ESSAY: "The more I exerted control, the more risk I eliminated, the further I felt from finding a real connection." wbur.fm/4yvS39f
Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the union representing 4,000 of its nurses have postponed a planned strike after the negotiating nurses agreed to bring the latest hospital offer to all their members.
Plus, Eric Propp, rental supervisor at Boston Costume, shares his top Halloween costume predictions for 2026.
Education group will try again after ads criticizing Boston schools pulled by MBTA https://mrf.lu/28L7t
The MBTA says the ads calling out Boston Public Schools for "failing" some students did not comply with its advertising guidelines. The city of Boston and the teacher's union are taking umbrage with the campaign's message. https://mrf.lu/28L_v
Question 8 will ask voters whether to repeal the laws that made Massachusetts the sixth state in the country to legalize recreational marijuana sales. https://mrf.lu/28qZj
The 40-year-old recording studio in Cambridge pushed its computers to the side to make old-school reel-to-reel recording accessible to musicians in a digital age.
ESSAY: Alysia Abbott's son Finn, 19, loves Star Market. "After I pick him up from his residential school each week, if I don’t say 'Let’s go to Star,' he’ll hold my gaze and point out the window until we do," she writes. wbur.fm/4hQU9Ke
According to the department, correction officers responded a report of self-harm in the behavior assessment unit at MCI-Norfolk Monday. Emil Encarnacion died a short time later at a local hospital.
For the designers, the project is a “proof of concept” to show how affordable housing in Boston can include innovative building techniques, durable materials, energy efficiency and higher-end architectural details. The final available unit is still open for buyers.
The 10,000-square-foot William and Charlotte Bloomberg Public Science Common was supported by a $155 million gift from Bloomberg Philanthropies. It can transform into an immersive environment with video projections and movable LED walls. https://mrf.lu/28xyB
The good news for local holiday weekend outdoor plans? Much of Sunday's daytime hours look dry, with the steadiest rain holding off until Sunday evening.
When a school bus rolls to a stop and the driver activates the little stop sign arm near the front of the vehicle, the camera turns on. If a driver blows by the bus, the camera will grab images of scofflaw's car and license plate.
Margaret Hamilton, a groundbreaking computer scientist who led the team that created the onboard flight software for NASA’s moon-bound Apollo program, has died. Her work helped make humanity’s first journeys to the moon possible.
City leaders announced Friday that the intersection of Tremont and Parker Streets will see a “number of street upgrades,” including a bike lane that will be separated from traffic by parked cars. The city will also paint new white lines at nearby intersections.
The first hurricane of the Atlantic season was forecast to intensify rapidly and cause dangerous conditions in the Florida Panhandle, southern Alabama and southern Mississippi when it makes landfall late Friday or early Saturday.
South African human rights lawyer Navi Pillay wins the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize for advancing human rights and international law.
Gov. Maura Healey repeatedly tied challenger Mike Minogue to Trump and argued the president's tariffs, war and program cuts are making life more expensive. Minogue argued that Healey has had four years, a Democratic Legislature and record-high budgets to address costs — and has fallen short.
The Roxbury artist’s work offers a way to cross between worlds, from life-size slave cabins to sacred “ring shouts” that connect the living to the dead. "The borders are real," Franklin said, "and they are to be unlearned if we are to march into the future."
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