France looks to remain on track to become only the third nation to play in the final of three consecutive World Cups when it faces Morocco on Thursday in the quarterfinals in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

WBUR Reporter Martha Bebinger talks to entrepreneur and social justice leader Demond Martin about lessons from his new book “Friends of the Good," an exploration of how deep friendships boost our resilience in work and life.

This conversation was a part of The WBUR Festival (2026), where thousands of attendees descend on Boston each year to hear movers, makers, and other fascinating people in conversation with each other and with WBUR.

WBUR's Simón Rios speaks with two former immigration judges — Art Arthur, a fellow in law and policy at The Center for Immigration Studies; and George Pappas, the principal owner of Pappas Legal, PLLC representing clients in Western North Carolina and nationwide in U.S. immigration law — about recent shifts in immigration policy, and whether we’re witnessing lawlessness or a controversial interpretation and enforcement of existing laws.

This conversation was a part of The WBUR Festival (2026), where thousands of attendees descend on Boston each year to hear movers, makers, and other fascinating people in conversation with each other and with WBUR.

In writer-director Mark Jenkin's film, two men played by George MacKay and Callum Turner crew a fishing vessel that mysteriously returned 33 years after it went missing. Critic Sean Burns writes that it "doesn’t look or sound like anything else you’ll see in theaters this year."

Tucked away in the basement of a community center for veterans, the POSTunderground is cultivating a lively jazz scene with no cover charge and free snacks.

The final blow in progressive Graham Platner's scandal-plagued campaign came this week, after a former girlfriend said he raped her. He has denied the allegation. His spectacular rise and fall is hugely consequential for Democrats, who view the Maine Senate race as vital in their quest to win back control of the U.S. Senate.

To hear the candidates tell it, the U.S. Senate Democratic primary in Massachusetts is a battle of ideas. During a debate Wednesday hosted by Springfield's WWLP, incumbent Sen. Ed Markey and challenger Rep. Seth Moulton tried to position themselves as the person bringing new perspectives and energy to Congress.

Pancreatic cancer has long been considered a death sentence. But a revolutionary new treatment has been shown to double survival times.

The president didn't rule out talks continuing to permanently end the war.

NATO leaders hope President Trump’s criticism of the alliance is aimed at getting Europe to spend more on defense.

The Television Academy announced its annual nominations on Wednesday.

Chicago has more than 400,000 lead water lines, the largest known municipal inventory of lead pipes in the country.

National surveys find more than 85% of U.S. college students use artificial intelligence tools to explain complex concepts, summarize articles and research, and even to brainstorm ideas.

The new children's book is the second in Tatum's "Baby Dunks-A-Lot" series.

The razorback sucker has been swimming in the Colorado River for an estimated 5 million years before humans nearly fished them out of existence. Now, high schoolers are teaming up with a local baseball team and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to save this beloved fish.

When Caroline Catlin found out she had an incurable brain cancer, the news understandably devastated her. But Catlin turned her diagnosis around to help others.

Of the 48 teams competing in the 2026 FIFA World Cup, only eight are left.

At the NATO summit in Turkey, President Trump vowed to escalate military strikes against Iran and is trying to hammer out a security guarantee for Ukraine in the war with Russia.

Purity Wambui was diagnosed with tuberculosis when it was pretty far advanced. It's possible that, had health funding from the U.S. not been reduced, the illness may have been caught in time to save her.

Canadian high schooler Evan Budz's award-winning robot turtle BURT can identify coral bleaching, invasive species, and microplastics without disturbing marine ecosystems.

Internal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention emails released by Sen. Bernie Sanders show agency leaders navigating political pressures and shifting norms under the Trump administration.

The suit, filed against Meta, TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube, alleges negligence by the social media giants and seeks removal of "addictive features and (to) compensate the city for the mental health support our students need," according to the mayor's office.

The Women's Professional Baseball League on Wednesday unveiled the nicknames and logos of its four teams ahead of its inaugural season, with each team name inspired by pioneering women. The Boston Hunters are inspired by Harriot K. Hunt, a pioneering Boston physician and women’s rights activist.

At the peak of the North Country's timber industry a century ago, thousands of French-speaking Canadian immigrants came to the Berlin region, to work in the city's mills. Today, their descendants are promoting that language as a link to their heritage.

Thousands of nurses at one of the region’s biggest medical centers walked off the job Wednesday morning to protest their employer, Mass General Brigham, and demand better pay.

In 1781, Walker sued for his freedom in the commonwealth. A judge ruled in his favor, and the case became a model for ending slavery across the burgeoning nation.

More than 4,000 nurses at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital are going on strike Wednesday. Here's how long the work stoppage is planned to last and what patients should expect.

The question worth asking is not whether Americans are overmedicated, writes Victor Petreca, a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. “It is which Americans, with which medications, in which settings and with how much genuine choice and agency.”

Plus, a staging of 'Julius Caesar' and the Somerville International Film Festival.

Scottish soccer fans have left another gift to the region: a $15,000 donation to a charity administered by the Massachusetts Teachers Association that helps students in financial need.