Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib is a pro-Palestinian, anti-Hamas expert who grew up in Gaza City. He says a realistic path to peace in the Middle East requires different thinking.

The decision from U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns said President Donald Trump's administration failed to prove an ongoing violation of federal civil rights laws.

Cancer took away Alice Harty’s ability to speak. She's one of a growing number of people who have turned to AI to replicate their voice.

The Department of Public Health issued an emergency order banning kratom sales for up to a year while municipalities draft their own regulations for the substance. The move is part of a new effort by the Healey administration to curb the sale of what is sometimes called a "gas-station drug."

Everyone in Ukraine has a story about syrnyki, the tangy, curd-cheese pancakes that have been a breakfast staple for hundreds of years.

Petflation is affecting more than just the cost of food and care; it also makes it more expensive to transport pets between shelters, a key part of getting many animals adopted.

In Togo, a group of iconic businesswomen known as the Nana Benz are celebrated as national treasures. Their legacy still inspires others today.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to spend up to $20 million to equip its officers with gloves that can deliver electric shocks.

In 1974, John tore the ligament while pitching for the Los Angeles Dodgers. The surgery allowed him to continue pitching for about 15 more years.

Last May, a medevac plane crashed into the Capitan Mountains in New Mexico at night after a military GPS jamming exercise at the nearby White Sands Missile Range knocked out the plane’s GPS.

The Trump administration plans to spend nearly $1 billion on White House construction projects. Most of that price tag will be footed by taxpayers, according to a new investigation by The Washington Post, which contradicts public statements by President Trump.

Polls show Count Binface could actually win.

The program, meant to address a water crisis amid a drought and existing fragile infrastructure, has gotten off to a chaotic start. 

Haitians in Ohio who lost Temporary Protected Status last month have been summoned to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility to be outfitted with ankle monitors.

The Endless Thread team looks into the glitter industry and finds out who the biggest buyer of the product is.

Officials in Alaska are warning that ice melt from a glacier high above the capital of Juneau could pose a threat to homes and businesses in the inundation zone.

"The Stacks" host and creator Traci Thomas picked "The Odyssey" for her summer book club read

Towns warn that drought conditions are colliding with a governance structure they say leaves watershed communities bearing water-use restrictions, development limits and shrinking local revenues while lacking both compensation and representation.

State officials reported a "noticeable" jump in alcohol-related visits around games that landed on weekends.

While February is Black History Month, this month is Black August, a time to learn more about Black revolutionary and liberation history. From walking tours to archive visits, WBUR's Arielle Gray shares ways to learn about Boston's freedom fighters, political prisoners and revolutionaries.

Public health department Commissioner Robbie Goldstein said Wednesday that cases increased "substantially" in July and that health officials are monitoring the spread of cyclosporiasis, the illness caused by a parasite and can cause diarrhea. Federal officials have linked the multistate outbreak to iceberg lettuce.

Opponents to Kaitlyn O'Leary's nomination raised concerns about her prosecutorial background and lack of experience with reentry and rehabilitation of individuals who were incarcerated. Similar concerns were raised over Healey's first nominee who was rejected by the council in May.

Boston Medical Center no longer automatically reports newborn babies who test positive for opioids to child welfare authorities. The hospital found that when they evaluated each family's situation individually, nearly 50% fewer babies were reported to the state, as compared to other hospitals.

Police said a preliminary investigation found that the victim and the person who stabbed him were in a fight on an escalator exiting the station. The victim was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

As the planet warms, our oceans suffer. Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd talks to one of the world’s leading marine experts, Peter de Menocal, director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, about what the future of oceans can tell us about our life on land, and solutions that can be found in their depths.

Economist Raj Chetty is the director of Opportunity Insights, which studies how to give children from all backgrounds better chances of succeeding. Michael Jonas, the executive editor of CommonWealth Beacon, talks to Chetty about why fewer Americans out-earn their parents than in previous generations, why the consequences are particularly devastating for lower-income households—and powerful, research-backed solutions to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty.

Politico reporter Lisa Kashinsky says the result should put other New England incumbent politicians on edge.

George Robert Twelves Hewes was a local shoemaker who participated in a lot of events leading up to the American Revolution. Now, the Old South Meeting House in Boston is sharing more of his story with artifacts and testimony.

“When I get into conversations about communal living — especially in this era, when the number of Americans living alone has risen to almost 30% — people often say what I spent years feeling: They want close and regular connection, but they don’t know how to achieve it,” writes Samantha Paige Rosen.

Starring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson, writer-director Jane Schoenbrun's film follows a director hired by Hollywood to reboot a moribund 1980s slasher franchise. "There's not much emotional ballast or storytelling suspense in this self-congratulatory index of reference," film critic Sean Burns reviews.