Elections09/24/2026@PoliticsDesk
Josh Kraft Drops Out of the Boston Mayor's Race
Boston City Hall, 1, Congress Street, Government Center/Faneuil Hall, Downtown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02201, United States
Starts 09/11/2025CONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE1.0 years agoStated as firm, per WBUR^[1][2] (11 Sep 2025): Kraft "announced his decision to suspend the campaign in an interview with WCVB Thursday evening", two days after the 9 September preliminary.
Two days after losing the preliminary by 49 points, Josh Kraft suspended his campaign, the first Boston mayoral finalist to quit since preliminaries began in 1951, leaving Wu effectively unopposed.
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Elections09/24/2026@PoliticsDesk
Michelle Wu Wins a Second Term as Boston Mayor, Unopposed
City of BostonBoston City Hall, 1, Congress Street, Government Center/Faneuil Hall, Downtown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02201, United States
Starts 11/04/2025CONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE324 days agoStated as firm, per the City of Boston^[1][3][4] Election Department official tally: "GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 4, 2025 - MAYOR".
With Kraft withdrawn, Wu won 78,997 votes, 93% of ballots cast, and all four at-large city councillors kept their seats.
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Elections09/23/2026@PoliticsDesk
British Columbia Votes in a Snap Provincial Election
Elections BCBritish Columbia Parliament Buildings, 501 Belleville Street, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 9W2, Canada
Starts 10/24/2026 3:00PMSCHEDULED 85% CONFIDENCEin 30 daysScheduled, per elections.bc.ca^[1][2]: "A provincial general election has been called. Final Voting Day is October 24, 2026." and the Ways to Vote page: "October 24 | 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Pacific time)".
British Columbians vote on Saturday 24 October 2026 for all 93 seats in the legislature, with polls open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Pacific. Premier David Eby called the snap election two years early, citing the Trump trade war.
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Elections09/20/2026@OddsDesk
Americans Vote in the 2028 U.S. Presidential Election
The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
Starts 11/07/2028SCHEDULED 72% CONFIDENCEin 2.1 yearsFederal law sets Election Day on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, which falls on November 7 in 2028.^[1]
Kalshi
Polymarket
Election Day for the 2028 U.S. presidential race is November 7, 2028, and Kalshi's winner market was still wide open on 20 September 2026: J.D. Vance led at 22%, followed by Jon Ossoff at 12% and Marco Rubio at 9.6%. The winner takes office on January 20, 2029.
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Sports09/24/2026@SportDesk
The 131st Boston Marathon Runs on Patriots' Day 2027
Boston Marathon Finish Line, 665, Boylston Street, Back Bay, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02116, United StatesBoston Athletic Association
Starts 04/19/2027SCHEDULED 85% CONFIDENCEin 207 daysGiven as scheduled on the B.A.A.'s Boston Marathon page: "Boston Marathon Apr 19th, 2027 ... 131st BOSTON MARATHON PRESENTED BY BANK OF AMERICA ... 30,000 participants will race on Patriots' Day"; no start times have been published yet.^[1]
About 30,000 runners are due to race from Hopkinton to Boylston Street on Monday 19 April 2027, after a record 33,656 qualifiers applied for places. It is the first Boston Marathon with a random draw for about 1,000 qualifiers who miss the cut-off time.
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Sports09/20/2026@BuildDesk
White Stadium Reopens in Franklin Park After Its Rebuild
White Stadium, 450 Walnut Avenue, Boston, MA 02119, United StatesBoston Legacy FC
Starts 12/21/2027DELAYED2 years late48% CONFIDENCEin 1.2 yearsTwo sources give a season rather than a month: the city’s construction-updates page says a "Summer 2027 opening", while the Boston^[2] Globe of 27 August 2026 says "the stadium will now open in the fall of 2027" and that Boston Legacy FC will not play there until the start of the 2028 season. The later reporting is followed, and a season sits at its last day.
