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Federal lawyers say anti-mask laws would endanger immigration agents, citing an ICE face-recognition art project that doesn’t actually work.

An Instagram post turned one California student newspaper into a free-speech flash point. The students say they were just doing their homework.

It didn’t keep my coworkers at bay, but Flipper’s expensive productivity tool did help me focus on the task at hand.

There are few places left on Earth that still feel like the middle of nowhere. Mongolia’s Gobi Desert is one of them. The landscape stretches endlessly in every direction, interrupted only by the occasional herd of wild horses, a caravan of camels or a traditional ger camp. With one of the lowest population densities anywhere […]

“Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday he supports a change to House rules that would ban members of Congress from having a sexual relationship with any staffer on Capitol Hill,” ABC News reports. Said Johnson: “I can’t believe it would be acceptable in any situation.” He added: “I think it’s inappropriate, as it would be in […]

"Sunscreen—one of the only products scientifically proven to reduce the risk of skin cancer—is in the middle of a PR crisis, with skeptics claiming it’s hazardous to your health. Experts dismiss the claims as misinformation, but has the damage already been done?"

Nature Morte, 1905 #metzinger #divisionism

I got a text message last week that frankly I had expected a long, long time ago: PolitiFact was getting a new content management system. Online news organizations get new […]

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Fiscal year 2026 was the third year in a row that the surtax generated more than twice the state's original revenue estimate.

Several weeks after a botched ICE raid in March led to violent clashes between federal immigration agents and local activists in South Burlington, Vermont police agencies released more than 130 hours of body camera footage from the scene. Here are five takeaways from a review of all the footage.

Nearly a third of Massachusetts residents have had difficulty accessing primary care, according to a 2025 report. A bill the Senate passed in June is trying to change this.

Massachusetts Department of Correction staff recently toured correctional facilities in Norway and Northern Ireland to study an incarceration model widely considered more rehabilitative and less punitive than the United States.

The series offers rare screenings of George Lucas' 1986 "Howard the Duck" and Oliver Stone's 1991 Jim Morrison biopic "The Doors." "From a rock star fowl to a foul rock star, these aren’t movies you’re going to see anywhere else, especially not on 70mm film," writes critic Sean Burns.

Plus, a three-day indie music festival in Somerville and the Boston French Film Festival.

The U.S. has become an increasingly erratic superpower. Now, the world’s middle powers are rising. What's next for places like India and Canada in a shifting global order?

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

Cree Summer (Good Times, Abbott Elementary) headlines a Blackfoot legend about fast friends, warm winds, and why bears hibernate during the winter.

This Circle Round episode originally was released on May 7, 2024.

The White House insists that gas prices will fall to pre-conflict levels, but just this week, the average price per gallon hit $4.

Some automakers are starting to produce cheaper electric vehicles. Bringing down the price might expand the market for EVs in the United States.

As chair of the Democratic Association of Secretaries of State, Cisco Aguilar warns that Trump and his allies may even attempt to interfere with the results in some states.

For years, bees have been dying off in massive numbers, threatened by parasites, pathogens, pesticides and dwindling habitat due to climate change.