From remote learning and mask mandates, to a return to classrooms with some public safety precautions, the uncertainty of the pandemic weighed heavily on some families as the new school year began.

The former U.S. attorney for Massachusetts says he believes there should be a federal investigation into reports of violence against prisoners at the state's maximum security prison.

After a WBUR and ProPublica investigation found possible due process violations, lawmakers are calling for additional reforms to the state's civil asset forfeiture laws.

For years, Boston residents have complained that the area has been the center of the region's opioid epidemic. Now, many are wondering whether a new mayor will be able to change that.

The Boston-based emo band has its heart in pop music and wears its sadness on its sleeve.

Updated vaccines could generate antibodies that are better at fighting the now-dominant delta strain of the coronavirus. But probably not by much.

The mandate is welcome news to Tom Scott, executive director of the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents, who joined WBUR's Morning Edition.

On most Saturday mornings, nearly two dozen people tap dance outside, their novel sounds and smiles fill a park in Cambridge near Harvard Square.