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Mike Kennealy helped write the guidelines for the MBTA Communities Act. Now, as a candidate for governor, Kennealy says the state should use a light touch in enforcing those rules.

Researchers say they're seeing more of these colorful blobs growing on docks, but they're not the only invasive marine species that could be spreading along New England coasts. And climate change may be partly to blame.

UMass Boston Chancellor Marcelo Suarez-Orozco is a member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences appointed by Pope Francis. He joins WBUR's All Things Considered to share his thoughts on the late Pope's legacy.

Boston College theology professor Tom Groome joins WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss the late pope's ties to Boston.

Sen. Ed Markey joins WBUR's Morning Edition to reflect on the life of Pope Francis. He died Monday at the age of 88.

Congressman Jake Auchincloss is a Harvard University alumnus who has criticized the school in the past for its approach to protests over the war in Gaza. He joins WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss the Trump administration's stripping of billions of dollars in federal funding from the school.

On a beautiful day for runners and spectators alike, 30,000 athletes traveled along the historic 26.2-mile race route from Hopkinton to Boston. Familiar names Marcel Hug and Susannah Scaroni won their respective wheelchair divisions, and new victors took the prize for the men's and women's professional races.

The 129th Boston marathon will be held Monday. Over the weekend, runners were flocking into the city ahead of the race. WBUR's marathon reporter Alex Ashlock joined us for a preview.

The Boston Celtics are hoping to clinch another NBA Championship and raise banner 19 at the Garden.

Commemorations marking the 250th anniversary of the first battles of the American Revolution were held Saturday in Lexington and Concord.