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- A breakdown of Beacon Hill's proposed deal to bar advocates
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- Harvard turns over employee work authorization forms to Homeland Security
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- The vast majority of men in ICE custody in Mass. are classified as 'no threat'
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FBI flagged former Afghan interpreter as alleged national security risk before ICE arrest
Masked agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Zia S. on July 16 outside an immigration office in East Hartford, Connecticut, following a routine appointment for his green card...
Mass. slaps DraftKings with $450,000 fine over credit card wagering
Massachusetts gambling regulators last week hit DraftKings with the largest fine imposed on a sports betting company yet, finding that the Boston-based company violated a state law that prohibits the...
Massachusetts to offer discounted electric rates to heat pump owners this winter
Massachusetts is set to offer customers of all three of the state's utilities — Eversource, National Grid and Unitil — discounted electric rates this winter if they have installed a...
Mass. man sentenced to 26 months for attacking a flight attendant with a broken spoon
Francisco Severo Torres pleaded guilty in May to interfering with flight crew members during the March 2023 disturbance on a United Airlines flight from Los Angeles to Boston. He has...
Assisted-living facility where fire killed 10 temporarily lost certification for mistreatment
Documents provided to The Associated Press on Tuesday don't specify what led to Gabriel House being suspended. However, the state concluded it wasn't treating residents with what it called "consideration,...
Heading into the 2026 midterms, U.S. Rep. Clark wants to talk about cost of living — and Jeffrey Epstein
U.S. Rep. Katherine, the second most powerful Democrat in the House, is a key piece of the party’s messaging apparatus. She has made the Trump administration's controversy around the Epstein...
Listen: Lauren Henderson explores how jazz bridges cultures on 'Sonidos'
Lauren Henderson blends her multicultural roots into a soulful, bilingual jazz album, “Sonidos,” releasing Aug. 1. She draws on the jazz and Latin sounds she heard growing up, and brings...
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Advocates renew push for rent control in Mass.
The Legislature's joint committee on municipalities and regional government is considering a bill that would allow cities and towns to tie rent increases to the rate of inflation, with a...
Mass General Brigham builds AI tool to warn patients about the dangers of extreme heat
Mass General Brigham is partnering with IBM on an artificial intelligence tool to send bespoke heat alerts to the patients most at risk.
Why Beacon Hill leaders say the public defender strike has been hard to resolve
Beacon Hill leaders say the two-month labor dispute with the group of public defenders known as bar advocates has been especially hard to crack.
Bar advocates dispute Beacon Hill's forecast for labor crisis resolution
Top House and Senate Democrats suggested the pay dispute that has led bar advocates to stop accepting new cases representing indigent defendants could be fixed "soon." But Sean Delaney, a...
Wu: 'We cannot tolerate or accept' conditions near Mass. and Cass
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joins WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss her approach to policing outdoor drug use in the South End amidst growing concern over violence and disorder in some...
Wu says White Stadium cost estimate to come by year's end
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joins WBUR's Morning Edition to share when residents can expect an update on the White Stadium price tag.
Faith groups sue Trump administration to block immigration raids at houses of worship
The lead plaintiff is the New England Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, based in Worcester. Together, the groups allege that actions by the U.S. Department of Homeland...
High heat returns to Boston, with a localized flood threat to end the week
Tuesday is shaping up to be our hottest day of the week. Thermometers will climb into the mid to upper 90s in the afternoon. When factoring in humidity, it’ll feel...
Boston judge blocks Trump administration's efforts to defund Planned Parenthood
A federal judge in Boston says Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide must continue to be reimbursed for Medicaid funding. The new order replaces a previous edict handed down by U.S. District...
Why some Boston officials are wary about Waymo
Waymo's driverless vehicles are already on the road in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Austin and Atlanta, and the company may hope to add Boston to its list in the...