Soccer fans from around the world are expected to descend on Boston this summer as the city hosts seven matches during the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The tournament, which runs from June 11 through July 19, is the largest in World Cup history, featuring 48 teams and 104 matches across the United States, Canada and Mexico. Boston will host five group-stage matches, a Round of 32 match and a quarterfinal at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough.
As the United States counts down to July 4, 2026, Massachusetts will begin celebrating the Revolutionary War during Patriots' Day weekend (April 18–20, 2026). Whether you are standing on Lexington Green at 5:15 a.m. to hear the first shots of the war or walking the Freedom Trail, these five historic towns offer more than just museums to travel back in time.
The Boston Marathon bombing showed us much about the resilience of Bostonians, but it also showed us weaknesses in the way the modern mainstream media do business.
Modern media has made tragedy inescapable Moment after nail-biting moment, the events shoved us through a week that felt like an unremitting series of tragedies: Deadly bombs. Poison letters. A town shattered by a colossal explosion. A violent manhunt that paralyzed a major city, emptying streets of people and filling them with heavily armed police and piercing sirens.
WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) — A 19-year-old college student wanted in the Boston Marathon bombings was taken into custody Friday evening after a manhunt that left the city virtually paralyzed and his older brother and accomplice dead.
