The New England Ukulele Festival has healing at heart

Those who bore witness to the ukulele’s prevalence in pop culture in the early aughts through 2015 or so — let’s call it “the great millennial ukulele craze” — understand what four strings and a twee melody can do for an artist. The unassuming instrument …

Renowned actress dies in New England weeks before turning 101

An acclaimed stage, television and film actress whose career spanned four decades died in New England roughly two weeks before her 101st birthday. Priscilla Pointer “died peacefully in her sleep” on Monday, April 28, her daughter, actress Amy Irving, wrote …

New England Patriots coaches and players reveal what they did with their first NFL paycheck

Being part of the NFL is a dream come true, especially if on average, only about 1.6% of all NCAA football players make it to the big league. Once they get to be part of a franchise, players could get big contracts, depending on the position they play, …

$533 million and counting: Tracking canceled research grants across New England

In its first 100 days, the Trump administration stunned science and medical communities across New England by cancelling hundreds of research grants covering an array of topics, from online cancer misinformation to teen mental health. But because …

How Trump upended New England science and health research in 100 days

“I do think science will shrink,” said Brandon Ogbunu, a professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University, during a Globe-hosted panel discussion last week. “It’s going to shrink substantially.” Ogbunu tempered his remarks …

New England Patriots team plane's trip to Guantanamo Bay raises questions

A New England Patriots team plane recently made a trip to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, according to flight records. The purpose of the trip remains unclear, but the plane's visit to the infamous U.S. military base, now used as a detention center for deportees …

How 100 days of Trump has changed life in New England

More sunny skies today, but not as warm: New England will feel a 10-degree drop in temperatures

This is April? Temperatures soared into the 80s for many locations across New England Tuesday afternoon under plenty of sunshine. Boston peaked at 79, and even though it was quite warm for April, it was still a few degrees away from the daily record of 85 …

Mariners worry about Coast Guard plans to take buoys off the New England coast

The U.S. Coast Guard wants to remove hundreds of buoys along the Northeast coastline to modernize a costly system of using them as navigational markers in the water. But the plan is getting pushback from Boston-area harbormasters and commercial ship pilots …

Engineers ‘making the world a better place’ show off innovation at Western New England University

SPRINGFIELD — Portable equipment that detects melanoma in the skin, artificial intelligence that interprets American Sign Language, a dryer designed specifically for wet shoes. An electronic eye that detects obstacles behind powered wheelchairs and won’t …