Proposed AI regulations could be some of the most strict in the country
The proposal could mandate independent evaluations of the companies' AI models and safety protocols.
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Healey and Minogue meet in unbridled final debate before election
Gov. Maura Healey and challenger Mike Minogue shared a stage but little else Thursday, as the Democrat and Republican savaged each other's p...
Olympian gymnast Frederick Richard talks growing up in Stoughton and upcoming World Championships
Frederick Richard, the 22-year-old Olympic gymnast from Stoughton, spoke with WBUR about what the upcoming World Championships mean for him,...
New exhibit highlights work of local playground designer and woodworker Mitch Ryerson
Mitch Ryerson, a woodworker, uses his talents to make playgrounds for kids and wooden benches for his community. A new exhibit open now in C...
Amid pushback, Boston moves ahead with Blue Hill Ave. center bus lanes project
The MBTA and Boston city officials are advancing a controversial project that would install a center-running bus lane on a portion of Blue H...
Teach for America executive can't meet Mass. demand for STEM teachers
Every year, several Massachusetts communities ask Teach For America for more science and math teachers than the nonprofit can provide.
State ballot question takes aim at cities and towns that resist new housing
The measure would set a uniform minimum lot size for housing construction statewide.
The pros and cons of no-party primary elections
WBUR's Tiziana Dearing spoke to Evan Horowitz, the executive director of the Center for State Policy Analysis at Tufts University, about the...
John Deaton's biggest challenge isn't Ed Markey. It's President Trump
John Deaton knows he faces an uphill fight in a state that hasn't sent a Republican to the U.S. Senate since Scott Brown won in 2010. But th...
Mass. high court must decide what to do about ICE arrests during criminal trials
Jennifer Smith, senior reporter for the CommonWealth Beacon, sat down with WBUR's Tiziana Dearing to discuss her reporting on the SJC case.
What we can learn from 30 years of embedding social workers with Boston police
YouthConnect started more than 30 years ago to help address rising youth violence in Boston.
Trial begins for former Stoughton cop charged with killing Sandra Birchmore
Senior investigative reporter Patrick Madden joins WBUR's All Things Considered to break down the case.
Q Division Studios went old-school for a week with reel-to-reel tape
The 40-year-old recording studio in Cambridge pushed its computers to the side to make old-school reel-to-reel recording accessible to music...
For a new-look Celtics team, the journey begins
The Boston Celtics begin their preseason Thursday night with some new faces — and without a familiar one.
Gazan man living in Mass. feels pull of homeland as children move forward
Jaser AbuMousa settled in Walpole with his two surviving children just over a year after an Israeli air strike hit his home and killed his w...
Measles is surging in the U.S., and doctors warn Massachusetts could be at risk
While 96.5% of Massachusetts kindergarteners had received measles vaccines last school year, state data shows some counties dipped below the...
Late Congressman Barney Frank's new book argues progressives are partly responsible for Trump's rise
In a posthumously published book, the former Massachusetts congressman spells out where he believes the party went wrong and how it helped f...
Jazz composer Zahili Zamora channels her journey through music
The pianist's compositions unfold like chapters in a story of artistic evolution. She shares her inner journey through sophisticated Afro-Cu...
Zainab Sumu turns ordinary objects into the extraordinary
The multimedia artist’s appreciation of traditional techniques and materials is a way for ancestral wisdom to be passed to newer generations...
Republican Senate candidate John Deaton tours Burlington ICE facility
Deaton spent about an hour and a half inside ICE's New England headquarters with a campaign staffer, who ICE also allowed in for the tour. S...