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President John F. Kennedy and wife Jacqueline leave St. Francis church after attending mass at Hyannis Port, Mass., on July 23, 1961. (Frank C. Curtin/AP)

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Memorial Mass In Hyannis To Mark 100 Years Since Birth Of President JFK

May 29, 2017 marks 100 years since the birth of former President John F. Kennedy

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Pedestrian Hit And Killed By Barnstable Police Cruiser

State police say the victim was walking in the center of the road when he was hit by the cruiser early Sunday morning.

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John F. Kennedy started as a kindergartner at the Devotion School in Brookline in 1921. (Courtesy John F. Kennedy Presidential Library)

3rd Graders At JFK's Brookline Elementary School Salute Their Fellow Student

04:37May 27, 2017

Hillary Clinton delivered the commencement address Friday at her alma mater of Wellesley College. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Without Naming Names, Hillary Clinton Talks Trump At Wellesley College Commencement

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03:17May 26, 2017

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Jónsi, of Icelandic post-punk band Sigur Rós, plays a guitar with a violin bow. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Scenes From Boston Calling: Music, Comedy — And A Ferris Wheel

With 45 musical acts, 12 comedians and four stages, this year's fest in Allston is bigger than ever.

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May 26, 2017

John F. Kennedy Jr. cries watching his father bid him farewell while boarding his jet for a flight to Arkansas on Oct. 3, 1963. (AP)

Recalling When JFK Came To Little Rock And Focused On A 'New South'

WBUR's Delores Handy was in high school when the president came to her hometown.

05:48May 26, 2017

Flower tributes for the victims of Monday's bombing are seen at St Ann's Square in central Manchester, Britain, on Friday. (Rui Vieira/AP)

Week In Review: Manchester Bombing, Education, Celtics

Our week in review looks at the attack in Manchester, a roundup of the week's top education stories, and the end of the Celtics' season.

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23:30May 26, 2017

'Promoter' In Massive Telexfree Pyramid Scheme Ordered To Pay $1.8M

Authorities say Sanderley Rodrigues de Vasconcelos was a promoter of TelexFree.

May 26, 2017

Blowout Loss Ends The Celtics' Season

The Celtics lost Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals at home to the Cavaliers Thursday night, and it wasn't pretty.

04:08May 26, 2017

Construction of the entrance to Boston Calling is almost complete on a wet Thursday afternoon. The ferris wheel awaits the arrival of the crowds on Friday. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

From Brick To AstroTurf: Boston Calling’s Big Move From City Hall Plaza To Allston

After staging seven fests at City Hall Plaza, producers have moved the three-day event to the cushy fields of Harvard's Athletic Complex in Boston's Allston neighborhood.

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04:47May 26, 2017

Last week, Tom Brady's wife Gisele Bündchen said during an interview that the Patriots quarterback received a concussion during the 2016 NFL season. (Joe Mahoney/AP)

Littlefield: If Brady Did In Fact Get A Concussion, The NFL Has A Problem

If Tom Brady suffered concussions, as his wife has claimed, and successfully hidden it from everyone but his wife, the NFL's concussion protocol is a sham, Bill Littlefield writes.

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03:15May 26, 2017

Sen. John Kennedy as he catches up on his work in his hotel suite, May 24, 1955, after returning to the capital after an eight-month absence, following an operation. (Bill Allen/AP)

Contemplating Camelot: Thousands Of Biographies Reveal An Ever-Changing Image Of JFK

Waves of biographies keep washing ashore, and the image of the 35th president keeps changing.

12:21May 26, 2017

Expect comfortably mild air on Sunday. (Dave Epstein/WBUR)

Forecast: Holiday Weekend Brings Mixed Bag Of Weather With Temps Mostly In The 60s

The good news about the upcoming holiday weekend is it won't rain very much. The bad news is, if you like heat, there won't be any of that.

May 26, 2017

The Week That Was: Trump Abroad, White House Budget, Manchester Tragedy And More

Trump was overseas when the White House released its budget proposal and a suicide bomber attacked a concert in Manchester, England. All that and more from Tom Keane’s weekly news roundup.