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The man accused of shooting hundreds of rounds at people along Memorial Drive in May is due back in court Thursday.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu wasn’t on the ballot Tuesday but she had plenty riding on the primary. For months, Wu has been posting videos, headlini…
Incumbent U.S. Sen. Ed Markey has won the Massachusetts Democratic primary for his seat. The veteran progressive fended off a challenge from U.S…
A proposed development at the site of a beloved Irish bar and music venue was the subject of intense community debate.
A renowned scientist at UMass Chan Medical School is moving his lab to Canada. The Canadian government named RNA researcher Phillip Zamore among…
Artificial intelligence, Gates says, “will either be the greatest equalizer ever invented, or the worst source of injustice.”
President Trump announced that the U.S. will go after countries that support Iran economically.
Tuesday is the remembrance day for what the U.S. government calls a “genocidal” campaign against the ethnic Rohingya people in Myanmar.
Whether it’s the ripple effects of family secrets, the intimate losses of historic tragedies or even a copycat murder, WBUR literature writer Ka…
President Trump's new 50% tariff on about $20 billion worth of goods from Canada is in effect.
Police in Worcester said they have found the body of Karen Solomon, who was wanted in connection to the death of her husband, Kurt Solomon.
A tunnel. A bright light. Reuniting with deceased loved ones. Many people who have near-death experiences have remarkably similar stories. Why?
The lawsuit accuses the agency of violating the company's First Amendment rights.
Based in Lagos, Nigeria, he reported stories from all across the African continent.
Consciousness is how we are able to feel, dream and imagine. And yet -- scientists haven't figured out how consciousness definitively works. Wha…
Fourteen people were criminally charged Monday over alleged ties to a cocaine-trafficking ring in Pennsylvania that involved two fraternities an…
Behind the headlines and images of ICE’s crackdown on immigrants, there are thousands of court cases straining the system.
The brain is the organ that makes us who we are. It’s our conduit between reality and thought. But somehow, we’ve only scratched the surface in…