Abstract: Wheeled Inverted Pendulum (WIP) systems offer agile mobility but are challenging to control due to their unstable and underactuated dynamics. To address these limitations, we develop a ...

New Orleans, home of Bourbon Street revelry, has become the first American city known to have a live facial recognition network. How that came to be is a story of private initiative and political ...

Whether you're looking to get a better interest rate on your credit card or settle a medical bill, there are ways to negotiate what you owe. Life Kit host Marielle Segarra explains how to do it. When ...

The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case about the firing of a Federal Trade Commissioner. The court could overturn a 90-year precedent limiting the president's power over independent agencies. The ...

Soldiers briefly declared a military coup in Benin Sunday, but the government swiftly regained control, marking another episode in a rising wave of attempted coups in the region. A group of soldiers ...

With air traffic controllers in the news lately, NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks Emily Hanoka, a former controller who retired earlier this year, about the stresses and sacrifices involved in the work. Air ...

There was yet another sign this week of a potential 2026 wave that could hand control of the House of Representatives to Democrats. Republicans won a special congressional election in Tennessee, but ...

Antonio Ennis, a 59-year-old Dorchester resident and small property owner, takes a different view than many landlords in the latest battle to overturn Massachusetts' longtime ban on rent control.

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A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll holds some big warning signs for Republicans seeking to retain control of Congress in the 2026 midterm elections. The poll finds 60% of respondents blamed the GOP for ...

The dome of the Massachusetts State House. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) Ballot questions about rent control, all-party state primaries and funding for water and nature conservancy are among those expected to ...