Andrea Arzola

21/06/2025

29/03/2025

BOSTON — Alysa Liu let out a shocked smile Friday night, as the crowd at TD Garden roared and the stuffed animals began to rain down on the ice.

Three years after retiring, and one year after unretiring, she was, improbably, a world champion.

Liu became the first American woman in nearly two decades to win a world figure skating title Friday, clinching history with a brilliant, poised performance to the music of Boston-born disco artist Donna Summer. After winning the short program portion of the women’s singles competition earlier this week, she won the free skate, too − sealing her place atop the podium with the final performance of the night.

iu, 19, leapfrogged three-time defending world champion Kaori Sakamoto of Japan to win the gold with a total score of 222.97. Mone Chiba, who is also from Japan, took bronze, while Americans Isabeau Levito and Amber Glenn finished fourth and fifth, respectively.

BOSTON — Alysa Liu let out a shocked smile Friday night, as the crowd at TD Garden roared and the stuffed animals began to rain down on the ice.

18/03/2025

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from firing any more USAID employees or terminating USAID contracts, writing that efforts to speedily shut down the aid organization were likely unconstitutional.

The Trump administration’s shutdown efforts “likely violated the United States Constitution in multiple ways,” wrote Judge Theodore D. Chuang.

Chuang wrote that the accelerated process “deprived the public’s elected representatives in Congress of their constitutional authority to decide whether, when, and how to close down an agency created by Congress.”

A federal judge on Tuesday blocked Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency from firing any more USAID employees or terminating USAID contracts,

17/03/2025

Five years after COVID-19 was declared an official pandemic, the U.S. government has suspended its free at-home COVID test distribution program.

The Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, shut down ordering via covidtests.gov Sunday, posting a notice that says, “The free at-home COVID-19 test distribution program is not currently accepting orders.”

Orders placed before 8 p.m. ET Sunday, March 9, 2025, will still be shipped, said the notice. The USPS website for ordering likewise said that “ordering through this program has been suspended effective March 9, 2025.”

Before that time, American households were able to place orders through the website for free at-home COVID tests, which were then shipped for no cost through the U.S. Postal Service. Ordering via the website has been closed and re-opened periodically since it was launched in late 2021, usually with renewed eligibilities.

Five years after COVID-19 was declared an official pandemic, the U.S. government has suspended its free at-home COVID test distribution program.

15/03/2025

WASHINGTON − Billionaire Elon Musk, who has been cutting thousands of federal workers as the head of Department of Government Efficiency, on Thursday reposted a message on X saying “Hi**er didn’t murder millions of people. Public sector employees did.”

The post read: “Stalin, Mao, and Hi**er didn’t murder millions of people. Their public sector employees did.”

Musk’s repost, which now appears to be deleted, drew furious reactions from a labor union and the Anti-Defamation League.

WASHINGTON − Billionaire Elon Musk, who has been cutting thousands of federal workers as the head of Department of Government Efficiency, on Thursday reposted

12/03/2025

WASHINGTON – The Republican-controlled House approved a spending bill Tuesday supported by President Donald Trump to fund the government for the next six months.

The vote dares Senate Democrats to oppose the GOP priorities and risk a partial government shutdown at midnight Friday, as the nation faces economic uncertainty and stocks markets wobble.

The showdown comes as Trump and his billionaire adviser, Elon Musk, are dismantling federal agencies and laying off tens of thousands of workers, and while the GOP-led administration escalates a trade war with America’s neighbors and longtime allies.

WASHINGTON – The Republican-controlled House approved a spending bill Tuesday supported by President Donald Trump to fund the government for the next six

11/03/2025

WASHINGTON – War-torn Ukraine, reeling from an Oval Office meltdown between President Donald Trump and leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy, will get a do-over Tuesday when its negotiators meet with administration officials in Saudi Arabia.

After a dramatic Feb. 28 White House blowup derailed a minerals deal, roiled relations between the two countries and led to a U.S. cutoff of weapons and intelligence, Washington and Kyiv are hopeful they can repair relations and make progress on a truce with Russia.

The talks in Jeddah will be make or break.

Francesca Chambers

11/03/2025

Talk about curveballs. Leave it to Danny McBride to let fly a doozy.

That was indeed multi-Oscar-nominee Bradley Cooper as a Civil War-era robber turned preacher in “The Righteous Gemstones,” whose fourth and final season kicked off Sunday (nine episodes airing weekly 10 p.m. EDT/PDT on HBO).

This flashback kickoff, which looks to tell the devious origin story of the megachurch-leading Gemstone clan, went from long shot to lock quickly.

Marco della Cava

07/03/2025

Giving senior dogs the proper care and love could lengthen the pup’s life with its forever family.

Shelters and animal welfare organizations have long encouraged inexperienced dog owners to adopt an elder canine because they are easier to manage and older animals often get overlooked by families. But for the pets to thrive, veterinarians urge pet owners to stay on top of the animal’s health to ensure problems get addressed as soon as possible.

“As they move through different life stages, be attentive to your dog’s behavior,” said Dr. Kurt Venator, a veterinarian with pet food manufacturer Purina. “No one knows more about your dog than you do, and you can often pick up on subtle things.”

Giving senior dogs the proper care and love could lengthen the pup's life with its forever family.

07/03/2025

It was a cannibalistic season for the murderous Traitors, who went at each other more than they targeted Faithfuls to kill off on the competition show.

Their strategy was so individualistic, so uncompromising, that it cost the group – comprising Bob the Drag Queen, “Boston” Rob Mariano, Carolyn Wiger, Danielle Reyes and Britney Haynes – the prize pot of up to $250,000. They left the door wide open for Faithfuls Gabby Windey, Dylan Efron, Dolores Catania and Lord Ivar Mountbatten to take the bragging rights as the Season 3 winners.

First to go from the murderous bunch was “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Season 8 winner Bob (who is non-binary and uses he/him and she/her pronouns), affectionately

06/03/2025

The Kardashian sisters stick by each other through good times, hard times and sometimes divorce.

Kim Kardashian was feeling nostalgic on the eve of sister Khloé Kardashian’s 40th birthday in a recent “Kardashians” episode, telling viewers about the time her younger sister helped partially finance her 2004 divorce from music producer Damon Thomas with her saved up piggy bank money.

The Kardashian sisters stick by each other through good times, hard times and sometimes divorce.

05/03/2025

The United States and Ukraine have discussed the timing and location of negotiations for a peace deal with Russia days after US President and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky got embroiled in a spat at the White House over the ceasefire deal.

According to Kyiv Post, Ukraine’s Presidential Office chief, Yermak, and Donald Trump’s National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz, held a telephone conversation on Wednesday, March 5. They both discussed the location and date of negotiations with Russia for the peace deal.

The United States and Ukraine have discussed the timing and location of negotiations for a peace deal with Russia days after US President and his Ukrainian