JERUSALEM — An Israeli tank brigade seized control Tuesday of the Gaza Strip side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, authorities said, moving forward with an offensive in the southern city even ...

Author Andrea Hairston was moved by the way her local community in Northampton, and Western Massachusetts more broadly, worked together during the height of the pandemic – lending her inspiration for ...

Tens of thousands of people earn a living on TikTok. But as creators face down the real possibility of TikTok going away, ...

Harvard University ratcheted up pressure on students protesting the war in Gaza, threatening suspension of students who ...

NASA's goal to send astronauts to Mars would require a three-year absence from Earth, during which communication in real time ...

American drivers want cheap EVs. Chinese automakers are building them. But you can't buy them in the U.S., thanks to tariffs ...

Ben Diaz, right, founded the Fatherly Justice Association, which helps fathers going through custody battles by providing peer-to-peer support from others who were once in their shoes.

FILE - People relax on the Boston Common as the sun shines on the golden State House dome behind. A new poll conducted by SocialSphere, Inc. for the Boston Policy Institute shows that Boston voters ...

Gov. Maura Healey and the House did not include funding for universal community college in their budget proposals, leaving the Senate's plans shrouded in uncertainty.

After years of internal division, the United Methodist Church has reversed its 40 year ban on LGBTQ clergy and same-sex marriage. The issue had become so contentious in recent years that the United ...

The winning number was 490 pounds. That’s how much weight competitive powerlifter Nadia Moumine had to squat to win first place in their division at the 2023 Massachusetts State Championships. Moumine ...

Pedro Noguera led anti-apartheid protests as a student at UC Berkeley. Forty years later, he offers his thoughts on the ongoing protests at the University of Southern California over the war in Gaza.