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Facebook already asks for your thoughts. Now it wants your prayers. The social media giant has rolled out a new prayer request feature, a tool embraced by some religious leaders as a cutting-edge way to engage the faithful online.

If you don’t have potato, use malanga root. If you can’t find zucchini, replace it with cucumber. Maybe peanuts in place of beans at times. Those are the sort of tips Yuliet Colón and other cooks are offering fellow Cubans via Facebook as they cope with ever-evolving shortages during a time of pandemic, sanctions and local economic woes....

Restaurant workers have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, but local groups aim to provide financial assistance and work connections.

A loose network of Facebook groups that took root across the country in April to organize protests over coronavirus stay-at-home orders have now pivoted to new targets.

Here’s a quick look at some of the Super Bowl commercials already making the rounds.

A local group of bakeries that first started out more than 25 years ago has apparently disappeared from the landscape.

Pop star Charlie Puth found out about Limpy the turkey, on Friday and quickly wrote a song about the animal that unwittingly became the talk of a Massachusetts town last month.

The town of Reading, Massachusetts, has rallied around a turkey called “Limpy,” even though it’s blocking traffic and pecking at cars.

A turkey in Reading, Mass. is the talk of the town. The turkey, they named Limpy, has been spotted limping around Reading.

A dispute over strollers in Boston’s South End is reportedly leading to vandalism and debate on social media. On one side of the uproar are parents who park their strollers outside thier homes — which they helps in a neighborhood filled with multi-level buildings.

Protesters took to the streets in Boston to voice humanitarian concerns at the border.

A dumpster full of classic books seen outside a Chicago Public Schools high school this week has sparked an outcry on social media.

by Marc Hurwitz

Back in 2017, we mentioned that a pasta shop in Texas had closed down and was planning to move to the Greater Boston area. Now we have learned where it will be opening.

It looks like a new restaurant could be coming to the Magoun Square section of Somerville, though very little is known about the place as of yet.

A ghost-sighting at Massachusetts Market Basket has created a stir as customers keep a lookout for the Victorian-era specter in the frozen food aisle.

by Marc Hurwitz

Last fall, we reported that a new bakery was taking over the space where a suburban bagel shop had been. Now we have learned that it won’t be the only food spot coming to that space.

by Marc Hurwitz