The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.

What are buyers being told about climate risk in Miami? I posed as one to find out.

The press ban is the shiny object. This is the story.

… Two big hearings on Capitol Hill today as FBI Director Kash Patel testified before the Senate and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was in the House.

Most Democrats have more or less the right position on AI. But their arguments are way too narrow to dramatize the real stakes. They should aim higher.

The more the logic of capitalism pervades the rest of life, the less room there is for compassion, honor or heroism.

The ICE agents reportedly said they didn’t care after being told the two teenagers were citizens.

Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.

In a new book, the writers argue that a powerful coalition of “end times fascists” is just fine with the earth’s demise.

Hundreds have been deported to Haiti in recent weeks, and some say they have been left with no money, no protection from gangs and no place to go.

GOP gubernatorial candidate Mike Minogue plans to spend up to $2 billion on his campaign to unseat Democrat incumbent Gov. Maura Healey in the general election, files obtained by the Herald show.

Rape. Domestic violence. Epstein friendship. It's all tolerated by our valiant homeland-security apparatus. PLUS: COINTELPRO 2026

The notion of enduring the summer rather than embracing it has spread far beyond the Sun Belt.

The spotted lanternfly could spell doom for some vegetation while creating a sticky mess in the woods near people's homes.

Don’t believe the pundits. The party is unified against Trump.

The burning of fossil fuels is pulling down the world’s highest peaks.

Every weekday, 9,500 riders take the train to and from Boston, up 3,000 passengers from the old Middleborough line.

It’s like drilling hard boards; it’s not supposed to be entertaining.

The global ocean reached its highest recorded temperature on August 22, 2026, breaking a record set during the usual spring peak.

The Boston Public Health Commission and the Massachusetts DPH are warning folks to stay away from the Charles River.

It will be prohibited to acquire, breed, keep, train, display, or feature certain wild animal species and their hybrids in circus performances after January 1, 2027, government spokesperson Éva Magyar...

Towering woodlands in the West are being permanently replaced by tracts of spiky shrubs. Conditions “just aren’t normal anymore,” one researcher said.

A donkey belonging to a Palestinian farmer was reportedly stolen and dragged to death by Israeli settlers.