Amy Sokolow

Jason Greenberg said five of his relatives were taken hostage by Hamas in the Nir Oz kibbutz close to the Gaza Strip. He said Israeli military found 80-year-old Carmela's and 13-year-old Noya's bodies at the Gaza border.

A Needham man whose relatives were taken hostage by Hamas on Oct. 7 said two of his cousins were among those released during the temporary truce Monday.

The unnamed team, part of the new Professional Women's Hockey League, will face off against a Minnesota squad at 7 p.m. Though the team is based in Boston, it will play its home games in Lowell's 6,500-seat Tsongas Center.

Andrew Jacobson, a Swampscott native who graduated from Brandeis University and lives in Israel, is sheltering with a friend in Tel Aviv. He told WBUR's All Things Considered host Lisa Mullins about his experience.

“People feel good after a haircut. Everybody does. And I think it's because they feel, like, more affirmed in their appearance, and gender presentation is part of your appearance," says M Arida, who works as a barber in Boston's South End and has gained a social media following for their gender-affirming haircuts.

Four Brockton School Committee members are calling for the deployment of the National Guard inside the city's high school to clamp down a recent spate of disruptive student fights.

Decrying what he called an " 'anything goes' attitude" by celebrants at Boston's St. Patrick's Day parade , City Councilor Ed Flynn took to social

Marshfield has, for now, rejected the state's new law requiring denser development near public transit.

For the second year in a row, nearly a third of Boston's 19 city-run pools have been closed for repairs or upgrades. And this summer's excessive heat has left families living by the six shuttered city pools scrambling in search of other places to cool off.

You don't have to look far to find evidence that climate change is having a drastic impact on our environment. You can see it before your eyes in the intensity of storms, floods and wildfires.