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Berkshire County District Attorney Andrea Harrington holds a news conference at her office in Pittsfield on Feb. 5, 2020, in Adams, Mass. (Courtesy Stephanie Zollshan/The Berkshire Eagle)

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Berkshire County DA Releases Prosecutorial Police Watch List

Berkshire County District Attorney Andrea Harrington sent her office's newly compiled list to staff in a memo Friday evening, and provided it to WBUR in response to a public records request.

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Turkish restaurateur Nusret Gokce, also known as 'Salt Bae', poses for photos at the Istanbul location of his restaurant 'Nusr-Et' at the Grand Bazaar after its reopening on June 1, 2020. (Photo by OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images)

Restaurant Opened By 'Salt Bae' Closed For Virus Violations

Nusr-Et Boston was ordered closed Saturday just days after it opened. Boston's Licensing Board said the restaurant opened by Salt Bae, whose real name is Nusret Gökçe, posed an “imminent...

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Members of a group called the Boston Red Cloaks gather outside the Edward W. Brooke courthouse in Boston, prior to a news conference in which abortion rights advocates urged state lawmakers to pass statutory protections for abortion. (Adrian Ma/WBUR)

Calls For State Abortion Protections Grow Louder After Trump Announces SCOTUS Nominee

"We can no longer rely on the United States Supreme Court to protect us," said one advocate for abortion rights.

03:10Sep 28, 2020

Marino Diaz Cruz wipes down the surfaces inside an MBTA bus with disinfectant after it pulled into Ashmont Station From Jackson Square. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

How's The Air In There? A Look At Ventilation On The MBTA

As MBTA ridership ticks back up, public health experts say good air flow can help reduce the spread of the coronavirus.

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

In a new public health campaign by the city's COVID-19 Response Task Force, people who were ill describe their recovery and share thoughts about public health precautions like covering your...

04:27Sep 26, 2020

Rachael Rollins, speaking Tuesday, June 2, at the gates of the Massachusetts State House. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Suffolk DA Releases List Of 136 Police Officers With Possible Credibility Issues

On the Suffolk list are 70 state police troopers, 54 Boston police officers and a handful of other officers from Chelsea, Revere, MBTA police, the IRS and a special police...

Sep 25, 2020

Over a thousand people gathered for a rally on Nubian Square Plaza to protest the decision made by a Kentucky gand jury in the Breonna Taylor case. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Hundreds March In Boston To Demand Justice After Breonna Taylor Decision

More than a thousand demonstrators gathered in Roxbury's Nubian Square before marching to Boston police headquarters and on to City Hall.

Sep 25, 2020

Actor Jason Isaacs (left) and Suffolk County DA Rachael Rollins. (Courtesy Guy Ben-Aharon/The Jar)

Suffolk County DA Rachael Rollins, Actor Jason Isaacs Make Unlikely Duo For 'Urgent Love' Conversation

DA Rachael Rollins and actor Jason Isaacs meet virtually for Boston-based community-building organization The Jar's new series on "Urgent Love" in a chaotic time.

Week In Review: Ginsburg Lies In State, Breonna Taylor Charging Decisions, And School Tensions

Plus, on Friday AG Maura Healey's office brought new criminal charges against the leaders of the Holyoke Soldiers' Home for their role in the nursing facility's COVID-19 outbreak.

COVID Outbreak At Brigham And Women's Hospital Grows To 28 Known Cases

The hospital in a statement late Thursday said to date, 98 employees had been tested, with 11 testing positive. Also, 50 patients had been tested, with eight positive.

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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The Holyoke Soldiers' Home. (Miriam Wasser/WBUR)

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

Nancy Iovanna waves to her family on Revere Beach Parkway from her room at the Jack Satter House. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

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

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