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All five major candidates running for mayor of Boston have unveiled their own plans to deal with climate change. The proposals range from simply updating building codes, to setting a strict deadline to reduce Boston’s carbon emissions to zero.

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.