• Boston city councilor wants other cities and towns to chip in on mental health, addiction resources
    Jul 28 2025

    Boston City Councilor John FitzGerald wants neighboring cities and towns to do more to help Boston fund mental health and addiction resources.

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    4 mins
  • Celtics fall apart in bid for NBA history and now enter offseason of questions
    May 30 2023

    Boston was looking to extend a wild postseason ride, but any chance of a win may have evaporated on the very first play when Jayson Tatum injured his ankle.

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    5 mins
  • Smaller public radio stations across Massachusetts struggle with the loss of federal funds
    Jul 27 2025

    Small public radio stations around Massachusetts are working to find new revenue after the loss of millions in federal funding. Congress voted earlier this month to cut 1.1 billion dollars in money allocated to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

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    3 mins
  • Taking stock of the organ donation system in Mass. after alarming reports elsewhere
    Jul 26 2025

    A recent federal probe and New York Times investigation found surgeons in some U.S. states faced pressure to remove organs from patients for transplantation, even as those patients cried and showed other signs of life.

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    4 mins
  • He led one of the largest immigration raids in U.S. history. Here’s what he thinks 18 years later
    Jul 25 2025

    One of the ICE agents behind the high-profile New Bedford raid spoke to WBUR's All Things Considered about where the immigration system stands almost two decades later.

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    7 mins
  • Photos: Relive when the Red Sox broke the curse and won the 2004 World Series
    Oct 27 2024

    Sometimes, you need to wait to really appreciate something. Boston waited for 86 years. Relive the Red Sox's curse-breaking 2004 World Series with these photos.

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    4 mins
  • Local musician Vasilis Kostas on how he found his voice through a traditional Greek lute
    Jul 25 2025

    This weekend is the annual Lowell Folk Festival and local lauoto player Vasilis Kostas will be playing. The lauoto is an eight-string, long necked instrument also called the Greek lute. Kostas joined WBUR's Morning Edition to talk about his journey as a musician ahead of the festival.

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    6 mins
  • Fire departments across Mass. fail to meet staffing standards, union survey shows
    Jul 24 2025

    “It's putting the public in jeopardy. It's putting firefighters in jeopardy,” said Rich MacKinnon, president of Professional Fire Fighters of Massachusetts, which surveyed 182 unionized fire departments across the state.

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    2 mins