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Spectators watch near an artist's rendering during a groundbreaking ceremony for a new minor league baseball stadium, July 11, 2019, in Worcester. Polar Park will be the new home of the Boston Red Sox' Triple-A affiliate, beginning in 2021. (Elise Amendola/AP)

Worcester's $160 Million Bet On Baseball Gets Its Home Opener

The Worcester Red Sox — nicknamed the WooSox — christened their new stadium Tuesday after the city lured the team from Pawtucket, R.I. with millions of dollars in aid building...

As NPR Celebrates 50th, WBUR's All Things Considered Looks Back On Coverage Over The Decades

WBUR began airing NPR programming in the early 1980s, a decade after All Things Considered began, and has covered stories of local and national significance ever since.

Mass. Loosens Outdoor Mask Mandate And Outlines Lifting Of COVID Rules. Here's What To Know

On Tuesday, Massachusetts released its timeline for a full reopening of business activities by August. Starting Friday, residents will no longer be required to wear masks when they are outdoors...

Interested In Eco-Friendly Gardening? Here's What You Should Know

Interest in eco-friendly gardening has surged in the pandemic. Mark Richardson, director of horticulture at the Tower Hill Botanical Garden in Boylston has recommendations on how to get started with...

Earthwhile

06:28Apr 23, 2021

Fern, Marlene and their sons Will and Julius in a family photo (Courtesy Marlene Fine)

'We Must All Engage:' In New Book, Scholars Offer Advice For White People When Discussing Race

In their new book "Let's Talk Race," authors Marlene Fine and Fern Johnson aim to push white people to engage in conversations about race, and about being Black in America.

WBUR News

08:37Apr 22, 2021

What used to be the Boston Herald is now the location of the Ink Block apartments in the South End on Harrison Ave. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

WBUR Poll: Rent Control Supported By Most Boston Voters

More than three-quarters of Boston voters support rent control to control soaring housing costs, according to a new WBUR poll.

WBUR News

01:46Apr 14, 2021

Dr. Peter Slavin, president of Mass. General Hospital. (Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Mass. General President Peter Slavin On His Decision To Step Down After 18 Years

Dr. Peter Slavin says he's leaving MGH because he's ready for a change in his career and the timing is right, since the hospital and its parent organization, Mass General...

WBUR News

06:30Apr 7, 2021

Dr. Bohdan Pomahac and colleagues perform Carmen Blandin Tarleton's second face transplant in July 2020.
(J. Kiely/Lightchaser Photography)

Brigham Face Transplant Pioneer Reflects On His Patients And The Procedure As He Heads To Yale

Dr. Bohdan Pomahac has led the face transplant program at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston since he started it more than a decade ago, and he performed the first...

CommonHealth

05:42Apr 2, 2021

A police body camera worn by a police officer in Methuen. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Police Dash Cams, Body Cams Remain The Exception In Massachusetts

Cost, unions, and other priorities have slowed deployment.

WBUR News

04:48Mar 31, 2021

The entrance to the Hynes Convention Center in Back Bay. (Adrian Ma/WBUR)

Baker Urges Vigilance As Coronavirus Cases Once Again Increase In Mass.

On Tuesday, Gov. Charlie Baker and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky toured the vaccination site at Hynes Convention Center in Boston.

WBUR News

04:22Mar 30, 2021

Listen To 'Let's Do The Time Warp,' A Simmons University Student's Podcast Contest Entry

A Simmons University student in one of 10 finalists in NPR's Student Podcast Challenge. NPR invited college students to submit an idea for a short podcast story.

WBUR News

03:36Mar 30, 2021

Rigmor and her older sister, Inga, in Germany (Courtesy Sylvia True)

'Where Madness Lies' Traces Family History Of Mental Illness From Nazi Germany To Massachusetts

WBUR's Lisa Mullins speaks with author Sylvia True about her novel tracing mental illness, and the consequences of keeping it secret, through two generations of a family.

WBUR News

07:43Mar 29, 2021

Boston Children’s Hospital. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Mass. Psychiatrists Concerned About Increase In Suicidal Thoughts, Attempts Among Adolescents

Boston Children's Hospital reports that between July and October of last year it saw a 47% increase, over the same period the year before, in kids needing to be hospitalized...

