This summer, a group of Boston Public Schools students spent two weeks learning how to sail a nearly 100-year-old sword fishing ship. It's all part of an effort in the city to make summer learning count beyond academics.

COVID infections are on the rise, but how concerned should we be? Is it just a blip on the radar screen or a sign of things to come?

Plus, the Patriots, who just played the first preseason game, show glimpses of exciting future.

Many autistic people say they face societal pressure to adhere to neurotypical standards, but a group in Massachusetts is working to make it safe for them to be themselves.

Massachusetts will fund free community college for students 25 or over and nursing students beginning this fall. That's thanks to a $50-million allocation in the state budget recently signed by Gov. Maura Healey. We talk to three community college leaders about the initiative, and what it could mean for their institutions.

Boston Globe reporter Aaron Pressman talks AI and a true crime tech story unfolding in Natick.

A flurry of moves — many announced this summer — will shuffle several high-profile college athletics programs out of old conferences, and into new ones.

The new state budget signed by the Governor locks in funding for free breakfast and lunch for all public school students.

The budget recently signed by Gov. Maura Healey includes hundreds of millions of dollars in transit funding from the so-called millionaire's tax.

The moment that kicked off hip-hop took place in the Bronx 50 years ago. Less known, however, is the role Boston played in those early years.