Katelyn Harrop

To mark the country's 250th birthday, Globe Opinion asked readers and community members to answer one question: How does it feel to be American?

. At its best, vinyl is a social listening experience — best enjoyed piped through towering speakers — a welcome reprieve from a world dominated by noise-canceling headphones and earbuds, and local businesses are taking note. An increasing number of bars, restaurants and shops are getting in on the vinyl rush, providing top-of-the-line listening experiences for audiophiles in Greater Boston, with tasty bites and beverages on offer to fortify the experience. Whether you're looking to shop, sip or snack, there is no shortage of great places to hear vinyl, new and old, across Greater Boston.

Climate change is bad news for almost everyone. Emphasis on almost, because believe it or not, one marine species is absolutely thriving as the Gulf warms: Bull sharks!

For decades, the U.S. Army has been on edge about recruitment, hitting its goals for a few years, only to miss them again. As part of their strategy to combat recruiting concerns, the Army has turned its focus online: to the world of gaming and competitive eSports.

Army recruiters don’t target kids until they get to high school. But they play video games with much younger kids.

A TikTok creator known as "tunnel girl" online excavated and constructed a tunnel system under her suburban home in 2024. Two years later, we have some updates on the story.