The White House picked a fight with the press this week over coverage President Trump doesn't like.

At 23 weeks, the country singer's ode to lost love has dethroned Mariah Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is You" as the longest running No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Two years ago this week, Hurricane Helene hit Western North Carolina. The storm's record rainfall swamped low-lying communities and isolated mountain residents for days on end.

The rules are slowing affordable housing construction at a time when there’s a growing need for it. 

A warming climate brings plenty of visible changes, such as retreating glaciers and rising sea levels. Nikki Lindt is on a mission to capture its audible changes.

The Northeast is bracing for a rainy weekend, as a storm system threatens coastal flooding, heavy rains and strong winds.

The aircraft parts were diverted to Hong Kong while being sent to the U.S. from Australia.

Sen. Maggie Hassan, Democrat of New Hampshire, said in a letter that the ads raise concerns about the Trump administration's use of taxpayer funding, "and its compliance with federal laws that prohibit the use of appropriated funds for the promotion of a political party or candidate."

The Massachusetts Nurses Association said 93% of nurses voted in favor of the indefinite strike. No strike date is set yet, and nurses are required to give 10 days' notice before walking off the job. 

The report from the Lake Winnipesaukee Alliance found water clarity is now 8 feet worse than it was in the 1980s. Both increased development and climate change are contributing to worsening water quality on the lake.

Boston has 3.6 coffee shops, coffeehouses and cafes per 10,000 residents, according to data from WalletHub. While that’s not enough to land us among their top American cities for coffee lovers, it’s contributed to an uptick in Boston’s ranking.

The Mohegan Tribe purchased its WNBA franchise for $10 million in 2003, becoming the first Native American tribe to own a professional sports team. “Before all the attention, when the WNBA needed investment, who stepped up?” said Beth Regan, chairwoman of the Mohegan Tribe’s Council of Elders. “Mohegan did.”

Starting in 2027, the MBTA will begin using cameras to semi-automatically send warnings and tickets to drivers who block bus lanes and stops. The rollout starts with an educational period this fall.

Connecticut Sun fans turned out one last time as the franchise played its final game before moving to Houston, a 95-81 win over the Toronto Tempo. The game ended with the five Sun players on the court embracing, and the rest of the team walked onto the court and raised their arms.

OpenAI announced that ChatGPT integrated with of the largest providers of electronic medical records, Epic.

The MBTA is preparing to launch a pilot program that will grant free rides on the transit system to Massachusetts residents who are at least 75 years old and don't hold driver’s licenses.

Journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones enrolled her daughter, Najya, in an under-resourced, mostly Black public school, to fight for equity for all Black children. But as Najya grew up she became angry with her mother about that decision, Hannah-Jones wrote for the New York Times. As a Black parent, the school choice struggle hits too close to home, writes Khari Thompson.

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We'll catch up on the week's news — from an immigration enforcement operation in New Bedford to how the governor wants to deal with high gas prices. Then we'll dig into the debate on the future of delivery services: drones.

Amazon plans to launch a drone delivery service from Westborough, Massachusetts - a town of around 20,000 people in Worcester County. Andresidents have mixed feelings about it. WBUR talks with a member of the town’s planning board.

State prosecutors have accused Lawrence Mayor Brian DePeña of installing secret cameras in city hall and distributing recorded conversations.

By early Thursday afternoon, immigration advocates in New Bedford had documented 34 ICE arrests this week around the South Coast, but some believe the number could be higher.

An ever-warming world, rising sea levels, shrinking glaciers — it’s easy to despair over the climate crisis. But scientist Tim Lenton says not every tipping point leads to doom.

Cog editor Kate Neale Cooper recently did a clutter purge. She sold two sconces on Facebook Marketplace. A ceramic frog sold for $34 at a home consignment shop; a giant decorative artichoke went for $44. "But the thing I was happiest to get rid of was my smartwatch," she writes.

Public dollars fund Boston’s public schools. But many communities supplement with private donations — and those dollars aren't spread evenly across the city. Now, a Boston city councilor is calling for more transparency around this funding.

A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore access following the president's ban on the media organization from White House grounds.

As a commercial oyster farmer, Mesdag has to send a sample of her product to state regulators every week during the selling season so they can test for toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning.

The towering statue of Robert E. Lee on horseback was removed from a park in Charlottesville, Virginia, and melted down.

Chinese car industry watcher Michael Dunne explains why he thinks President Trump should not follow through on talk of letting Chinese electric vehicles be sold in the U.S. 

The rare genetic variant increases chances of non-smokers getting lung cancer by 25 times.

Republican candidates in competitive states are pushing for a ban, while oil industry experts warn a ban will only make prices at the pump increase.