Meet the micro influencers thriving in Boston
Boston’s micro influencers are embracing all aspects of culture in the city. Through apps like TikTok, Beli, and Strava, these creators share their favorite spots, routines, and advice.
Worcester Food Bank works to keep up with demand during SNAP freeze
Area groups are trying to make up some of the loss in SNAP federal food assistance that started Saturday. The Worcester County Food Bank distributes...
Healey raised thousands from Florida lawyers last month, records show
In Maine, Platner controversies highlight rift in Democrat's plan forward
Physicists at Boston University drop pumpkins from the roof. For science
Boston University community members gathered around at lunchtime Friday to watch pumpkins fall off a roof.
What can 'Frankenstein' teach us about AI?
Director Guillermo del Toro’s new movie adapts Mary Shelley’s horror classic, Frankenstein. It comes as the world is grappling with a new unpredictable creation: artificial intelligence.
Israeli journalist explores the divide in the American Jewish community
Romy Neumark, an Israeli journalist and a lecturer at Harvard, explores the divide within the American Jewish community in the new podcast "My Home Fronts."
Springfield judge orders LaMar Cook, former aide to Gov. Healey, held without bail
A judge ordered a former western Massachusetts aide to Gov. Maura Healey held without bail following a dangerousness hearing Friday that came only days after he was arrested on cocaine...
Surfing is for everybody
When I showed up for a surf session with Gnome Surf — a nonprofit that offers surf therapy to kids of all abilities and their families — I figured I’d...
Health insurance prices are about to skyrocket for thousands of Mass. residents. Here’s what you need to know
In Massachusetts, the federal government spends $1.5 billion annually to subsidize health coverage for residents. At the end of the year, $425 million of those federal subsidies will evaporate —...
Boston wants to build more space for the arts. It just needs a plan
From theaters to galleries to studios, space to make art in Boston is in short supply. The city thinks a cultural infrastructure plan could offer a fix. It is seeking...
With the cost of child care soaring, ‘people are looking for other options’
When federal money for child care ran out, Arizona stepped up.
President Trump says he wants to resume nuclear testing
President Trump said he has instructed the Department of War to start testing nuclear weapons "on an equal basis" with other countries.
The rise of the 12-foot Halloween skeleton
Giant skeletons have crept their way to massive popularity.
Are Alaska's critical minerals worth the cost of extraction? Locals weigh in
The Ambler Road would give mining companies access to a vast trove of untapped copper, cobalt and rare-earth minerals, but environmental groups and some Alaska Natives oppose the project.
Missouri Republicans stick with redistricting plan despite backlash
State lawmakers across the country have been trying to pass new maps for their congressional districts.
Remembering the songs of Rodgers and Hart, the Broadway duo featured in new movie 'Blue Moon'
Before Richard Rodgers revolutionized Broadway with songwriting partner Oscar Hammerstein, he and Lorenz Hart crafted some of the most indelible showtunes of the 1920s and 30s.
Stores step in to help SNAP recipients
Food assistance program SNAP looks set to pause from Friday.
Changing how we talk about colon cancer
Rates of colorectal cancer are rising, especially for people younger than 50. But it's hard to raise awareness for a cancer that a lot of us find hard to talk...
The spooky science of will-o'-the-wisps, mysterious microlightning in the swamp
Will-o’-the-wisps are an unexplained natural phenomenon that legend says are the spirits of those who died in the swamp.
How a declining population is impacting education in Greece
In Greece, like much of Europe and the world, birth rates are sharply declining and populations are quickly aging.
Trump brokers China trade deal. Can he also broker a deal to end the government shutdown?
Millions of Americans will lose federally funded benefits such as food help starting Saturday.
Mass. Republican lawmakers want the state to rescue SNAP
State Sen. Peter Durant joins WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss how local and national politics have aligned to produce the unusual partisan standoff in a high-stakes moment for food access.
Daylight saving time ends this weekend. Here are some tips to stave off the winter blues
Margaret Duncan, a Boston-area writer and psychiatrist who runs the social media account Bad Art Every Day, suggests some ways to prepare for the colder and darker months ahead.
One of the country's few rare earth processing plants opens in New Hampshire
As the U.S. pushes to move away from a reliance on China’s rare earth minerals, New England-based Phoenix Tailings is part of a new group of start-ups looking to fill...