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New Mass. Education Plan Passes Test, Resets Accountability System

For many years, Mass. schools have been judged mainly based on students' standardized test scores. The new plan seeks to broaden the definition of what makes a good school.

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The MFA invites visitors to engage with works by Rothko and other artists for one minute. Most people only spend two or three seconds with art works in museums. (Andrea Shea/WBUR)

Feeling Overwhelmed? Spend One Minute With A Rothko Painting, The MFA Suggests

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Foxborough Man Denied Gun License Fatally Shoots 6-Year-Old Son, Self

William Scaccia Jr., 49, fatally shot his 6-year-old son before taking his own life, a Massachusetts prosecutor said Friday.

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Even as state aid has languished, the UMass system has embarked on a building spree. Pictured here: The Integrated Sciences Complex at UMass Boston. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

UMass Is Under Intolerable Financial Pressure. Let’s Work Together To Relieve It.

If UMass had raised tuition without the help of student loans, it would never have gotten its price even as its enrollment grew.

Mass. Teachers Union Pushes Petition Calling For State Board Of Education Chair's Firing

Teachers are citing Paul Sagan's role in a dark money scandal that recently led to the largest fine in state campaign finance regulation history.

Cambridge Biotech Company Claims Breakthrough On New Class Of 'Gene-Silencing' Drugs

Alnylam may be the first company to have successfully tested a so-called "RNAI" drug that could treat about 10,000 people -- and its implications may go beyond offering help to just those people.

Doctor: CTE In Hernandez's Brain Was 'Very Extensive And Rather Unprecedented'

"It's hard to take slides or pieces of brain, microscopically, and ... link that to human behavior, but there have been quite a few other cases of CTE that have been associated with either violent behavior -- sometimes homicidal behavior -- and not infrequently, suicidal behavior," a doctor said.

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6 DREAMers File Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Over DACA Decision

Jirayut "New" Latthivongskorn said he joined the lawsuit because it "is the only one that has undocumented folks -- folks like myself who are directly affected -- front and center in the case as plaintiffs."

03:56Sep 22, 2017

Mass. Super PAC Airs Radio Attack Ad Targeting Sen. Warren

The attack ad may have more to do with President Trump's re-election bid three years from now than with her re-election bid in 2018. A Tufts political scientist discusses.

04:19Sep 22, 2017

Clouds move east on Saturday setting up a very nice weekend. (Courtesy WeatherBell)

Forecast: Warmer This Weekend As Jose Finally Falls Apart

Temperatures will be quite warm on Sunday with highs in the 80s.

Sep 22, 2017

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, left, and City Councilor Tito Jackson (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Debate Over Development At Center Of Boston Mayoral Campaigns

Plans to address housing affordability and development are priorities for all four of the Democrats looking to lead the city.

03:55Sep 22, 2017

At MFA, Brookline Artist Annette Lemieux Uses Old Movies To Address Today’s Anxieties

Lemieux uses Charlie Chaplin's "The Great Dictator," Fritz Lang's "M" and François Truffaut's "Fahrenheit 451" in her work, saying "all these issues these films speak of are back full blast today."

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Sep 22, 2017

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Hiawatha Bray Talks Tech: CBS Brings Back 'Star Trek,' But Only Online

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Week In Review: CTE And Graham-Cassidy Health Care Plan

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Rescue workers search for survivors at an apartment building located on the street corner of Amsterdam and Laredo, that collapsed during an earthquake in the Condesa neighborhood of Mexico City, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017. (Natacha Pisarenko/AP)

Mexican Consul General In Boston On Mexico's Deadly Quake

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08:15Sep 21, 2017

A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration photo of corals on Mytilus Seamount off the coast of New England in the North Atlantic Ocean. President Barack Obama is establishing the first national marine monument in the Atlantic. The move is designed to permanently protect nearly 5,000 square miles of underwater canyons and mountains off the coast of New England. White House officials say the designation will ban commercial fishing, mining and drilling, though a seven-year exception will occur for the lobster and red crab industries. The designation of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument marks the 27th time Obama has acted to create or expand a national monument. (NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research/AP)

Debate Over Opening U.S. Atlantic Marine Monument To Fishing

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Andris Nelsons conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra. (Courtesy Marco Borggreve)

This Season, Andris Nelsons Wants To Take The Audience On A Journey With Him And The BSO

This season, the BSO is continuing its ambitious Shostakovich recording project, traveling to Japan and Carnegie Hall and kicking off the first-of-its-kind collaboration with Leipzig’s Gewandhaus Orchestra.

