The teenage girls who challenged New Hampshire’s ban on transgender athletes have dropped their lawsuit against the state in part because the law no longer applies to them, their attorney said Thursday. Attorney Chris Erchull of GLAD Law said new families have expressed interest in filing their own lawsuit against the state’s ban.

It's a relief for an industry that often didn't live up to expectations over the past two decades. Scott Kirsner, a columnist with our editorial partner MassLive, joins WBUR's Morning Edition to tell us what's changing.

Massachusetts is one of 17 states with a documented case of cyclosporiasis. Eighteen people have been sickened so far this year, according to the state — a normal seasonal amount of cyclosporiasis — though other states have had larger outbreaks.

Senators called the proposal a way to regulate Big Tech companies and address the youth mental health crisis while maintaining First Amendment rights, data privacy, and users' ability to join online communities.

Most of us know the internet isn't a particularly private place. Yet there's a certain feeling of anonymity that comes with sharing online — our words and stories mixed in with millions of others. It's easy to think no one is watching. But your data isn't just vulnerable to...

"If the banana-industrial complex that supplies banana addicts like me is bad for the people and the planet, what now?" asks Ethan Gilsdorf. "I want to say I would happily kick my banana habit. But I’m not sure I can."

A loose interpretation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel, the wonderfully entertaining musical offers a "subtle reminder that being part of the in crowd isn’t all it’s cracked up to be," reviews theater critic Jacquinn Sinclair

Kylian Mbappé had a goal and an assist after missing a first-half penalty kick, Ousmane Dembélé scored the other goal and France beat Morocco 2-0 Thursday in the World Cup quarterfinals.

WBUR is expanding political coverage to help you understand who and what is on the ballot this fall.

We sit down with On Point's "money ladies" for tips and tricks on how to manage your finances in difficult times.

Gov. Maura Healey signed the $63.4 billion annual budget Thursday, coming nine days into the new fiscal year that's poised to inflict major financial turmoil as a federal law reshapes public benefit programs.

It's hard to get reading glasses in a lot of countries.

A special program sends nurses who contract with the city to businesses including stores, restaurants, gas stations, barbershops and banks to train workers on how to use the overdose-reversal drug naloxone.

Everyone has something they don’t like about their job, but if you’re suffering in a toxic workplace, what can you do about it?

A woman he once dated alleged that Graham Platner raped her.

Founded after the 2017 Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, Va., Patriot Front's founder, Thomas Rousseau, wants to see the United States become a white ethno-state.

About 150 million Americans get their insurance from employers.

The novel follows a Silicon Valley couple who attempts to adjust after uprooting to Vermont with their children.

According to one study, the “grandparent economy” — grandparents’ financial support of their grandchildren — adds up to more than $903 billion each year.

Longtime WABC anchor Bill Ritter has been a mainstay of New York's news scene for decades. So, it came as a shock when he announced he would step away from the anchor desk last month because of a diagnosis of Alzheimer's.

The first of four World Cup quarterfinal matches is Thursday night.

Newer vehicles are coming equipped with convenient and safety-driven software — but you may need to pay a monthly fee to access it.

In a surprise switch, President Trump left Turkey in an older Air Force One plane instead of a Boeing 747 luxury jet that was donated by Qatar last year.

Most ordinary investors in Trump cryptocurrencies have lost money. 

The strikes came hours after President Trump said the ceasefire is over.

Two of the Democrats who lost last month's gubernatorial primary — former Maine CDC director Nirav Shah of Brunswick and former Senate President Troy Jackson of Allagash — both declared their candidacies after Platner said he was dropping out.

Built in 1806 by local Black craftsmen, the meeting house is the oldest surviving Black church structure in the country. It's one of 10 sites the World Monuments Fund designated an "irreplaceable place" in American history.

Fans of both France and Morocco rallied in downtown Boston ahead of Thursday's quarterfinal game, which caps off a busy few weeks of World Cup tourism for the Boston area.

With this year's World Cup heralded as largely a success for Massachusetts, WBUR's Morning Edition asked Chris Dempsey whether his attitude on hosting global sporting events has changed.

An economic development bill the Legislature generally takes up every other July tends to become a vehicle for representatives' end-of-session priorities that they haven't been able to move into another piece of legislation. The policies in the bill include a slew of grant programs, artificial intelligence sector investments and a pilot program to allow some uses of psychedelic substances.