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A warming climate brings plenty of visible changes, such as retreating glaciers and rising sea levels.

The Northeast is bracing for a rainy weekend, as a storm system threatens coastal flooding, heavy rains and strong winds.

The aircraft parts were diverted to Hong Kong while being sent to the U.S. from Australia.

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The Massachusetts Nurses Association said 93% of nurses voted in favor of the indefinite strike.

The report from the Lake Winnipesaukee Alliance found water clarity is now 8 feet worse than it was in the 1980s.

Boston has 3.6 coffee shops, coffeehouses and cafes per 10,000 residents, according to data from WalletHub.

The Mohegan Tribe purchased its WNBA franchise for $10 million in 2003, becoming the first Native American tribe to own a professional sports team.

Cog editor Kate Neale Cooper recently did a clutter purge.

Starting in 2027, the MBTA will begin using cameras to semi-automatically send warnings and tickets to drivers who block bus lanes and stops.

Connecticut Sun fans turned out one last time as the franchise played its final game before moving to Houston, a 95-81 win over the Toronto Tempo.

OpenAI announced that ChatGPT integrated with of the largest providers of electronic medical records, Epic.

The MBTA is preparing to launch a pilot program that will grant free rides on the transit system to Massachusetts residents who are at least 75 years old and don't hold driver’s licenses.

Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones enrolled her daughter, Najya, in an under-resourced, mostly Black public school, to fight for equity for all Black children.

Get out your graphing calculators, because today's episode of Endless Thread is about a math problem.

We'll catch up on the week's news — from an immigration enforcement operation in New Bedford to how the governor wants to deal with high gas prices.

State prosecutors have accused Lawrence Mayor Brian DePeña of installing secret cameras in city hall and distributing recorded conversations.

By early Thursday afternoon, immigration advocates in New Bedford had documented 34 ICE arrests this week around the South Coast, but some believe the number could be higher.

An ever-warming world, rising sea levels, shrinking glaciers — it’s easy to despair over the climate crisis.

Public dollars fund Boston’s public schools.

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore access following the president's ban on the media organization from White House grounds.

As a commercial oyster farmer, Mesdag has to send a sample of her product to state regulators every week during the selling season so they can test for toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning.

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Chinese car industry watcher Michael Dunne explains why he thinks President Trump should not follow through on talk of letting Chinese electric vehicles be sold in the U.S.

The rare genetic variant increases chances of non-smokers getting lung cancer by 25 times.

Republican candidates in competitive states are pushing for a ban, while oil industry experts warn a ban will only make prices at the pump increase.

A notorious criminal hacking group says it stole the personal information of thousands of FBI agents and others who applied for a job at the bureau.

Amid the war in Yemen, one man had a dream of opening a computer gaming cafe.

The world leaders are meeting Thursday at the White House.

Concerns over inflation, the deficit, and the Iran war have driven the bond selloff, along with a global shift from savings to investment.

Knicks superstar Jalen Brunson hosts the Season 52 premiere.

Polls show that a majority of Americans want Congress to regulate artificial intelligence.

As midterms approach, we're taking a closer look at some of the toss-up races in the Senate and the House of Representatives.

CNN, Politico and MS NOW say they are still banned from the White House grounds after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore their press credentials.

The Connecticut WNBA franchise will play its final game in the state before it moves to Houston next year after an impressive run for the first independently owned team in the league.

Boston City Council President Liz Breadon is asking residents to share their landlord horror stories, as she pushes to create a list of the city's "worst" landlords.

The Red Sox are adjusting the schedule of their weekend series against the Chicago Cubs because of a significant storm that’s expected to bring heavy rain and strong winds to the Boston area.

In a post Tuesday on X, the party’s account wrote: “We openly support the assassination of basically every elected Democrat in New Hampshire.”

The governor's package calls for the creation of a Health Care Stabilization Fund, along with a gas tax suspension proposal and funding for postpartum mental health care.

The play “Every Brilliant Thing” is about a man who keeps a list of the things that make life worth living, as a way of coping with the inherent ambiguity and uncertainty of life.

Boston's first staging of Rossini's epic since 1880 recasts the legendary archer's fight for freedom as a near-future clash between a faltering democracy and its authoritarian neighbor.

Layla Bermeo will be the first Latina chair in the MFA’s history.

Residents are raising concerns about noise, privacy and safety after Amazon announced plans to use 80-pound drones that can travel up to 75 miles per hour to delivery packages in parts of Massachusetts.

The state's highest court has vacated the murder conviction if a man accused of shooting two people during a parade in Boston in 2014.

Researchers at Tufts and UConn stumbled on a surprising finding when studying the effect of indoor air filters on people exposed to things like vehicle exhaust and hot cooking oil — inflammation dropped in some people who had a lot of belly fat.

Family estrangement – cutting ties with a parent, grandparent, or sibling – is often seen as at odds with the meaning of family as we know it.

The forces against independent journalism are mounting.

Concord grapes are bursting into season on farms and in backyards throughout the Northeast.

Bettors spent nearly $140 million on online lottery games through the Massachusetts Lottery platform that launched in late July.

The Supreme Court's new term begins next month, with a conservative supermajority that has been overturning legal precedents like the Constitutional right to abortion.