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Former U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Rachael Rollins sits for an interview about her bid to get back her old job as Suffolk district attorney. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Rachael Rollins shakes off past allegations, looks for comeback as DA
A flight takes off at Logan Airport.(Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Delta flight aborts landing at Logan after coming within 300 feet of another jet, expert says
Former President Barack Obama speaks during the dedication ceremony for the Obama Presidential Center, Thursday, June 18, 2026, in Chicago. (Jon Cherry/AP)

Obamas inaugurate presidential center, cementing their political legacy in Chicago
Morocco's Ismael Saibari, top right, scores his side's opening goal during the World Cup Group C soccer match between Scotland and Morocco in Foxborough, Mass., near Boston, Friday, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Ismael Saibari scores in second minute to lift Morocco over Scotland 1-0 at the World Cup
Headshot of Willis Ryder Arnold

What does the Iran peace memo mean for the U.S.?
Crowds gather on Joy Street for a Boston Juneteenth celebration hosted by the Museum of African American History. WBUR/Suevon Lee

Juneteenth celebration in Boston marks day of joy and resistance
Alan Michelson's bust of George Washington at the MFA in Boston. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

MFA confronts history, heroes and destroyers in re-imagined American galleries
Swan boats pass in the Public Garden lagoon. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Ahoy! What it’s like to pedal Boston’s iconic swan boats
U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton speaks at the counterprotest during President Trump's 2026 State of the Union address in Washington, DC, on Feb. 24, 2026. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Rep. Moulton holds stakes in defense-linked startups overseen by his committee
A file photo of Ocean State Media Logo. (Joshua Wheeler/Ocean State Media)

Employees of Ocean State Media, Rhode Island’s NPR and PBS organization, vote to unionize
Passengers walk to the security checkpoint at Boston's Logan Airport, Terminal E. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Sleek spaces and signature scents: Logan airport’s $30 million bathroom makeover
Norway's Erling Haaland (9), center, celebrates with teammates after scoring his side's second goal during the World Cup Group I soccer match between Iraq and Norway in Foxborough, Mass. (Charles Krupa/AP)

Erling Haaland scores twice in World Cup debut as Norway tops Iraq 4-1
Iraq's Aymen Hussein (18), celebrates scoring his side's first goal during the World Cup Group I soccer match between Iraq and Norway in Foxborough, Mass., Tuesday, June 16, 2026. (Martin Meissner/AP)

Detained by U.S. customs 2 weeks ago, Iraq’s Aymen Hussein scores in his World Cup debut
A row of completed waysides with display panels attached. (Courtesy of Jay Elhard/National Park Service)

Trump administration ordered to restore signs about climate change, Indigenous history in Acadia
France men's national team striker Kylian Mbappé dribbles the ball as defender Ibrahima Konate shadows him during a practice Friday at Bentley University in Waltham. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

PHOTOS: Team France tunes up at Bentley ahead of first World Cup match
Eric Hanson, lead biologist for the Vermont Loon Conservation Project, at Great Hosmer Pond in Craftsbury on Friday, June 12. (Abagael Giles/Vermont Public)

Keeping tabs on New England’s loons? There’s an app for that
United States' Folarin Balogun (20) celebrates scoring his side's third goal against Paraguay with teamates during the World Cup Group D soccer match in Inglewood, Calif., near Los Angeles, Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

US opens its home World Cup with a dynamic 4-1 victory over Paraguay, sparked by Balogun’s 2 goals
New York Knicks fans celebrate their victory after Game 5 of the NBA Finals basketball series against the San Antonio Spurs, Saturday, June 13, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

Mayhem mars euphoria as New York City celebrates the Knicks’ first championship in 53 years
Scottish and Haitian fans dance and chant together inside South Station waiting to board MBTA trains to the World Cup match in Foxborough. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Boston reaches World Cup fever pitch as Scotland bests Haiti 1-0
Scottish fans at the FIFA Fan Festival Boston at City Hall Plaza rejoice as their team defeats Haiti 1-0 during the World Cup game at Foxborough. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

PHOTOS: Boston’s World Cup weekend brings frenzied fans
Scotland's John McGinn (7) celebrates with teammate's Aaron Hickey (2) and Lewis Ferguson (19) after scoring his teams first goal during the World Cup Group C soccer match between Haiti and Scotland in Foxborough. (Martin Meissner/AP)

Scotland marks 28-year World Cup absence with 1-0 victory over Haiti at ‘Boston’ Stadium
Scottish soccer fan Craig Ferguson arrives in Boston after walking across the country to see Scotland play in the World Cup on Saturday. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

This Scottish soccer fan walked more than 3,500 miles to Boston for men’s mental health charity
A brand new exhibition, “American Icon: The US Flag in Art” opens ahead of the 250th anniversary of the United States of America at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. (Farrah Skeiky for NPR)

