Wisconsin elected the first-ever socialist member of Congress in 1910, and Milwaukee was run by socialist mayors for some 50 years. Now, a Democratic socialist is leading a primary race for Wisconsin governor.

Russia has released an Massachusetts resident and military veteran who spent more than four years in prison on disputed charges under abusive conditions and was said to be gravely ill and at risk of dying, a group advocating for him said Tuesday.

A new Massachusetts law will limit who can challenge a book at a public library to school employees, parents or guardians or students enrolled in the school.

Welcome back to Circle Round Summer Camp! We're revisiting our favorite stories about the outdoors.

Recorded live at The Aladdin Theater in Portland, OR, this high-flying tale explains how the islands of the Philippines came to be.

The organization has limited distributions of the most commonly transfused blood type to hospitals in order to ensure its available for patients with life-threatening emergencies. 

Surging emergency cases. Death. People abandoning their life-saving medicines. That's what the so-called 'tayyibat' diet, popularized by late Egyptian Dr. Diaa al-Awadi, led to, resulting in widespread chaos across the Arab world.

Evacuation orders are in effect across the western U.S., with nearly 30,000 firefighters battling one of the worst fire seasons in years, fueled by record-breaking heat and drought that primed forests to burn.

The book centers around 10-year-old Korean American Jeon-Gi, who navigates an eventful summer at a Korean church camp.

Thousands of fireflies flicker in the meadows of a sanctuary in southwest Connecticut.

Her father, Joe Battle, opened a record store in 1945 and he recorded blues guitarist John Lee Hooker, the Baptist preacher reverend C. L. Franklin, and Franklin's talented daughter Aretha.

Research shows multitasking makes most people less productive, more stressed out and worse at their jobs.

Meta is looking to catch up to Rivals OpenAI and Anthropic.

Most Americans say young adults today have it harder financially than in the past.

A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake shook dozens of cities and towns in Colombia on Monday.

Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal has asked for a congressional briefing about the operation, which took place in Ankara last month.

AI is disrupting some jobs, but in China, the courts often support workers' rights.

President Trump's former personal lawyer Todd Blanche was sworn in Monday.

The order also recommends that the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine be separated into individual shots and spread out across multiple visits.

The current wave of wildfire smoke hitting New England traveled all the way from the fires burning in the Pacific Northwest. The good news for southern New England is that this smoke is forecast to remain high aloft in the atmosphere.

Gov. Maura Healey on Monday signed legislation that removes restrictions on abortions after 24 weeks of gestation. Previously, abortions after 24 weeks were only allowed in life-threatening situations for the patient or fetus. The new law says the decision should be based on "the professional judgment of the physician."

Deloitte surveyed parents with children going into grades K-12 this fall. Boston parents expect to spend a total of $648 on average per child on school supplies, tech products, clothing and other items.

In November's midterm elections, New Hampshire is among a handful of states that will determine which party controls the U.S. Senate. What sets the Granite State apart from the likes of Michigan, Maine and Texas, is that Pappas and Sununu are avoiding their parties' ideological extremes.

Million Bazillion is an award-winning podcast from Marketplace about money for kids and their families.

In this episode, Bridget and Ryan are approached by a big film producer to write the next summer blockbuster — a movie all about the penny! The timing couldn’t be better because so many of you have been wanting to know: why did the U.S. stop making pennies? The answer comes down to dollars and cents. But will this be Million Bazillion’s big break into Hollywood? Listen now to find out.

As a high school teacher, Mike Kalin sympathizes with the concerns about AI. But a series of medical episodes left the 43-year-old with memory loss. "I have trouble recollecting names, dates, places, events, schedules and other information that can adversely affect my personal and professional relationships," he writes. "A host of AI tools help me compensate for these deficits."

Compressing the several summers a young Bourdain spent working kitchens in Provincetown into an extremely eventful three-month stretch, director Matt Johnson’s film is a mostly made-up mishmash of self-aware, coming-of-age cliches. "They’re cooking up comfort food, and 'Tony' delivers," reviews critic Sean Burns.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving to equip officers with body cameras in the next two months but the agency's policy gives it broad control over what footage will be made public by specifying any releases must be in its “best interests.”

President Trump has called ABC "the worst" and "the most biased network." Now the FCC is threatening to cancel the broadcast licenses of eight ABC TV stations. ABC says that's "retaliation."

HBO’s "House of the Dragon" ended its third season with fire and bloodshed.

Oldest siblings tend to have higher educational achievement and lifetime earnings than their younger siblings. A new study shows that germs play a big role in how younger siblings fare.

The summer job is a rite of passage for many teenagers. It can also serve as seed money for their future.