From planting periwinkles on the graves of slaves, to the blues itself, the colour blue was core to Black Americans’ pursuit ...

The number of people who died last year in Massachusetts from drug overdoses plummeted to their lowest level in more than a decade, the most promising sign yet that the state is making progress agains ...

Tulsa’s new mayor on Sunday proposed a $100 million private trust as part of a reparations plan to give descendants of the ...

The population of black bears in Massachusetts is on the rise ... The biggest issue is that people leave easy-to-access food sources for bears outside on their decks and in their backyards ...

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there's Juneteenth, birthdays for Gallery 263 and “Rocky Horror ...

A century before LaCroix or Spindrift were refrigerator staples, factories in New York City were carbonating gallons and ...

Approximately 10% of people with this severe ... one on your body," Boyce said. Massachusetts Audubon says warmer climates have led to an increase in the black-legged deer tick population.

The Central Massachusetts Housing Alliance annual homeless count showed an all-time high of 3,110 people are homeless in the ...

A Black father and daughter’s Memorial Day fishing outing took a bitter turn after they were met by a white man on a dock who ...

Researchers looked at firearm fatalities in the 13 years immediately after the Supreme Court limited local governments’ ability to restrict gun ownership.

In Minneapolis, where a bystander used her cellphone to record Floyd’s killing at the hands of police, 16 artists participated in the creation of “Black Lives Matter” in 24-foot-high (7-meter-high) ...

Approximately 10% of people with this severe ... Warmer winters means more ticks: Massachusetts Audubon says warmer climates have led to an increase in the black-legged deer tick population.