Everyone knows the MBTA can be loud. Ever wonder exactly how loud? Try pin-your-ears-back rock concert loud. Or jackhammer, or chain saw loud. That’s what the Globe discovered at several of the ...

THE United States’ power grid has been singled out as a glaring weakness within its power system, with ageing lines and transformers deemed unable to handle the rapid further jumps to both power ...

Former Infosys CFO Mohandas Pai on Wednesday strongly dismissed economist and former chief economic advisor Kaushik Basu's claim that India’s economy is “creaking”, calling it “a joke ...

It's not super often we see a restoration so fresh and hot off the presses that doesn't come from a professional shop. Most of the time, a full restoration's had time to sit around a bit, and ...

Southwest Airlines ends free baggage policy and bets on profits starting in May – Mix Vale Cranky goes global! They actually just commented about what I said on the blog, so I don’t know anything ...

Like most people after a long nap, grizzlies are hungry, cranky, and don’t want to be bothered. The first signs and sightings of grizzlies generally appear in the first half of March. The week between ...

Maureen Dowd's new collection, "Notorious," features conversations with Kevin Costner, Uma Thurman, Paul Newman and other celebrities. (Jordan Strauss / Invision / AP; Evan Agostini / Invision ...

Maureen Dowd has been profiling the rich, famous and powerful for the New York Times since the 1980s. As she writes in her new collection, “Notorious,” “I’ve always been fascinated by how ...