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The legal status of Haitians in the country with TPS is set to lapse by next week after a Supreme Court decision in June allowed the Trump administration to terminate the program for Haitians and Syrians.

Noah Kahan, the Dropkick Murphys and Aimee Mann are among the dozens of musicians and bands supporting the crusade to reform resale practices in the concert ticketing industry.

Other bills already in conference committee deal with energy affordability, child welfare, environmental borrowing, data privacy, cellphone use in schools and social media regulations, immigration protections and higher education infrastructure borrowing.

When his mother fell for an online romance scam, Carlos Barragán flew to Nigeria to track down the con artist. What he uncovered was so much bigger.

Weeks after a safe streets advocate was killed in a crash, Boston city councilors reaffirmed a goal to eliminate traffic deaths by 2030. Achieving that will require an “all hands on deck” effort from local leaders and residents, according to one of the councilors who brought the measure forward.

Retired family doctor and jazz pianist Stanley Sagov recently performed a show at the Regattabar in Cambridge, two and a half years after what he thought would be his farewell performance because he had been diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer.

The new filing with the city lays out an estimated $850 million project that would demolish the empty buildings on the 12.8-acre site and add five buildings for a healthcare center, 500 housing units, education and retail space, and a network of paths and open space connected to Dorchester Park.

Two nuns in Kentucky want to start the first community devoted to ministering to people harmed by abuse in the church.

Canada is a longtime ally and economic partner to the United States, but the relationship has grown tense.

From Cesária Évora to a new generation of performers, women are keeping Cape Verde’s music alive and thriving on the world stage.

Whether you are feeling stress over how to complete daily tasks or feeling like you haven’t accomplished enough in your life, an expert shares tips for coping with that anxiety.

Ocean Vuong finds inspiration in his river walks.

The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston has long displayed period objects that tell the story of America's early days, including Paul Revere’s silver “Liberty Bowl” and iconic portraits of founding fathers.

O'Jizo marries traditional Irish repertoire with contemporary grooves and inventive arrangements.

A Food and Drug Administration panel is consider easing restrictions to seven experimental therapies.

According to former employees, telehealth company LifeMD, which works closely with GLP-1 manufacturer Novo Nordisk, is overprescribing weight-loss drugs with little to no oversight, risking patient safety.

Thousands of young people are protesting against the government, even after violence by police. 

The landmark nuclear agreement would allow American companies to run commercial nuclear power plants in Saudi Arabi and supply nuclear reactors and fuel.

A new poll shows employees are not sure about if their employers are doing enough.

Energy costs are climbing faster than families can keep up, and the trend has only worsened since President Trump retook office.

For the past three decades, the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company has offered free outdoor theater performances to Boston audiences. This year, they’re staging “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” — the same play they produced in 1996.

A group of Massachusetts state senators have proposed a package of amendments — dubbed the "fun agenda" — to an economic development bill that is up for a vote Thursday.

The cancer manifests as raised black lesions on the fish’s skin, along with lumpy tumors. The cause has long eluded scientists, but now, a team of local researchers says the animals have a rare form of cancer that is contagious and spreads like a parasite.

The last time the Boston Red Sox won 15 straight games, Ted Williams was putting together an MVP season in 1946 and leading them to an American League championship.

Healey nominated Kaitlyn O'Leary, who is the Parole Board's deputy general counsel and deputy interstate compact administrator. She started working for the Board in November 2023 as an attorney.

The Democratic competition to take on Maine's Republican Sen. Susan Collins in November is down to two people.

M. Gessen, opinion columnist at The New York Times and the author of Serial's 2026 show "The Idiot," joins Here & Now host Indira Lakshmanan for a wide-ranging conversation on Russia, Ukraine and the rise of global totalitarianism. Plus, what happens when a reporter turns the lens inward to confront family history and personal memory.