The Senate is using a rarely invoked constitutional provision allowing the legislative and executive branches to seek advisory opinions from the state Supreme Judicial Court.

Meteorological winter — defined as December, January and February — has come to a close. The numbers confirm what New ...

A federal judge in Boston has ordered the release of a 14-year-old girl detained by federal agents on Tuesday. The girl was ...

The Wild Benches of Hope, a public art series of three bronze benches highlighting endangered animals is now on display at ...

From an exploration of how technology can be used for connection to a display of miniature sanctuary cities, WBUR contributor Maddie Browning shares art exhibits that ruminate on community and foster ...

Boston's annual parade to mark St. Patricks Day and Evacuation Day is coming again to the streets of Southie. Here's all you need to know about this year's event.

The announcement comes after weeks of wrangling and at times bitter disagreement between the parties and Foxborough's select board over nearly $8 million in security costs the town says it needs to be ...

Iran's new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, said in televised remarks Thursday that the Strait of Hormuz — the shipping route for a fifth of the world’s oil supply — should remain closed.

GBH's leader told the Boston Globe the organization would be open to a merger with WBUR, its competitor. However, WBUR's CEO said in a statement there are no plans.

The Senate has passed the largest housing bill in decades — bipartisan legislation designed to improve housing affordability ...

"Any American who has been alive for the past quarter century — especially veterans of our post-9/11 military adventures like ...

Massachusetts was on the brink of becoming a global laughingstock — with politicians and sports executives and town officials unable to come to an agreement over $7.8 million in security costs, a sum ...