Sign up

WBUR News
Audio • WBUR

How much do NFL quarterbacks make a year?

How much do NFL quarterbacks make a year?

In a week, the New England Patriots and the Seattle Seahawks will face-off in a Super Bowl rematch, kicking off the league’s 107th season.

WBUR News
Audio • WBUR

How Redditors came together to figure out why a United flight was rerouted

A group of passengers on a flight to Europe turns to Reddit for answers when their plane is turned around because the captain wants everyone to turn off their Bluetooth devices.

WBUR News
Audio • WBUR

'Mediterranea' cookbook showcases recipes Anastasia Miari learned from her grandmothers

A food journalist says her latest book of recipes and life advice she learned while cooking with grandmothers is more important than any family heirloom.

WBUR News
Audio • WBUR

To wear shorts or not to wear shorts, that is the question in Silicon Valley

Bloomberg recently polled its white-collar clientele, and nearly half of those traders, portfolio managers and strategists say short pants are fine for work.

WBUR News
Audio • WBUR

How Big Plastic is shaping what students learn in classrooms

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

WBUR News
Audio • WBUR

A new tour at Andrew Jackson’s home centers the people he enslaved

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.

WBUR News
Audio • WBUR

The MAHA movement cares about nutrition, but what about dietitians?

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.

WBUR News
Audio • WBUR

Flash floods are devastating countries across the globe. How should Americans think of monsoon season?

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.

WBUR News
Audio • WBUR

This general could become the next Israeli prime minister

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

WBUR News
Audio • WBUR

What’s next in the case against the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk?

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

WBUR News
Text • WBUR

Labor Day weekend forecast: A little bit of everything as summer ends

Labor Day weekend forecast: A little bit of everything as summer ends

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.

WBUR News
Audio • WBUR

North Carolina voters face new rules as mail-in ballots go out

North Carolina voters face new rules as mail-in ballots go out

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

WBUR News
Audio • WBUR

Breaking down the primary election results in Massachusetts

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.

WBUR News
Text • WBUR

Longtime Rep. Neal holds off political newcomer Whalen by single digits

Longtime Rep. Neal holds off political newcomer Whalen by single digits

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

WBUR News
Audio • WBUR

ICE's plan to buy Boston Dynamics robot dogs sparks controversy

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.

WBUR News
Text • WBUR

A roundup of Massachusetts' key primary election results, from Congress to the State House

A roundup of Massachusetts' key primary election results, from Congress to the State House

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.

WBUR News
Text • WBUR

Lieutenant governor nominee Shawn Oliver jumps on Minogue's team

Lieutenant governor nominee Shawn Oliver jumps on Minogue's team

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.

WBUR News
Text • WBUR

AG fines addiction treatment program for using participants for free labor

AG fines addiction treatment program for using participants for free labor

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.

WBUR News
Text • WBUR

5 things to do this weekend, including Campfire Festival and King Richard's Faire

5 things to do this weekend, including Campfire Festival and King Richard's Faire

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

WBUR News
Text • WBUR

‘Ghost ballots’: The latest threat to voting rights

‘Ghost ballots’: The latest threat to voting rights

"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."