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Dr. Stephen Dorner, a leader for Mass General Brigham's home hospital program, discusses the impact of the government shutdown.

UMass Chan Medical School Chancellor Dr. Michael Collins joins WBUR's Morning Edition to talk about how the expected government shutdown will impact research and healthcare. 

The state plans to take 13 homes through eminent domain for the massive $4.5 billion Sagamore and Bourne Bridge project.

Massachusetts Congressman Jim McGovern joined Deborah Becker on WBUR's All Things Considered to talk about the looming shutdown and concerns for constituents.

Judge William Young said Trump administration officials collaborated to deprive students of their free speech rights, targeting international students who had spoken out in support of Palestinians and against Israel's actions in Gaza.

Massachusetts U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss says the shutdown fight Tuesday is an opportunity for the Democratic party to rebrand itself.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu discusses why crime statistics are always on the tip of her tongue.

A Lexington, Massachusetts, startup, Blue Water Autonomy, raised $50 million to build a 150-foot autonomous warship.

Local author Paul Tremblay has an essay out this week for a new collection called “Why I Love Horror.” In it, he tells five stories about his earliest experiences with the genre. He and his daughter, Emma, who drew pictures for the stories, joined WBUR's Morning Edition to talk about their shared relationship with horror.

Harvard Kennedy School Professor Teddy Svoronos is mostly optimistic on the benefits of AI in higher education.

"Believers: Boston Red Sox," a docuseries about the 86 years of "cursed" Red Sox seasons between 1918 and 2004, premieres on the ESPN app on Friday.

A pandemic-era boost to health insurance subsidies is set to expire. State Policy Expert Evan Horowitz joins WBUR's Morning Edition to unpack what it means for Massachusetts.

Trump's trade war is hitting home in Fall River. The CEO of a linen company warns that tariffs are hurting American factories.

In 1775, British troops set fire to Charlestown during the Battle of Bunker Hill. The thousands of residents who called the neighborhood home lost everything. Archaeologists with the city of Boston are excavating areas of the neighborhood to find the items these residents left behind.

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, who served as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under President Biden, joins WBUR's Morning Edition to preview an upcoming meeting of a vaccine advisory panel that could reshape childhood vaccine access in the U.S.

It appears the path to re-election for Boston Mayor Michelle Wu just got clearer. Last night, philanthropist Josh Kraft ended his campaign just days after the city's preliminary election. Boston Globe Associate Editor and columnist Adrian Walker joins WBUR's All Things Considered to talk about what it means for the race right now and ahead of November's election.

Jose Masso joined All Things Considered to talk about the importance of music and celebration during a time when some in Boston's Afro-Latino and immigrant communities are feeling more anxious.

Scientists have long suspected there were aquifers below the ocean floor. But where they are and how they got there is a mystery. 

Boston abolitionist Charles Sumner championed equality before the law long before Brown v. Board. A new biography reveals his overlooked fight for school desegregation and justice in America.

After yesterday preliminary election, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is a step closer to re-election.

Tufts University professor Eitan Hersh says colleges like the one he works at are too ideologically narrow — shutting out ideas from conservatives, religious people and others outside the academic mainstream.

Boston University researchers tested whether partnering with influencers can help combat health misinformation and help spread more accurate health advice.

Josh Kraft joins WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss the state of his campaign for Boston mayor.

HubSpot, a software company headquartered in Cambridge, has a dwindling presence in Mass.

Francesca Dominici, a Harvard biostatician whose lab lost more than $5 million when the Trump administration froze research money to Harvard, joins WBUR's Morning Edition.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joins WBUR's Morning Edition to discuss how the city is preparing for a potential surge of federal immigration enforcement.

The mayor said that urban school systems around the country, including Boston Public Schools, are anticipating declines in attendance.

Reporters at The New Bedford Light are documenting the stories of some of the 50-plus immigrants from the New Bedford area they've found have been detained by ICE, and in some cases deported, since President Trump took office.

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The MBTA's subway repair blitz will end Saturday morning, when a section of the Green Line reopens slow zone-free. Radio Boston talks with T repair workers about their efforts.

Radio Boston hears from William Kahn, psychologist and Boston University professor, about how to have hard conversations.

Former state Rep. Josh Cutler, author of the new book "Under the Golden Dome: Historic Talks and Tales from the Massachusetts State House," joins Radio Boston to talk about it.  

The Handel and Haydn Society's ‘Baroque Christmas' concert features holiday music on pre-1700s instruments. WBUR's Radio Boston sat down with a musician and the guest conductor of the production.

Today on Radio Boston, we talk about the Celtics, the Olympics and art that made us smile this year.

Radio Boston looks back on a year in politics and how close-to-home issues like the cost of living and the migrant crisis helped lift Donald Trump to a second term as President.

On Radio Boston today, we talk about the state of democracy with Danielle Allen, Harvard Professor, democracy activist and president of Partners in Democracy. 

State Sen. Nick Collins talks about his opposition to a plan from Boston Mayor Michelle Wu that sought to blunt an anticipated spike in homeowners' taxes by raising rates on commercial properties.

Radio Boston talks about a Harvard course that helps students participate in civic engagement through art.

Radio Boston looks back on the biggest headlines in healthcare from this year to unpack the takeaways and look ahead to what they might tell us about health in 2025.

Radio Boston looks back at some of the biggest tech breakthroughs of 2024 in our region.

Beth Jones, artist-in-residence at the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, joins Radio Boston to discuss her new oral history project.

On Radio Boston today, Candice Springer, assistant director of WBUR's CitySpace, speaks about The Front Porch Arts Collective's "Holiday Feast" and Ayodele Casel's "Diary of a Tap Dancer."