Boston

blue

Axios Boston Partners

Axios Boston

Standard

Boston Alerts

Alert

Axios Boston Thought Bubble

Thought Bubble

Boston Members

Membership

These are the key figures in Harvard's Epstein web

Benefactors, faculty and a storied student institution are connected to the convicted sex offender.

News

The <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Harvard University" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2025/09/22/harvard-mit-us-news-best-colleges" data-vars-content-id="0fd95f87-8675-4f9f-bb94-903d18ba4b17" data-vars-headline="These are the key figures in Harvard&#x27;s Epstein web" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2025/09/22/harvard-mit-us-news-best-colleges" target="_self">Harvard University</a> community&#x27;s ties to convicted sex offender <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Jeffrey Epstein" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2026/01/30/epstein-files-release-january-trump-clinton" data-vars-content-id="0fd95f87-8675-4f9f-bb94-903d18ba4b17" data-vars-headline="These are the key figures in Harvard&#x27;s Epstein web" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2026/01/30/epstein-files-release-january-trump-clinton" target="_self">Jeffrey Epstein</a> span decades, ensnaring faculty, donors and student organizations across one of New England&#x27;s oldest and most influential institutions.Why it matters: The Epstein connections show stark oversight failures at one of the world&#x27;s most prestigious universities.

BoriCorridor brings Puerto Rican arts to Boston

BoriCorridor returns with a rallying cry for Puerto Ricans in Massachusetts: Don't let go.

Culture

Puerto Rican arts series BoriCorridor returns to Boston this year with a rallying cry: &quot;No sueltes la bandera&quot; — Spanish for &quot;Don&#x27;t let go of the flag.&quot;Why it matters: It&#x27;s not only a lyric in <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Bad Bunny&#x27;s song" data-vars-click-url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvfDaZ4ZT80&amp;list=RDuvfDaZ4ZT80&amp;start_radio=1" data-vars-content-id="2437e2cc-4f49-4048-a64e-89e536e97a9c" data-vars-headline="BoriCorridor brings Puerto Rican arts to Boston" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvfDaZ4ZT80&amp;list=RDuvfDaZ4ZT80&amp;start_radio=1" target="_blank">Bad Bunny&#x27;s song</a> about Puerto Rican displacement, but a call to action to keep <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Puerto Rico&#x27;s spirit" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2026/02/05/bad-bunny-massachusetts" data-vars-content-id="2437e2cc-4f49-4048-a64e-89e536e97a9c" data-vars-headline="BoriCorridor brings Puerto Rican arts to Boston" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2026/02/05/bad-bunny-massachusetts" target="_self">Puerto Rico&#x27;s spirit</a> alive.<ul><li>It comes amid struggles with American imperialism and gentrification — even more than 1,600 miles away in Massachusetts.</li></ul>

Take the Axios Boston news quiz!

Things to Do

Think you&#x27;re up to speed on the week&#x27;s news? Take our quiz to prove it!

Bostonians slashed tires and egged cars over parking spots after snowstorm

Tensions heated up on Boston's streets in the two weeks after the Jan. 25 storm.

Public Safety

To say Bostonians lost their cool after <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="last month&#x27;s snowstorm" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2026/01/26/massachusetts-snowfall-storm" data-vars-content-id="f8fe85d3-e46e-46a8-8f59-a5130a4015dc" data-vars-headline="Bostonians slashed tires and egged cars over parking spots after snowstorm" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2026/01/26/massachusetts-snowfall-storm" target="_self">last month&#x27;s snowstorm</a> is an understatement.<ul><li>Dozens of people got involved in spats over shoveled spaces, with some finding their tires slashed, cars egged or other damage, per records reviewed by Axios.</li></ul>

Blizzard dumps 2 feet of snow over Greater Boston

Flight cancellations, power outages and other disruptions may take several days to fully resolve.

Climate

The <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="blizzard" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2026/02/17/winter-storms-boston" data-vars-content-id="37929781-6095-4982-b396-7cc6beb43788" data-vars-headline="Blizzard dumps 2 feet of snow over Greater Boston" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2026/02/17/winter-storms-boston" target="_self">blizzard</a> is over, and now comes the hard part: digging out, getting power back and resuming the work week.Why it matters: Flight cancellations, power outages and other storm-related disruptions may take several days to fully resolve, state officials say.

Federal judge bars ICE agents from making arrests at some Boston-area churches

Some Lutheran and Baptist churches got a reprieve from ICE activity.

