The Department of Homeland Security will miss an initial deadline of July 12 to comply with a sweeping federal law meant to thwart terrorist attacks arriving by sea, frustrating border security advocates who worry that the agency has not done enough to prevent dangerous cargo from coming through the country’s ocean gateways, including the Port […]

Back in October, we gave you a list of 13 top Boston area professors, deans and presidents you needed to be following on Twitter, ranging from Boston University’s Dean of Students Kenn Elmore to Tufts President Anthony Monaco. Eight months later, we’re back at it again, providing you with 13 more professionals working in academia that deserve to have […]

The number of crimes reported to police dropped again last year compared with 2010, but a closer look at the numbers suggests the long annual line of declines in crime levels may have hit bottom.

Listening to Anthony Paul De Ritis’s Devolution is somewhat akin to watching a Tarsem film: The mixture of influences, references and textures is both blindingly apparent and blindingly gorgeous.

All eyes have focused on Europe lately as the financial crisis there threatens economic recoveries in Massachusetts and the nation. But problems in another of state’s key international markets is adding to the worries.

Seattle’s disturbing death toll from shootings recently might prompt lawmakers and other officials to enact new laws. But guest columnists James Alan Fox and Jack Levin urge them all to understand that Ian Stawicki’s rampage that killed five innocent victims is in a much different category than the others.

With more than 12.7 million Americans unemployed, companies have no trouble attracting applicants. What’s tougher for some firms is finding qualified workers. Just ask California Steel Industries.

From Mauro Martino at Northeastern University comes this intriguing infographic of fundraising by the presidential candidates from March 2011 to Feburary 2012.

The less American citizens know about how our country works, the worse our country seems to work.

A top hostile takeover expert said today that companies targeted for hostile takeovers such as Vulcan Materials Co. usually wind up receiving subsequent offers.

Seven students from Boston and Bali grouped in Yowana Kencana Intelligent Youth started their compelling presentation on teen smoking habits before an audience of hundreds at the Seminar Building on Ganesha University’s campus in Singaraja on Tuesday afternoon.

The great and the good of Hollywood crowded into a white tent off Los Angeles’ Sunset Boulevard on 8 March as paparazzi snapped photos and well-dressed speakers braced themselves to take the stage.