Funding cuts, layoffs and uncertainty are making the work of getting survivors stable harder, advocates say.

National media and conservative groups are seeking syllabi and student information from public colleges; professors say they feel targeted and harassed.

The largest immigrant community in Massachusetts is also being arrested in larger numbers since President Donald Trump took office. Fear is ricocheting through the community — even among those who once supported Trump during his election.

Many people don’t realize cosmetic injections carry serious risks. Some doctors call the booming med spa industry “the wild west” and say Massachusetts needs to tighten regulations.

Local newspaper editors and journalism experts worry that flimsy news sites that rely almost exclusively on artificial intelligence, known as “pink slime” journalism are making it harder for readers to distinguish real from fake reporting.

Woods Hole residents are calling on state environmental leaders and the Steamship Authority to track emissions and take concrete steps to shift some of the fleet away from diesel to less polluting hybrid ferries. Increases in ferry and truck traffic are fueling the activism.

Federal prosecutors accused seven Chinese nationals of running a marijuana grow operation that relied on immigrants smuggled into the country.

Data shows that when patients are tied down at Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital, most of the time they remain restrained close to the two-hour regulatory time limit.

The Boston FBI's questioning of climate change activists, its collaboration with ICE on immigration raids, its focus on the Pro-Palestinian student movement, and national FBI director Kash Patel's vow to go after Trump's ideological enemies are all raising concerns among left-wing activists in the region.

Boston Special Agent in Charge Jodi Cohen has been given a new position assisting FBI Director Kash Patel to reorganize the agency.