July comprised of bright lights and high energy as Bostonians celebrated everything from Independence Day to festivals and local concerts. We sent our photographers out to capture it all, and here’s the best of what they brought back.
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Starting Aug. 1, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, or MBTA, will accept contactless payment onboard buses, Green Line trolleys, Mattapan Line trolleys and at all gated subway stations. The new fare collection system was announced earlier this year as a part of the...
The Seattle Police Department officer who was heard on body camera footage last year laughing and joking about the death of a Northeastern graduate student was fired July 17, officials confirmed to The News.
Interim Chief of Police Sue Rahr terminated the officer, Daniel...
With semesterly housing rates approaching $10,000 per semester, Northeastern dorms are more than 25% pricier than they were 20 years ago, when accounting for inflation.
Off-campus housing isn’t much cheaper — a recent report ranked Northeastern the eighth most expensive...
Jason Duhaime, the 46-year-old former new technology manager and director of the Immersive Media Lab at Northeastern University, was convicted June 28 of staging a bomb hoax on Northeastern’s Boston campus in September 2022 and lying to federal law enforcement, according to...
June's heat didn’t stop Bostonians from uniting on the streets for summer fun, from the Pride and Celtics parades to the Dragon Boat Festival and Somerville carnaval. We sent our photographers out to capture it all, and here’s the best of what they brought back.
Table of Contents
I: Introduction
II: Who was arrested at the Northeastern encampment?
III: Legal observers, press ordered to leave the Common before arrests
IV: Protesters zip tied, taken into Shillman Hall for processing
V: Arrestees say Northeastern...
When news broke May 29 that Northeastern had acquired Marymount Manhattan College, or MMC, in New York City, current MMC fourth-year acting major Abby Mulligan said her dad, who had just read about the merger in The New York Times, was the first to tell her.
“At first,...
The LGBTQ community, allies and Bostonians alike decorated in the colors of the rainbow lined the city’s streets June 8 for the Boston Pride for the People parade. Pride parades take place around the U.S. throughout June to celebrate the LGBTQ community and honor the 1969 Stonewall...
Northeastern Chancellor and Senior Vice President for Learning Ken Henderson sat down with The News for an hour-long interview in an International Village conference room April 3 to discuss admissions, Northeastern’s global campus system and university diversity.
The Chancellor’s...
Jonathan Bacdayan’s climate anxiety was so acute when he arrived on campus freshman year that he attended a Sunrise Northeastern meeting before he even walked into a class.
From then on, he strove to translate his anxiety into action, including helping to lead Divest...
On the morning of April 25, about 30 student protesters set up on tarps in Centennial Common, linked arms and began chanting pro-Palestinian slogans. What started as a small group of demonstrators quickly escalated into a two-day-long encampment, joining similar Gaza solidarity...