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Sep 22, 2017

Victor Shopov (Scott), Aina Adler (Claire), Ashley Risteen (Susie) and Robert Orzalli (Mark) in Zeitgeist's "Faceless." (Courtesy Richard Hall/Silverline Images)

Who Has A Right To Any Given Faith? 'Faceless' Dives Into The Fiery Topic Without Hesitation

Selina Fillinger’s electrifying play, in production at the Zeitgeist Stage Company, is taut and intense, sprinkled with uneasy comedy but driven by a host of complex, tricky issues, writes critic Kilian Melloy.

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Sep 22, 2017

A Puerto Rican flag hung from the balcony of a West Dedham Street apartment building. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Bostonians Struggle To Reach Relatives In Puerto Rico Affected By Hurricane Maria

In Villa Victoria, a section of Boston's South End with many Puerto Rican residents, people spoke Thursday about the effects of the hurricane at restaurants, schools and markets.

04:34Sep 21, 2017

"Halibut Hook," Haida or Tlingit artist, ca. 1800 (Courtesy of the Peabody Essex Museum, via the Andover Newton Theological School)

Ownership Of Controversial Native American Artifacts Transferred To Peabody Essex Museum

The Andover Newton Theological School has come under fire in recent years for not engaging in the repatriation process despite a law requiring federally funded institutions to inventory cultural items.

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Sep 21, 2017

Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks to law enforcement officials about international organized crime and gang violence at the federal courthouse in Boston Thursday. (Stephan Savoia/AP)

Speaking In Boston, AG Sessions Promises Gangs: 'We Will Hunt You Down'

Addressing law enforcement at Boston's federal courthouse Thursday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions' comments focused primarily on dismantling international criminal organizations like the violent MS-13 gang.

Sep 21, 2017

This graphic, BU researchers say, shows the classic features of CTE in the brain of. Hernandez. (Courtesy BU CTE Center)

Aaron Hernandez Had CTE, BU Researchers Say

The former Patriots tight end who died by suicide while serving a life sentence for murder had the degenerative brain disease.

Sep 21, 2017

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New Mass. Education Plan Passes Test, Resets Accountability System

Hourly Newscast

Feeling Overwhelmed? Spend One Minute With A Rothko Painting, The MFA Suggests

Favorite Activities For Fall In New England

Why A Biobank May Soon Ask You For Your DNA And Medical Record

Foxborough Man Denied Gun License Fatally Shoots 6-Year-Old Son, Self

UMass Is Under Intolerable Financial Pressure. Let’s Work Together To Relieve It.

Mass. Teachers Union Pushes Petition Calling For State Board Of Education Chair's Firing

Cambridge Biotech Company Claims Breakthrough On New Class Of 'Gene-Silencing' Drugs

Doctor: CTE In Hernandez's Brain Was 'Very Extensive And Rather Unprecedented'

6 DREAMers File Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Over DACA Decision

Mass. Super PAC Airs Radio Attack Ad Targeting Sen. Warren

Forecast: Warmer This Weekend As Jose Finally Falls Apart

Debate Over Development At Center Of Boston Mayoral Campaigns

At MFA, Brookline Artist Annette Lemieux Uses Old Movies To Address Today’s Anxieties

Hiawatha Bray Talks Tech: CBS Brings Back 'Star Trek,' But Only Online

Week In Review: CTE And Graham-Cassidy Health Care Plan

Mexican Consul General In Boston On Mexico's Deadly Quake

Debate Over Opening U.S. Atlantic Marine Monument To Fishing

This Season, Andris Nelsons Wants To Take The Audience On A Journey With Him And The BSO

Who Has A Right To Any Given Faith? 'Faceless' Dives Into The Fiery Topic Without Hesitation

Bostonians Struggle To Reach Relatives In Puerto Rico Affected By Hurricane Maria

Ownership Of Controversial Native American Artifacts Transferred To Peabody Essex Museum

Speaking In Boston, AG Sessions Promises Gangs: 'We Will Hunt You Down'

Aaron Hernandez Had CTE, BU Researchers Say