State lawmakers have made no secret of their contempt for large numbers of ballot questions that circumvent the normal process of legislating on Beacon Hill.

The U.S. Supreme Court left some of its biggest decisions for last this session. Justices delivered a series of major opinions with consequences that will impact nearly every corner of the country.

After violence in Brockton marred the aftermath of Cape Verde's two most recent World Cup matches, the city's mayor is enacting a curfew Friday after the team's match against Argentina.

"We do not agree on what liberty means. We do not agree that equality means. We do not even agree on who 'we the people' should include," writes Boston College Law professor Kent Greenfield. "A core ...

President Trump's mandatory financial disclosure report shows that the Trump family pulled in at least $2.2 billion last year.

New York Mets Bobby Bonilla busts out of his hitting slump with this swing, to give him a grand slam against the San Francisco Giants in the second inning, June 1, 1992 at New Yor ...

An ambitious program to start up new nuclear reactors is bearing fruit. But some are worried about safety shortcuts. NPR's Geoff Brumfiel reports. This segment airs on July 1, 2026. Audio will be ...

More people are having encounters with black bears as their habitat shrinks and they have more offspring. Now people are adjusting to coexistence with bears. Caroline Eggers from WPLN and the ...

Ages ago, before humans lived in North America, a space rock pierced the atmosphere and screamed in a blaze of light toward the surface of the Earth.

Here & Now's Scott Tong talks with soccer commentator Sean Wheelock ahead of Wednesday night's U.S. Men's National Team match against Bosnia and Herzegovina. A win gets Team USA to the Round of 16. A ...

The Ferris wheel is just one of the many inventions that debuted when the World's Fair in Chicago opened on May 1, 1893.

M. Gessen's columns for the New York Times about the rise of authoritarianism won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for commentary.