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Judge deems Trump's cuts to National Institutes of Health illegal
The federal judge said the NIH violated federal law by arbitrarily canceling more than $1 billion in research grants because ...
‘Have we no shame?’ Federal judge declares hundreds of NIH grant terminations ‘void and illegal.’
Judge William Young expressed frustration over the government’s criteria for terminating hundreds of medical research grants.
Harvard secures extension of court order blocking Trump's international student ban
A federal judge said on Monday that she would issue a brief extension of an order temporarily blocking President Donald Trump ...
With migrants’ legal status revoked, employer faces loss of 100-plus workers
A developmental disabilities provider in Marshfield grapples with more than 100 Haitian staffers facing the loss of legal status.
City says Boston councilors can’t ‘interfere’ with review of fired City Hall staffers
City Hall administrators are pushing back on two city councilors' request for a third-party investigation into the firing of ...
Harvard to urge judge to bar Trump from closing doors for international students
A federal judge is set to consider on Monday whether to extend an order blocking President Donald Trump's plan to bar foreign ...
A police officer was decertified. Can he keep his $78,000-per-year pension?
Under state law, “pension forfeiture requires a criminal conviction,” Timothy J. Smyth, executive officer of the Boston ...
Massachusetts landlord took on a second job to pay his bills during 2-year battle with ‘professional tenants’
Bryan Coombes and Nicole Inserra, the couple accused of being "professional tenants,” battled Behaj in court for two years.
AI chatbots need more books to learn from. These libraries are opening their stacks
Supported by “unrestricted gifts” from Microsoft and ChatGPT maker OpenAI, the Harvard-based Institutional Data Initiative is ...
Where to eat at Boston Logan International Airport: 5 top-rated restaurants
The issue is that a lot of the time you have no idea which restaurants are worth sitting down at and which ones you're better off getting some food at Dunkin'. Thankfully, Boston Logan International ...
Americans want Medicaid and food stamps funding maintained or increased, poll shows
WASHINGTON (AP) — As Republican senators consider President Donald Trump’s big bill that could slash federal spending and ...