Laura Emde

It’s a chilly November night, and a group of friends are driving to see the newest “Hunger Games” movie as Taylor Swift’s most recent release, “1989,” is playing through the car speakers. Is this scenario taking place in 2014 or 2023? Both options are correct.

“The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes,” which premiered Nov. 17, returned viewers to the world of Panem, giving them a look at the early days of the Hunger Games and a future dictator’s descent into evil. Nostalgic fans we

Most everyone is familiar with the sub sandwich: a long sub roll split in half, filled with meats of one’s choosing and toppings galore, from lettuce to tomatoes to slices of cheese.

In New England, the sub sandwich has many different names, says New England magazine. In Connecticut and Rhode Island, the sandwich is frequently called a “grinder,” whereas up in Maine you’d be more likely to hear “Italian sandwich.”

In Boston, however, there is a specific name for this common sandwich — a “spuck

A bill introduced to the Joint Committee on the Judiciary last month proposed prosecuting those between 18 and 20 years old as juveniles instead of adults, according to CBS News Boston.

One of the reasons for prosecuting older teenagers and 20-year-olds as juveniles is to lower rates of recidivism, or someone previously prosecuted reoffends, in this age group.

Leon Smith, executive director of Citizens for Juvenile Justice, or CFJJ, a group advocating for justice reform for youth, says service

“Give me everything you’ve got,” sing the members of boygenius in the opening song of “the record.” At their show in Boston, boygenius did just that and more.