Indicted Suffolk County sheriff steps away from duties
Steven Tompkins is accused of using his position to extort an executive of a Boston cannabis company.

Massachusetts ecologists build a winter ‘hotel’ for snakes
The success of the rocky structure will be measured once temperatures drop.
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Riders celebrate the return of South Coast rail
Monday marked the first time the region has been served by passenger rail in 65 years. -
Pro-Palestinian activists under increased surveillance on Massachusetts campuses
Pro-Israel groups operating on Massachusetts campuses say their supporters are using cameras and AI to monitor pro-Palestinian activists, and sharing information with the Trump Administration in the hope of deporting people who they regard as supporters of terrorism. -
Kitty Dukakis, former first lady of Massachusetts, has died
Kitty Dukakis was 88 years old. -
Two eldest daughters and their mother strive for connection in ‘Her Portmanteau’
The latest onstage production of the Ufot Family Cycle centers around Abasiama's actual eldest daughter. -
Hollywood banks on starry comebacks and nostalgic film reboots
Our pop culture experts break down the recent comebacks from Lizzo, Jonathan Banks and Will Smith.
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What Is Owed?
Boston has begun to wrestle with the notion of paying reparations to Black people to make up for 400 years of enslavement and economic exclusion. -
The Big Dig
This Peabody Award–winning podcast dives into the cynicism that hangs over the topic of American infrastructure. No project embodies that cynicism quite like ‘The Big Dig.’

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