Healey’s 7.4% spending hike in FY26 ‘certainly gives us pause,’ Senate budget chief says
A top Senate Democrat expressed skepticism toward Gov. Maura Healey’s plan to boost state spending by 7.4% in fiscal year 2026 as Massachusetts faces constrained tax revenue growth and increased ...
How did New England’s students fare on the latest Nation’s Report Card test?
We’re not seeing the progress we need to regain the ground our students lost during the pandemic,” said Peggy Carr, commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, of the NAEP test ...
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Q&A: Modeling adversarial intelligence to exploit AI's security vulnerabilities
If you've watched cartoons like Tom and Jerry, you'll recognize a common theme: An elusive target avoids his formidable adversary. This game of "cat-and-mouse"—whether literal or otherwise—involves ...
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Migrant Crisis in Blue State Leads to Growing Safety Concerns
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has announced changes to the state’s migrant crisis response amid rising safety concerns and the inauguration of President Donald Trump. Healey is now tightening ...
Rare and mysterious cosmic explosion: Gamma-ray burst or jetted tidal disruption event?
Highly energetic explosions in the sky are commonly attributed to gamma-ray bursts. We now understand that these bursts originate from either the merger of two neutron stars or the collapse of a ...
'We've lost family': Mass. skaters, coaches on plane that crashed midair
Fourteen members of the U.S. Figure Skating team, six of whom are affiliated with the Skating Club of Boston, were on the American Airlines plane that crashed into the Potomac River.