Former R.I. basketball coach accused of ‘naked fat tests’ of boys goes to trial
NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. — The former North Kingstown basketball coach accused of performing “fat tests” on naked high school ...
The road to zero: Rhode Island’s 40-year journey through the HIV/AIDS crisis isn’t over
If we commit the necessary resources now, we can write the final chapter in the history of HIV, writes the director of AIDS ...
‘Fat Ham’ is a frivolous but fearless re-conception of ‘Hamlet’
To be, or not to be, is the driving question behind James Ijames’ play and Wilbury Theatre’s Rhode Island premiere production ...
Manchester, N.H., school district bracing for proposed budget cuts
The mayor has called it a balanced approach, but the school board’s vice chair said it could increase class sizes and ...
Books and tools of the trade for novice bakers
If you’re teaching yourself to bake, these are some tools you’ll need. (Clockwise from left): Ice cream scoops for cookies and muffins, bench scrapers for pastry, silicone pastry brush, measuring cups ...
A ninth-grader dreamed of a mixer — and the baking community delivered
The author posted a request for a used KitchenAid on social media. First came warm enthusiasm, then hostility, and finally a sleek machine.
Do Democrats have something brewing politically? What Tuesday’s elections might show us.
Should Democrats do exceptionally well on Tuesday, it would signal more than just political enthusiasm — it could indicate a ...
‘We are all terrified’: Mass General Brigham to lose millions in medical research grants under Trump cuts
Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham & Women’s Hospital are among several universities and hospitals seeing their ...
Aaron Leanhardt, the MIT-educated physicist turned baseball coach whose redesigned ‘torpedo bat’ is the talk of the game
The result, which looks something like a torpedo or a bowling pin, is a simple yet remarkable feat of engineering, reflecting ...
In Mass., lobbyists, special interests get around campaign finance laws by donating to nonprofits
A lobbyist or business leader can donate to a lawmaker’s campaign account, which must then be reported on the state’s ...
Their first date was simultaneously the ‘worst’ and ‘best’ of her life
Southerners Peyton Wilson and Jordan Warnock’s first meeting was almost a fiasco. Nearly four years later, their very Boston ...
In the exchange, caught by a transcription app, unnamed speakers admit to denying special education services
The words, laid out in black and white, stung: administrators from his child’s Northampton elementary school seemingly ...