But, the long-discussed idea of congestion pricing in Boston remains just that: an idea. Even suggesting taxing drivers can get some politicians in hot water. Congestion pricing, experts say, is a tool that can help jump-start a change in how people travel by slashing traffic and climate change-causing fumes. The idea has been studied repeatedly by state and regional organizations in Massachusetts and discussed by lawmakers for years. New York City is expected to make history next month as the first US city to implement a kind of congestion pricing....

BRUNSWICK – Shirley Jane Chace died on April 24, 2024, at her home in Brunswick. She was born in New York City on June 2, 1931, to Fred Shirley Chace and Mildred Matilda Ziegler Chace, who owned a small butcher and grocery shop in Tuckahoe, N.Y. As a child, she swam in the Long Island Sound during her summers becoming a freestyle champion as a teen. She rode the train to Manhattan to see Broadway shows, instilling in her a lifelong love of the arts, and sat in the stands...

Doja Cat is ready to paint the town wet! The musician may have come as a Karl Lagerfeld's cat to last year's Met Gala — but this year, she went for a radically different look. Doja, 28, dressed for the “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” -themed event on May 6 in a sheer white fabric that appeared to be wet. Her glam included black mascara "tears." Before arriving at the Met on May 6, she left The Mark Hotel wrapped in a white towel (with another wrapped on her head). For...

As Angel Reese prepares for Monday’s WNBA draft, she took in a fun game at Madison Square Garden. The LSU star and soon-to-be professional rookie, who is projected to be a first-round pick, sat courtside to watch the Knicks outlast the Nets at the Garden on Friday night, 111-107. Reese is projected to be selected as a mid-to-late first-rounder, according to several mock drafts, but her perimeter proficiency has come into question when assessing what she’ll do in the WNBA. Reese only shot 5-for-32 from 3-point land in her college...

Guilty or innocent — the damage done to the Don when he appears for the first time as a defendant in a Lower Manhattan criminal court on Monday will purportedly hurt his standing with a key part of his MAGA base: the evangelicals. Former Colorado congressman Ken Buck made clear that former President Donald could be badly bruised once trial gets going and unsavory details go public in the case accusing him of fudging his business records to block from public view payments to prevent alleged affairs with porn star...

Oklahoma City is one step closer to building the country's tallest skyscraper, even though some city officials raised concerns about the building's structure during a planning meeting earlier this week. Developers are looking to put a 1,907-foot tower dubbed "The Boardwalk at Bricktown" in Oklahoma's capital, which would give the city the sixth tallest building in the world. The current tallest skyscraper in the United States is the One World Trade Center in Manhattan, which reaches 1,776 feet and also holds the title for tallest building in the western hemisphere....

Former President Donald already understands the legal threat posed by the criminal hush money trial set to begin in Manhattan next week, said former January 6 investigator Temidayo Aganga-Williams on CNN Friday evening. The trial centers on the allegation that the former president effectively interfered in the 2016 election by using a secret hush payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels to conceal their former affair from voters. Trump's lawyers are reportedly resigned to the fact that they cannot delay the trial anymore and are when Trump comes face to...

Former President Trump speaks in Davenport, Iowa, on March 13, 2023. Photo: Miriam Alarcon Avila/Bloomberg via Getty Images Former President Trump's hush money trial stems from events purported to have taken place over nearly two decades, well before his entry into politics vaulted him to the presidency. The big picture: The presumptive GOP presidential nominee faces 34 felony counts stemming from allegations he falsified business records to cover up payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, who first publicly alleged the two had an affair in 2018. • Trump...

Former President Donald Trump says the jury selection in his upcoming New York criminal trial is "largely luck." "It depends who you get. It’s very unfair that I’m having a trial there," he told reporters during a press conference with House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. Jury selection begins Monday on the case, the first of four criminal indictments slated to go to trial. Trump is accused of doctoring his company’s records to hide the real reason for payments to Michael Cohen, his former lawyer and fixer who helped the candidate...

Gov. Kathy Hochul and top state lawmakers struck a housing deal Friday, clearing a major hurdle for state budget negotiations that have dragged on nearly two weeks past deadline, sources said. The preliminary agreement would allow tenants in many market-rate units in New York City to challenge lease hikes of more than 10% in housing court, according to the sources. It also aims to boost production of badly needed new and affordable housing in the city, including by lifting a decades-old state law that caps the density of buildings in...