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Boston Councilors Eye Real Estate Transfer Tax To Boost Affordable Housing

Advocates for Boston's real estate investors are pushing back against the tax plan.

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A view of Bunker Hill Monument in Charlestown (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)

Help Us Find A Story. What Are You Curious About Around Boston?

We're hoping to use a question of yours -- about, say, the region's weather -- to assign ourselves a story.

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Victor Pena, center, appears at the Charlestown Division of the Boston Municipal Court Jan. 23, 2019. (Aram Boghosian/The Boston Globe via AP Pool)

Prosecutors Disclose New Details In Boston Kidnapping Case

The man charged with kidnapping a woman outside a Boston bar was held without bail at his arraignment Wednesday.

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Tamara Lanier attends a news conference near the Harvard Club on Wednesday in New York. Lanier, of Norwich, Conn., is suing the Harvard University for "wrongful seizure, possession and expropriation" of images she says depict two of her ancestors. (Frank Franklin II/AP)

Lawsuit: Harvard 'Shamelessly' Profits From Photos Of Slaves

A Connecticut woman says Harvard University has "shamelessly" turned a profit from photos of two 19th century slaves she says are her ancestors.

11 hours ago

"We have a very strong obligation here, because it doesn't work unless it's deliberate," Rep. Patricia Haddad said Tuesday at a State House briefing calling for gender parity on public boards and commissions. (Sam Doran/SHNS)

Legislation Eyed To Force Gender Parity On State Boards

Legislation pending on Beacon Hill would require that all appointed public boards and commissions have at least 50 percent women board members or commissioners, and when "practicable" will reflect the...

Mar 20, 2019

Celtics To Face Off Against 76ers In Possible Post-Season Preview

NBC Sports Boston reporter Kyle Draper joined WBUR's Morning Edition host Bob Oakes to talk about the game.

04:09Mar 20, 2019

High temperatures are shown for March 20. (Courtesy National Weather Service)

Today's Weather: First Day Of Spring Brings Sunshine Ahead Of Heavy Rain

It's officially the first day of spring. And today, it might actually feel like it.

Mar 20, 2019

Musician and composer Ken Field playing saxophone at his apartment in Cambridge. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

In Ken Field's Tribute To Karen Aqua, A Creative Couple's Collaboration Lives On

The musician spent much of his career composing soundtracks for his wife's animated films. When she died in 2011, he lost not just his spouse but his primary collaborator.

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06:19Mar 20, 2019

Elizabeth Warren on March 8 in the Queens borough of New York (Frank Franklin II/AP)

Elizabeth Warren Is Dominating The Policy Discussion — But Not The Democratic Race

There is little evidence that being the policy wonk is helping Warren dominate the race for the nomination.

06:04Mar 20, 2019

Zhao Tao as Qiao in "Ash Is Purest White." (Courtesy Cohen Media Group)

'Ash Is Purest White' Tells A Tale Of Love And Crime In A Quickly Changing China

Writer-director Jia Zhangke’s expansive, melancholy gangster epic is a massively entertaining melodrama deceptively direct in presentation, but containing multitudes.

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Mar 20, 2019

Police Search For Vandals Who Targeted Police, War Memorials In Boston's Mount Hope Cemetery

Boston police are seeking the public's help to identify who is responsible for the vandalism of several memorials inside the Mattapan cemetery.

Mar 19, 2019

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft walks on the field before the AFC Championship game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Patriots on Jan. 20, 2019, in Kansas City. (Charlie Neibergall/AP)

Patriots Owner Kraft And Others Offered Plea Deal In Prostitution Case

The Palm Beach state attorney said it's offered Robert Kraft and 24 other men charged with soliciting prostitution the standard diversion program offered to first-time offenders.

Mar 19, 2019

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28:30Mar 19, 2019

South Of Evil by Brian Dunford. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

Boston Police Sergeant Writes Debut Crime Thriller, 'South Of Evil'

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07:48Mar 19, 2019

Telling A Former Correction Officer's Story Of Workplace Bullying

We hear about a former Massachusetts correction officer's story of workplace bullying and harassment while on the job.

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13:47Mar 19, 2019

On the left, a conventional beef burger. On the right, "The Impossible Burger," a plant-based burger containing wheat protein, coconut oil and potato protein among. (Nati Harnik/AP)

Could 'Meatless Meat' Change Cultural Values Around Food?

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11:24Mar 18, 2019

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A state police vehicle sits on Water Row in Wayland, Mass. in 2013. (Josh Reynolds/The Boston Globe, via AP pool)

Traffic Ticket Quotas Alleged In Ongoing State Police Overtime Probe

Police have long denied that officials use quota systems for issuing tickets to drivers, but a revelation from federal prosecutors investigating a now-disbanded state police troop alleges otherwise.

