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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)

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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 Tom Brady after the 2019 season. New England traded 2021 first-round pick Mac Jones to Jacksonville earlier this offseason.

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MBTA Extends Commuter Rail Contract Into 2027
Norfolk County Sheriff opens center to help people build stable lives after incarceration
House, Senate approve plan to cap family shelter stays at 9 months and up budget by $251 million
Feds award $5 million to restore wetlands at 2 defunct Cape Cod cranberry bogs
Ethics Commission fines Suffolk DA $5,000 over press release about political opponent
New York appeals court overturns Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction from landmark #MeToo trial

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An exam room is seen inside Planned Parenthood in March 2023. Republican attorneys general from 17 states filed a lawsuit on Thursday, challenging new federal rules entitling workers to time off and other accommodations for abortions, calling the rules an illegal interpretation of a 2022 federal law. (AP)

17 states challenge federal rules entitling workers to accommodations for abortion

A report from Purdue University found that a majority of consumers expect food prices to keep rising in the coming year, which could sour voter sentiment. (Getty Images)

Why experts say inflation is relatively low but voters feel differently

Kim Kardashian met with Vice President Kamala Harris to discuss criminal justice reform. (AFP via Getty Images)

Kim Kardashian visits the White House to highlight criminal justice reform

Michel Patrick Boisvert (center), who was named interim prime minister by outgoing Prime Minister Ariel Henry, attends the swearing-in ceremony of the transitional council tasked with selecting Haiti's new prime minister and cabinet, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. (AP)

Haiti's Prime Minister Ariel Henry has resigned as a transitional council takes...

Stewards check tourists' QR code access outside the main train station in Venice, Italy, on Thursday. (AP)

Venice tests a 5-euro fee for day-trippers as the city grapples with...

Catherine Berthet of France, whose daughter Camille was killed in the 2019 crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, speaks Wednesday alongside other family members of victims after meeting with Justice Department officials. (AFP via Getty Images)

After two Boeing 737 Max crashes, families are still seeking answers from...

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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)

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...

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Apr 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...

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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...

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Apr 25, 2024

A conversation with Leslie Jonas, Indigenous land and water conservationist

April is Earth Month, and throughout we have featured weekly conversations with some of the people in Greater Boston working to build our region’s resilience in the face of a...

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14:26Apr 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.

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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...

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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...

Education

04:53Apr 24, 2024

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

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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)

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

Radio Boston

34:36Apr 23, 2024

Mayor Michelle Wu speaks during a press conference in Roxbury. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Wu spoke with police leaders after report on alleged serial rapist

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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."

Arts & Culture

Apr 24, 2024

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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Apr 23, 2024

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...

Business

Apr 23, 2024

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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Apr 23, 2024

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