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State officials reported a "noticeable" jump in alcohol-related visits around games that landed on weekends.

While February is Black History Month, this month is Black August, a time to learn more about Black revolutionary and liberation history. From walking tours to archive visits, WBUR's Arielle Gray shares ways to learn about Boston's freedom fighters, political prisoners and revolutionaries.

Public health department Commissioner Robbie Goldstein said Wednesday that cases increased "substantially" in July and that health officials are monitoring the spread of cyclosporiasis, the illness caused by a parasite and can cause diarrhea. Federal officials have linked the multistate outbreak to iceberg lettuce.

Opponents to Kaitlyn O'Leary's nomination raised concerns about her prosecutorial background and lack of experience with reentry and rehabilitation of individuals who were incarcerated. Similar concerns were raised over Healey's first nominee who was rejected by the council in May.

Boston Medical Center no longer automatically reports newborn babies who test positive for opioids to child welfare authorities. The hospital found that when they evaluated each family's situation individually, nearly 50% fewer babies were reported to the state, as compared to other hospitals.

Police said a preliminary investigation found that the victim and the person who stabbed him were in a fight on an escalator exiting the station. The victim was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.

As the planet warms, our oceans suffer. Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd talks to one of the world’s leading marine experts, Peter de Menocal, director of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, about what the future of oceans can tell us about our life on land, and solutions that can be found in their depths.

Economist Raj Chetty is the director of Opportunity Insights, which studies how to give children from all backgrounds better chances of succeeding. Michael Jonas, the executive editor of CommonWealth Beacon, talks to Chetty about why fewer Americans out-earn their parents than in previous generations, why the consequences are particularly devastating for lower-income households—and powerful, research-backed solutions to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty.

Politico reporter Lisa Kashinsky says the result should put other New England incumbent politicians on edge.

George Robert Twelves Hewes was a local shoemaker who participated in a lot of events leading up to the American Revolution. Now, the Old South Meeting House in Boston is sharing more of his story with artifacts and testimony.

“When I get into conversations about communal living — especially in this era, when the number of Americans living alone has risen to almost 30% — people often say what I spent years feeling: They want close and regular connection, but they don’t know how to achieve it,” writes Samantha Paige Rosen.

Starring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson, writer-director Jane Schoenbrun's film follows a director hired by Hollywood to reboot a moribund 1980s slasher franchise. "There's not much emotional ballast or storytelling suspense in this self-congratulatory index of reference," film critic Sean Burns reviews.

Boston missed out on the total part of Wednesday's total eclipse, but people from around the world captured images of the celestial show.