With AI common on campus, some educators are leaning in
Harvard physics lecturer Greg Kestin built a custom tutoring app called TeachGPT, and it’s proven to help his students.

Calling the shots: As vaccine rates decline, Mass. looks beyond feds to improve uptake
Officials say vaccine hesitancy is likely to get worse under Trump administration, which is attacking vaccines through rhetoric and funding cuts.
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Fernandes Anderson's historic political rise ends with guilty plea and resignation
Fernandes Anderson made history as the first Muslim and African-immigrant to be elected to the Boston City Council. -
Location data protections should be ‘number one’ issue for Beacon Hill, key senator says
State lawmakers are weighing several ways to make consumers’ personal data more secure, including proposals to ban the sale of location information. -
$30 million in medical debt owed by Eastern Mass. residents to be eliminated
A national nonprofit says it has acquired medical debt owed by some 17,000 people, making it the "largest single abolishment" of such debt in Massachusetts. -
Tariff chaos sends Massachusetts business scrambling
“Every industry in Massachusetts is going to be affected,” one local trade lawyer said. -
Wu unveils $4.8 billion Boston budget proposal amid federal uncertainty
The mayor said the spending plan eliminates the equivalent of nearly 500 city jobs.
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