Eight candidates for the Boston City Council’s four at-large seats explained their positions on a range of policies in ...

Conservative Christian leader James Dobson, founder of  Focus on the Family, died Thursday. His prominence was not without ...

Here's a list of ice cream shops in Massachusetts where WBUR newsletter readers recommend ordering a frappe or milkshake at ...

I’ve always been perplexed by — and rather judgmental of — the parents who wring their hands as drop-off day approaches, ...

Starting Sept. 8, MBTA employees in blue shirts and khakis will start issuing warnings and fines to riders caught sneaking ...

One hundred schools were put into a state-run district, and within a decade, the state closed all of them, replacing them ...

President Trump visited police officers and National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., where their presence in the nation's capital is inciting strong reactions from city residents.

And while social media is often blamed for making people feel more alone, a handful of new apps are trying to help people make new connections.

United Nations-backed experts say more than half a million people in northern Gaza are experiencing a full-blown famine. Their report finds hundreds of thousands could die from starvation as the ...

Harvard research scientist Scott Delaney started website called Grant Witness that tracks all of this year's federal cuts. He joins WBUR's Morning Edition to talk about the back-and-forth over funding ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has a plan to counter President Trump’s election gerrymander in Texas. His redistricting play in California is now on its way to voters.

The monument has been closed as federal officials planned out how to integrate humans into the historic dairy grazing landscape.