• Runners from all 50 states and more than 100 countries have arrived for the Boston Marathon on Patriots Day Monday
    7 mins
  • Sharing some of the local entries to this year's Tiny Desk Contest
    Apr 17 2026

    A panel convened by WBUR is sorting through dozens of local entries into NPR's famed Tiny Desk Contest.

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    5 mins
  • Jack Fultz ran for the hoses. 50 years after that win, he's still sharing wisdom for Boston Marathon runners
    Apr 17 2026

    Fultz won the Boston Marathon on a day when temperatures neared 100 degrees. He's serving as the race's grand marshal this year.

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    4 mins
  • It's been mostly bad news in Boston's business world. Then, there's Whoop.
    Apr 17 2026

    In this excerpt from a conversation at WBUR's CitySpace, Whoop founder Will Ahmed discusses the Boston roots of his wearable tech brand with WBUR's Morning Edition host Tiziana Dearing.

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    8 mins
  • New band explores the impact of the sugar trade on the world's music
    Apr 16 2026

    The Sugar Road Band is the brainchild of Berklee College of Music professor Leo Blanco.

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    7 mins
  • Grandfather and granddaughter prepare to run the Boston Marathon together
    Apr 16 2026

    On Monday, Mia Sanchez and her grandfather, Carlos Sanchez, will run the Boston Marathon. They believe they're the first known grandparent and grandchild pair to qualify to run the marathon together.

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    5 mins
  • Marking 20 years of a landmark health care law in Massachusetts
    Apr 10 2026

    WBUR's Morning Edition looks back on two decades of a bill that created comprehensive health care reform in Massachusetts and paved the way for the federal Affordable Care Act.

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    9 mins
  • Is it fair for the MBTA to charge $80 for a train ride to the World Cup?
    Apr 10 2026

    No Boston Olympics co-founder Chris Dempsey and Scottish soccer commentator Rory Hamilton join WBUR's Morning Edition to weigh in on the politics and attitudes behind the price of train tickets to Gillette and whether, ultimately, it's a fair price to charge.

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    7 mins