Immigration officials are temporarily barred from arresting immigrants at some Boston-area churches following a federal ruling.Why it matters: The Trump administration&#x27;s decision to <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="remove guidance discouraging immigration enforcement" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2025/01/21/trump-deportation-ice-churches-schools-raids" data-vars-content-id="a46d3957-d2f8-4e58-b27f-228ec916299a" data-vars-headline="Federal judge bars ICE agents from making arrests at some Boston-area churches" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2025/01/21/trump-deportation-ice-churches-schools-raids" target="_self">remove guidance discouraging immigration enforcement</a> at &quot;sensitive locations&quot; such as churches has evolved into a legal fight.<ul><li>Faith leaders say religious protections are at stake.</li></ul>

Boston gets thousands of snow-related complaints

The city has received more than 900 complaints since Friday.

Did Bostonians forget how to dig out from a snowstorm?<ul><li>That&#x27;s what some have asked as city crews and landlords failed to fully clear walkways and streets in the days since <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="last week&#x27;s blizzard" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2026/01/26/massachusetts-snowfall-storm" data-vars-content-id="a76f4598-a407-4a25-a1c9-5c0d9616897a" data-vars-headline="Boston gets thousands of snow-related complaints" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2026/01/26/massachusetts-snowfall-storm" target="_self">last week&#x27;s blizzard</a>.</li></ul>

Winter storm dumps over a foot of snow on Greater Boston

The snow storm shuttered Massachusetts schools and workplaces Monday.

The snow storm has lived up to the hype and halted the Monday morning commute for most in eastern Massachusetts, shuttering schools and workplaces across the state. The big picture: The storm has dumped more than a foot of snow across Greater Boston since late Sunday morning.

What the Mass. DOC's $6.7M prison settlement means

Legal experts consider the conditions an opportunity for reform.

A new settlement agreement between the state and prisoners at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center has advocates cautiously hopeful that they&#x27;ll see reform at the prison.Why it matters: The agreement ended a four-year legal battle in which prisoners alleged state-sanctioned violence and even more brutal mistreatment of Black and brown prisoners in a January 2020 incident.

Harvard University police, FBI search for explosion suspects

No one was injured in the blast, which happened around 3am Saturday.

Authorities continue their search for two people in connection with an explosion at Harvard Medical School this weekend.Catch up quick: Something exploded on the fourth floor hallway of the Goldenson Building in Boston just before 3am Saturday, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="CBS Boston" data-vars-click-url="https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/harvard-medical-school-explosion-photos/" data-vars-content-id="918c95fd-80c7-4f3e-9cb7-f0aa4a5545f9" data-vars-headline="Harvard University police, FBI search for explosion suspects" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.cbsnews.com/boston/news/harvard-medical-school-explosion-photos/" target="_blank">CBS Boston</a> reported.

Drug bust ensnares Healey's Western Mass. aide

Authorities found 8 kilograms of cocaine at a Springfield state building.

Gov. Maura Healey says she has fired her Western Massachusetts aide who was arrested in a cocaine bust.Between the lines: The arrest of <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="LaMar Cook" data-vars-click-url="https://www.masslive.com/westernmass/2025/10/gov-healeys-wmass-aide-arrested-for-alleged-drug-trafficking-at-little-statehouse-in-springfield.html" data-vars-content-id="8ebf55ba-2dd2-44b4-8088-c42dd02aa2d8" data-vars-headline="Drug bust ensnares Healey&#x27;s Western Mass. aide" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.masslive.com/westernmass/2025/10/gov-healeys-wmass-aide-arrested-for-alleged-drug-trafficking-at-little-statehouse-in-springfield.html" target="_blank">LaMar Cook</a>, the deputy director for the governor&#x27;s regional office, has already drawn scrutiny from rival gubernatorial candidates.

Drivers can't figure out new pedestrian crosswalks

What to know about the the solid and flashing lights.

Massachusetts drivers are struggling to interpret new flashing crosswalks, with nearly a quarter running red lights and most misusing the flashing red phase, according to University of Massachusetts Amherst research.

"No more": Healey orders more state police response to car mobs

The recent mobs raised questions over the potential for a National Guard deployment in Massachusetts.

The recent spate of <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="car mobs" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2025/10/06/boston-vehicle-takeover-arraignment" data-vars-content-id="b5e46038-9bc3-4f23-9f23-58ec7c8a4035" data-vars-headline="&quot;No more&quot;: Healey orders more state police response to car mobs" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/boston/2025/10/06/boston-vehicle-takeover-arraignment" target="_self">car mobs</a> raised questions over the potential for a National Guard deployment in Massachusetts, but Gov. Maura Healey said the state can handle it.Why it matters: The social media-driven incidents in Boston, Randolph, Fall River and Middleborough could make Massachusetts <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="the next target" data-vars-click-url="https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/09/22/massachusetts-national-guard-trump-boston-politics" data-vars-content-id="b5e46038-9bc3-4f23-9f23-58ec7c8a4035" data-vars-headline="&quot;No more&quot;: Healey orders more state police response to car mobs" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.wbur.org/news/2025/09/22/massachusetts-national-guard-trump-boston-politics" target="_blank">the next target</a> for President Trump to send the Guard, all while Healey seeks reelection.