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Many local election and law enforcement officials expect Massachusetts will escape the brunt of any potential election security disruptions, and authorities say they've spent months preparing to ensure voting goes smoothly.

"...What we are seeing is people who have not voted yet. And that's our job, getting those people to show up at the polls on Tuesday.."

Marlene Soudant first volunteered as a poll worker in the 1964 presidential election, when Lyndon Johnson defeated Barry Goldwater. She remembers wooden hand-crank ballot boxes and announcing winners to a waiting crowd late at night, before things became computerized.

Boston restauranteur and celebrity chef Tiffani Faison joins WBUR's Morning Edition to help get ready for holiday season cooking.

A pilot project from the Stone Living Lab aims to make seawalls more friendly for marine life, by turning them into "Living Seawalls." The group is using technology that was a finalist for Prince William's Earthshot Prize, and installing it in Chelsea Creek in East Boston and Fan Pier in the Seaport.

A doctor got tired of hearing that her patients couldn’t afford to run their breathing assistance machines, recharge their wheelchairs, turn on air conditioning or even keep refrigerators plugged in. So she worked with a colleague to get them cheaper electricity.

With just days to go until Election Day, New Hampshire's gubernatorial race between Republican Kelly Ayotte and Democrat Joyce Craig is one of the most competitive races in the country.

You couldn’t pay me to watch a scary movie, writes Sara Shukla, but when my 12-year-old became obsessed with them last year, I started to see how sometimes it’s about more than the jump scares.

A combination of lifestyle and genetic factors are thought to put South Asians at higher risk of heart disease. But these risks often go unnoticed.

Of the 200 state agencies that must be audited every three years, WBUR discovered the Auditor's Office hadn’t examined nearly half of them by that deadline.