The practice of forcing people into treatment has gained national prominence in recent weeks after President Trump issued an executive order embracing the approach. In Boston's South End, fed up residents have called for similar moves.

The funding for Salem's port was among $679 million for projects across the country clawed back by the U.S. Department of Transportation, which called the efforts wasteful.

One scientist attributed the abundance of fireflies this season to a wet spring, creating an ideal damp environment for larvae survival.

In their 119-page complaint being filed under the Federal Tort Claims Act, 100 plaintiffs are seeking accountability from the Army, the Department of Defense and Keller Army Hospital for allegedly violating their own "policies, regulations and orders" intended to protect the public from soldiers with mental illness.

East Coast travel may get a little quicker. Amtrak debuted a faster new train called "NextGen Acela" Thursday that will be able to hit a top speed of 160mph. Amtrak's original high-speed Acela trains have a top speed of 150 mph.

Hip-hop artist Red Shaydez used her own experiences as a creative entrepreneur to launch a development bootcamp for artists. The inaugural cohort wraps up with a concert on Sept. 4 at UnCommon Stage in Boston.

After steep cuts to state arts support, some programs that helped to sustain New Hampshire's cultural traditions are on hold.

Monique Aimee has designed around 40 book covers (including for Casey McQuiston's "One Last Stop"), illustrated projects for L.L.Bean and Sephora, and was the 2024-25 artist-in-residence for the Boston Celtics.

After of a winter of exceptionally high natural gas and electricity prices, many New Englanders are asking whether a new natural gas pipeline is the solution.

Even though Greater Boston has become more diverse and less racially segregated, households are increasingly clustering by class, according to a new report by the think tank Boston Indicators.