D.C.’s National Gallery exhibits centuries of artistic interpretations of the American Flag
Soccer fans gathered in Chelsea Square to watch the first soccer game of the 2026 World Cup: Mexico vs. South Africa. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

World Cup fans gather in Chelsea for the state’s only public Spanish-language watch party
Jason Waddleton, a Scotsman and owner of the The Haven, draws a glass of Belhaven Scottish Ale at the bar. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

The Tartan Army is coming
Mayor Michelle Wu speaks with WBUR during an interview in January, 2026. (Jesse Costa/WBUR, File)

Mayor Wu says council’s budget changes could lead to layoffs
Sitting on blankets and deck chairs, the audience watches the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's performance of "The Tempest" on Boston Common in 2021. This year, CSC performs "A Midsummer Night's Dream." (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

10 theater productions to see this summer
Red Cross workers carry the body of a person who died of Ebola to a coffin at a health center in Rwampara in the Ituri Province of the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on May 20. (Moses Sawasawa/AP)

What the Ebola crisis tells us about Trump’s ‘America First’ approach to global health
Jamar Leaston at Tufts University. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

‘Double punishment’: Mass. inmates and physicians fight for better diabetes care in prisons, jails
Roxbury Community College on Columbus Avenue in Boston. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Poll: Some Mass. families shy away from 4-year degrees, but community college plans rise
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Graham Platner, right, and his wife Amy Gertner gesture to supporters during a primary election night watch party Tuesday, June 9, 2026, in Blue Hill, Maine. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP)

Graham Platner wins Maine Democratic primary, setting up key race against Sen. Susan Collins
The Miyawaki forest in Danehy Park in Cambridge. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Tiny forests are a growing trend in Mass. and beyond
The door of a classroom at the Hooks Elementary School in Chelsea decorated with information about Spain and the country's World Cup soccer team. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

World Cup kicks off lessons, competition for Chelsea classrooms
Rahm Emanuel speaks at a house party in Concord, N.H., Saturday, June 6, 2026. (Steven Sloan/AP)

Rahm Emanuel’s uphill climb in New Hampshire tests a 2028 presidential bid
WBUR's Kalyani Saxena recommends seven books with New England ties to read this summer. (Book covers courtesy the publishers)

7 books with New England ties to read this summer
A collage image including a photograph of a child playing while surrounded by a red shape representing a stop sign, a school bus, and a city bus.

A deadly Boston school bus crash is among dozens missing from a company’s federal safety record
Then-President Bush, left, shakes hands with Robert Coles, center, during the National Endowment for the Arts Awards ceremony at Constitution Hall, April 22, 2002, in Washington. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP, File)

Harvard psychiatrist Robert Coles, Pulitzer Prize-winning author who championed needs of children, dies
Headshot of Kevin Vu

U.S. Attorney accuses Needham parks and rec chairman of stealing $200k from little league organization
This year's Pride Parade blends protest with joy in Boston

This year’s Pride Parade blends protest with joy in Boston
Firefighting foams like this one often contain PFAS chemicals. (Elaine Thompson/AP)

Mass. bills would ban PFAS in food packaging, kid’s toys and more
Thousands of purple flags on Boston Common in 2022 commemorate the people who lost their lives to drug overdoses in Massachusetts. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR file)

Opioid deaths fall below 1,000 for first year since 2013
Health workers get ready to start their shift at the Ebola treatment center in Rwampara, Congo, Friday, May 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Inside a diminished CDC as it confronts Ebola
Karen Read speaks after she was found not guilty of second-degree murder June 18, 2025, in Dedham, Mass. (Josh Reynolds/AP, File)

Karen Read sues the police agencies that investigated her Boston police boyfriend’s death
Mass. House unanimously passes data privacy bill

Mass. House unanimously passes data privacy bill
Boston Fleet right defenseman Haley Winn (8) is congratulated after scoring during the first period of a PWHL game between the Boston Fleet and Minnesota Frost on March 29th, 2026, at Grand Casino Arena in St. Paul, MN. (Bailey Hillesheim/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Boston Fleet hire Francois Methot as coach, citing his track record of player development
House Speaker Ron Mariano speaks in the State House Library, on Wednesday, April 15, 2026. (State House News Service)

Mass. House votes to narrow scope of 2024 legislative audit law
Asylum seeker Nina poses for a photo with her 4-year-old daughter, Ayadana, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 31. (Octavio Jones/ AFP)

In 2018, Americans recoiled at the idea of family separation. Now it’s happening again
Volunteers prepare stuffed peppers at Community Servings in Jamaica Plain, on Jun. 1.

