Boston is hoping that more trees and a change in how we cook can help reduce climate-warming carbon emissions — and keep people cool. Mayor Michelle Wu laid out her roadmap to help the city slash greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
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To make visiting Provincetown more accessible to young queer people, the town's business guild has partnered up with the Provincetown Pride Center to offer trips where lodging, ferry fees and...
Infielder Trevor Story said the path forward for the Boston Red Sox feels unclear after the club shockingly fired manager Alex Cora and five members of his coaching staff. The...
The Native American sport, in which players use two sticks to carry and toss a small ball, is considered one of the oldest team sports in the country. For those...
The Trump administration so far says it has no plans to send federal agents to the polls in November. But local Democrats and election officials fear other Trump actions will...
Massachusetts State Police issued an arrest warrant Saturday charging 49-year-old Janette MacAusland, of Wellesley, with two counts of murder in the deaths of her children, 7-year-old Kai and 6-year-old Ella....
The team made the announcement Saturday after a 17-1 victory in Baltimore that snapped a four-game losing streak — including a three-game sweep at Fenway Park by the arch-rival New...
The wealthy former biotech executive claimed the biggest prize of the night. One GOP rival, former MBTA chief Brian Shortsleeve, squeaked onto the primary ballot, while former Baker administration secretary...
Lost in a watery wasteland, Joule must find her way home. She needs YOUR help.
Two men linked to an explosion at Harvard Medical School have pleaded guilty in federal court. They are scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 4.
Climate advocates and Massachusetts officials blasted the climate plans put forward by the state's five gas utilities. The Department of Energy Resources called the plans "inactionable and unenforceable."
Two sisters have brought East African coffee culture to Dorchester with the launch of their mobile coffee shop, Espresso East Coffee & Co. The coffee shop is in a bright...
Father J. Bryan Hehir, a top official in the Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, articulated a global off-ramp from nuclear apocalypse in his 1983 letter with the U.S. Conference of Catholic...
The conference is being put on by Northeastern University's Public Health Advocacy Institute, which has used the law and the courts to fight issues from gun violence to tobacco. Just...
The New England Patriots selected offensive tackle Caleb Lomu with the 28th pick in the NFL draft. The team needed depth in the position, as left tackle Will Campbell...
Anna Maria College is the second Massachusetts liberal arts college this month to announce it will close, underscoring the mounting financial strain facing small, tuition-dependent schools.
After a long winter in storage, the Arnold Arboretum’s bonsai collection is back on display. Though they may be miniature, caring for these trees over the last five months was...
AJ Dybantsa is entering the NBA draft and is widely expected to be a top candidate to be the No. 1 pick. Dybantsa made the announcement at the Davis School...
A new documentary premiering at the Independent Film Festival Boston tells the story of a North Shore musical friendship 50 years in the making. Mason Daring and Jeanie Stahl made...
The new five-year contract sets the stage for further expansion of the Bluebikes network, with hundreds of additional ebikes, new charging stations and more participating communities. (And yes, slightly higher...
New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel is seeking counseling and will not be with the team for Day 3 of the NFL Draft on Saturday, according to ESPN. The move...
A change in the Canada's laws has prompted a rush of Americans to explore their ancestry and file paperwork seeking dual citizenship. Since the new law took effect on Dec....
Mike Kennealy hails from the moderate era of Republicans in Massachusetts. After a career in private equity, he worked for two terms under former Gov. Charlie Baker and has a...
The Boston Public Health Commission said anyone who spent time in Terminal C between midnight and 2:30 a.m. on April 14 may have been exposed to the highly contagious respiratory...
Three Massachusetts counties have some of the cleanest air in the country, according to the American Lung Association. But experts say that wildfire smoke and federal rollbacks threaten to undo...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained the high school student on April 6. Identified as Rihan at the request of his family, he was being held at a detention facility in...
The fiction podcast tells the story of 12-year-old Joule Watts-Green, who accidentally steps through her mom's time machine into an unrecognizable Boston, where floods and storms have destroyed the city....
Negotiations between the graduate student union and the Harvard administration have dragged on since February 2025. Union members voted for a strike, demanding Harvard pay them more.
Hampshire College held an event Monday that officials called a transfer fair for students. The storied liberal arts college that first opened in the 1970s announced last week it would...
Here's a look at the best moments and highlights from the 130th Boston Marathon on what turned out to be a good day for runners and a bad day for...