New York prosecutors have reopened an investigation that is raising questions about sexual assault on college campuses — and how universities handle such reports.

Election expert Tammy Patrick says there are "major changes happening in our election ecosystem," such as increased federal involvement in election administration.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu formally endorsed Gov. Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll for reelection, citing a "partnership to build a Boston and a Massachusetts that work for everyone."

Nuclear power is undergoing a "transition," a regional energy expert said, as New England looks anew to the technology to meet rising electricity demand.

Cruise's trademark intensity turns leaden and fatiguing in this heavy-handed satire — an endurance test disguised as black comedy. Hathaway, however, feasts on villainy, articulating evil utterances and staring daggers into the camera. One's unbearable to watch. The other is delicious, according to critic Sean Burns.

"Cowboy boots are still work boots for plenty of people," writes Cog editor Kate Neale Cooper. "But for most of us, cowboy boots are aspirational, a costume of sorts that says more about who we want to be, and our potential to become that person, than about who we really are."

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is launching an 'AI fluency' initiative aimed at helping high school seniors understand how to use artificial intelligence and the tool's pitfalls.

Ascend Elements promised to change the way we recycle batteries.

Beginning Oct. 1, the amount of money states get from the federal government to run SNAP is getting sliced in half, due to changes made by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Advocates in Massachusetts say it puts "an extra financial burden on the state at a time when that agency that administers the program here is already understaffed."

The Yankees rolled to a 9-2 win over the Red Sox Wednesday night that completed a two-game sweep.

Both proponents and opponents agree the proposed change to a law that restricts tax revenues for Massachusetts would lead to the state providing more rebates, more frequently. But they differ over whether that’s a good thing for the state’s finances.

More than half of men under 50 in the U.S. have an open online sports book. Public health experts warn it's easier than ever to get addicted to gambling. Atlantic staff writer McKay Coppins spent a year exploring the world of sports betting, and why the pastime is particularly bad for young men.

This year’s Question 1 would place the Legislature, as well as the governor’s office, under the state’s public records law. Massachusetts is the only state that has exempted all three branches of government from the law.

An increasing number of people say they don't; that conversing with, confiding in, and sometimes falling in love with an artificial intelligence bot that "performs" empathy, but has none, is not only acceptable, but sometimes preferable.

New "AI-native" radiology practices claim to improve the efficiency of radiologists and, in some cases, better diagnose patients using artificial intelligence.

The Supreme Court decided on Tuesday to allow the Trump administration to resume deporting immigrants to countries they have no ties to.

The rapidly emerging El Niño in the Pacific has already tied for the hottest since records began 150 years ago — and it hasn’t even peaked yet.

Kansas is one of the states leading what's been a national drop in people able to get government food assistance or SNAP benefits.

Attorney General Andrea Campbell called the report “the first, full public accounting of the abuse, misconduct and institutional failures at the dioceses that allowed the abuse to happen.”

The reporting also found that ICE has lost track of the number of miscarriages happening in custody.

Part horror, part adventure, part suspense, it's also the story of a father-daughter relationship gone terribly wrong.

The Pentagon will be axing around 800 flag and general officer positions by next year.

Three hurricanes and one tropical storm have impacted the idyllic islands since mid-August.

The 530A Trump Account is meant to give families $1,000 to invest for their child.

A FlyDubai flight carrying around 180 passengers from Dubai to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia early on Wednesday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said one pilot stabbed his co-pilot and tried to crash the plane.

Jordan Neely, a homeless Black man, was killed on a subway train when 24-year-old white Marine Daniel Penny put him in a fatal chokehold.

The U.S. military has now left Iraq, after invading more than two decades ago in a war that has long since ended.

Department of Higher Education will require colleges and universities in Massachusetts to post a public notice of their 'risk of imminent closure" by Dec. 31 each year.

MIT computer scientist Sam Madden joins WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss a report he co-authored that investigates the extent of AI use amongst MIT students.

Steve Koczela, president of MassINC Polling Group, joins WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss the survey's findings.