Harvard professors, students react to Larry Summers stepping away from faculty duties
After a series of emails were released, the university is reexamining its ties to Jeffrey Epstein.
Boston City Council aims to tackle local food waste
Boston's composting conversation comes as the state also considers expanding food waste requirements.
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Women's Pro Baseball League selects New York, Boston, LA, and San Francisco for inaugural season
The Women’s Professional Baseball League has chosen New York, Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco as the cities that will represent the four teams that will compete in the inaugural season. The league announced the cities on Tuesday. The upstart league co-founded by Justine Siegal announced plans last year to launch in 2026 as a six-team circuit. The WPBL will now launch with four teams for the inaugural season, with 15 players per club. All of the WPBL’s games will be played at a neutral venue in 2026, which the league said will be announced at a later date. -
Massachusetts AG Andrea Campbell announces reelection bid
Campbell says she's filed nearly 40 lawsuits against the Trump administration so far and wants to keep the fight going. -
A new incentive program aims to reduce backlog of defendants in Mass. Will it be enough?
The program will last until Nov. 17 or until there are no defendants in Middlesex and Suffolk county district and municipal courts awaiting counsel. There are currently more than 2,000 clients without counsel in Suffolk and Middlesex counties. -
GBH Daily: An historic homer
50 years ago today, a walk-off home run secured a place in history for the Red Sox’s Carlton Fisk. -
Fall River fire chief calls for greater state regulation of assisted living homes
The July fire at Gabriel House, which killed 10 residents, shows the need for assisted living facilities to have same fire codes as nursing homes.
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Scratch & Win
Never in American history has it been so easy to gamble legally. -
College Uncovered
GBH News in collaboration with The Hechinger Report, goes behind the scenes to show you how higher education really works. -
What Is Owed?
Boston has begun to wrestle with the notion of paying reparations to Black people to make up for 400 years of enslavement and economic exclusion. -
The Big Dig Podcast
This Peabody Award–winning podcast dives into the cynicism that hangs over the topic of American infrastructure. No project embodies that cynicism quite like ‘The Big Dig.’
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