Boston Will Remove A Statue Of A Freed Slave Kneeling At Abraham Lincoln’s Feet

Boston Will Remove A Statue Of A Freed Slave Kneeling At Abraham Lincoln’s Feet

A Boston committee has voted unanimously to remove a statue of a freed slave kneeling at Abraham Lincoln’s feet, ABC News reported. The monument, titled Emancipation, or more officially, The Emancipation Group and the Freedman’s Memorial, has stood in Boston since 1879. The statue, which is an exact copy of a monument that had been […]

WWE Rumors: ‘SummerSlam’ Likely To Be Moved To New Date And Location

WWE Rumors: ‘SummerSlam’ Likely To Be Moved To New Date And Location

The coronavirus pandemic has greatly affected WWE in the last couple of months, but future problems are in their sights as well. As things currently stand, SummerSlam will take place from the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, on August 23. Due to the unknown situation with travel, social distancing, and more, rumors are swirling that […]

Mother And Daughter Claim They Were Assaulted For Speaking Spanish In Boston

Mother And Daughter Claim They Were Assaulted For Speaking Spanish In Boston

A mother and a daughter say they were attacked by two other women for speaking Spanish in Boston, a city with a rising Latino population and a history of racial and ethnic tensions. As The New York Times reports, back on February 15, the mother, who asked to be identified only as “Vasquez,” and her […]

Carrie Underwood Invited Fan On Stage Who Learned English Through Eminem’s Music, He Gave The Crowd A Shock

Carrie Underwood Invited Fan On Stage Who Learned English Through Eminem’s Music, He Gave The Crowd A Shock

Carrie Underwood found a fan with a very inspirational story and invited him on stage at her concert in Boston this week. What happened next was a shock. Earlier this year, the singer had asked fans to share their stories about personal champions, which was a prelude to the release of her song “The Champion,” […]

Selena Gomez Stuns In Makeup-Free Photos

Selena Gomez Stuns In Makeup-Free Photos

Selena Gomez is showing off her natural beauty in a new social media upload. The gorgeous actress and singer appeared to be going makeup-free in stunning new shots shared to her Instagram account as she gave her 157 million followers a look at her recent trip to Boston with her girlfriends. As reported by Hollywood […]

Straight Pride Parade Organizers Called Cops After Getting A ‘Suspicious Envelope,’ It Was Filled With Glitter

Straight Pride Parade Organizers Called Cops After Getting A ‘Suspicious Envelope,’ It Was Filled With Glitter

At least three of the organizers of Boston’s upcoming “Straight Pride Parade” called the police after receiving “suspicious” envelopes in the mail, with at least one case leading to a hazmat team shutting down and evacuating an entire block, CNN reports. The packages all contained glitter. Samson Racioppi is a founding member of the group […]

‘Straight Pride Parade’ Approved For Boston As Plans Are Met With Mockery And Derision

‘Straight Pride Parade’ Approved For Boston As Plans Are Met With Mockery And Derision

A “Straight Pride Parade” has been approved by Boston’s City Council, although the announcement by the man who organized it has largely been met with mockery and derision, Yahoo News reports. June is Pride Month when the LGBTQ community celebrates itself through parades, protests, educational events, and the like. Boston is no exception. As the […]

Boston Red Sox Fans Tear Down ‘Trump 2020’ Banner At Fenway Park

Boston Red Sox Fans Tear Down ‘Trump 2020’ Banner At Fenway Park

Boston Red Sox fans tore down a “Trump 2020” banner that other fans had brought into Fenway Park on Friday night, the day after several members of the team skipped meeting Donald Trump at the White House, Yahoo News reports. Just before the sixth inning began, fans in the uppermost deck unfurled a red, white […]

Rob Gronkowski Sells Luxury Boston Condo For $2.3 Million, Turning A Profit On Swanky Home After Retirement

Rob Gronkowski Sells Luxury Boston Condo For $2.3 Million, Turning A Profit On Swanky Home After Retirement

Rob Gronkowski is downsizing in his retirement. Just a few days after the New England Patriots tight end announced his retirement from the NFL, he unloaded his luxury condo in downtown Boston for a cool $2.3 million — a profit of about $400,000 from when he first purchased it two years ago for $1.9 million. […]

Man Charged With Stabbing In Chinatown, Boston

Man Charged With Stabbing In Chinatown, Boston

According to the Boston Herald, a Lynn man was arrested early on Sunday morning for allegedly being connected to a stabbing that happened late Saturday night in Boston’s Chinatown. Authorities also stated the victim was left hospitalized and is in serious condition from the stabbing. “While placing the suspect in custody, officers performed a pat […]

