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New Boston pro women’s soccer team kicks off inaugural season
Boston Legacy president Jennifer van Dijk spoke with Lynn Jolicoeur on WBUR's All Things Considered about how the club prepared for this moment and ho...
'The Boston Garden' dispensary chain faces lawsuit from the owners of the TD Garden
Intellectual property law experts Bhamati Viswanathan, a senior visitor at University of Cambridge Law School, and Peter Karol, a Suffolk Law professo...
With memories of 2004, Boston hopes to land the next DNC
The Democratic Party named Boston one of five finalists to host the next Democratic National Convention in 2028.
How Massachusetts snowboarder Jackie Hamwey prepped for her Paralympic debut
Jackie Hamwey spoke from Milan with WBUR All Things Considered host Lisa Mullins about preparing for the Paralympic Games and what her goals are for t...
How Mass. native Sean O'Neill became a Paralympic curler
After a 2007 car accident left him paralyzed from the waist down, Sean O’Neill tried out a series of para sports, ultimately falling in love with whee...
How musicians are keeping silent film traditions alive
When silent films first hit theaters in the early 1900s they were typically accompanied by live music. Bruce Vogt is one of the musicians keeping the...
Massachusetts is losing people to other states. What’s Gov. Healey’s plan to stem the tide?
In an interview with WBUR, Gov. Maura Healey acknowledged the seriousness of outmigration and laid out a plan to make Massachusetts a more attractive...
Rep. Clark talks about longshot bill to limit Trump's war powers amid war in Iran
Massachusetts U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark, the second-highest-ranking Democrat in the House, joins WBUR's Morning Edition ahead a vote on a resolution t...
Rep. Bill Keating: Trump Administration 'oh for three' on reasons, objectives and end game of Iran war
Keating said he views his vote on the war powers resolution as a solemn and significant responsibility.
Rep. Auchincloss on the latest in Iran
Rep. Jake Auchincloss, a Massachusetts Democrat and Marine Corps veteran, joins WBUR's Morning Edition to weigh in on the latest on the war in Iran.
Inside the push for faster AI adoption in Mass.
Gov. Maura Healey's office recently announced two initiatives: a partnership with Google to offer all state residents free AI training and the launch...
Rep. Moulton on Iran: 'We don't know why we're going to war'
Massachusetts Congressman Seth Moulton joins WBUR's Morning Edition to weigh in on the latest from Iran, where the American death toll in an expanding...
After blizzard recovery, a financial hangover awaits for Mass. communities
This snowy winter could turn into a longer-term headache for cities and towns with little wiggle room in their budgets.
What Mayor Wu took away from this winter's snowstorms
Plus, Wu shares her thoughts on the ballot question on rent control Massachusetts voters may be able to weigh in on later this year.
Giving warmth and a charge on Cape Cod after the big storm
Eastham Public Library has been able to serve as a warming and charging center for area residents because it has a generator. And businesses including...
Pummeled by blizzard, Scituate and rest of southeastern Mass. digs out
More than half of Scituate is without power as of Tuesday morning. Jim Boudreau, the town's administrator, joined WBUR's Morning Edition to talk about...
Orleans fire chief on latest blizzard response
Orleans Fire Chief Geof Deering joins WBUR's Morning Edition to share the latest on recovery efforts.
Plymouth was hit hard by Monday's blizzard. Here's how the town is digging out
The coastal town of Plymouth was walloped by Monday's blizzard, knocking out power to nearly 80% of the community. Town Manager Derek Brindisi joined...
Officials say storm cleanup could go on for days. What it means for Tuesday's commute
Mass. Highway Administrator Jonathan Gulliver joins WBUR's All Things Considered host Lisa Mullins to talk about Monday's storm and what it means for...
1980 Olympic men's hockey gold medalist Mike Eruzione on this year's gold medal team
Mike Eruzione, who was part of the last U.S. men's Olympic hockey team to win the gold back in 1980, spoke to WBUR's Morning Edition from Milan, where...
Mass. highway administrator on the latest blizzard updates
Mass. Highway Administrator Jonathon Gulliver joins WBUR's Morning Edition to talk about the state's response to the storm and how crews are handling...
How Henry Knox's 300-mile trek helped turn the tide of the Revolutionary War
In 1775, the British were occupying Boston and the Patriots were low on weapons. General George Washington turned to Knox to do what seemed impossible...
Remembering a legendary documentarian whose film was so controversial, it was banned
Frederick Wiseman died Monday at age 96. The prolific, Boston-born filmmaker made roughly 50 documentaries. His most famous film was a look inside a M...
Tracing the legacy of Rev. Jesse Jackson through the work of Boston's Mel King
Michael Curry, a member of the NAACP national board of directors and head of the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, joined WBUR's Morni...
Advocates says law enforcements needs tighter restrictions on facial recognition software
Most of the technology isn't new, but it has many local privacy advocates nervous.
Why one former Massachusetts congressman voted 'no' on the bill that created ICE
Former Massachusetts Congressman Mike Capuano joins WBUR's Morning Edition to reflect on the Homeland Security Act of 2002.
There's a lot to celebrate this weekend in Boston, and it's not just Valentine's Day
Looking for things to do this weekend? We've got some ideas, whether you're celebrating the day of love or not.
How tech companies in Mass. are trying to guard against deepfakes
Now that artificial can make very convincing copies of people's voices, technology companies are emerging to help detect AI-created media and fraud.
A look at the Wayland curling club where Olympic medalist Korey Dropkin learned the sport
Broomstones Curling Club president Rich Collier joins WBUR's All Thing Considered.
How 'slow birding' — a new way to bird watch for novices — works
Bridget Butler, a Vermont birding business owner known as the "Bird Diva," explains how slow birding works and which birds hang around in the winterti...
How the Patriots could win the Super Bowl
ESPN Patriots Reporter Mike Reiss is covering the Super Bowl in Santa Clara. He joins WBUR's Weekend Edition to explain what the New England Patriots...
9-year-old Louis DiVito reports from the Super Bowl
3rd grader Louis DiVito is this year's Super Bowl "kid reporter."
A new art exhibit centers women's experiences of the Holocaust
At Brandeis University, the exhibit "Who Will Draw Our History?" features 10 female artists and their work depicting life during and after the Holocau...
Women's luge athlete from Mass. set to make history at Winter Olympics
Chevonne Forgan of Chelmsford is competing in her first Olympics, while her sport, women's doubles luge, is also making its Olympics debut.
South Shore nonprofit head laments loss of Haitian care workers with TPS in limbo
The Trump administration's efforts to end temporary protected status for people from Haiti has already resulted in a loss of workers in Massachusetts.
Winter gardening can help brighten up a gloomy season
Gardening writer and radio host Charlie Nardozzi joins WBUR's Morning Edition to share some indoor gardening tips for this winter.
Maine rebuffs ICE surge as resistance to Trump's immigration tactics grows
Reporters James Pindell of the Boston Globe and Emma Davis of the Maine Morning Star join WBUR's Morning Edition to reflect on the state of immigratio...
How a Cambridge developer's lawsuit could unravel an affordable housing policy
Patrick Barrett, with support from the Pioneer New England Legal Foundation, is challenging Cambridge’s requirement that 20% of all new developments i...
Inside the AI companies hiring in Boston
Anthropic, which makes the chatbot Claude; Lovable, which makes an AI tool that can create custom software; and xAI, Elon Musk's AI company which make...
40 years after the Challenger explosion, a former student at Christa McAuliffe's high school reflects
In 1985, NASA chose Christa McAuliffe, a Framingham, Mass. native and high school teacher in Concord, New Hampshire, to be the first civilian to go in...