You may have heard someone say the only people who get upset about your boundaries are the ones who benefit from you not having any. Setting boundaries is important in any kind of relationship — with ...

Jane Goodall, pioneering chimpanzee researcher, conservationist, and animal rights activist, died on Wednesday at the age of 91.

The Boston mayor’s race may be all but decided, as incumbent Michelle Wu runs unopposed, but there are other races afoot. In the election for City Council, a conservative-leaning, "lunch-bucket ...

The proposed agreement asks universities, including MIT, Brown and Dartmouth, to accept the government's definition of gender and apply it to campus bathrooms, locker rooms and women’s sports teams.

The strip by Charles Schultz spawned TV shows, movies, music albums, and continues to be a popular cultural phenomenon.

State Sen. Edward Kennedy, a fourth-term Democrat from Lowell, has died, Senate President Karen Spilka said Thursday afternoon. He was 74.

Major League Baseball will add an automated ball-strike system next season. How human judgement is giving way to technology across the sports world, and what that means for players, umpires and fans.

Demoulas filed a counterclaim Wednesday in a Delaware court, accusing his three sisters — who control 60% of the beloved Massachusetts-based grocery chain — of conspiring to push him out of the job.

The government shutdown has federal workers worried about their finances. Some in essential roles are working without pay, while many others have been sent home. Are you one of them? And do you want ...

Climate catastrophe and fascism lurk on the periphery of writer-director Neo Sora’s new tender coming-of-age story “Happyend," which plays alongside Nobuhiro Yamashita’s 2005 “Linda Linda Linda" about ...

In the latest chapter of baseball’s most storied rivalry, the winner of the game Thursday advances to face AL East champion Toronto in a best-of-five Division Series beginning Saturday.

Unlike in March, when Democrats caved to keep the government open, this time around they are holding the line, betting that voters will reward them for showing some backbone, writes Steve Almond. Good ...