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Since 1934, sales from Federal Duck Stamps have raised more than $1.3 billion and have led to the conservation of more than 6 million acres of wetlands habitat.

Will Republican incumbent Susan Collins hold on to her Senate seat in Maine?

Artificial intelligence agents, or bots as they're often called, have gone rogue lately, escaping the virtual boundaries that were supposed to prevent them from accessing data, finding one another when they were supposed to remain isolated.

New technology, including electric motors, means disabled people can get out on mountain trails like never before.

Leaders in business and government in Vermont want to reinvent college for the modern era, even as Americans grow skeptical of higher education, and some colleges are closing.

Shana Kaska is a single mother who just bought her first home at age 45, thanks to help from her mom and dad.

Starting Oct. 1, families and individuals on SNAP will get more money to offset inflation.

The company says the model showed high levels of deception during testing.

Biologists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have discovered what may be the world’s loudest birds.

Jayson Tatum says he's ready to lead the Celtics without longtime teammate Jaylen Brown, who was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers in a cost-cutting move.

The deadline to send in submissions to be the next voice of Logan Airport's intercom welcome messages is Sunday, Oct. 4.

The remains surfaced near an area where pieces believed to belong to the Warren Sawyer, a schooner wrecked in 1884 while carrying cotton and scrap iron from New Orleans to Boston, have previously emerged and been reburied by shifting sands.

Judge William Sullivan is expected to consider several motions from the defense that could impact next steps in the case.

By mapping their vocal repertoire and building a rat "dictionary," nonprofit AI group Basis Research Institute hopes to help the city map where rats are, where they’ll go next and determine whether deterrent efforts are working.

In Jim Crow-era Georgia, a musician comes home with a new gift and no stutter, and the town decides the devil must be involved.

State officials have issued a request for proposals for a team to design and build a new Sagamore Bridge, and the firm that wins the bid must agree to a project labor agreement.

The UK abolished the slave trade more than 200 years ago.

Danny Bones is supposedly a working-class British rapper popular among far-right groups thanks to his lyrics about immigration, national identity and a broken Britain.

One in three Americans in 2023 who had ever been married said their first marriage ended in divorce, according to the Pew Research Center.

Buffett, 96, also known as the “Oracle of Omaha,” and his business partner Charlie Munger built a $1 trillion investment powerhouse.

The CEO of Meta says he’s reorienting the company’s strategy on artificial intelligence to be all about privacy.

Few people these days are fishing for subsistence.

At a White House summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping said the pandas would be coming.

New York prosecutors are re-opening a criminal investigation into a sexual assault case that allegedly took place at Cornell University in 2024.

Los Angeles-based composer Charles-Henri Avelange wrote a score to honor firefighters almost 20 years ago.

Five British nationals have been released on bail after being detained Sunday on suspicion of explosives and terrorism offenses near the RAF Fairford airbase in western England.

Less than a tenth of people diagnosed with glioblastoma survive five years after diagnosis.

A housing expert answers questions we have gotten in our inbox, plus tips on renting and buying in this market.

The funding would have gone towards services for refugees and immigrant students, health research and more.

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New England scientists and fishermen are urging the Trump administration to continue funding the Ocean Observatories Initiative — a network of hundreds of buoys and gliders that collect data from remote parts of the ocean.

The storm, which is set to linger through Monday, has had particularly punishing effects on coastal communities.

While there won't be any Wild Card games at Fenway Park (they're all being played at Yankee Stadium), you can still watch the matchups from home on NBC or Peacock, or at your favorite sports bar.

Maye fumbled twice, losing one, and threw two more interceptions in a 35-6 drubbing to the Jaguars on Sunday that raised more questions about his Year 3 regression.

The Chicago Cubs beat the Boston Red Sox 6-2 on Sunday in a regular-season finale that was relocated to Tropicana Field.

On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on why the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has set its Doomsday Clock at 85 seconds to midnight, its highest estimate of the likelihood of global catastrophe.

The transit authority plans to use 21 million gallons of diesel fuel this fiscal year.

Supporters of Question 3 say it would make statewide elections more competitive and give voters more choice.

Howard Stevenson, a pillar in Boston’s business and philanthropic communities, died Saturday Sept. 26 2026.

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Boston officials advised residents to prepare for power outages and flooding.

The cancellations are the latest disruption to Sheeran’s Loop Tour after Macklemore was dropped from the lineup for making pro-Palestinian comments onstage during a Sept. 5 show in New Jersey and supporting acts withdrew in solidarity.

On Friday, communities across the U.S. are hosting parades and book drives, and sharing yummy treats, in honor of the first Dolly Parton 9-2-5 Day.

Tensions between China and the U.S. are high over tariffs, artificial intelligence, the war in Iran — and China’s claims on Taiwan.

Thousands of people turned out on Thursday at a sports stadium to try to set a record for the world’s largest cookout.

Mark Henry Phillips speaks with music producers, songwriters, lawyers, researchers, and musicians, and talks about his own experience as a composer who is both amazed by and disturbed by what AI can do.

The White House picked a fight with the press this week over coverage President Trump doesn't like.

At 23 weeks, the country singer's ode to lost love has dethroned Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" as the longest running No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Two years ago this week, Hurricane Helene hit Western North Carolina.

The rules are slowing affordable housing construction at a time when there’s a growing need for it.