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Organizers with Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program say providing a safe and fun space makes it more likely women will access care and open up about things for which they might not otherwise seek help.
Some colleges, including UMass, are recommending international students head back to the U.S. by January 20, when President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House. They are worried about a repeat of travel restrictions Trump imposed at the start of his first term.
Warren says it would be a mistake to weaken an agency that protects thousands of American consumers from financial malfeasance, and argues the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau could help Trump make good on a promise to cap credit card rates.
Narwhals have fascinated and confounded humans for centuries. The Peabody Essex Museum is diving into the mystery, history and science of the tusked “unicorns of the sea.”
Democratic House Whip Katherine Clark said Republicans have "not contacted Democrats" since the initial bipartisan stop-gap funding bill failed. The measure is necessary to avert a partial government shutdown, which will go into effect if no deal is reached by midnight.
David Tanklefsky has been a performing musician for more than 20 years. He has a list of every show he’s played — all 900 of them — along with each setlist. It’s like a decades-long diary, in shorthand.
Public records show the councilor's campaign committee received nearly 70 audit letters and reviews in her file seeking documentation of financial transactions since 2021, far more than is typical.
Drummers across the globe know the Zildjian name because it’s emblazoned on every shiny cymbal they make. What’s less known is that the family has been making their famous cymbals, with a secret process, for more than four centuries.
WBUR's Morning Edition host Tiziana Dearing talks with Wu about her challenges on Beacon Hill and what is to come in 2025.
To detect warning signs of heart problems in high-risk patients, some hospitals and health centers use remote blood pressure monitoring. Patients take their readings at home on devices that send their data to medical providers. And MassHealth is now picking up some of these treatment costs.
Founded in 1949 by Otto and Muriel Snowden, Freedom House has supported generations of Bostonians with a mission to “improve the civic, educational, recreational and general welfare of the entire Upper Roxbury community.”
Any pretense we had 25 years ago, about how we might need to contort ourselves to accommodate each other, has given way to understanding and a certain acceptance, writes Cloe Axelson. Your snoring makes me murderous and I really don’t want to snuggle when we sleep, but you’re still my person and I love you.
Monday marks 251 years since the Boston Tea Party. To honor the event, the Old South Meeting House will host a reenactment of a debate that led to it.
Windborne's holiday album "To Warm the Winter Hearth" draws its yuletide repertoire from harmony singing traditions across Europe.
Project STEP provides string instruments and classical music training to youth from kindergarten through 12th grade, at little to no cost to the students. Three students from the program will perform in a Christmas concert this weekend with the professional orchestra and chorus of Emmanuel Music.
Hector Pineiro, an attorney from Worcester, joins WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss the Justice Department report on alleged abuses by the city's police.
Fernandes Anderson, 45, pled not guilty to six felony counts in federal court Friday afternoon. Mayor Michelle Wu and City Council President Ruthzee Louijeune both urged her to resign from the council.
Precincts in Charlestown, Dorchester, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Roslindale, the South End and West Roxbury ran out of ballots, according to complaints compiled by WBUR from interviews with elected officials, election integrity advocates and voters, as well as public records.
Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart joins WBUR's Morning Edition to give a us taste what's new this season for the iconic holiday show.
Trump made big gains in New Bedford in the recent election, a storied working-class city which overwhelmingly supported Biden just four years ago. Fishermen say they feel the Democratic Party has forgotten them.
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