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Game companies are avoiding the November release period, fearing the "Grand Theft Auto VI" juggernaut.

Conservative lawyer Paul Clement had advocated before the Supreme Court at least 125 times.

Mother Nature is serving up a dose of rain on Friday, followed by a howling northwest wind that will make Saturday feel more like late November.

A company that has developed an artificial intelligence tool designed to analyze a patient’s risk based on mammogram imaging is marketing that analysis directly to consumers.

The flu has started hitting parts of the U.S. earlier this year, first picking up in late August to early September.

Massachusetts's top public safety official said automated license plate recognition technology may need a "PR makeover" and told lawmakers it would "be a shame" to lose the investigative tool due to privacy concerns.

We want to see how the city has inspired your Halloween fun (ideally, with photos).

Massachusetts authorities are searching for a Reading man in connection with a fatal shooting of a 49-year-old woman Thursday.

Florida and Alabama have declared states of emergency in a number of counties, and Florida has ordered evacuations along the panhandle.

The illustrated book works as well for novices as it does professionals, with explanations of why the recipes work, as well as tips and illustrated tutorials on techniques.

We're in the most expensive midterm cycle ever, thanks in part to dark money.

Eby died at age 37.

Patrons flock to Broadway for a dose of "theater magic."

The writing of Canada’s Anne Carson, from poetry to essays to translations of Sappho and Euripides, is so wide ranging it’s been called unclassifiable.

Christa Pike was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death in 1996.

The trillion-dollar longevity industry has attracted nonprofit hospitals, raising questions about lending scientific authority to controversial practices.

Brewers are coming up with innovative ways to attract customers.

In the book, a boy channels his fears about moving to a new home into concerns over the what will happen to the koi fish he's leaving behind.

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman described a mansion housing over a dozen small children as a "house of horrors."

Studies have shown that daily shaving can cause pseudofolliculitis barbae, or PFB, and can affect up to 80% of Black men.

In the frontline town of Oleshky, residents can't get out and food and medical supplies can't get in.

The issue is at the center of debate in many communities across the country.

This year’s artists work across photography and visual art, performance, music and the written word.

The new 10-episode limited series from NPR and WBUR helps women navigate the twists and turns of midlife with stories backed by evidence and shaped by wisdom.

The Boston Celtics begin their preseason Thursday night with some new faces — and without a familiar one.

It's been a prickly week between management and labor along the Charles and Mystic rivers.

President Trump has announced he will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Roger Clemens, calling him “maybe the greatest pitcher of all time.”

Maine astronaut Jessica Meir has completed a second tour of duty aboard the International Space Station.

If voters approve a sweeping public records law in November and Beacon Hill tries to replace it, ballot question supporters say they're ready to sue.

Ballot Question 7 would allow single-family homes to be built on lots that are at least 5,000 square feet — which is a bit bigger than an NBA basketball court.

The Baby Boomer generation holds most of the country’s wealth.

While most people who use artificial intelligence do so for productivity help, a small but devoted group is turning to artificial intelligence for religious and spiritual reasons.

The Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas has forced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fight for political survival ahead of elections later this month.

In 2021, Frances Haugen released tens of thousands of internal Facebook documents showing the company knew its algorithms were promoting political extremism, exacerbating teen mental health issues, and prioritizing corporate profit over public safety.

The Chicago White Sox play the Cleveland Guardians Wednesday night in Chicago.

Soon after the Sept. 11 attacks, the U.S. launched what would become a 20-year war in Afghanistan.

President Trump is making his fourth trip to Texas in six weeks.

Now that 12 B-1 bombers are back in the U.S. after being removed from the UK over security fears, how does that impact the U.S. military's air capability and preparedness?

Christa Pike's was the second botched execution in Tennessee just this year.

Guam is suing the U.S.

Boston and Chicago are two cities leading the charge on implementing battery-powered rail lines.

Linh Mai has become a star of the zoo, but after her mother behaved aggressively toward her, her human keepers had to step in for round-the-clock care.

Headlee's great grandmother, Carrie Still Shepperson, was one of a group of extraordinary Black women who educated and organized former enslaved people and their families following the Civil War.

More than 80% of the infrastructure in Gaza has been damaged, according to the United Nations Agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA.

While the first half of the long weekend is serving up quintessential autumn weather, a tropical storm brewing in the Gulf of Mexico has the potential to sweep rain into the Northeast.

Experts say the super El Niño means we're likely in for a warmer-than-average winter — which, in theory, should be good news for your bank account.

Alysia Abbott's son Finn, 19, loves Star Market.

Plus, a magic show in Salem and a sparkling production of "The Swan Lake."

Jaser AbuMousa settled in Walpole with his two surviving children just over a year after an Israeli air strike hit his home and killed his wife, two of his children and other family members.

Question 9 asks voters whether to keep or scrap a 2024 gun law.