For some chronically ill Mass. residents, food is medicine
New England Patriots wide receiver A.J. Brown smiles during a media availability following practice, Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Foxborough, Mass. (Charles Krupa/AP)

A.J. Brown in ‘awe’ to join childhood favorite Patriots, declines to discuss end of time with Eagles
Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown (11) gestures towards the crowd during pre-game warm-ups before an NFL wild card playoff football game against the San Francisco 49ers, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Philadelphia. (Terrance Williams/AP)

Eagles trade receiver A.J. Brown to the Patriots, setting up reunion with coach Mike Vrabel
Gabriel Graetz and Paul Melendy star in "The Mystery of Irma Vep" at Central Square Theater. (Courtesy Central Square Theater)

‘The Mystery of Irma Vep’ is delightfully, audaciously strange
Wind turbines operate at Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts on July 19, 2025. (Carolyn Kaster, File/AP)

The Department of the Interior canceled 4 wind farm leases. The particulars are problematic
Federal Reserve Board Governor Jerome Powell, the former Federal Reserve chair, center, stands with former ambassador Caroline Kennedy, right, and her son Jack Schlossberg, while being honored with the Profile in Courage Award at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library, Sunday, May 31, 2026, in Boston. (Charles Krupa/AP)

Jerome Powell uses JFK award speech to warn against political pressure on Fed, courts and schools
Graham Platner, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks at an event in Orono, Maine, Sunday, May 24, 2026. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP)

Platner’s wife calls news coverage of Senate hopeful’s sexually explicit texts with women ‘shameful’
CCC inspector Nick Millen scans tags that correspond to a database indetifying every plant in the flowering room. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Mass. marijuana buyers take advantage of higher purchase limit
A worker assembles the Zeekr 001 EV model at the Chinese automaker Zeekr assembly plant, in Ningbo, east China's Zhejiang Province, Wednesday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

How China’s superfast charging cars are leaving American EVs in the dust
Headshot of Roberto Scalese

Loud boom heard in Boston likely exploding meteor above ocean
This photo, provided by the Virginia State Police, shows the scene of a fatal accident involving a passenger bus on Interstate 95 in near Quantico, Va., on Friday, May 29, 2026. (Virginia State Police via AP)

4 of 5 Mass. victims of Virginia bus crash were traveling to a family wedding, relative says
Former U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel.(Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Rahm Emanuel says he’s mulling a 2028 run for president
Sens. Lydia Edwards, Kelly Dooner and Peter Durant (from left) exit the Senate chamber on May 28, 2026 following a Senate session. (Ella Adams/SHNS)

Senate plans to provide some audit documents to DiZoglio
Ace and Pluto Mosier are transgender men who received gender-affirming care at Rhode Island Hospital. (Joshua Wheeler/Ocean State Media)

‘We’re kids’: R.I. trans youth push back as DOJ seeks hospital records
A still from Béla Tarr and László Krasznahorkai's 1994 film “Sátántangó.” (Courtesy Arbelos Films)

The Coolidge screens a ‘Bleak Week’ of magnificently miserable films
Guster playing at the Beacon Theater, NYC, March 16, 2019 (Justin P. Goodhart/Courtesy Adam Gardner)

Guster is still for lovers
Headshot of Patrick Madden

DraftKings, sportsbooks target statehouse races as Mass. and others propose stricter betting rules
Liz Reid, Google head of Search, speaks at a Google I/O event in Mountain View, Calif., Tuesday, May 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Is Google’s new AI search killing the internet?
NYC's congestion pricing program is working largely as intended, transportation experts say

Trump administration changes rules to obtain green cards
A woman approaching a cave with eyes. (Sabina Hahn for WBUR)

The Storyteller | Ep. 326
Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner speaks at a town hall in Ogunquit, Maine on Oct. 22. (Caleb Jones/AP)

Platner’s bad Mass. weekend: NESN yanks ad, Auchincloss slams candidate on CNN
NYC's congestion pricing program is working largely as intended, transportation experts say

Rethinking ADHD: Brain scans indicate at least 3 subtypes attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Headshot of Roberto Scalese

Here are the Americans playing in the World Cup, including a defender from Mass.
Darby Saxbe / "White matter microstructure organization across the transition to fatherhood"

The new science of ‘dad brain’
Firefighter Robert Kilduff, a 24-year veteran of the Boston Fire Department, died while battling a three-alarm fire in Dorchester Saturday. (Courtesy Boston Fire Department)

Firefighter dies in fall while battling 3-alarm fire in Dorchester
Singer and artist Suede performing a reading on the stoop of Womencrafts in Provincetown. (Amanda Beland/WBUR)

Feminist bookshop marks 50 years of creating safe spaces for LGBTQ community
Vegetable garden at Bidwell House Museum in the western Massachusetts town of Monterey. (Barry Winiker/Getty Images)

