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A lot happens in Boston every day. To help you keep up, WBUR, Boston's NPR News station, pulled these stories together just for you.

  1. 5 DAYS AGO

    'Pure illusion': Book shows Mars craze from century ago fueled by Mass. scientists

    For his latest book, "The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze that Captured Turn of the Century America," David Baron looked into one source of that fascination: a Harvard astronomer named Percival Lowell.

    4 min

  2. 26/12/2025

    Parking rules tore Newton apart. Now, the issue is bringing people together

    In the lead-up to November's elections, factions battled over a ballot question that would have changed overnight street parking rules in the Boston suburb of Newton. By only a few dozen votes, residents opted to keep the decades-old parking ordinance in place.

    4 min

  3. 23/12/2025

    'Gilmore Girls' is more than a comfort watch

    Rory Gilmore is the first television character to traverse the world as an unapologetic reader, writes Joanna Rakoff. She’s also the first small screen heroine to be celebrated, rather than mercilessly mocked for her intellectual proclivities.

    6 min

  4. 22/12/2025

    Lingering effects of tariffs have put Boston coffee sellers in a grind

    Local coffee businesses are trying different things to reduce the sticker shock for coffee lovers. Some have switched up blends with coffee from lower cost countries. Others have increased the costs of other goods instead.

    4 min

  5. 22/12/2025

    Wu and Mamdani campaigned hard on free transit. But it's tough to deliver on

    Mayor Michelle Wu was able to create three fare-free bus routes during her first term. But the money for the program is running out, and the long-term sustainability of the program is uncertain.

    4 min

  6. 19/12/2025

    MSPCA sees surge in pet surrenders as owners struggle to find animal-inclusive housing

    The MSPCA has seen a nearly 50% increase in animals being surrendered to their shelters for housing-related concerns over the last three years. The organization is now offering new resources for families and advocating for legislation to make housing more pet inclusive.

    4 min

  7. 18/12/2025

    With two goats and a pony, an addiction treatment 'farm' takes root in Mass.

    The addiction recovery program in Gardner, Mass., is part animal sanctuary, part therapy center. The men who stay there get assigned to care for one of dozens of animals — from chickens, pigs, goats and even ponies — as part of their treatment.

    6 min

  8. 18/12/2025

    Massachusetts art museums look back on a tumultuous year

    Leaders at art museums have been grappling with a cascade of existential challenges in 2025. We checked in with directors at four Massachusetts institutions to see how they fared.

    6 min
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A lot happens in Boston every day. To help you keep up, WBUR, Boston's NPR News station, pulled these stories together just for you.

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