delays forecast for new Orange, Red Line fleets

By Chris Lisinski, State House News Service / October 5, 2020

The long-awaited transformation of commuting on the Red Line or the Orange Line will require an even longer wait. MBTA officials announced Monday that...

Ani Khachatourian said she helped organize the march with the help of the Armenian Youth Federation

Armenian community protests Azerbaijani aggression in march through Common

By Domenic Conte / October 2, 2020

A few hundred organizers marched from the State House to the Parkman Bandstand on Boston Common to protest the Azerbaijani invasion of disputed land...

The black Chevy colorado pickup truck crashed into the Public Garden Thursday afternoon.

Suspect arrested in hit-and-run near Public Garden

By Andrew Brinker / October 2, 2020

A man has been charged with stealing a pickup truck in downtown Boston Thursday before committing a hit and run near the Public Garden that left a pedestrian...

The car hit a pedestrian shortly after 4 p.m.

Hit and run crash near Public Garden severely injures pedestrian

By Charlie McKenna / October 1, 2020

A black Chevy colorado pickup truck crashed into the Boston Public Garden and hit a pedestrian Thursday afternoon.  The pedestrian, identified as an...