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The state Senate's police reform bill includes a statewide ban on government use of facial recognition software.

Listen to the full episode of Boston Public Radio from July 3, 2020.

The Pulitzer-prize winning author explained how Vietnamese people have repeatedly been short-changed in the way they’re depicted in Hollywood portrayals of the Vietnam War.

With more than half of American states seeing COVID-19 increases, will governors let the virus set the pace of reopening?

The Boston Globe travel writer said Mass. residents looking to visit Maine should be wary of a potential $1,000 fine.

Rollins says everyone in law enforcement, from management down to rank and file officers, need to speak up and hold each other accountable.

GBH News politics reporter Adam Reilly and Under The Radar's Callie Crossley join for 'Press Play' media analysis. For Live Music Friday, Puerto Rican singer, drummer, and composer David Rivera performs ahead of a show at Regattabar.Phil Eng, MBTA General Manager and interim secretary of transportation, joins for 'Ask the GM,' to answer our questions and yours.

BPR Full Show 3/19: Who Wants To Bring Back Dueling?

Harvard national security expert Juliette Kayyem on war in the Middle East and the resignation of Joe Kent, the now-former director of the National Counterterrorism Center.Chris Dempsey and Bill Straus join for a transit panel, focusing on plans for White Stadium, the Everett stadium for the Revs and World Cup plans at Gillette.Linda Bilmes, co-author of "The Three Trillion Dollar War" and Harvard Kennedy School public policy lecturer, discusses the financial cost of going to war in Iran.Meredith Goldstein of the Boston Globe Love Letters column discusses why some heterosexual women are hiding their boyfriends, how to make friends as an adult, and and update on the library phone booth.

CNN’s John King on national politics, food policy analyst Corby Kummer and NBC Sports Boston’s Trenni Casey

We start the week by checking in on Trump and Israel’s now 17 day war in Iran. Then, it's Boston Globe travel writer Christopher Muther on the TSA’s latest struggles and why he's a headphone evangelist. Author Janice Page discusses her memoir “The Year of the Water Horse."And retired federal judge Nancy Gertner discusses the ongoing legal battles after one year of Trump's immigration crackdown.