Mideast leaders call for calm as fears mount of a renewed war in the region, and other Mideast news

Speaking at a security forum in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia’s Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs said the message from the region is ...

Iran targeted US air defenses then hit aircraft and buildings on Mideast bases, analysis finds

Iran’s strikes on more than two dozen US bases in the Middle East focused on early-warning systems before hitting aircraft ...

On board a Spanish high-speed train in the aftermath of the system’s latest catastrophe

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez acknowledged Friday at the crash site that authorities must work hard to restore the ...

Greater Boston has lost several small-scale music venues in recent years.

Another beloved fixture on the Boston area’s local music scene will soon play its last note. The Lizard Lounge, the compact ...

You can spoil everything (but you shouldn’t): What do surprises actually mean in the age of incessant media noise?

What constitutes one? At what point are you allowed to reveal them? Who is allowed to reveal them? If an entire season of a ...

Brigham and Women’s Hospital, nurses union to resume talks next month

Unionized nurses at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and management will go back to the bargaining table on Nov. 9. A week after ...

For many, striped bass fishing is a way of life. But the iconic species could face collapse

Many striped bass fishermen across the Northeast shared a recurring story this summer and fall — the fish’s once-plentiful ...

Pulitzer-winning author Elizabeth Strout discusses death, grace, and strangers at Harvard

At Harvard Divinity School’s 2026 Ingersoll Lecture on immortality, the “Olive Kitteridge” author told a Cambridge audience ...

‘Cute as can be’: Hundreds of elementary students bring Halloween thrills to West Roxbury senior care facility

The halls of the German Centre senior care facility in West Roxbury were filled with smiles and shouts of “Happy Halloween!” ...
Opinion

The Brewers’ World Series success was no fluke, and they did their part to help save baseball

Milwaukee won with the 19th-highest payroll in MLB and without falling into the trap of overreliance on home runs.

The key to Republican N.H. Governor Kelly Ayotte’s potential reelection? Democrats.

Ticket-splitting voters in New Hampshire have repeatedly demonstrated their willingness to pick Republicans for state office ...

Big night by Payton Pritchard helps carry Celtics past Bulls in NBA Cup opener

Ten seconds into the Celtics’ game against the Bulls on Friday night, Paul George found Jayson Tatum for an uncontested layup ...