Ryan Mancini

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The MBTA has temporarily changed its Lynn ferry service schedule due to the presence of right whales in Broad Sound, between Lynn and Boston. As of Thursday, Ferries will operate at reduced speeds until Tuesday, April 29, the MBTA said in an alert on its website. Delays are expected and some ferry trips between Lynn and Boston could be canceled.

1 week ago | masslive.com | Ryan Mancini

Four of Earth’s neighbors are about to appear in a planetary alignment. Those four planets — Mercury, Venus, Neptune and Saturn — will make up what professional and amateur astronomers colloquially refer to as a planetary parade, according to the website StarWalk. The planets are on track to appear before sunrise Thursday, high above the eastern horizon in the Southern Hemisphere, StarWalk stated. The sun rises around 6 a.m. Thursday.

1 week ago | masslive.com | Ryan Mancini

A geomagnetic storm could erupt over Earth Wednesday night, resulting in the potential to see the northern lights in the night sky. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration anticipates two coronal mass ejections from the sun striking Earth’s atmosphere in what is classified as a potential G4, or severe, geomagnetic storm, according to a post on X. When this happens, the electrons produced by this collision collapse into lower states of energy, NOAA stated previously.

1 week ago | masslive.com | Ryan Mancini

In the weeks after President Donald Trump announced his new tariffs, independents are not happy with how he is handling the economy. Trump reversed American trade policy by suspending import taxes for 90 days, shortly after tariffs were implemented on April 2, dubbed “Liberation Day” by the president. This triggered a sharp decline on Wall Street before rebounding a week later. This back-and-forth that caused fears of a new recession has led one key voting bloc to turn against the president.

1 week ago | masslive.com | Ryan Mancini

Time released its list of the “100 Most Influential People of 2025″ on Wednesday, and there are plenty of familiar faces featured by the magazine. The 100 people chosen by the magazine vary from actors to musicians to world leaders to news anchors to entrepreneurs, among many others. Those who were chosen were put into six different categories: artists, icons, leaders, titans, pioneers and innovators.