Mayor Michelle Wu speaks to a crowd during a rally. Some students at Northeastern view Wu, an Asian American woman and mother of two, as a figure representing groups oftentimes not represented in politics....

This article was produced as part of an initiative we’re calling Ask the News in which Northeastern University community members can submit questions to us and, if it seems like we can put together a...

Rowers gather for the Head of the Charles Regatta on the Charles River, which splits Cambridge and Boston. The regatta attracts rowers from around the world who compete on the course every October.

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The scene outside Holmes Hall after it was evacuated Sept. 13. Jason Duhaime, the former new technology manager and director of the Immersive Media Lab at Northeastern, was arrested Oct. 4 in connection...

Students leaving Holmes Hall Sept. 13 evening found the building surrounded by police officers and bomb squad members following an explosion of a pelican case in Northeastern's virtual reality lab.

Students reenter Snell Library after campus declared all clear around 12:30 a.m. Sept. 23.

Emergency services respond to the area around Holmes Hall Sept. 13.

Volunteers helped push Mission Hill’s Fitzgerald Park over the threshold of 25 plant species April 29, one more step in the park’s path to becoming an arboretum. At an Arbor Day event, organized...

Members of the New England Bhangra Club performed for conference attendees before the lunch break.

A Boston nonprofit is searching for a new yard to leave shelters for feral cats on Mission Hill after the previous home that hosted them was sold. The call is the latest in a series of actions to care...

This year's Academy Awards is featuring a new category: Fan Favorite. The award brings into question the prestige of the Academy and the award ceremony itself if the general public's opinion is now considered.

When news of the war broke on campus, students were quick to gather in protest and to raise money to support Ukraine, with students demonstrating in Centennial Commons.

Wordle has skyrocketed in popularity as a daily word puzzle. The game challenges users to guess a five-letter word in six attempts.

Cars drive past the Coolidge Corner Theatre.

Ken Henderson, Northeastern chancellor and senior vice president for learning, spoke with The News in a 30-minute, virtual conversation Wednesday about the closure of wellness housing, the university’s...

The COVID-19 pandemic created a drastic need for telehealth platforms such as BetterHelp.

Mayor Michelle Wu speaks Nov. 27 in support of City Councilor Lydia Edwards’ senate bid. Edwards previously endorsed Wu in the mayoral race.

Acting Mayor Kim Janey discussed her background and her time as the city's top executive in a question and answer session with Africana studies program director Régine Michelle Jean-Charles Nov. 9.

Michelle Wu became the first Asian American, the first woman, and the first person of color to be elected mayor in Boston.

"Practical Magic" portrays universal truths about love and relationships.

Voters in Boston will have the chance to elect who they want to serve as the city’s next mayor Nov. 2. Ahead of the general election, mayoral candidates and City Councilors At-Large Annissa Essaibi George...

Ruthzee Louijeune is one of the eight at-large candidates vying for a spot on the Boston City Council this fall.

Musicians perform on Krentzman Quad to celebrate the graduating class of 2021.

Art by Avery Bleichfeld. Canopy is a new coalition of clubs focused on environmental clubs at Northeastern.

COVID-19 testing data released by Northeastern University indicated that Thursday, for the fourth day in a row, the university’s seven-day average positivity rate was the highest on record since testing...

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March, the Boston Public Development Agency, or BPDA, stopped holding public meetings for all in-progress development projects. This included the Suffolk Downs redevelopment,...

A crowd of anti-vaxxers stood beneath a banner reading “Medical Freedom is the New Civil Rights Movement” on the State House steps this past Monday, clutching signs and megaphones in protest of three...

Circles indicate the number of international students at the institution in the given year; size is proportional to international population. Data from the Institute of International Education.

Municipalities in the Greater Boston area have implemented recycling programs with various degrees of citizen participation. Data from Massachusetts State 2018 Municipal Solid Waste & Recycling Survey...

This month, Boston Public Library, or BPL, took a step toward embodying the phrase “Free To All,” which is carved above the entrance to the central branch at Copley Square. On Nov. 1, the library...

Many activists debate the pros and cons of the different methods of legal approach to prostitution.

The non-profit King Boston announced on March 4 the official design for a memorial dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King to be installed on Boston Common. Artist Hank Willis Thomas...

Brookline independent movie theatre Coolidge Corner showed “West Side Story” March 4 in collaboration with the Huntington Theatre Company’s production of “Romeo and Juliet” as part of the theatres’...