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Flight attendant indicted in attempt to record teen girl in airplane bathroom

An American Airlines flight attendant has been indicted after authorities say he tried to secretly video record a 14-year-old girl using an airplane bathroom. A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted 36-year-old Estes Carter Thompson III, of Charlotte, North Carolina. Police say he also had recordings of four other girls...

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People stand next to a vehicle in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, on April 2, where workers from the World Central Kitchen (WCK), were killed in Israeli airstrikes, according to the NGO. (Middle East Images/AFP via Getty)

ICC reportedly weighs arrest warrants for Israeli officials; new abortion lawsuit

Climbing stairs is a good way to get quick bursts of aerobic exercise, says cardiologist Dr. Carlin Long. (Getty Images)

Elevator or stairs? Your choice could boost longevity, study finds

Siblings may not be obvious fodder for the therapist's office, but experts say maybe they should be. "People just don't perceive those relationships as needing the type of attention and tending one might bring to a spouse or child," says <a href="https://tribecatherapy.com/our-therapists/kelly-scott/">Kelly Scott</a> of Tribeca Therapy in New York. (Lily Padula for NPR)

All grown up, but still fighting? Why more siblings are turning to...

Richelle Dietz holds an empty five-gallon water bottle at her home in Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Monday, April 22, 2024, in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Dietz family relies on bi-weekly water deliveries for basic needs since their water was tainted in 2021. (AP)

Military families in Hawaii spark trial over 2021 jet fuel leak that...

This electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health shows a human T cell, in blue, under attack by HIV, in yellow, the virus that causes AIDS. (AP)

CDC says 3 women diagnosed with HIV after receiving 'vampire facial'

World Central Kitchen says it will resume operations in Gaza

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WBUR will cut up to 14% of staff with buyouts and layoffs

We're going to be upfront with you. Last week was a hard one at WBUR. On Wednesday it was announced that the station would be cutting up to 14% of...

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Morris dancers leading the Maypole Dance at a previous Sheepshearing Festival.

Waltham’s Sheepshearing Festival returns Saturday. Here’s what to know before you go

The annual Sheepshearing Festival returns to Waltham's Gore Place this Saturday. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., visitors can come watch sheep be shorn, check out handmade crafts and learn...

Local Coverage

03:23Apr 26, 2024

Peterson Desir behind the controls of a Red Line car near Ashmont station. The 33-year-old motorman is one of 23 new heavy rail drivers who have taken jobs at the agency in recent months.

Two new MBTA operators talk about their trips to the driver’s seat

New MBTA drivers, Peterson Desir and Obed Ferdinand, talk about their experience as operators. Phillip Eng, the general manager of the T, points to Desir and his classmates as signs...

Local Coverage

Apr 26, 2024

Real-time tracker helps you find out where the "dirty water" is in Boston

Sewage overflows can make swimming in or even touching water dangerous, and not everyone knows when those overflows happen. But now, thanks to an interactive tracker from WBUR, you can...

Radio Boston

07:10Apr 26, 2024

Boston-area campus protest encampments grow after arrests at Emerson

Radio Boston checks in with WBUR senior reporter Willoughby Mariano, who's been following pro-Palestinian protests at college campuses in Greater Boston.

Radio Boston

07:59Apr 26, 2024

Upcoming protest album brings 100 years of dissent to present day

Palaver Strings, a Maine-based string ensemble, is bringing some of history's most iconic protest songs to life in a new way.

Radio Boston

11:27Apr 26, 2024

Students at Northeastern stood up an encampment in protest of the war in Gaza on Thursday. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Protests on Boston-area campuses persist as college administrators try to manage them

Emerson College's student government Friday called on the school's president to resign, in a no-confidence vote.

Local Coverage

Apr 26, 2024

A Callery pear is seen in Georgia. The stinky but handsome and widely popular landscape tree has become an aggressive invader, creating dense thickets that overwhelm native plants and bear four-inch spikes that can flatten tractor tires. (Alex Sanz/AP)

Why Mass. is moving to ban this pretty — but smelly — tree

The Callery pear tree (or Bradford pear tree) is popular in many suburban neighborhoods, due to its gorgeous white blossoms. However, Massachusetts officials say it's also an invasive species that...

Local Coverage

Apr 26, 2024

Child's coffin, 1295–1186 B.C. (Courtesy Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

Sleuthing leads the MFA to return an Egyptian coffin to Sweden

The MFA and the Gustavianum, Uppsala University Museum In Sweden worked together to correct the record on an ancient object's origins.

Arts & Culture

Apr 26, 2024

What's going on with the student protest encampments

Late Wednesday night, a protest encampment created by students at Emerson College was forcibly removed by police. Over 100 protesters were arrested in the clearing, and multiple injuries have been...

The Common

14:09Apr 26, 2024

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A boy follows a reading at his family's Passover meal in 2020. (Elaine Thompson/AP)

How four Boston-area Jews are thinking about Passover this year

Radio Boston

19:54Apr 26, 2024

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)

How organizations are centering equity in fighting climate change

Radio Boston

15:11Apr 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.

Radio Boston

12:37Apr 24, 2024

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

Healey on climate, her budget and the future of Steward Health

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34:36Apr 23, 2024

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North Carolina quarterback Drake Maye walks on stage during the first round of the NFL football draft, Thursday, April 25, 2024, in Detroit. (Jeff Roberson/AP)

Patriots select quarterback Drake Maye with No. 3 pick in NFL draft

Maye becomes the second quarterback taken in the first round by New England since 2021 and will be its latest attempt to find a franchise quarterback following the departure of...

Local Coverage

Apr 25, 2024

An MBTA commuter rail train leaves Lynn station. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

MBTA extends commuter rail contract into 2027

The MBTA Board voted unanimously Thursday to extend the agency's contract with Keolis Commuter Services, which operates the authority's commuter rail network, for one year to mid-2027. MBTA General Manager...

Local Coverage

Apr 25, 2024

View of the Massachusetts State House from the corner of Tremont and Park Streets. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

House, Senate approve plan to cap family shelter stays at 9 months and up budget by $251 million

The agreement would pull another $251 million from the so-called Transitional Escrow Account to help pay for fiscal 2024 shelter system costs, with another $175 million available in the budget...

Health

Apr 25, 2024

Police and pro-Palestinian supporters face off after the Emerson College Palestinian protest camp was cleared by police in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 25, 2024. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images)

118 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...

Local Coverage

04:42Apr 25, 2024

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

What to know about the Mass. compromise on shelter spending, stay limits and takeout drinks

Massachusetts lawmakers are slated to vote Thursday on a compromise bill that would keep the state’s shelter system funded through the end of June and limit the time people can...

Local Coverage

Apr 25, 2024

Berklee College of Music on Massachusetts Avenue in Boston. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Chinese former Berklee student given 9-month prison sentence for harassing person posting democracy leaflets

The U.S. Attorney's office says a Chinese former student at Boston's Berklee College of Music has been sentenced to nine months in prison for stalking and threatening a person who...

Local Coverage

Apr 25, 2024

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...

Business

Apr 24, 2024

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.

Local Coverage

Apr 24, 2024

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...

Local Coverage

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...

Education

04:53Apr 24, 2024