Senior Citizen Drives Car Into Ice Cream Shop

Senior Citizen Drives Car Into Ice Cream Shop

A Stoneham ice cream shop in Boston was the site of a car accident this morning, reports the Boston Globe. Thankfully, no serious injuries were sustained when a 90-year-old woman drove her car clear into the ice cream shop, said officials. The shop is located on Main Street, and is called The Daily Scoop. An […]

Disney On Ice Is Coming To Agganis Arena And Is Also Partnering With Hawaiian Airlines

Disney On Ice Is Coming To Agganis Arena And Is Also Partnering With Hawaiian Airlines

This year, Disney On Ice will be celebrating 100 years of magic. Disney On Ice is a series of touring ice skating shows, produced by Feld Entertainment’s Ice Follies and Holiday on Ice, Inc., while under agreement with the Walt Disney Company. The shows are loved by many, whose children cherish seeing the characters figure […]

Historical Society In Boston Apologizes Over ‘White Dorchester’ Christmas Ad

Historical Society In Boston Apologizes Over ‘White Dorchester’ Christmas Ad

The Dorchester Historical Society, an organization that celebrates the history of that section of Boston, has pulled an advertisement for an upcoming holiday party that used the phrase “We’re dreaming of a white Dorchester.” The ad, evoking Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas,” was one of several that substituted the word “Dorchester” into Christmas carol lyrics and […]

Tom Brady Chooses Mark Wahlberg To Play Him In A Movie

Tom Brady Chooses Mark Wahlberg To Play Him In A Movie

If Hollywood were to produce a film on the life of Tom Brady, it would likely feature an actor that fits his stature as a lanky 6-foot-4-inches athlete who could totally double as a model or corporate executive. If the choice were left up to Brady himself, however, moviegoers would have to adjust their expectations […]

Ayanna Pressley Upsets Incumbent Michael Capuano In Massachusetts House Primary

Ayanna Pressley Upsets Incumbent Michael Capuano In Massachusetts House Primary

In a result that completely changes the political reality in Massachusetts Ayanna Pressley defeated Michael Capuano, a 10-term representative, in the Democratic primary reports the New York Times. Pressley’s victory shows a vast change in the political climate with progressive candidates routinely upsetting more establishment candidates throughout the nation in democratic primaries. This win has […]

Boston Restaurant Zia Gianna Receives 1-Star Yelp Review Over Pride Flag, Local LGBT Community Rallies

Boston Restaurant Zia Gianna Receives 1-Star Yelp Review Over Pride Flag, Local LGBT Community Rallies

When Nino Barbalace opened an Italian bakery in Dorchester, he named it to honor his greatest culinary influence, his aunt Gianna. The woman behind the name Zia Gianna, as described by the cafe’s website, was the “glue in the family.” “As those who know her will attest, Zia had an innate ability to create community, […]

Chicago Earns Dubious Honor, Named ‘Rat Capital’ Of United States

Chicago Earns Dubious Honor, Named ‘Rat Capital’ Of United States

The crown of the rat king, being held by the city in the United States wherein the most common complaint of rodent infestation takes precedent, is now held by the so-called “Rat Capital” of the country in Chicago, at least according to The Daily Mail. The title and rather dubious honor comes as a result […]

Suspect In Fatal Boston Hit And Run Says ‘Accidents Happen’

Suspect In Fatal Boston Hit And Run Says ‘Accidents Happen’

Shortly after he discussed the incident on local television, Boston police charged a man with motor vehicle homicide and leaving the scene of an accident causing death in an incident yesterday afternoon that took the life of an elderly pedestrian. The 80-year-old victim, who was crossing at a crosswalk on Commonwealth Avenue at about 1 […]

Lauren Hashian, The Rock’s Girlfriend, Melts Hearts With ‘Pile Of Munchkins,’ Tiana & Jasmine

Lauren Hashian, The Rock’s Girlfriend, Melts Hearts With ‘Pile Of Munchkins,’ Tiana & Jasmine

Lauren Hashian and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson first met on the set of Johnson’s film The Game Plan, which filmed in 2006. The couple has been exclusive since the following year. Although Lauren Hashian stays out of the spotlight, preferring to leave that to her boyfriend, she is no stranger to media and success. Not […]

Bump Stocks Ban: First People Charged Under New Law Allegedly Brought Cache Of Weapons To March For Our Lives

Bump Stocks Ban: First People Charged Under New Law Allegedly Brought Cache Of Weapons To March For Our Lives

The first people to be arrested and charged with crimes under the new federal ban on so-called “bump stocks,” enacted in the wake of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting, are a Texas couple who allegedly brought a cache of illegal weapons to a March for Our Lives sister rally in Boston, the Boston Herald is […]

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