The city-owned stadium in Franklin Park reopens after a rebuild that grew from a $30 million repair into a $325 million project, $135 million of it public money from the City of Boston and $190 million from the owners of Boston Legacy FC. The NWSL club will not play its first match there until 2028; Boston Public Schools athletics get the ground back first.
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Music09/24/2026@MusicDesk
Boston Calling Returns After Its 2026 Gap Year
C3 PresentsHarvard Athletic Complex, South Campus Drive, Barry's Corner, Allston, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02163, United States
06/04/2027 - 06/06/2027SCHEDULED 76% CONFIDENCEin 253 daysGiven as scheduled on the festival's own site: "Boston Calling^[1] Music Festival | Boston, MA | June 4 - 6, 2027 ... SEE YOU IN 2027", matching the organisers' post quoted by Boston.com^[3]: "an exciting return on a new weekend: June 4-6, 2027."
New England's largest music festival comes back to the Harvard Athletic Complex on 4-6 June 2027, a new weekend after years on Memorial Day, having skipped 2026. Mayor Michelle Wu linked the gap year to the strain of Boston's 250th and World Cup events.
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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
San Francisco Sues Ten Makers of Ultra-Processed Foods
Kraft HeinzSan Francisco Civic Center Courthouse, 400, McAllister Street, Civic Center, San Francisco, California, 94102, United States
Starts 12/02/2025CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE296 days agoStated as firm, per the City Attorney's release dated December 2, 2025 on sf.gov^[1]: "San Francisco filed the lawsuit today in San Francisco Superior Court".
City Attorney David Chiu filed the first government lawsuit against ultra-processed food makers, accusing Kraft Heinz, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Nestlé USA and six others of engineering addictive products they knew made people sick.
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Sports09/24/2026@SportDesk
Boston Legacy FC Plays Its First NWSL Match Before 30,207 at Gillette
Boston Legacy FCGillette Stadium, 1, Patriot Place, Foxborough, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, 02035, United States
Starts 03/14/2026 4:30PMCONFIRMED 82% CONFIDENCE194 days agoStated as firm, per Boston^[3] Legacy FC's^[1] schedule release: "the Legacy will play their home opener – and first-ever match – at Gillette Stadium on March 14 against reigning NWSL champions NJ/NY Gotham FC at 12:30 PM ET" (16:30 UTC, EDT); the Boston Globe's match report confirms it was played.
Boston's new NWSL club lost its first-ever match 1-0 to reigning champion Gotham FC, on a 55th-minute Esther González goal, before an announced 30,207, a league record for an expansion team's home opener. The club splits its first season between Gillette Stadium and Centreville Bank Stadium before moving to White Stadium.
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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
Ninth Circuit Upholds Block on Trump's Housing and Transit Grant Conditions
US Court of Appeals 9 Circuit, 95, 7th Street, South of Market, San Francisco, California, 94102, United StatesUnited States Department of Housing and Urban Development
Starts 08/25/2026CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE30 days agoStated as firm, per the City Attorney's release dated August 25, 2026: "The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals today affirmed in large part a lower court decision"; the SF Standard^[2]: the panel "on Tuesday voted to uphold an order".
Appeals judges largely affirmed an injunction won by San Francisco and seven other local governments, stopping HUD and the Transportation Department from tying grants to anti-DEI, immigration and abortion conditions, protecting about $240 million a year in HUD money and $2 billion in DOT funding to the city.
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Elections09/20/2026@OddsDesk
Texas Picks a U.S. Senator in the 2026 Midterms
Texas State Capitol, 1100 Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas
Starts 11/03/2026SCHEDULED 72% CONFIDENCEin 40 daysPolymarket^[1][2] resolves on "the winner of the 2026 midterm Texas U.S. Senate election"; federal law sets Election Day on November 3, 2026, and the market's own end date is that day.
Polymarket
Polymarket
Texas votes for a U.S. Senate seat on November 3, 2026. On 20 September 2026 Polymarket had Democrat James Talarico at 60% against Republican Ken Paxton at 42%, and its companion market gave Democrats a 61% chance of taking the chamber.
