By locking up a homegrown star for 11 years, the Red Sox show they are serious about competing – and paying a premium to do so.
2023
McCarthy fails for 3rd day in bitter Republican House speaker fight
Party leader Kevin McCarthy failed again and again in an excruciating string of ballots to win enough Republican votes to seize the chamber’s gavel.
Northern Light Health to shift 1,400 employees to health services company
No employees will be laid off, and all will retain pay and similar benefits, according to the hospital network, which hopes to save $1 billion over 10 years.
Press Herald journalist to head new ‘nationhood lab’ at Salve Regina
Colin Woodard will be on sabbatical from the paper this year to help launch the program at Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island.
Massachusetts driver seriously injured in turnpike truck collision
The driver of a box truck rear-ended a fully loaded cement truck Thursday morning on the Maine Turnpike in Kittery.
Press Play: Listen to ‘Favorite Song’ by Human Moods
The debut album drops on Jan. 10.
Prince Harry memoir describes attack by brother
The revelation comes from Britain’s Guardian newspaper, which obtained a copy of Harry’s upcoming memoir, ‘Spare,’ set to be released Tuesday.
Doctors say Damar Hamlin communicating, showing significant improvement
Hamlin remains critically ill but began to wake up Wednesday, and it appears his neurological function is intact.
Faithful mourn Benedict XVI at funeral presided over by pope
Pope Francis joined tens of thousands of faithful in bidding farewell to Benedict XVI at a rare requiem Mass for a dead pope presided over by a living one.
Amazon to cut 18,000 jobs as tech layoffs grow
The company had previously said it would reduce its workforce, but without many details of the size of the cuts.