This Sunday marks the start of Write Out Cape Cod, a two-week event series that encourages people to get outside and write in nature.
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Question 9 on the November ballot asks if the state should keep a wide-ranging gun law signed in 2024.
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A new WHOI-developed tool for studying microscopic marine organisms sheds light on the feeding behavior of oyster larvae and the importance of dense shells.
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PsyPact is an interstate compact that allows psychologists in participating states to treat patients across state lines. Forty-four states are part of PsyPact, and Massachusetts isn’t one of them. But that could soon change, pending the passage of state legislation.
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The program begins with a postcard from Chrysanthemums. Kathy Tracy, co-owner of Avant Gardens, is C.L.'s guest and talks about her favorite mums for fall flowering. Listeners called in with questions about hardy cyclamen, plant recommendations for under trees, older Christmas Cactus and more.
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A report released this week from the Mass. Attorney General's Office says clergy sexually abused nearly 1,000 children in the Catholic Dioceses of Fall River, Worcester, and Springfield.
The Point
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A review of this week's local headlines with our region's leading journalists.
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Find out where he stands on the issues and why he wants the job.
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A collaboration among artists, health care providers, and veterans’ groups is exploring how creativity can help people process trauma, reconnect with others, and heal.
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We’re seeing the impacts of beech leaf disease in individual trees and in our coastal beech forests.
NPR Stories
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Saxophonist and composer Immanuel Wilkins talks about the impact that winning a 2026 MacArthur Fellowship will have on his art.
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How NPR's team covering AI covers their increasingly important and fast moving beat.
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A reenactment of the Battle of Hastings, which took place almost a millennium ago, is drawing crowds of enthusiasts in the UK.
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Much of the Trump administration's economic policy has been inspired by successful industrial policies successful in East Asia, including those of competitor, China. Will those policies work in the U.S.?
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NPR's Joel Rose speaks with culture writer Louis Staples about his piece for Harper's Bazaar titled: Women Everywhere Are Talking About Cornell. Why Aren't Men?