The amount lower-income students are paying at elite institutions has been declining over the past 6 years, but some school officials are worried the climbing costs will put off some students from applying entirely.
New England
Blind people can hear and feel April’s total solar eclipse with new technology
Sound and touch devices will be available at public gatherings on April 8, when a total solar eclipse crosses North America, the moon blotting out the sun for a few minutes.
Last coal-burning power plant in New England set to close in a win for environmentalists
Merrimack Station in New Hampshire will become the state’s first renewable energy park under a deal with the EPA.
‘Robot dog’ takes bullets for police on Cape Cod
The robot, manufactured by a Massachusetts company, was deployed during an armed standoff in Barnstable.
Former Sen. Joe Lieberman, Democrats’ VP pick in 2000, dead at 82
Former Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut sought the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004 but dropped out after a weak showing in the early primaries.
Appeals court orders judge to probe claims of juror bias in Boston Marathon bomber’s case
The ruling from the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals keeps Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence intact – for now.
New Hampshire brings first murder charge in the death of a fetus
A man is facing charges in the death of a woman who was 35 to 37 weeks pregnant.
Massachusetts moves to protect horseshoe crabs during spawning
Horseshoe crabs predate the dinosaurs, but their populations have been depleted for decades.
Boston’s St. Patrick’s Day parade marred by drunken fights, destruction and arrests
Residents of South Boston, where the parade is held, have filed hundreds of complaints since Sunday and a city councilor called for ‘major changes.’
Massachusetts family helps return Japanese artifacts looted during World War II
The items, taken after the Battle of Okinawa, were discovered by a family sifting through the personal effects of their late father.