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George Robert Twelves Hewes was a local shoemaker who participated in a lot of events leading up to the American Revolution. Now, the Old South Meeting House in Boston is sharing more of his story with artifacts and testimony.

An automobile race across the United States was held in 1909, when many up-and-coming car manufacturers were throwing their hats in this new age of transportation. And for one of these up-and-comers was a little, unknown factory from Stoneham, Massachusetts: Shawmut. It's all detailed in Boston-based author Eric Moskowitz's new book, "The Hardest, Longest Race."

A Lowell man held in a Russian prison for the last four years is now free.

Downtown Boston Gets Boost in Police Patrols and Anti-Theft Operations

Boston Globe sports reporter Alex Speier joins WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss the team's transformation.

You can catch three different celestial events this month: a partial solar eclipse, the Perseids meteor shower and a near-full lunar eclipse. Here's when and how you can see each of them.

Jessie Colbert, who works for the statewide maternal mental health advocacy group Mind the Gap Coalition, is lobbying for a bill on Beacon Hill that would change how the criminal legal system treats new moms charged with crimes.

MBTA General Manager Phil Eng hopes to bring the MBTA into what's called a "state of good repair," where trains run fast, stations are clean and well-lit, and signals operate like clockwork. In the meantime, though, he — and T riders — must contend with a decades-long maintenance problems that continue to snarl commutes.

Massachusetts has seen dramatic rise in reported tick-borne diseases in the last three years, according to data from the state Department of Public Health. This year, there has been a spike in one particular illness known as alpha-gal syndrome, which has hit Martha's Vineyard especially hard.

Thousands signed a letter accusing Wu of slow-walking the transportation safety agenda she ran on. But the tragedy is also personal for the mayor. Gag once interned in Wu's old city council office.

Organizers of the Pan-Mass Challenge held this weekend hoped to raise 79 million dollars for cancer research and care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Nearly 65-hundred cyclists took part. Rachel Marshall rode to honor her late father.

WBUR's All Things Considered host Lisa Mullins talks with comedian Jimmy Cash about elementary school gossip, sobriety and his journey to the comedy stage. 

Last month, the Board of Higher Education approved pilot programs at Merrimack College and Suffolk University.

"A New Era," examines the impact of legendary Boston activist Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin and the women she worked alongside. Playwright Miranda Austen ADEkoje joined WBUR's Morning Edition to talk more about the play and how its themes still run true today.

For two decades, "Mortified" has brought deeply embarrassing, but also hilarious teenage memories to the stage. On Friday night, the Boston chapter has a show at WBUR CitySpace. Co-producers Sara Faith Alterman and Jackie Arko previewed the show for WBUR's Morning Edition.

Retired family doctor and jazz pianist Stanley Sagov recently performed a show at the Regattabar in Cambridge, two and a half years after what he thought would be his farewell performance because he had been diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer.

Congenital cytomegalovirus is a common viral infection that passes from mother to fetus during pregnancy. It affects about one in 200 babies in the US.

Ava J. Membreno is the new public address announcer for this year's inaugural Boston Legacy FC season. The rising Dean College sophomore grew up around New England sports, so getting to work with the local pro women's soccer team is sort of her dream job.

Hyundai announced plans to introduce a humanoid robot to its plant in South Korea. Workers got so angry that some walked off the job.

The six track on the album, "Tributaries," feature influences from New Orleans swing to West African highlife and were written by local composers. The collaborative grew out of "an explosion of creativity" in the pandemic, when musicians composed a trove of jazz works but had no way to get them performed and recorded.

A new six stop audio tour is teaching people about Indigenous history in Boston. Thea Hopkins with the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe composed two songs for the trail. She joins WBUR's Morning Edition to talk about the trail and why it's history is important today.

Rev. Chris Hope, of the Pentecostal Tabernacle Church in Cambridge, has a newsletter about AI, ethics and faith.

Clark joins WBUR's Morning Edition.

An 1877 tall ship from Galveston, Texas is one of only three ships of her kind in the world to still actively sail.

Pollster Andy Smith, director of the University of New Hampshire Survey Center, and Maine state Rep. Sean Faircloth join WBUR's Morning Edition to assess the Senate race in Maine after Democrat Graham Platner's said he would withdraw.

It's a relief for an industry that often didn't live up to expectations over the past two decades. Scott Kirsner, a columnist with our editorial partner MassLive, joins WBUR's Morning Edition to tell us what's changing.

With this year's World Cup heralded as largely a success for Massachusetts, WBUR's Morning Edition asked Chris Dempsey whether his attitude on hosting global sporting events has changed.

In 1781, Walker sued for his freedom in the commonwealth. A judge ruled in his favor, and the case became a model for ending slavery across the burgeoning nation.

Boston Globe political reporter James Pindell joins WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss who the party could tap to replace Graham Platner at the top of the ticket, were he to withdraw.

Catherine Smart's weekly podcast, "Not From Concentrate," helps people with busy brains lock in and have fun in the kitchen. Though her podcast, newsletter and upcoming cookbook are geared toward people with ADHD, her advice is universal.

Ryan's upcoming psychological thriller, "Mother Daughter Sister Stranger." comes out Sept. 1.

Suffolk University history professor Robert Allison discusses how revolution was fomented in Massachusetts patriots' minds long before the first battles were fought, how that played out in daily life, and the relevance today.

Boston Globe sports columnist Dan Shaughnessy joins WBUR's Morning Edition to weigh in on the blockbuster trade that's sending Celtics star Jaylen Brown to the Philadelphia 76ers.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joins WBUR's Morning Edition to weigh in on how the World Cup has changed the city, as well as the growing debate over a plan that would install center-running bus lanes on Blue Hill Avenue.

WBUR's Morning Edition host Tiziana Dearing spoke the Massachusetts Historical Society's chief historian about an exhibit for the 250th anniversary of the nation's founding.

Scott Kirsner says a record-breaking IPO is an encouraging sign for the state's biotech industry after a year of federal funding cuts, layoffs and bankruptcies.

Sen. Warren says Trump had a "tantrum" and refused to sign the bipartisan housing bill. Now, she says, “the ball is in the president's court.”

The legendary DJ shares lessons from his decades-long career behind the turntables.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently struck down two high-profile ballot questions that dealt with cost of living: one on rent control and the other on the state income tax.

Rubato HK Café chef Laurence Louie made the finals on one of the biggest TV cooking competitions in the world. Though he didn't win "Top Chef," he says he didn't lose either. His Cantonese and Hong Kong-style cuisine — inspired by the food he grew up with — fueled his rise on the show.

Despite leaving her federal post amid ethics allegations three years ago, she is seeking election to her previous job as Suffolk County district attorney.