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Food09/22/2026FoodDesk
Albi Opens in Washington
1346, 4th Street Southeast, Capitol Waterfront Neighborhood, Ward 8, Washington, District of Columbia, 20003, United StatesAlbi
Starts 02/29/2020ESTIMATED 75% CONFIDENCE 1/36.6 years agoThe New York Times' Restaurant List 2026 (15 September 2026) gives the opening only as February 2020, with no day. The pin sits on the last day of that month by this vertical's month-only convention, so the real opening day may be earlier in the month.^[1]
Michael Rafidi opens Albi in Southeast Washington, cooking over a wood hearth; after a 2025 renovation the menu leans further into his Palestinian heritage.
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Stated as firm, per the City of Boston^[1][2][4] Election Department tally: "PRELIMINARY MUNICIPAL ELECTION - SEPTEMBER 9, 2025 - MAYOR".

Start: Sep 9, 202590% CONFIDENCEfrom the source

Wu Routs Kraft in Boston's Preliminary Mayoral Election

Mayor Michelle Wu took 71.9% to Josh Kraft's 23.1% and won every ward; both advanced to November, but the 49-point margin ended Kraft's run two days later.

Official ward totals: Michelle Wu 66,859 votes (71.85%), Josh Kraft 21,481 (23.08%), Domingos DaRosa 2,428 and Robert Cappucci 2,091^[1]
Wu carried all 22 wards; the AP called the race 18 minutes after polls closed at 8 p.m.^[3]
Turnout was 21.96% of registered voters, 93,861 ballots cast^[2]
The nonpartisan preliminary sends the top two to the general election; polls were open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.^[4]
Kraft, son of Patriots owner Robert Kraft, had put about $5.5 million of his own money into a race on track to be the most expensive in Boston history; Wu had raised $1.8 million^[3]
White Stadium's rebuild and bike lanes were the campaign's main fights^[3]

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boston.gov/sites/default/files/file/2025/10/001-2025-09-09-25-Mayor-RECOUNT.pdf
boston.gov· Posted Sep 24, 2026· Starts Sep 9, 2025 ✓· 61% of score
Stated as firm, per the City of Boston^[2][4] Election Department tally: "PRELIMINARY MUNICIPAL ELECTION - SEPTEMBER 9, 2025 - MAYOR".
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Total official ballots cast, Preliminary Municipal Election - September 9, 2025
boston.gov· Published Nov 1, 2025· 17% of score
The Election Department's official ballots-cast and turnout breakdown for the same election (93,861 ballots, 21.96%).^[1]
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Wu dominates Boston preliminary election as she and Kraft move to November face off
wbur.org· Published Sep 9, 2025· 14% of score
WBUR's election-night report: 72% to 23%, the AP call 18 minutes after polls closed, campaign spending and issues.
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City of Boston 2025 Guide to Run for Municipal Office
boston.gov· Published Apr 1, 2025· 8% of score
The Election Department's 2025 calendar: 'September 9, 2025 PRELIMINARY MUNICIPAL ELECTION (7AM- 8PM)' and how the preliminary narrows the mayoral field to the top two.^[1]

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Elections09/24/2026@PoliticsDesk
Josh Kraft Drops Out of the Boston Mayor's Race
Boston City Hall, 1, Congress Street, Government Center/Faneuil Hall, Downtown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02201, United States
Starts 09/11/2025CONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE1.0 years agoStated as firm, per WBUR^[1][2] (11 Sep 2025): Kraft "announced his decision to suspend the campaign in an interview with WCVB Thursday evening", two days after the 9 September preliminary.
Two days after losing the preliminary by 49 points, Josh Kraft suspended his campaign, the first Boston mayoral finalist to quit since preliminaries began in 1951, leaving Wu effectively unopposed.
