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Edward Leffler created the first open-end mutual fund, democratizing investment by offering small-scale savers a low-cost financial product managed by professionals. His original fund has achieved an annual return of nearly 9.5% over the last century

Most of the World Cup venues in North America are at high risk of excessive heat, according to new research

States and cities governed by Democrats are vowing not to cooperate with the president-elect’s immigration agenda. In response, incoming border czar Tom Homan has threatened legal challenges and cuts to federal funding

The arrival of tens of thousands of migrants in Democratic cities like New York or Chicago radicalizes the discourse. Polls show that this issue is much more important to Republicans than Democrats

The interposition of the moon between the Earth and the sun becomes a mass spectacle followed by millions of people across North America

The patient, Richard ‘Rick’ Slayman of Weymouth, Massachusetts, is recovering well from the surgery last Saturday and is expected to be discharged soon, doctors said

Most of the stadiums will temporarily change names in order to follow FIFA’s policy on corporate sponsored names

The final game of the longest World Cup ever will be played at the MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Among the seven matches that will be played at Gillette Stadium in the Boston suburb of Foxborough will be five group stage matches, one match in the round of 32 and a quarterfinal match on July 9

Gay’s academic career first came under the scrutiny following her congressional testimony about antisemitism on campus. The allegations of plagiarism continued through December and Gay resigned this month

A screenwriter and legend of crime fiction, Lehane last year published his 15th book, returning to his hometown: Boston. The author of hits that have been adapted to film – such as ‘Mystic River’ or ‘Shutter Island’ – and the creator of several characters in the legendary TV series ‘The Wire’ has recovered a story from the 1970s about racial segregation

Lawyers for the 14-year-old and her parents say the failure of other crew members to confiscate the flight attendant’s phone allowed him to destroy evidence

Traffic was snarled for hours after more than 200 demonstrators demanded that Biden, in San Francisco for the APEC leaders’ conference, call for an immediate cease-fire

While much attention has focused on clearing the names of those put to death in Salem, most of those caught up in witch trials throughout the 1600s have largely been ignored

The Boston Celtics made several acknowledgments for this week’s victims of the mass shooting in Lewiston, Maine, during their home opener

The routes are located in low-income neighborhoods, where the population depends on surface transportation. The White House has committed to reducing the sector’s carbon footprint by 85% by 2050

The storm promises a weekend of windy conditions and heavy rain in the mid-Atlantic region through Sunday. The system had maximum sustained winds of 70 mph with some higher gusts late Friday night, but was forecast to weaken after landfall

The pilot, the only person on board, had removed himself from the plane before first responders arrived

The chemical, which has been associated with health problems including several types of cancer, is used in turnout gear to repel water and other substances when fighting a fire

The cause of Harris Wolobah’s death last Friday hasn’t been determined and an autopsy was still pending as of Thursday, but the 14-year-old’s family blames the challenge

According to the lawsuit filed Tuesday, Charles Murrell III was near the Boston Public Library to play his saxophone on July 2, 2022, when he was surrounded by members of the Patriot Front and assaulted

“Not only is it pickleball, the fastest growing sport in the U.S., but also it’s pickleball inside of Fenway,” Pickle4 America President Ben Weinberger said in an interview

Lawyers for Civil Rights, a nonprofit based in Boston, filed the suit Monday on behalf of Black and Latino community groups in New England

Debris found near the wreckage of the ‘Titanic’ during the search for the vessel has been identified as the remains of the OceanGate submarine, which buckled due to external pressure

In 2022 Alan Estrada traveled aboard the OceanGate submersible, now missing with five people on board. He signed documents accepting all the risks