Columbus Day

A Republican congressional candidate in Massachusetts who confronted two women at a Columbus Day rally in support of President Donald Trump said she was kicked in the head and fractured a leg bone during an ensuing scuffle. Rayla Campbell, who’s mounting a write-in campaign against Democratic U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, told the Boston Herald that Monday’s rally in New...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo marked Columbus Day by unveiling a statue of the Italian-American saint known as Mother Cabrini in lower Manhattan. The dedication of the statue on Monday comes a year after Cuomo announced that the state would commission a monument to the Roman Catholic nun who was canonized in 1946. That decision came after a commission led…

As the mythology around Christopher Columbus has been corrected, many are pushing to replace Columbus Day with a celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day. A cultural strategist and diversity expert, Lauren Wesley Wilson, joined LX News to discuss the importance of recognizing the oppressed rather than celebrating their oppressors.

A Christopher Columbus statue in Rhode Island has been vandalized for a second time in recent weeks

Maine is observing a new holiday. Monday marked the first Indigenous People’s Day in the state after Maine lawmakers replaced Columbus Day in the spring.

It’s the first time that Maine celebrated the holiday since state lawmakers moved away from Columbus Day in the spring.

Six municipalities across Massachusetts celebrated Indigenous Peoples’ Day instead of Columbus Day on Monday. According to The Boston Globe, those municipalites were Amherst, Northampton, Brookline, Cambridge, Somerville and Great Barrington.

The sun is back this Sunday with temperatures rising into the mid-60s, great weather for outdoor activities. Take advantage of this wonderful day because it will come to an end Monday, as an area of low pressure develops to our south and it brings showers overnight with an increase in clouds on Columbus Day. Monday starts out with showers followed...

Sunday: Decreasing clouds. Pleasant. Highs in the mid 60s. Sunday Night: Partly cloudy. Lows in the 40s to around 50. Columbus Day: Morning showers, then partial clearing. Highs in the 60s. Cape Cod Forecast: Sunday: Few clouds. Sun is back! Highs in the low 60s. Sunday Night: Partly cloudy. Lows around 50. Columbus Day: Early showers, partly cloudy afternoon. Highs...

Saturday: Drizzle, clouds early. Still breezy. Peeks of afternoon sun. Highs around 60. Saturday Night: Partly cloudy. Lows in the 40s and 50s. Sunday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 60s. Columbus Day: Morning showers. Afternoon sun. Highs in the 60s. Cape Cod Forecast: Saturday: Mostly cloudy, morning showers. Then drizzle. Gusts up to 30mph early. Highs in the 50s....

New England’s second-largest city won’t be hosting a Columbus Day parade this year for the first time in more than a century. The Telegram & Gazette reports the committee that organized the Worcester parade was dissolved in December. Columbus Day is Monday.

The nor’easter continues to spin to our south, bringing waves of rain and wind to southeastern New England.

Overnight Thursday Night: Showers and drizzle, dry north. Lows in the 40s. Friday: Windy showers, rain and drizzle for most of Southern New England. Highs in the 50s. Cape Cod Radio Forecast Overnight Thursday Night: Windswept rain. Lows in the 50s. Friday: Showers, rain and drizzle. Northeast wind gusts to 45 mph. Beach erosion with high surf. Highs in the 50s.

The much anticipated nor’easter has developed over the waters south of New England and will continue strengthening over the next 24 hours. This storm center is fueled by all the classic ingredients for storm development: atmospheric energy provided by the jet stream winds aloft, cool air surging south from Canada and warmth over the Gulf Stream waters of the Western...

“Columbus enslaved, colonized, mutilated, and massacred thousands of Indigenous People in the Americas,” Council Member David Grosso said in a statement.

Wednesday: Showers expand, ramp up to rain. Becoming windy. Highs in the 50s. Overnight Wednesday Night: Windswept, torrential rain. Lows around 50. Thursday: Windswept, heavy rain. Some power outages with northeast gusts to 45 mph, higher Cape. Highs in the 50s.

A Maine mayor is getting some criticism after announcing his city would observe Columbus Day. Tuesday night, Waterville Mayor Nick Isgro, a Republican, made the proclamation, which seemingly defies a new state law signed by Democratic Maine Gov. Janet Mills making the holiday Indigenous People’s Day.

The mayor of Waterville said his city would observe Columbus Day in defiance of Maine law.

A conservative mayor in Maine says he plans to declare Oct. 14 to be Columbus Day, in defiance of state law. The Kennebec Journal reports Waterville Mayor Nick Isgro’s proclamation would defy a state law passed in April that renamed the holiday Indigenous People’s Day.

We’re very close to enjoying leaf-peeping season across New England