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Former Rhode Island congressman Patrick Kennedy joins WBUR's Weekend Edition to discuss his new book as well as the importance of  communication around mental illness, the challenges, and the recovery ...

A fifth grade teacher in Massachusetts has been placed on paid leave after a series of incidents including holding a mock slave auction, using a racial slur, and calling out the student who reported ...

Throughout the month, there will be all sorts of ways to celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride in the Boston area, from dance parties and ...

But if Trump's criminal conviction hardens the resolve of voters like Dehaven, it will likely rally his most loyal supporters ...

The Air National Guard unit at Joint Base Cape Cod that employed Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira, will restart its intelligence ...

Lisa Pisano was the second person to receive a kidney from a gene-edited pig. The first patient was Richard “Rick” Slayman, ...

The IRS will make permanent the free electronic tax return filing system that it experimented with this year. The agency is ...

A jury in 2022 found Massachusetts truck driver, Volodymyr Zhukovskyy, not guilty of multiple manslaughter and negligent ...

A new book takes a deep look at the stark wealth gap between Black and white Americans. The authors, Ebony Reed and Louise ...

In November 2022 musician John Moreland decided to take a break from performing. He also went off social media for six months. His new album "Visitor" ...

Samantha Power, head of the U.S. Agency for International Development, said Thursday that conditions in Gaza are “worse now than ever before.” ...