Author Barbara Kingsolver spoke to Here & How about her latest book ‘The Lacuna,’ which tells the story of a Mexican-American boy who is shaped by historic moments.
Sen. John Kerry’s oldest daughter was arrested in Hollywood on drunk driving charges.
BOSTON — The state Department of Children and Families is trying to do too much too soon, social workers and DCF union members told a legislative committee Tuesday on Beacon Hill.
BOSTON — U.S Senate candidate Stephen Pagliuca on Thursday clarified his comments made regarding a military draft.
BOSTON — A Massachusetts man has died from the swine flu, marking the 14th person in the state and the fifth Boston resident to die from the H1N1 virus.
Following is an advance transcript of President Obama’s remarks at the Fort Hood memorial service, as provided by the White House.
Beginning at 2 p.m., WBUR is streaming live video of the Fort Hood memorial service. President Obama is to speak about the 13 victims of last week’s shooting rampage. NPR’s Frank James and Mark Memmott, of The Two-Way, are live blogging the memorial and will take your comments after the memorial ends.
The acclaimed amateur choir Chorus Pro Musica kicked off its 61st season on Sunday in Boston’s historic South Church, where 100 singers were lead by the choir’s first female conductor.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Google CEO Eric Schmidt joined WBUR’s Tom Ashbrook at MIT on Thursday in a discussion about the next Internet. Watch the video of their conversation.
A unit of the state’s maximum security prison in Shirley is in lockdown after an inmate assaulted four correction officers Thursday night.
The state’s highest court is considering a challenge to the Massachusetts law that requires gun owners to lock weapons in their homes.
Massachusetts tax collections were higher than the state was expecting for October. The revenue department says it collected $1.2 billion last month.
Family members of residents at the Fernald Developmental Center say state authorities have allowed conditions to deteriorate at the facility, which is slated for closure next year.
The Democratic candidates in the race for the U.S. Senate have been staking out their positions on various issues this week, including homeland security, education and the economy.
Despite a pending federal corruption indictment against him, embattled City Councilor Chuck Turner has easily won his bid for re-election.
Mayor Thomas Menino held off a challenge from City Council President Michael Flaherty. Menino already has been in office for 16 1/2 years — longer than any mayor in the city’s history.
WASHINGTON — NPR’s Political Junkie, Ken Rudin, joins NPR’s Frank James for live blogging of the election results from around the country, including the two gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia, the same-sex marriage referendum in Maine, and mayoral contests in Boston, New York, Houston, Atlanta, Charlotte, Pittsburgh and Miami.
Boston Police are investigating a fatal shooting in Dorchester near the John Marshall Elementary School.
It’s Election Day in Massachusetts. As you head to the polls, share your observations and tell us about your experience — voting irregularities, heavy turnout, light turnout, anything of interest — and find out what your fellow Bostonians are seeing and hearing. Tag your tweets #bostonelection and they’ll show up in our live stream.
BOSTON — Just a few months after securing major concessions from union workers, the publisher of the Boston Globe says he’s retiring.