What would you eat at a summer cookout in 1776?
The tall ship Stad Amsterdam docked in the Seaport. (Steven Davy/WBUR)

The Tall Ships make their return to Boston in July. Here’s what you should know
Visitors head to the entrance of the ICA Watershed. (Courtesy Ally Schmaling/ICA Boston)

ICA Watershed reopens for the season with industrial-inspired installations
US athlete Rachel Entrekin finish line to win the Cocodona 250 ultramarathon in Arizona, United States on May 6, 2026. The 34-year-old made history by beating the entire field of elite men and women, setting a new overall course record of 56 hours, 9 minutes, and 48 seconds, shattering the previous record of 58:47:18. The 253-mile race across Arizona features extreme desert conditions and nearly 39,000 feet of elevation gain. (Photo by Scott Rokis/Cocodona 250/Anadolu via Getty Images)

How women are breaking records in ultramarathons
FIFA's in-house secondary ticket market as seen on a smartphone screen.

Q&A: Why FIFA can get away with such high ticket prices
Falko Kuester demonstrates a simulation at the Wave Lab on the campus of University of California, San Diego. (Peter O’Dowd/Here & Now)

AI is watching for wildfires across the drought-stricken West
Headshot of Willis Ryder Arnold

Is an energy crisis coming for the global economy?
Students walk through Harvard Yard. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Harvard faculty votes to limit A’s in undergrad courses
A gravel road stretches through the area where the Stratos Project, a proposed data center, will be built in Box Elder County on May 15, 2026 near Snowville, Utah. The planned construction spans about 40,000 acres and could use up to 9 gigawatts of power. (Photo by Natalie Behring/Getty Images)

The small Utah county fighting a massive data center
NYC's congestion pricing program is working largely as intended, transportation experts say

Student reporters uncover close ties between Florida Lottery winners and the stores where they won
Headshot of Martha Bebinger

The public health game plan behind World Cup matches in Massachusetts
A raccoon and a bird. (Sabina Hahn for WBUR)

Seven Silver Rings | Ep. 325
NYC's congestion pricing program is working largely as intended, transportation experts say

NYC’s congestion pricing program is working largely as intended, transportation experts say
(L-R) Naomi McPherson, Katie Gavin and Josette Maskin make up the indie pop band MUNA. (Courtesy of Dean Bradshaw)

‘It’s kind of a no-brainer’: Why pop band MUNA is tackling politics on album ‘Dancing on the Wall’
The cover of "On Witness and Despair" beside author Jessmyn Ward. (Courtesy of Beowulf Sheehan)

In new essay collection, two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward muses ‘On Witness and Respair’
Headshot of Dean Russell

Redux: Rapid Fire, Love & Money
Palestinians place their hands on the body of Izz al-Din al-Haddad, the leader of Hamas' Qassam Brigades, draped in a Hamas flag during his funeral in Gaza City, Saturday, May 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israeli strike kills Hamas’ military wing leader, who Israel says was an architect of Oct 7 attacks
An electronic check-in kiosk announces Spirit Airlines’ shutdown on Saturday, May 2, 2026 at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy)

Why American low-cost airlines fail
Dancers Mcebisi Xotyeni and Meg McGrath dance at a performance rehearsal at the Jean Appolon Expressions Dance Center in Nubian Square, Roxbury. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Jean Appolon throws open the doors to Haitian dance in Roxbury
This photo provided by the Maine Department of Public Safety shows Firefighters try to extinguish flames from a large fire at Robbins Lumber in Searsmont, Maine on Friday, May 15, 2026 (Maine Department of Public Safety via AP)

Firefighter killed, 11 injured in lumber mill explosion and massive fire in Maine
Widener Library at Harvard University in 2025. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

At Harvard, an A could no longer be a grade ‘everyone expects’
A row of SUVs believed to be owned by ICE parked in a Burlington garage in March. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Mass. won’t change RMV policy restricting confidential license plates for ICE, despite federal pressure
After Memorial Drive shootings, questions linger on how the alleged gunman slipped through the cracks

After Memorial Drive shootings, questions linger on how the alleged gunman slipped through the cracks
The view of the Boston skyline from South Boston. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Despite new law, renters say some landlords still try to foist broker fees on them
Tyler Brown appeared from a hospital bed for a virtual arraignment on Thursday. (Screenshot of Zoom)

Alleged Memorial Drive shooter pleads not guilty from hospital bed
Herring Pond Tribe chairwoman Melissa Ferretti at the tribe's meeting house in 2023. (Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images, File)

Researchers find evidence of at least 15 early Indigenous burials at Burying Hill in Bourne
The Fairbanks Street Green Line station, seen in 2024. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR, File)

MBTA plans to close accessibility gaps on nearly all Green Line stops
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