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WBUR is Boston's NPR, featuring NPR news and programs such as On Point and Here & Now.

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wbur.org > news > 09/10/2026 > how-9-11-is-being-remembered-at-the-mass-state-house-and-beyond

How 9/11 is being remembered at the Mass. State House and beyond

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (314+ words) It’s been 25 years since the devastating terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center changed the world. Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey is making sure the heroes — and the 2,977 lives lost — will be remembered with honor on Sept. 11. Commemorations include drenching State…...

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wbur.org > news > 09/10/2026 > boston-museum-african-american-history-layoffs

After layoffs, Boston’s Museum of African American History faces its future

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (674+ words) This week the oldest institution in New England dedicated to preserving African American history and culture cut its workforce by a third. On Tuesday, Museum of African American History president and CEO Dr. Noelle Trent informed her staff that three…...

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wbur.org > news > 09/10/2026 > boston-brigham-nurses-healey-contract-dispute-impasse

Brigham nurses are no closer to a contract months after largest nurses strike in Mass.

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (411+ words) Two months since a historic nurses strike at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, hospital officials and the nurses’ union remain far from a deal. Negotiations for a new contract are at a standstill, and the nurses' union is considering another strike....

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wbur.org > news > 09/10/2026 > sept-11-massachusetts-man-teaching-mark-bavis-memory

25 years after Sept. 11, a Massachusetts man honors his brother's memory by sharing impact of that day

4+ day, 6+ hour ago   (781+ words) Pat Bavis still remembers the day he learned about the attacks on Pearl Harbor in his high school history class in Boston in the '70s. “You're sheltered when you're a young boy … and you think the world's all hunky-dory,” he said....

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wbur.org > news > 09/09/2026 > memorial-drive-gunman-shooting

Man accused of Memorial Drive shooting faces new charges

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (242+ words) The man accused of shooting hundreds of rounds at people along Memorial Drive in May is due back in court Thursday. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan's office said it will arraign Tyler Brown, 47, of Boston, on six courts of armed…...

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wbur.org > news > 09/09/2026 > boston-school-buses-late-transportation-transdev

Fewer Boston school buses are making it to school on time this year

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (842+ words) Boston's school bus transportation woes continue this school year, with on-time pickups and drop-offs lagging behind last year's performance. District data show that 61% of morning buses on the first day Tuesday made it to school before the morning bell, while…...

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wbur.org > news > 09/09/2026 > sheriff-steve-tompkins-maura-healey-return-to-work

Gov. Healey says Suffolk Sheriff Steve Tompkins 'needs to think about' returning to the job after acquittal | WBUR News

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (680+ words) Gov. Healey says Suffolk Sheriff Steve Tompkins 'needs to think about' returning to the job after acquittal wbur.org It's an unusually rematch-filled Wednesday. Voters in Rhode Island will decide Round 2 of McKee vs. Foulkes in the state's gubernatorial primary…...

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wbur.org > news > 09/09/2026 > vermont-air-national-guard-members-return-home-from-deployment-in-middle-east-caribbean

Vermont Air National Guard members return home from deployment in Middle East, Caribbean

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (221+ words) More than eight months after they were first deployed, members of the Vermont Air National Guard returned to Vermont this weekend from back-to-back missions in the Caribbean and the Middle East. The Guard’s deployment started in December, when airmen and…...

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wbur.org > onpoint > 09/08/2026 > how-should-e-bikes-be-regulated

How should e-bikes be regulated?

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1890+ words) You don’t need a license to ride a bike in the U.S. But e-bikes are a different story. Some states classify them as bicycles, others as vehicles. And in some places, you even need insurance to ride one. How to…...

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wbur.org > news > 09/08/2026 > proposed-data-centers-local-approvals-healey-massachusetts

Proposed data centers subjected to local approvals under Gov. Healey's order

5+ day, 21+ hour ago   (212+ words) Gov. Maura Healey signed an executive order Tuesday subjecting proposed data center projects to local approval before developers can move onto state permitting, representing her administration's latest crackdown on the facilities after halting tax breaks earlier this summer. Pending data…...