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A professor at the University of Brasilia and coordinating doctor for tests of the Sinovac Biotech vaccine, shows the vaccine to journalists amidst the coronavirus pandemic on Aug. 5, 2020 in Brazil. (Andressa Anholete/Getty Images)

Early Trial Results Show Promise For Johnson & Johnson And Beth Israel Vaccine

The company will recruit 60,000 participants to take part in the trial, making it the largest test of a coronavirus vaccine to date.

'COVID Is A Real Thing': Revere Survivors Tell Their Stories To Help City Fend Off Next Wave
Suffolk DA Releases List of 136 Police Officers With Credibility Issues
Hundreds March In Boston To Demand Justice After Breonna Taylor Decision
Suffolk County DA Rachael Rollins, Actor Jason Isaacs Make Unlikely Duo For 'Urgent Love' Conversation
Week In Review: Ginsburg Lies In State, Breonna Taylor Charging Decisions, And School Tensions
COVID Outbreak At Brigham And Women's Hospital Grows To 28 Known Cases

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Suffolk Downs Developer Discusses Next Steps After $8B Project Approved

For more on where the project goes from here, WBUR's Morning Edition host Bob Oakes spoke with Thomas O'Brien, managing director of the HYM Investment Group, which will develop the...

Criminal Charges Filed Against Former Holyoke Soldiers' Home Superintendent And Medical Director

Six months after launching an investigation, AG Maura Healey announces criminal charges against Bennett Walsh and Dr. David Clinton.

05:24Sep 25, 2020

Mass. Prisons Re-Open To Visitors Starting Monday

The DOC says since July 1, there have been four cases of COVID-19 in its population and one of those cases is active.

Sep 25, 2020

The Suffolk Downs race track in East Boston is set to be redeveloped into a new neighborhood by HYM Investment Group. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

BPDA Approves Suffolk Downs Redevelopment After 7-Hour Meeting

The Suffolk Downs race track property will be redeveloped to create 10,000 units of housing after Boston's planning agency approved the creation of an entire new neighborhood there early Friday...

Teaching Doctors In Training To Connect Climate Change And Health Care

Massachusetts medical centers are part of a nascent effort to make sure climate change is part of the curriculum in hospital residency programs across the country.

Watch: Jazzmyn RED's Hopeful Anthem For Troubled Times

The new song, “We Gon Make It,” is suffused with a sense of hope.

Marty Walsh Takes A Star Turn In Fredrick Wiseman's 'City Hall'

It’s easy to see why Wiseman responds to Walsh and gives him a place of prominence seldom afforded to other officials in his films: He likes him because he listens,...

The Art World Goes Virtual This Fall With Open Studios And Workshops

Whether you want to make art or see it, there's something for everyone from the comfort of home.

Starting Friday, Indoor Visits Are Allowed At Nursing Homes

All visitors must be screened for COVID-19 symptoms ahead of time and the visits must take place "within a designated visitation space that is close to the entrance of the...

Sep 24, 2020

Plymouth Community Intermediate School nurse Judy Duarte draws the curtains to the isolation room in the nurse’s office. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Here's What's Supposed To Happen If There's A COVID-19 Case At School

The Baker administration is trying to make coronavirus responses more consistent and is asking to be consulted on whether to close individual school buildings because of the coronavirus.

Local Reaction To The Decision Not To Charge The Officers Who Killed Breonna Taylor

Much of the nation is reeling from the news that the officers who killed 26 year-old Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky this spring will not...

Boston City Councilor Andrea Campbell Is Running For Mayor

Gov. Baker And Schools: Sixteen Districts Under Pressure To Return To In-Person Learning

We hear from Watertown's Superintendent Dede Galdston, and from WBUR's Max Larkin.

Boston City Councilor Andrea Campbell On Why She's Running For Mayor

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New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft. (Bill Kostroun/AP)

Prosecutors Drop Massage Parlor Sex Charge Against Patriots Owner Robert Kraft

The Florida 4th District Court of Appeal found last month that police violated the rights of Kraft and other customers when they secretly installed video cameras inside massage rooms. The...

Sep 24, 2020

Sergeant Elder Fernandes, who was stationed at Fort Hood in Texas, went missing and was found dead in August. (U.S. Army via AP)

Mass. Congressional Delegation Pushes For Reforms At Fort Hood After Death Of Brockton Soldier

Massachusetts Reps. Ayanna Pressley, Katherine Clark and Stephen Lynch are planning a second visit to Fort Hood in a few months and hope their involvement will yield quicker reforms.

Sep 24, 2020

Activist Monica Cannon-Grant talks to protesters gathered at Franklin Park calling for justice for Breonna Taylor. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Boston Protesters Express Rage And Exhaustion Over Lack Of Charges In Breonna Taylor's Death

"I'm sick and tired of what's going on in the country," said one protester at a rally in Boston just hours after the announcement.

Sep 24, 2020

City Councillor Andrea Campbell announces her candidacy for mayor of Boston at the Grant Manor Apartments in Roxbury. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

'I'm Running': Andrea Campbell Enters The Race For Boston Mayor

Campbell, who is Black, says Boston needs a leader who "has lived the systemic inequities facing our residents." She joins fellow councilor Michelle Wu in challenging Mayor Marty Walsh, though...

04:39Sep 24, 2020

The flag-draped casket of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, carried by Supreme Court police officers, arrived in the Great Hall at the Supreme Court in Washington Wednesday. Ginsburg, 87, died of cancer on Sept. 18. (Andrew Harnik/AP)

Justice Ginsburg's Death Reminds Reluctant Mass. Voters Of Election's High Stakes For Supreme Court

For some voters, the upcoming presidential election is straining party loyalty. But voters who don't like their party's candidate may value the president's power to nominate Supreme Court justices, so...

03:42Sep 24, 2020

Serena Badia (left) was born in Spain and receives specialized cardiac treatment at Boston Children’s Hospital. She and her mom, Conchita, both worry she won’t be able to continue her treatments if her renewal of medical deferred action is denied. (Shannon Dooling/WBUR)

'It's Scarier Than Having A Surgery': A Year Later, Uncertainty Around Medical Deferrals Remains

It's been a year since federal immigration authorities re-started what's known as medical deferred action after quietly trying to eliminate it. But, attorneys in Boston and throughout the Northeast worry...

06:30Sep 24, 2020

Visitors walk near the Palace Playland amusement park on Aug. 5 at Old Orchard Beach, Maine. (Robert F. Bukaty/AP)

Maine Lifts COVID-19 Travel Restrictions For Mass. Residents

Residents of Massachusetts no longer have to quarantine for 14 days or get a negative COVID-19 test before visiting Maine.

Sep 23, 2020

How Early Voting Data Shows Some Inequities In The Mass. Democratic Primary

When all the votes were counted, the places with less early voting ended up casting a smaller share of the total votes than they did in other recent primaries, lessening...

Sep 23, 2020

The Middlesex District Attorney's office in Lowell, in August of 2020. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Reading Police Officer Indicted On Manslaughter Charge For 2018 Fatal Shooting

Officer Erik Drauschke shot and killed Alan Greenough, 43, in Feburary 2018 after responding to a domestic assault call at Greenough's apartment.

03:55Sep 23, 2020

Boston Police Headquarters. (Joe Difazio for WBUR.)

Boston Police Reform Task Force Hears Calls For Real Change, More Training For Police

About a dozen people weighed in during the task force's last listening session before sending their final recommendations to Mayor Marty Walsh.

Sep 22, 2020