The number of universities nationwide offering an AI undergraduate major in a computing department now exceeds 100, according to a database maintained by Northeastern University researchers. Massachusetts institutions are part of the growth.

Lagoa Misteriosa, or Mysterious Lagoon, is located near the small Brazilian city of Jardim. Surrounded by lush jungle, the surface of the lagoon looks like azurite — still as glass and crystalline. Its waters are so clear, looking down you might expect to see the bottom, exc...

WBUR's Tiziana Dearing spoke to Hasbro CEO Chris Cocks this week about their move to Boston in January. The company behind iconic toys and games like Play-Doh and Monopoly is moving from Pawtucket, R.I. to the Seaport  — and they're supposedly bringing an 8ft animatronic Optimus Prime front desk receptionist with them, according to Cocks.

Also this week, GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Mike Minogue said he will govern without a lieutenant governor if he wins against Gov. Maura Healey. In Lawrence, organizers are trying to oust Mayor Brian DePeña, who's been accused of alleged wiretapping and loan fraud. WBUR also has some news: our CEO Margaret Low announced she'll step down from her role in June.

Finally, don't forget to check out Allston's Tiny Door scavenger hunt. It's a fun way to interact with some of the neighborhoods small businesses.

The Cambridge institution’s Boston outpost, set to open this fall on Union Street, will add a cafe, a children’s area and wine at book events.

"As an instructor, I viewed my aim as working with change, not against it, and as I began to plan my fall courses this year, I left the AI policy section largely untouched," writes Jonathan D. Fitzgerald. "Then, a week before classes began, I did a pedagogical 180."

Boston City council voted on Wednesday to subpoena MBTA general manager Phil Eng to testify over the controversial $163 million Blue Hill Avenue redevelopment project.

North Carolina voters will help decide the balance of power in the U.S. Senate. Join Meghna Chakrabarti for a special -- and spicy -- conversation live from Greensboro, N.C.

MIT Media Lab composer Tod Machover’s “already and not yet” puts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in dialogue with a live AI system that responds to each musician's performance. Even players wary of AI say this one leaves the music in human hands.

“Wii Sports” is Nintendo’s best-selling game of all time. Two decades later, Nintendo is trying to strike gold again.

The transit agency will increase speeds from North Quincy to JFK to 50 miles an hour, MBTA General Manager and Interim Transportation Secretary Phil Eng said Thursday as he also touted higher top speeds on the Orange Line.

The judge in the Lindsay Clancy trial has denied a defense request to hold an evidentiary hearing on the one juror who did not agree with the others, resulting in a mistrial last month.

President Trump is in Iowa on Thursday, trying to shore up support for Republican candidates in tight races for Senate, governor and three House seats.

The candidates are competing to replace retiring U.S. Sen. Gary Peters.

The U.S. is now amassing forces in the region.

In 2025, Kenya recorded more than 235,000 teenage pregnancies. Young single mothers are often forced to leave schools and their families due to overwhelming stigma.

Rapper Cardi B is wowing the internet this week after her energetic and playful performance at NPR’s Tiny Desk.

Between the ever-popular tabletop role-playing game, "Dungeons & Dragons," or the classic military figurine, G.I. Joe, Hasbro has had a hand in most of our childhoods.

Author Raj Panjabi says communities are often best equipped to protect their citizens.

The Trump administration has taken numerous actions favorable to Russia in recent days, exempting Russia from a new sanctions law and agreeing to buy Russian diesel, prompting heightened concern about the impact on Ukraine.

"Control of the Senate goes through Kansas," said Republican Sen. Roger Marshall in the final Kansas Senate debate Wednesday night, hosted by Nexstar Media.

Within the next month, the rancher expects construction to begin on a second 30-foot steel wall that will run parallel to an existing wall that went up in President Trump’s first administration.

It's called a Kelvin wave, and it's driven by El Niño.

Among them are measures focused on abortion access and transgender youth sports participation.

The top Democrats on the House and Senate intelligence committees say they anticipate that President Trump and his Republican allies will claim fraud as an excuse to interfere in the upcoming midterm elections.

In 1970, Giovanni received a letter from Howard Gotlieb, the founding director of Boston University’s special collections. This started a decades-long relationship between the poet and the university.

The Trump administration is asking a federal judge to let it reconsider a major federal permit granted for a large offshore wind farm off Massachusetts.

MassDOT Undersecretary of Transportation Jonathan Gulliver was selected Wednesday to lead the authority that provides drinking water and sewer services to about 3.1 million Bay Staters.

Lawrence residents are working to collect signatures over the next month to initiate a recall election for Mayor Brian DePeña. Here's a look at the next steps in the process.

Moves by state lawmakers and local residents came in response to a proposal from Amazon to deliver packages by unmanned aircraft within a 7.5-mile radius of its Westborough fulfillment center.

A social media personality known for promoting extreme devotion to male beauty, Peters, 20, is accused of giving a girl alcohol until she was drunk and then sexually assaulting her when she visited him in Chatham, Massachusetts, in May 2025.