Ahmed Othman isn’t on TikTok and doesn’t want to be. He and his younger sister got iPhones when they were in eighth and seventh grade respectively, but with…
Read more A realistic way to protect kids from social media? Find a middle groundNEW YORK (AP) — Amid the backdrop of a sales misconduct investigation and other looming legal troubles, security technology company Evolv is now firing its CEO. Evolv’s board…
Read more Security tech company Evolv fires its chief executiveSome people who took a new schizophrenia drug for a year improved with only a few side effects, but many dropped out of the research, the company announced…
Read more A promising schizophrenia drug showed mixed results. What does that mean for patients?JetBlue Airways will open its first airport lounges next year in New York and Boston in a bid to compete with larger airlines for premium travelers. The airline…
Read more JetBlue will imitate bigger and more successful rivals by opening airport lounges at JFK, BostonBOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts woman accused of operating a high-end brothel network with wealthy and prominent clients in that state and the Washington, D.C., suburbs pleaded guilty…
Read more A Massachusetts woman accused of running a high-end brothel network pleads guiltyPHILADELPHIA (AP) — Missy Mazzoli received an Opera Philadelphia composing commission around the time Donald Trump first was running for president, inspiring her to settle on a sect…
Read more Missy Mazzoli’s ‘The Listeners’ portraying life in a cult gets U.S. premiere at Opera PhiladelphiaA key employee with the company that owned the experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreckage of the Titanic pushed back at a question from a…
Read more OceanGate employee pushes back against idea of ‘desperation’ to complete missionsThe carbon fiber hull of the experimental submersible that imploded en route to the wreckage of the Titanic had imperfections dating to the manufacturing process and behaved differently…
Read more NTSB engineer says carbon fiber hull from submersible showed signs of flawsThe convoluted way college athletes are paid for the use of their name, image and likeness and a dispute between player and coaches over money appears to have…
Read more UNLV QB to sit out season after agent says $100,000 promised for transfer has not been paidFrom a podcast to multiple documentaries, the rise and fall of the once revered NFL star Aaron Hernandez is certainly well documented. An FX limited series is latest…
Read more Aaron Hernandez ‘American Sports Story’ series wants to show a different view of the disgraced NFLerChris Stanislawski didn’t read much in his middle school English classes, but it never felt necessary. Students were given detailed chapter summaries for every novel they discussed, and…
Read more Not-so-great expectations: Students are reading fewer books in English classNEW YORK (AP) — Boston Red Sox radio broadcaster Joe Castiglione said Sunday he is retiring at the end of the season, his 42nd calling the team’s games.…
Read more Longtime Red Sox radio broadcaster Joe Castiglione announces retirement following 42 seasonsBOSTON (AP) — The alternative rock band Jane’s Addiction has scuttled its latest tour following an onstage scuffle between lead singer Perry Farrell and guitarist Dave Navarro. Farrell…
Read more Jane’s Addiction cancels its tour after onstage concert fracasBOSTON (AP) — The Mega Millions jackpot has risen to an estimated $800 million with a cash option of $401.8 million for Tuesday’s drawing after no one matched…
Read more Mega Millions jackpot soars to an estimated $800 millionNORWOOD, Mass. (AP) — Bored and looking for something to do this summer, Danny Doherty hatched a plan to raise money for his brother’s hockey team by selling…
Read more Town officials shut down a boy’s ice cream stand. Fundraisers and death threats followedMEDFORD, Mass. (AP) — Flerentin “Flex” Jean-Baptiste missed so much school he had to repeat his freshman year at Medford High outside Boston. At school, “you do the…
Read more Schools have made slow progress on record absenteeism, with millions of kids still skipping classWESTERLY, R.I. (AP) — A swarm of dragonflies stunned and surprised beachgoers over the weekend in Rhode Island. Thousands of the dragonflies, relatively large and often beautifully colored…
Read more Swarm of dragonflies startles beachgoers in Rhode IslandThe Department of Energy on Tuesday announced $2.2 billion in funding for eight projects across 18 states to strengthen the electrical grid against increasing extreme weather, advance the…
Read more Energy Department awards $2.2B to strengthen the electrical grid and add clean powerPARIS (AP) — Simone Biles cast a knowing glance across the awards podium toward Jordan Chiles. The longtime friends and U.S. gymnastics teammates knew they needed to find…
Read more The final image of Simone Biles at the Olympics was a symbol of joy — and where the sport is goingNANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — Offshore wind developers have sent teams to search for debris on the beaches of Nantucket Island, a popular summer tourist destination, after one of…
Read more A wind turbine is damaged off Nantucket Island. Searchers are combing beaches for debris