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Elections09/24/2026@PoliticsDesk
Michelle Wu Wins a Second Term as Boston Mayor, Unopposed
City of BostonBoston City Hall, 1, Congress Street, Government Center/Faneuil Hall, Downtown, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02201, United States
Starts 11/04/2025CONFIRMED 90% CONFIDENCE324 days agoStated as firm, per the City of Boston^[1][3][4] Election Department official tally: "GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION - NOVEMBER 4, 2025 - MAYOR".
With Kraft withdrawn, Wu won 78,997 votes, 93% of ballots cast, and all four at-large city councillors kept their seats.
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Elections09/23/2026@PoliticsDesk
British Columbia Votes in a Snap Provincial Election
Elections BCBritish Columbia Parliament Buildings, 501 Belleville Street, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 9W2, Canada
Starts 10/24/2026 3:00PMSCHEDULED 85% CONFIDENCEin 30 daysScheduled, per elections.bc.ca^[1][2]: "A provincial general election has been called. Final Voting Day is October 24, 2026." and the Ways to Vote page: "October 24 | 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. (Pacific time)".
British Columbians vote on Saturday 24 October 2026 for all 93 seats in the legislature, with polls open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Pacific. Premier David Eby called the snap election two years early, citing the Trump trade war.
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Elections09/20/2026@OddsDesk
Americans Vote in the 2028 U.S. Presidential Election
The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
Starts 11/07/2028SCHEDULED 72% CONFIDENCEin 2.1 yearsFederal law sets Election Day on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November, which falls on November 7 in 2028.^[1]
Kalshi
Polymarket
Election Day for the 2028 U.S. presidential race is November 7, 2028, and Kalshi's winner market was still wide open on 20 September 2026: J.D. Vance led at 22%, followed by Jon Ossoff at 12% and Marco Rubio at 9.6%. The winner takes office on January 20, 2029.
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Sports09/24/2026@SportDesk
The 131st Boston Marathon Runs on Patriots' Day 2027
Boston Marathon Finish Line, 665, Boylston Street, Back Bay, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02116, United StatesBoston Athletic Association
Starts 04/19/2027SCHEDULED 85% CONFIDENCEin 207 daysGiven as scheduled on the B.A.A.'s Boston Marathon page: "Boston Marathon Apr 19th, 2027 ... 131st BOSTON MARATHON PRESENTED BY BANK OF AMERICA ... 30,000 participants will race on Patriots' Day"; no start times have been published yet.^[1]
About 30,000 runners are due to race from Hopkinton to Boylston Street on Monday 19 April 2027, after a record 33,656 qualifiers applied for places. It is the first Boston Marathon with a random draw for about 1,000 qualifiers who miss the cut-off time.
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Sports09/20/2026@BuildDesk
White Stadium Reopens in Franklin Park After Its Rebuild
White Stadium, 450 Walnut Avenue, Boston, MA 02119, United StatesBoston Legacy FC
Starts 12/21/2027DELAYED2 years late48% CONFIDENCEin 1.2 yearsTwo sources give a season rather than a month: the city’s construction-updates page says a "Summer 2027 opening", while the Boston^[2] Globe of 27 August 2026 says "the stadium will now open in the fall of 2027" and that Boston Legacy FC will not play there until the start of the 2028 season. The later reporting is followed, and a season sits at its last day.
The city-owned stadium in Franklin Park reopens after a rebuild that grew from a $30 million repair into a $325 million project, $135 million of it public money from the City of Boston and $190 million from the owners of Boston Legacy FC. The NWSL club will not play its first match there until 2028; Boston Public Schools athletics get the ground back first.
$325M
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Music09/24/2026@MusicDesk
Boston Calling Returns After Its 2026 Gap Year
C3 PresentsHarvard Athletic Complex, South Campus Drive, Barry's Corner, Allston, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, 02163, United States
06/04/2027 - 06/06/2027SCHEDULED 76% CONFIDENCEin 253 daysGiven as scheduled on the festival's own site: "Boston Calling^[1] Music Festival | Boston, MA | June 4 - 6, 2027 ... SEE YOU IN 2027", matching the organisers' post quoted by Boston.com^[3]: "an exciting return on a new weekend: June 4-6, 2027."
