By Christina Carrega The Justice Department is taking six immediate steps to improve its efforts to combat the spike in hate crimes, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced in a memo to department employees Thursday, including expanding access to different languages. Thursday’s memo
By WBZ Staff Nets guard Kyrie Irving will be playing in front of Celtics fans for the first time this weekend since leaving Boston to play for Brooklyn. And he is asking the crowd to stick to basketball, not what he
By Jill Martin Naomi Osaka, a four-time major champion and the No. 2-ranked women’s tennis player in the world, announced on Twitter and Instagramthat she will not be participating in press conferences during the French Open. “I’ve often felt that people have
By Katia Hetter As the United States marks Memorial Day Weekend and the start of summer, so many people are planning to travel to places they haven’t been in a year, see friends again, and go to baseball games, concerts and more.
By Geneva Sands The Department of Homeland Security on Thursday will mandate that critical pipeline operators comply with several cybersecurity measures, including reporting cybersecurity incidents to the department within 12 hours, according to DHS officials. In the wake of the debilitating ransomware
By Kate Sullivan, Donald Judd and Phil Mattingly President Joe Biden said Wednesday he has directed the US intelligence community to redouble their efforts in investigating the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic and report back to him in 90 days. The announcement
By Leah Asmelash Two decades ago, Chadwick Boseman graduated from Howard University with a degree from the College of Fine Arts. Now, that school will bear his name. Howard University announced Wednesday that its newly reestablished College of Fine Arts will be
By Allie Malloy and Caroline Kelly White House principal deputy press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Wednesday became the second Black woman in history to hold the daily press briefing Wednesday, saying that while she appreciates the “historic nature” of the moment she
By Paul LeBlanc Former President Barack Obama on Wednesday reflected on the frustration he had felt in office when his “institutional role” limited his ability to comment on federal investigations into the shooting deaths of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown. “I went
By Frank Pallotta James Bond, meet Jeff Bezos. Amazon is investing even more heavily in growing its position in the entertainment world. The company announced Wednesday that it made a deal to acquire MGM, the home of James Bond and one of
