How a photo of a deadly Boston fire sparked change – CBS News Watch CBS News In 1975, Stanley Forman took a Pulitzer Prize-winning photo of a fatal fire escape collapse during a Boston apartment fire. That photo would spur the city to enact new regulations to keep fire escapes safe. Mark Strassmann has the…
Reporter’s Notebook: Examining the 4-day workweek – CBS News Watch CBS News A recent study from Boston College found that, when done right, the four-day work week can benefit employees and employers alike. “CBS Evening News” co-anchor John Dickerson examines the study and what the future of work could look like. Be the first to…
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) – Family travel can be a challenge under the best of circumstances. But that isn’t stopping people from traveling. In fact more people than ever have been hitting the roads with travel records getting broken this past July 4th holiday. Add a pet into the equation, and travel becomes even more complicated….
China could draw on its innovation in advanced manufacturing to improve business – and overall – ties with the United States amid a fragile trade truce, according to a prominent American political scientist. In an interview, Robert Pape, a professor at the University of Chicago, also said China could “rise peacefully” to be the world’s…
Boston area city blocks become test cases for beating urban heat – CBS News Watch CBS News In Chelsea, Massachusetts, one city block is being transformed to test solutions for extreme urban heat. Ben Tracy from Climate Central reports. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting….
Boston — For Arwa Ait-Chaib and her mother, Wafa El Hidar, summertime in Chelsea, Massachusetts, means trying to beat the heat. “There are always some days that I feel like we live in the middle of the Sahara desert,” Ait-Chaib told CBS News. Their Chelsea neighborhood, located just across the river from Boston, offers little…
Falling wires strand passengers on hot MBTA Commuter Rail train for hours Passengers on a commuter train on the Franklin Line say their ride home from Boston was a nightmare Monday after getting stuck for an extra two hours on the train. “It abruptly stopped, all the power went out,” said Christian Dadasis, a passenger…
Hong Kong should capitalise on the opportunities arising from US-China tensions to attract more talent to its academic and tech sectors, heads of the city’s top medical schools have said, ahead of a visit to the world’s largest biotechnology event in Boston. Representatives from the medical faculties of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and…
Trading caps and gowns for couture, these Boston students celebrate graduation on the runway Boston School of Fashion Design’s annual runway show celebrates 90 years of fashion instruction. Updated: 12:33 AM EDT May 30, 2025 Can everybody hear me? So someone was just asking, how do we know when your, when your number’s coming up?…
Harvard President Alan Garber addressed the university’s clash with the Trump administration in a new NPR interview, calling the government’s recent actions toward the school “perplexing” and warning that slashing research funding “hurts the country.” “We need to be firm in our commitments to what we stand for, and what we stand for — I…