Plastic industry groups and fossil fuel companies are supplying schools with curricula that portray plastics as safe, affordable and a source of good jobs.

The tour of former President Andrew Jackson's plantation was revamped this year to focus on the lives of the 300 enslaved people he owned. But some say more needs to be done for their descendants.

Despite Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. placing an added emphasis on healthy eating, the number of registered dietitians is declining due to longstanding issues and new policies by the Trump administration.

Amid devastating floods in Nepal, the U.S. is experiencing serious floods in large swaths of the West, including fatal floods at the Grand Canyon.

Gadi Eisenkot is a plainspoken career military officer who lost a son in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack.

Tyler Robinson, the man accused of shooting and killing political activist Charlie Kirk in Utah last year, will stand trial.

We're not facing a holiday weekend washout. While there may be a few spotty showers and a temporary temperature dip over the weekend, expect a picture-perfect Labor Day Monday.

North Carolina is preparing to start mailing absentee ballots amid confusion about some election procedures and rules.

The races for November are set. Democratic Sen. Ed Markey fended off a challenger and Republican businessman Mike Minogue won the Republican primary for the governor's race.

He held off challenger Jeromie Whalen with less than 10% of the vote.

The plan raises questions about how immigration officers might deploy the robots, and whether selling them to ICE could violate a pledge Boston Dynamics made about the use of its technology.

Incumbents largely fared well in Massachusetts' state primary election, but the state is electing a few new faces to public office. Here's a rundown of the races we were watching.

Republican gubernatorial candidate and former MBTA leader Brian Shortsleeve, who tapped Oliver as his running mate in March, lost his primary bid Tuesday to former medical device company executive Mike Minogue.

A Brockton nonprofit that runs treatment programs for substance use disorder is facing $1.15 million in fines, after Attorney General Andrea Campbell's office found that participants performed unpaid labor that was not related to their recovery.

Plus, two thrifting markets and Asian American Day Festival on Boston Common.

"Most redistricting coverage, and most of my own scholarship, is about lines drawn unfairly before an election — packing, shattering, diluting a community's voice ahead of time," writes Donathan Brown. What happened after SCOTUS ruled in Louisiana v. Callais is different. "Lines were changed during an election, after voters had already acted on the ones in place."

The 1949 film is about betrayal, heartbreak, the dire things people do to survive during wartime and the monsters who profit from them. It's back on the big screen this weekend in a new 35mm print as part of a Harvard Film Archive series celebrating the work of novelist, spy and screenwriter Graham Greene.

With no Republican challenger in the general election, the primary victory means Hayden will go on to his second elected term in office.

The race was one of many primary contests across the country pitting the power of incumbency against a call for generational change. This time, incumbency prevailed.

Congressman Seth Moulton's departure had created something of a political vacuum in the 6th District race, with several Democrats vying for the seat.

See live election results in the contested district attorney races in Massachusetts.

Michael Minogue’s victory comes after a bitter primary battle with Brian Shortsleeve, a fellow businessman and military veteran who served in Republican Gov. Charlie Baker’s administration.

Incumbent U.S. Sen. Ed Markey has won the Massachusetts Democratic primary for his seat. The veteran progressive fended off a challenge from U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, who had called for a new generation of leadership.

Live election results in the contested primaries for Massachusetts state representative and state senator seats.

Below are live election results in the contested primary races for the Massachusetts Governor's Council. There are competitive contests in Districts 3, 4, 6 and 8.

See live election results in the contested primary races to represent Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

See live vote counts in the Republican primary race for Massachusetts governor between candidates Mike Minogue and Brian Shortsleeve.

See live vote counts in the Democratic primary race for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts between incumbent Sen. Ed Markey and U.S. Congressman Seth Moulton.

"I'm looking at all of these older politicians and think we need new blood," said Ann Steeves of Burlington, in a message often heard