3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (933+ words) With artificial-intelligence startups attracting two-thirds of all US venture capital funding last year, entrepreneurs in Massachusetts have seen the state's share of VC dollars shrinking. Despite some prominent success stories, including AI music generator Suno and AI model developer Liquid…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (348+ words) It's no secret Trump-era policies are draining investments and jobs away from the clean-tech sector in Massachusetts and other states. Now there is a tally of the economic damage. One big reason Massachusetts ranks so high: offshore wind. Climate Power…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (611+ words) Massachusetts research labs recovered much of the federal funding that the Trump administration slashed early last year but still ended 2025 with about $125 million less than they received in 2024, according to a new analysis. But after the NIH settled a number…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (255+ words) A South Boston man was arrested after a fatal stabbing inside a Cambridge apartment building Tuesday night, authorities said. Victor Rivas, 51, was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious bodily injury in connection with the stabbing…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1285+ words) Massachusetts is experiencing a sharp, unusually fast-moving flu surge, with cases and hospitalizations climbing to "very high" levels, well above what physicians typically expect at this point in the winter. Emergency departments are filling with patients suffering from high fevers…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (945+ words) Alex Amend was driving an Uber on Concord Street in North Cambridge in the wee hours one morning in November when he spotted an animal scurrying out of sight in his peripheral vision. A dog, he thought at first. Then…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1324+ words) For years, the Greater Boston real estate market has been defined by a stubborn stalemate that goes beyond the usual supply-demand imbalance of housing inventory. Buyers waited for pandemic-era low interest rates to return, while sellers clung to their golden…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (762+ words) The year 2025 returned President Trump to office with a renewed focus on reshaping the federal government's role in education, brought another year of dispiriting post-pandemic achievement data, and saw worries about cellphones in school spread across the country. Here's a…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (515+ words) Massachusetts secured about $162 million in federal dollars Monday to bolster rural health care, part of the first round of funding released in a five-year program. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced it had awarded money to all 50 states through…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (1013+ words) If you're governor of the state that effectively introduced universal public school education in the United States, the one thing you want to avoid is losing the state's ranking as having the smartest kids in the country. Massachusetts is the…...