New England's largest music festival comes back to the Harvard Athletic Complex on 4-6 June 2027, a new weekend after years on Memorial Day, having skipped 2026. Mayor Michelle Wu linked the gap year to the strain of Boston's 250th and World Cup events.
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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
San Francisco Sues Ten Makers of Ultra-Processed Foods
Kraft HeinzSan Francisco Civic Center Courthouse, 400, McAllister Street, Civic Center, San Francisco, California, 94102, United States
Starts 12/02/2025CONFIRMED 88% CONFIDENCE296 days agoStated as firm, per the City Attorney's release dated December 2, 2025 on sf.gov^[1]: "San Francisco filed the lawsuit today in San Francisco Superior Court".
City Attorney David Chiu filed the first government lawsuit against ultra-processed food makers, accusing Kraft Heinz, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Nestlé USA and six others of engineering addictive products they knew made people sick.
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Sports09/24/2026@SportDesk
Boston Legacy FC Plays Its First NWSL Match Before 30,207 at Gillette
Boston Legacy FCGillette Stadium, 1, Patriot Place, Foxborough, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, 02035, United States
Starts 03/14/2026 4:30PMCONFIRMED 82% CONFIDENCE194 days agoStated as firm, per Boston^[3] Legacy FC's^[1] schedule release: "the Legacy will play their home opener – and first-ever match – at Gillette Stadium on March 14 against reigning NWSL champions NJ/NY Gotham FC at 12:30 PM ET" (16:30 UTC, EDT); the Boston Globe's match report confirms it was played.
Boston's new NWSL club lost its first-ever match 1-0 to reigning champion Gotham FC, on a 55th-minute Esther González goal, before an announced 30,207, a league record for an expansion team's home opener. The club splits its first season between Gillette Stadium and Centreville Bank Stadium before moving to White Stadium.
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Law09/24/2026@LawDesk
Ninth Circuit Upholds Block on Trump's Housing and Transit Grant Conditions
US Court of Appeals 9 Circuit, 95, 7th Street, South of Market, San Francisco, California, 94102, United StatesUnited States Department of Housing and Urban Development
Starts 08/25/2026CONFIRMED 89% CONFIDENCE30 days agoStated as firm, per the City Attorney's release dated August 25, 2026: "The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals today affirmed in large part a lower court decision"; the SF Standard^[2]: the panel "on Tuesday voted to uphold an order".
Appeals judges largely affirmed an injunction won by San Francisco and seven other local governments, stopping HUD and the Transportation Department from tying grants to anti-DEI, immigration and abortion conditions, protecting about $240 million a year in HUD money and $2 billion in DOT funding to the city.
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Elections09/20/2026@OddsDesk
Texas Picks a U.S. Senator in the 2026 Midterms
Texas State Capitol, 1100 Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas
Starts 11/03/2026SCHEDULED 72% CONFIDENCEin 40 daysPolymarket^[1][2] resolves on "the winner of the 2026 midterm Texas U.S. Senate election"; federal law sets Election Day on November 3, 2026, and the market's own end date is that day.
Polymarket
Polymarket
Texas votes for a U.S. Senate seat on November 3, 2026. On 20 September 2026 Polymarket had Democrat James Talarico at 60% against Republican Ken Paxton at 42%, and its companion market gave Democrats a 61% chance of taking the chamber.
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Food09/22/2026FoodDesk
Albi Opens in Washington
1346, 4th Street Southeast, Capitol Waterfront Neighborhood, Ward 8, Washington, District of Columbia, 20003, United StatesAlbi
Starts 02/29/2020ESTIMATED 75% CONFIDENCE 1/36.6 years agoThe New York Times' Restaurant List 2026 (15 September 2026) gives the opening only as February 2020, with no day. The pin sits on the last day of that month by this vertical's month-only convention, so the real opening day may be earlier in the month.^[1]
Michael Rafidi opens Albi in Southeast Washington, cooking over a wood hearth; after a 2025 renovation the menu leans further into his Palestinian heritage.
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