Days after emerging from a field of four Boston mayoral candidates with a nearly 50-point deficit between himself and the incumbent, Josh Kraft announced Thursday that he is dropping out of the race.

In a lopsided victory that underscores the power of incumbency in Boston, Mayor Michelle Wu bested challenger Josh Kraft with a 48-point lead, winning 71% of the preliminary vote in unofficial results posted by the city’s Election Department.

The spectacle of anti-vaccine nonsense coming from Florida last week would be hard to top but it was more than matched on Capitol Hill, where U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. engaged in serial science denialism before a combative chorus of Senate critics.

The Bay State Banner wants to hear your questions about the climate and environment. This article was produced as part of a new project called Encyclopedia Climatica, in response to a reader-submitted question.

Massachusetts residents could lose access to food and health assistance under provisions of the recently passed federal budget law known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” according to two new analyses.

Success is self-reinforcing at the Benjamin Banneker Charter Public School in Cambridge. Principal Sherley Bretous said, “If I knew what the secret sauce was” then “I would give it to the whole world for free.

According to last Friday’s monthly U.S. jobs report, the unemployment rate reached 4.3%, the highest it has been since 2021. It’s even worse for Black American labor.

“I couldn’t really find any good princess books about African princesses, Ghanaian princesses. So, I decided to write my own.”

You had the feeling that it was going to be a long day for the Pats when the Raiders took the opening kickoff and marched 71 yards for a 7-0 lead.

The Boston Local Food Festival is preparing to come back for its 15th year to serve the city with its many offerings. 

Speakeasy Stage kicks off the fall theater season with a tender tale of hope, change and kindness: “Primary Trust,” a Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Eboni Booth that examines how fruitful unexpected changes can be when we have the courage to face them.

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