Mar 19, 2019

Curt Schilling and other creators behind "Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning," the only game produced by 38 Studios, participate in a panel discussion in 2011. (Jason DeCrow/AP Images for Electronic Arts)

Wells Fargo Agrees To $800,000 Penalty In 38 Studios Case

The company will pay the penalty to settle an SEC lawsuit over Rhode Island's failed $75 million deal with former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video game company.

Mar 19, 2019

DA: Accelerants Found In Home In Which Family Of 5 Died

Investigators located evidence of an accelerant in different parts of the Sheffield home, including two 20-pound propane tanks on the upper floor.

Mar 19, 2019

Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/ AP File Photo)

Markey To Give Kraft's Campaign Donations To Group Combating Human Trafficking

Markey called the allegations against Kraft "very alarming," and said sexual exploitation was "reprehensible" in any form.

Mar 19, 2019

Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found At Jewish Cemetery In Fall River

About 25 gravestones were tagged with swastikas and phrases including "Hitler was right."

Mar 19, 2019

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks at a campaign house party, Friday, March 15, 2019, in Salem, N.H. (Elise Amendola/AP)

Warren Calls For End Of Electoral College

"I think everybody ought to have to come and ask for your vote," Elizabeth Warren said during a CNN town hall broadcast Monday.

Mar 19, 2019

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee takes questions from reporters, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2018, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. (Ted S. Warren/AP)

Presidential Candidate Jay Inslee Says Climate Change Should Be America's 'No. 1 Priority'

Jay Inslee joined WBUR's Morning Edition host Bob Oakes in-between campaign stops in New Hampshire.

06:55Mar 19, 2019

In this 2015 photo, Bobby Gentile is brought into the federal courthouse in a wheelchair for a continuation of a hearing in Hartford, Connecticut. (Cloe Poisson/The Courant via AP)

Elderly Reputed Conn. Mobster Linked To Gardner Heist Is Freed From Prison

Robert Gentile, 82, maintained he knows nothing about the still-unsolved theft of $500 million worth of art from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston in 1990.

Mar 18, 2019

Slot machines on the main floor during a preview tour at the MGM Springfield casino (Charles Krupa/AP)

6 Months After Springfield Casino Opens, Gambling Addiction Services Roll Out Slowly

Half a year since the opening of the MGM casino, some mental health counselors are seeing an uptick in gambling among clients.

06:25Mar 18, 2019

At Annual St. Paddy's Day Breakfast, Traditions Old And New

This year, the breakfast saw new developments, WBUR's Fred Thys reports.

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Boston Councilors Eye Real Estate Transfer Tax To Boost Affordable Housing

Help Us Find A Story. What Are You Curious About Around Boston?

More Boston Headlines

Prosecutors Disclose New Details In Boston Kidnapping Case

Lawsuit: Harvard 'Shamelessly' Profits From Photos Of Slaves

Legislation Eyed To Force Gender Parity On State Boards

Celtics To Face Off Against 76ers In Possible Post-Season Preview

Today's Weather: First Day Of Spring Brings Sunshine Ahead Of Heavy Rain

In Ken Field's Tribute To Karen Aqua, A Creative Couple's Collaboration Lives On

The ARTery

Elizabeth Warren Is Dominating The Policy Discussion — But Not The Democratic Race

'Ash Is Purest White' Tells A Tale Of Love And Crime In A Quickly Changing China

The ARTery

Police Search For Vandals Who Targeted Police, War Memorials In Boston's Mount Hope Cemetery

Patriots Owner Kraft And Others Offered Plea Deal In Prostitution Case

Radio Boston

The Antitrust Case Against Big Tech

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Boston Police Sergeant Writes Debut Crime Thriller, 'South Of Evil'

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Telling A Former Correction Officer's Story Of Workplace Bullying

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Could 'Meatless Meat' Change Cultural Values Around Food?

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More Boston Headlines

Traffic Ticket Quotas Alleged In Ongoing State Police Overtime Probe

Wells Fargo Agrees To $800,000 Penalty In 38 Studios Case

DA: Accelerants Found In Home In Which Family Of 5 Died

Markey To Give Kraft's Campaign Donations To Group Combating Human Trafficking

Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found At Jewish Cemetery In Fall River

Warren Calls For End Of Electoral College

Presidential Candidate Jay Inslee Says Climate Change Should Be America's 'No. 1 Priority'

Elderly Reputed Conn. Mobster Linked To Gardner Heist Is Freed From Prison

6 Months After Springfield Casino Opens, Gambling Addiction Services Roll Out Slowly

At Annual St. Paddy's Day Breakfast, Traditions Old And New