Dubai Woman Heads For North Pole And History

The moral abyss of materialism can be felt all over this year’s festival, from the movie selection to the jewellery heist at one of the hotels

After more than 30 years in the tutus and tiaras biz, Betsey Johnson is still cartwheeling down the runway. A new reality show, XOX Betsey Johnson, follows her fraught relationship with daughter Lulu (they’re in couple’s therapy), the reboot of her fashion brand and the general wackiness that is being Betsey. Here, the rock ’n’ roll grandma shares her secrets for success

Officer Richard “Dic” Donohue of the MBTA Transit Police sat smiling next to his wife, Kim, this morning in the Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital gym overlooking the harbor. Just 30 days ago, he was shot in an exchange of gunfire in Watertown between police and the two Boston Marathon bombing suspects and nearly died of his injuries. “I’m getting stronger and healthier by the day,” he said. Donohue iced his leg, his crutches nearby, as he spoke about the pain he suffers from nerve damage.    

Trace amounts of ash from a remote Alaska volcano have fallen on an Aleutian Islands community, but the latest ash cloud remained just under the 20,000-foot threshold considered to be a major threat to trans-continental aircraft.    

Preston First Selectman Robert Congdon is recovering after he said he was hit by a falling tree while clearing a road.