Born after 2000? You can’t buy cigarettes or vapes in Brookline—ever—and other towns are following suit. Are generational nicotine bans brilliant public health policy or government overreach? Bay State lawmakers will soon decide.

Bucking today’s “me, me, me” culture, these Bostonians once served their country as soldiers, supported communities in Chile, and taught kids in Roxbury. A field guide to growing up through giving back.

A Rhode Island tribe’s quest for state recognition has sparked a bitter fight among Native Americans over who can claim Indigenous heritage, how to prove it—and who gets to decide.

You have spoken, and you have feelings about coffee shops, politicians, and bagels.

With more than 250 winners in nine categories, here’s your annual guide to everything worth your time and money right now.

One dad braves the escalators, endless aisles, and ceiling-mounted merchandise at Dick’s Sporting Goods—and survives to tell the tale.

Parent complaints and post-pandemic anxiety have transformed summer camp from a lawless paradise into a supervised safe space. The kids are all right—but are they missing out?

Diagnosing a Cambridge hive with Best Bees’ Ronald “Ronnie” Thompson III.

Hanging fabulously with the 90-year-old glamazon at the Burlington Mall.

Brockton’s “Marvelous Marvin” battled the sport’s gatekeepers with unexpected allies by his side.

Boston drivers are notorious jerks. We race through red lights and honk at people while stuck in gridlock. But are there any moves so bad that even the nastiest local motorist would say, “No. Unacceptable.”?

The region’s most sensational murder trial made Canton’s Waterfall Bar & Grille into an unwitting supporting character in the mystery of John O’Keefe’s death.

The city’s corporate class once saved Boston from bankruptcy. Now, with a fiscal crisis and mayoral showdown looming, the business community faces its biggest test yet—and Boston’s future hangs in the balance.

Told someone lately that you’d “circle back”? Bemoaned all the “emotional labor” you’re doing? Corporate jargon and academic buzzwords have created an almost impenetrable dialect. Given the current political reality, is it time for, well, a pivot?

Inside Longwood’s most elite scientific social club, geneticists trade glowing worms, pin up worm-themed office art, and tell worm jokes over bagels. But will federal budget cuts turn this Nobel Prize–winning party into a wake?