Tensions ran high on MIT’s campus Friday as a pro-Palestinian encampment erected nearly two weeks ago was met with counterprotest across Mass. Ave.

The future of O'Brien's leadership of the agency overseeing the state's $6 billion marijuana industry is being decided in private, in a drab conference room on the 12th floor of the state offices at 1 ...

Looking for a present for Mother's Day, Father's Day or an upcoming wedding or graduation? These eclectic Boston-area shops will make your search easier — and maybe more enjoyable, too.

State officials have launched an incident command system as they brace for health care service disruptions amid the financial turmoil at Steward Health Care. The incident command system will be helmed ...

Nitrogen dioxide pollution from gas and propane stoves has caused about 50,000 current cases of childhood asthma nationwide. People living in smaller homes are more likely to be affected by air ...

It's a sign that the American job market may be shifting into a lower gear this spring, a move that has been expected and hoped for by economists for a long time.

Nearly half of the people who suffered heat-related deaths in Arizona last year lived outdoors without shelter, but public health officials and lawmakers are starting to pay more attention to the risk ...

Giant turbines spinning off the coast of Montauk are bringing New Yorkers enough renewable electricity to power more than 70,000 homes.

Nickelodeon's megahit show "SpongeBob SquarePants" made its TV debut on May 1, 1999. Fans of the cartoon span generations and the animated series has become a multi-billion-dollar franchise.

The 14th Amendment specifies that a key census count must include the "whole number of persons in each state." But a growing number of Republicans are proposing measures to exclude non-U.S. citizens ...

For the first time, Mass Poetry is hosting a Teen Spoken Word Festival and poetry slam competition at GrubStreet Center in Boston this weekend. Radio Boston is joined by Daniel Johnson, executive ...

Among the recipients of the nation's highest civilian honor is Opal Lee, who led the effort to get Juneteenth recognized as a national holiday.