Eve Zuckoff

Former mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel told a WBUR Festival audience he’s thinking about running for president in 2028 — but wasn’t ready to make an announcement.

City councilors held their noses Wednesday in an 8-5 vote to pass Boston Public Schools’ $1.7 billion budget, which slashes more than 400 student-facing paraprofessional and teaching jobs.

Frank fought for civil rights, affordable housing and women’s rights, Rep. Jim McGovern said at the service. And he fought for gay rights, "not only because he was gay, but because he saw a community that was being persecuted and bullied by people in power, and he could not tolerate a bully.”

Amendments the council approved amount to less than 0.2% of Wu’s spending plan, but that hasn’t stopped councilors from publicly fighting each other over the process for weeks. The budget, including the amendment package, will now go back to Wu.

After weeks of infighting, councilors voted to reallocate $11.8 million of Wu’s $4.9 billion budget through two amendment packages. Though the proposed changes make up just 0.2% of the total budget, Wu said city workers are likely to be affected.

The face off was the first time either team had played in the men's World Cup in decades, a rare chance for the squads to make a mark on their nation's soccer histories.

For the MBTA, moving more than 19,000 people to and from Foxborough for the World Cup on Saturday was in many ways a big success. But the long lines to board trains, and the wait for a ride home after midnight felt chaotic to some.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu rejected $1.4 million of the $11.8 million in additional funding the city council was seeking for programs related to seniors, immigrants and the arts.

Mattapan residents say a quiet sadness that's descended over the neighborhood after a man accused of carjacking careened onto a sidewalk and dragged a woman several hundred feet to her death.

The Boston City Council has approved a $4.9 billion budget for the fiscal year that starts next week, bringing an end to one of the most fraught budget cycles in years.