CommonHealth

08:13Mar 25, 2021

Lee Brooks lost her son to leukemia, and Brian Dellascio had Hodgkin lymphoma as a teen. They're pictured outside Brooks' Wilmington home. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Wilmington Survivors React To Long-Awaited State Study Linking Cancer Cluster To Contaminated Water

The two-decades-long Department of Public Health study suggests a connection between prenatal exposure to NDMA, which leached into Wilmington's public water aquifer from the Olin chemical manufacturing facility, to childhood...

WBUR News

05:50Mar 24, 2021

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on his nomination to be labor secretary on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021. (Mandel Ngan/AP)

Marty Walsh Confirmed As U.S. Labor Secretary

Walsh, a former union leader who has been mayor of Boston since 2014, will be the the first union member to serve as secretary of labor in nearly half a...

WBUR News

05:55Mar 22, 2021

The OnlyFans login page. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Emerson College Journalists Document Use Of Online Sex Work Platforms By Fellow Students

Emerson College's student newspaper, The Berkeley Beacon, recently reported on students who make hundreds, or even thousands, of dollars a month selling nude and seminude photos to clients on line.

WBUR News

08:39Mar 19, 2021

Rick and Dick Hoyt, Boston Marathon stalwarts since 1981, by the Hamilton Reservoir behind their home in Holland, Mass. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Russell Hoyt On His Father And Brother's Boston Marathon Legacy

Dick Hoyt ran the Boston Marathon for more than 30 years while pushing his son, Rick, who has cerebral palsy and is quadriplegic using a custom racing chair. Together, they...

WBUR News

04:30Mar 17, 2021

Two walkers, out on a warm March day, make their way around Fresh Pond. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

A Slice of June Weather Cuts Into March's Usual Gloom In Mass.

Boston shattered the high temperature record for this date with a high of 74 degrees. The previous record of 67 was set in 1990.

WBUR News

03:12Mar 11, 2021

Tensions Flare Between Mass. Teachers And The Baker Administration

There's a heated disagreement shaping up between Massachusetts' teacher's unions and the Gov. Charlie Baker's Administration.

WBUR News

04:40Mar 11, 2021

Indie jazz band Really From. (OJ Slaughter for WBUR)

Indie Jazz Band Really From Is Reframing Its Origin Story

Really From’s upcoming self-titled album doubles as a freshly focused declaration of the artistic direction the band has honed over the past seven years, unpacking the complexities of identity and...

The ARTery

08:39Mar 11, 2021

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Worcester's $160 Million Bet On Baseball Gets Its Home Opener

As NPR Celebrates 50th, WBUR's All Things Considered Looks Back On Coverage Over The Decades

Mass. Loosens Outdoor Mask Mandate And Outlines Lifting Of COVID Rules. Here's What To Know

Interested In Eco-Friendly Gardening? Here's What You Should Know

'We Must All Engage:' In New Book, Scholars Offer Advice For White People When Discussing Race

WBUR Poll: Rent Control Supported By Most Boston Voters

Mass. General President Peter Slavin On His Decision To Step Down After 18 Years

Brigham Face Transplant Pioneer Reflects On His Patients And The Procedure As He Heads To Yale

Police Dash Cams, Body Cams Remain The Exception In Massachusetts

Baker Urges Vigilance As Coronavirus Cases Once Again Increase In Mass.

Listen To 'Let's Do The Time Warp,' A Simmons University Student's Podcast Contest Entry

'Where Madness Lies' Traces Family History Of Mental Illness From Nazi Germany To Massachusetts

Mass. Psychiatrists Concerned About Increase In Suicidal Thoughts, Attempts Among Adolescents

Wilmington Survivors React To Long-Awaited State Study Linking Cancer Cluster To Contaminated Water

Marty Walsh Confirmed As U.S. Labor Secretary

Emerson College Journalists Document Use Of Online Sex Work Platforms By Fellow Students

Russell Hoyt On His Father And Brother's Boston Marathon Legacy

A Slice of June Weather Cuts Into March's Usual Gloom In Mass.

Tensions Flare Between Mass. Teachers And The Baker Administration

Indie Jazz Band Really From Is Reframing Its Origin Story