For years now we’€™ve heard the health benefits of a Mediterranean Diet -€” its whole-grain, loooong on fresh produce and olive oil regimen, with lots of fish and a bit of red wine and dairy added in. For many of you reading, the Mediterranean way of eating is likely a near-daily routine, maybe even a […]

“Hug your kids. Kids, hug your parents. You news media, when you get the chance to go home, do the same. We’re not just any old place, Chardon – this is every place.”

The Massachusetts economy should grow modestly this year and slowly bring down unemployment – provided energy prices and the European debt crisis do not spin out of control, according to a group of leading local economists.

Adults with disabilities are more likely to be victims of violence than adults who are not disabled, according to a new study published online in The Lancet.

Mitt Romney on Tuesday denounced rival Rick Santorum’s automated phone calls urging Democrats to vote against the former Massachusetts governor, calling the tactic “outrageous and disgusting.”

With polls showing a tightening race, Rick Santorum leveled a broadside at rival Mitt Romney in this morning’s Wall Street Journal, suggesting the Massachusetts Republican had a “€œlast-minute conversion” to conservative principles and was trying to distract voters from a liberal record of taxes and fee hikes as governor.

Kawandeep Singh Virdee saw that the Boston Convention Center was hosting an artwork competition for its new 80-foot tall LED screen Marquee and decided to make a statement.

Kudos to David Carr of the New York Times for shining a light on an issue that doesn’t attract nearly the attention that it should: the Obama administration’s abuse of the Espionage Act, which in turn has led to a virtual war on journalism and free expression.

For more than half a century, many social scientists and urban geographers interested in modeling the movement of people and goods between cities, states or countries have relied on a statistical formula called the gravity law, which measures the “attraction” between two places.

Mitt Romney is fighting for votes in economically struggling Michigan by pointing to his job-creation record in Massachusetts for proof he can jump-start bad economies — but the drop in unemployment during his time as governor may be a result more of willing workers fleeing the state than from his own ability to spawn jobs.

Nearly a quarter of working households in Massachusetts and across the United States spend more than half their income on housing, according to a study released yesterday by the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Housing Policy.

Reporting from Washington— For a piece of history that gave us the rockets’ red glare and bombs bursting in air, the War of 1812 tends to evoke a collective “Huh?” on the U.S. side of the border with Canada.