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A second public official representing Lawrence is facing federal fraud charges, two weeks after Mayor Brian DePeña was arrested in an unrelated case.

A study from Dartmouth Health finds blood type O patients with alpha-gal syndrome can have severe allergic reactions to certain blood transfusions.

"Dolly taught me that loving makeup and clothes and shoes and jewelry was okay — that I could be smart and creative and like the color pink," writes Heather Hach. "Being a buxom blonde and having writing chops aren't mutually exclusive."

District attorneys’ offices in Massachusetts have started the process to purchase new software to store their criminal case files. Nasser Eledroos, a former data scientist for the Suffolk County DA's office, said the current system puts severe limits on data tracking and public accountability.

The court denied the plaintiffs' request for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction, finding that the plaintiffs had no likelihood of success on their claims that there was a conflict of interest when the state selected the developer to redo a Springfield courthouse.

At least 1 in 4 NFL players are likely to end up with the brain disease CTE. A Boston researcher who took part in the study says "We need to start pivoting resources into better treating — and ultimately curing this disease."

“The trick was in learning that it’s never about where I am, but about how much I’m willing to embrace who I am, and what I can represent,” writes Xinyi "Mel" Song. “Cities cannot be moved, but people can choose to build our community, and culture is always a movable feast.”

Whether it’s the ripple effects of family secrets, the intimate losses of historic tragedies or even a copycat murder, WBUR literature writer Katherine Ouellette recommends eight enthralling books where the past is never really past.

The calendar boasts a film festival nearly every weekend from now through early December. WBUR film writer Erin Trahan shares a roundup of the ones she's most looking forward to this season.

Plus, a roving music festival and singer-songwriter Judy Collins' farewell tour.

Coolidge Corner Theatre's 35mm triple feature catches John Malkovich at his most gloriously strange: seducing Michelle Pfeiffer in "Dangerous Liaisons," menacing Clint Eastwood in "In the Line of Fire" and multiplying into a chorus of himself in "Being John Malkovich."

A quick search on Facebook Marketplace reveals hundreds of home chefs across Greater Boston. However, the majority of these chefs are operating outside of state law. They’re hoping they don’t get caught.

The Boston Symphony Orchestra and its musicians ratified a new three-year contract by a 94% vote, averting a possible strike. The deal, running through August 2029, includes competitive pay and gives musicians an expanded role in artistic planning, including the search for the BSO's next music director.

It’s the happiest parking lot on Earth! We are here, of course, for LACon V, this year’s Worldcon, where I will doing panels, a reading, a signing, and of course DJing a dance. I may also win a Hugo, but then, I might not. Either way, I still have Hugos, so it’s fine either way. […]

Awe, this is heartbreaking. This is 5-year-old Liam Tadeo. ICE plans to deport him, tearing him away from his mother. He has spent the last few days detained with his father at the Dilley, TX detention center, a facility that has faced serious allegations of abuse, neglect, and terrible conditions.

A dashing pirate, a butler, a killer clown, an alien mad scientist in drag—the man had range.

By now you’ve almost certainly heard the news that Meta has settled with 52 state and local Attorneys General who had sued the company in some form or another over child safety on Meta’s platforms. The headlines are all covering the basics: the years-long case these states filed against Meta ends, and Meta pays somewhere […]

An open specification for decentralized, cryptographically verifiable proof of payments.

Dolly Parton, whose father was illiterate, founded Imagination Library in 1995. She has given away more than 300 million books.

Nearly two weeks after a summer derecho knocked out power, tens of thousands of people in Gary, Indiana were still without power, with many taking to social media to highlight the reality of living through a prolonged blackout. While the utility made excuses, the data centers that powered the community’s social media presence were humming along, built on a very different assumption: that the power MUST stay on.

And, if you tilted your head just so, that humming might have sounded like a warning.