The UK abolished the slave trade more than 200 years ago. But the wealth it created still shapes the country today. A new database reveals the businesses, families and monarchs enriched by slavery. And it’s forcing a reckoning in the UK that's long overdue.

Danny Bones is supposedly a working-class British rapper popular among far-right groups thanks to his lyrics about immigration, national identity and a broken Britain.

One in three Americans in 2023 who had ever been married said their first marriage ended in divorce, according to the Pew Research Center.

Buffett, 96, also known as the “Oracle of Omaha,” and his business partner Charlie Munger built a $1 trillion investment powerhouse.

The CEO of Meta says he’s reorienting the company’s strategy on artificial intelligence to be all about privacy.

Few people these days are fishing for subsistence. Fishermen and women are hooked by something other than hunger.

At a White House summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping said the pandas would be coming.

New York prosecutors are re-opening a criminal investigation into a sexual assault case that allegedly took place at Cornell University in 2024.

Los Angeles-based composer Charles-Henri Avelange wrote a score to honor firefighters almost 20 years ago. After last year's wildfires in Los Angeles, he’s made headway in finally recording it.

Five British nationals have been released on bail after being detained Sunday on suspicion of explosives and terrorism offenses near the RAF Fairford airbase in western England.

Less than a tenth of people diagnosed with glioblastoma survive five years after diagnosis. That might be changing.

A housing expert answers questions we have gotten in our inbox, plus tips on renting and buying in this market.

The funding would have gone towards services for refugees and immigrant students, health research and more.

When Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey said there should be more talk about maternal health in the aftermath of the Lindsay Clancy trial, the conversation that followed on social media was probably not what she had in mind.

New England scientists and fishermen are urging the Trump administration to continue funding the Ocean Observatories Initiative — a network of hundreds of buoys and gliders that collect data from remote parts of the ocean. The National Science Foundation began quietly dismantling the deep-ocean observation system last summer, until the effort was blocked by the U.S. Senate

The storm, which is set to linger through Monday, has had particularly punishing effects on coastal communities.

While there won't be any Wild Card games at Fenway Park (they're all being played at Yankee Stadium), you can still watch the matchups from home on NBC or Peacock, or at your favorite sports bar. Here's when to tune in.

Maye fumbled twice, losing one, and threw two more interceptions in a 35-6 drubbing to the Jaguars on Sunday that raised more questions about his Year 3 regression.

The Chicago Cubs beat the Boston Red Sox 6-2 on Sunday in a regular-season finale that was relocated to Tropicana Field. Boston is the No. 5 seed in the American League playoffs and will travel to New York to open its Wild Card Series the same night against the rival Yankees.

On Point news analyst Jack Beatty on why the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has set its Doomsday Clock at 85 seconds to midnight, its highest estimate of the likelihood of global catastrophe.

The transit authority plans to use 21 million gallons of diesel fuel this fiscal year. Half of that is locked in at $2.23 a gallon — a price secured in February before the start of the U.S.-Iran war.

Supporters of Question 3 say it would make statewide elections more competitive and give voters more choice. Opponents of the initiative say it would do just the opposite.

Howard Stevenson, a pillar in Boston’s business and philanthropic communities, died Saturday Sept. 26 2026.

Social media. Streaming. Swiping. Today, it's normal to reach for our phones when we're bored. But researchers say passive boredom like scrolling is not the kind of boredom that sparks creativity. How can we reclaim boredom in the digital age?

Boston officials advised residents to prepare for power outages and flooding. The storm is expected to drop two to four inches of rain and produce winds up to 50 miles per hour in the city.

The cancellations are the latest disruption to Sheeran’s Loop Tour after Macklemore was dropped from the lineup for making pro-Palestinian comments onstage during a Sept. 5 show in New Jersey and supporting acts withdrew in solidarity.

On Friday, communities across the U.S. are hosting parades and book drives, and sharing yummy treats, in honor of the first Dolly Parton 9-2-5 Day.

Tensions between China and the U.S. are high over tariffs, artificial intelligence, the war in Iran — and China’s claims on Taiwan.

Thousands of people turned out on Thursday at a sports stadium to try to set a record for the world’s largest cookout.

Mark Henry Phillips speaks with music producers, songwriters, lawyers, researchers, and musicians, and talks about his own experience as a composer who is both amazed by and disturbed by what AI can do.