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Last week, General Lloyd Austin of U.S. Central Command told Congress that a $500 million effort to arm and train moderate Syrian rebels had yielded a…

“But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and a cold, dry martini is the sun.” That’s a line from Shakespeare, of course,…

Governor Charlie Baker is not committed to following through with the Green Line extension if it will run significantly over budget, he said on Boston…

Boston Police Commissioner William Evans says that the ride-hailing service Uber “out and out lied” to him about performing safety inspections on their…

It happens to everyone. You’re prescribed a medication, and you forget to take it at the right time, in the right dose, or even to take it at all. This…

Other team owners in the NFL should follow New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft’s lead on domestic violence prevention, says Attorney General Maura…

Today:Joan Donovan, founder of the Critical Internet Studies Institute & Boston University Assistant Professor of Journalism and emerging media studies, joins for a discussion on artificial intelligence, media manipulation, and telling truth from fiction.Boston Pride For The People President Adrianna Bolin and development & parade co-chair, Gary Daffin – he’s also President of the Multicultural AIDS Coalition -- join ahead of Saturday's parade in Boston.

Chuck Todd on the premiere of his new show “Sunday Night with Chuck Todd,” where he interviewed Steve Bannon.Andrea Cabral on Weinstein verdict.Michael Curry on RFK/vaccine misinformation. Corby Kummer on pricy Boston dining

Today:Food policy analyst Corby Kummer discusses the new "dirty dozen" list of grocery store items laden with pesticides.And, Michael Curry, head of the Mass League of Community Health Centers, discusses a new proposal for the shuttered Carney Hospital in Dorchester to be repurposed as a training facility for nurses.

BPR Full Show 6/11: Protesting Feels Different

Today: A new report shows how, throughout its history, Massachusetts failed thousands of disabled residents living in institutions, and then tried to cover their tracks with bureaucratic stonewalling decades later.GBH’s Megan Smith joins alongside Alex Green, vice-chair of the commission behind this report. And, naturalist Sy Montgomery is back to talk about axolotls, as researchers at Northeastern look into whether humans could ever tap into their secrets around limb regeneration.