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People walk through the Emerson student protest encampment at Boylston Place on Wednesday, April 24, 2024. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

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108 arrested as police forcibly clear Emerson encampment protesting war in Gaza

Boston police arrested more than 100 people near Emerson College overnight as officers forcibly cleared a tent encampment. Demonstrators had set up their tents in solidarity with a broader movement by U.S. college students calling on universities to sever ties with Israel and support a ceasefire in Gaza.

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A Long March rocket carrying a crew of Chinese astronauts in a Shenzhou-18 spaceship lifts off at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwestern China on Thursday. (AP)

China launches a new crew to its space station, advancing toward lunar...

Rudy Giuliani speaks during a news conference after his defamation trial (AP)

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Pamela Hill-Veal says that while she and her family were flying first class on Feb. 10 from Chicago to Phoenix, an American Airlines flight attendant stopped her as she returned to her seat and accused her of slamming the restroom door. (Pamela Hill-Veal)

American Airlines passenger alleges discrimination over use of first-class restroom

Workers at this Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., held a revote on unionizing in March 2022, but the result remains unresolved. (AP)

Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama might get a third try at unionizing

President Biden visited Syracuse on Oct. 27, 2022, with Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and other elected officials. (AFP via Getty Images)

Biden is giving $6 billion to Micron for a semiconductor project in...

University of Southern California quarterback Caleb Williams is expected to be the number one pick in Thursday's NFL draft. His stellar on-field performances can be traced to one play as a nine-year-old. (Getty Images)

Caleb Williams, likely top NFL draft pick, traces success to an interception...

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The Clover Food Lab, on Cambridge Street, Cambridge, Mass. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Clover Food Lab exits bankruptcy with plans to expand around New England

Veggie-focused eatery Clover Food Lab is exiting Chapter 11 bankruptcy this week, the company announced Wednesday. The popular vegetarian fast food chain has restructured its business and is looking to...

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Massachusetts officials are preparing contingency plans to avoid closures at Steward Health Care facilities, which include the Carney Hospital in Dorchester. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Steward's leases make hospitals 'less attractive' to buyers, Mass. health secretary says

The Healey administration's top health care official said the property and leasing of Steward Health Care hospitals is complicating efforts to find a buyer.

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Apr 24, 2024

The Massachusetts State House on a sunny winter morning. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Beacon Hill negotiators say the have a deal on shelter funding

Top Democrats expect to file a compromise Wednesday on a bill designed to continue funding the state's overrun emergency family shelter and implement reforms to cut costs by limiting how...

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Apr 24, 2024

Harvard University police patrol the scene where protesters set up tents in front of the John Harvard Statue in Harvard Yard during a rally in support of the suspended pro-Palestinian group. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Harvard students prop up tents to protest war in Gaza and suspension of campus group

The events at Harvard unfolded as similar activism across campuses in Greater Boston and the U.S. drew national attention and comparisons to Vietnam-era student protest movements. The actions largely called...

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WBUR cuts up to 14% of staff, including buyouts and layoffs

Two dozen employees have applied for voluntary buyouts. Seven people will be laid off, while nine currently vacant jobs will be eliminated.

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Apr 24, 2024

Sen. Elizabeth Warren talks to the press in 2020. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Quincy Republican Ian Cain joins Senate race to unseat Warren

Ian Cain, a Quincy City Councilor and co-founder of a blockchain technology incubator company, announced his candidacy Tuesday in a video posted on social media. He joins Republican and crypto...

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Apr 24, 2024

WBUR explores why Boston police waited years to charge an alleged 'serial rapist'

WBUR reporter Walter Wuthmann joins Radio Boston to discuss his reporting on Alvin Campbell.

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Beach and waterfront houses at Ellis Landing Beach in Brewster. (John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Looking for a Cape Cod summer rental? It might be easier this year

Even though vacationers are still flocking to Cape Cod in high numbers, real estate experts say the number of rentals available this summer on the Cape has rebounded to higher...

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Apr 24, 2024

Female singer strumming a guitar on stage in Worcester, Massachusetts. She is wearing a short black dress and a navy blue jacket with bell sleeves.

Singer Cara Brindisi wants to talk

The singer-songwriter is seeking deeper conversation in new concert series called "Life & Lyrics."

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One layer of sidewalk is all the water left behind on a section of Chestnut Street in Leominster, where flood waters from torrential rain swept away the road in 2023. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

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Gov. Maura Healey speaks to the news media. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

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Boston Celtics broadcasters Tommy Heinsohn, left, and Mike Gorman speak on camera. (Elise Amendola/AP)

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Former Weymouth police officer pleads guilty to punching man in custody about 13 times

A former Weymouth police officer pleaded guilty Tuesday to assaulting a man in his custody nearly two years ago by punching him about a dozen times without justification.

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A woman passes a "We're Hiring!" sign while entering a clothing store in the Downtown Crossing of Boston, May 18, 2016. (Charles Krupa/AP)

Poll: Small businesses in Mass. say it's hard to hire and get capital

Many small businesses across Massachusetts are looking to grow but say it's difficult to fill open jobs and access capital, according to a new survey released Tuesday from MassInc Polling...

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A Watertown police officer accused of sexually assaulting a woman three years ago is facing a jury this week in his criminal trial, according to court records and prosecutors. (aire images via Getty Images)

Watertown police officer faces jury trial on rape charges

Kevin Rooney remains on unpaid leave pending the outcome of the criminal trial and a departmental investigation. Prosecutors are accusing him of sexually assaulting a woman three years ago.

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Apr 23, 2024

Humarock Beach in Marshfield. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Marshfield bucks against transit housing requirement, rejects rezoning plan

Marshfield has, for now, rejected a new law requiring denser development along public transit, becoming the latest community to challenge the state's effort to create more housing.

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Apr 23, 2024

A toll gantry on the Mass. Pike located near Boston Landing. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Gov. Healey shuts down talk of adding tolls along Mass. border

Gov. Maura Healey is renouncing the idea of installing highway tolls near Massachusetts’ border, after it was recently floated by Monica Tibbits-Nutt, the state's transportation secretary. Tibbits-Nutt's comments received backlash...

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William Strickland, a civil rights activist, scholar and friend of Malcolm X, has died

William Strickland, a longtime civil rights activist who worked closely with Malcolm X and Jesse Jackson, has died. He was 87. Along with his activism, Strickland was known for his...

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Apr 23, 2024

Students gathered in an encampment on Kresge Lawn at MIT to stand with other students at other colleges and universities to protest the Israel Hamas War. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Boston-area students set up encampments to protest war in Gaza

At MIT, Emerson and other campuses, students said they were protesting in solidarity with those arrested at Columbia University. Protests have spread to numerous campuses around the country.

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Justice Gabrielle Wolohojian takes her oaths of office to join the Supreme Judicial Court bench in a small ceremony in Gov. Maura Healey's office on April 22, 2024. (Sam Doran/SHNS)

Wolohojian sworn in, bringing SJC to full strength

Justice Gabrielle Wolohojian officially joined the Supreme Judicial Court on Monday morning, taking her oaths of office from Gov. Maura Healey in the ceremonial corner office at the State House.

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People gather in St.Peter's Square at the Vatican as Pope Francis recites a prayer from the window of his studio. (Andrew Medichini/AP)

Healey and Wu to speak at a Vatican climate conference

Gov. Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu will lead a delegation to the Vatican next month, where they will speak to an international climate resilience conference presided over by...

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