Environmental activists will call on Gov. Maura Healey to halt the building of fossil fuel infrastructure in Massachusetts on Monday, as organizations celebrate Earth Day and promote conservation across the globe.
Members of Extinction Rebellion, a movement focused on creating...
Sen. Ed Markey said he still supports President Biden's call for a deescalation in the Israel-Hamas war before it spirals into a wider conflict.His comments, made on WBUR's Radio Boston, come days after a drone and missile strike on Israel...
BOSTON (WJAR) — Monday is the 128th Boston Marathon.There are more than 30,000 participants, including runners from 129 countries and all 50 U.S. states, with spectators lining the streets to cheer them on. Sisay Lemma, of Ethiopia, set a...
HOPKINTON - There have been some changes in the infrastructure of the Boston Marathon over the past 100 years, but the feeling remains the same at the start line."I grew up here in Hopkinton, and the Marathon really was...
“The kids are not okay.”
That was the eye-opening message delivered by Mayor Wu and a group of city and state education leaders on Wednesday during an announcement at Dorchester’s Joseph Lee K-8 School on Talbot Avenue. The mayor...
When 30,000 runners representing 129 countries and all 50 states – including 4,500 participants from the Bay State – take off from Hopkinton on Monday, 9,500 volunteers will be stationed in eight cities and towns, providing first aid, water...
(*This story was updated at 11:44 a.m. on Wednesday, April 10, 2014, with additional reporting.) An injection of more than $22 million in federal infrastructure law money will pay for “much-needed” infrastructure improvements at Boston Logan International Airport, a...
House Democrats want to inject hundreds of millions of new dollars into the MBTA, calling for a sharp increase in operating budget support and funding for new initiatives such as a hiring and training program.The fiscal 2025 budget proposal...
Boston has placed significant aspects of its plan to protect the city from rising sea levels on the actions of private developers. Amid a post-Covid commercial development slump, though, efforts to build protective infrastructure have stalled.When officials approved major...
Electric vehicle sales have surged in the Boston area, making the region one of the biggest EV markets in the U.S. But experts warn that the pace isn't enough to help the state reach its emission goals, or to...
