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Beth Healy
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Deputy Managing Editor at WBUR - NPR in Boston
Former Boston Globe/Spotlight reporter
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Edward Blum is now suing over play discounts… www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/t...
Playwrights Horizons Is Sued Over Discounts to People of Color
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December 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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From @npr.org stations across New England - how a year of mass deportations played out under Trump @wbur.org @simonfrios.bsky.social @bertoscalese.bsky.social www.wbur.org/news/2025/12...
Map: How mass deportation happens in New England
Immigration arrests and deportations have shot up in New England, with the participation of federal, regional and local institutions.
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December 23, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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@mayorwu.boston.gov and @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social campaigned hard on free transit. But it's tough to deliver on @wbur.org @andreaperdomoh.bsky.social
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Wu and Mamdani campaigned hard on free transit. But it's tough to deliver on
Mayor Michelle Wu was able to create three fare-free bus routes during her first term. But the money for the program is running out, and the long-term sustainability of the program is uncertain.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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The Kennedy Center's Board of Trustees voted to rename the performing arts institution the Trump-Kennedy Center, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday. CBS News' Nancy Cordes spok...
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December 22, 2025 at 12:55 AM
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Brown shooter timeline - what we know about the suspect and the investigation: @wbur.org @allyjar.bsky.social @amygorel.bsky.social www.wbur.org/news/2025/12...
Brown, MIT professor shootings timeline: What we know about the suspect and the investigation
Claudio Manuel Neves Valente was in Providence for two weeks before he opened fire on an auditorium of Brown University students preparing for a final exam. As investigators searched for a suspect, po...
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December 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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A tipster on Reddit was key to breaking the Brown shooter case @wbur.org www.wbur.org/news/2025/12...
How one tipster helped crack the Brown University shooting case
Information from a tipster who had a strange encounter with another man on a sidewalk outside Brown University was key to police identifying the suspect they believe killed two students at the school ...
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December 19, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Man dead in hours-long manhunt for Brown Univ shooter @wbur.org www.wbur.org/news/2025/12...
Man suspected in shooting at Brown University has been found dead in New Hampshire, AP source says
A man who is suspected of killing two and wounding several others at Brown University has been found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
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December 19, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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Draftkings gave $50k to @massgovernor.bsky.social's black-box political nonprofit, to advocate for MBTA Communities zoning and other housing policies. @wbur.org @bychrisvan.bsky.social & Patrick Madden
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DraftKings backed Healey’s political nonprofit on housing. Other funders are a mystery
DraftKings, the Boston sports-betting giant, donated $50,000 to a political advocacy group launched by Gov. Maura Healey to promote housing policies. It's a rare look at who's donating to this fund, a...
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December 18, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Could the Orange line extend out to Rozzie one day? @wbur.org @mbta.com
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Orange Line extension to Roslindale attracting attention on Beacon Hill
The Massachusetts House has advanced a plan to study the feasibility of extending the Orange Line into Roslindale. A similar proposal is on the move in the Senate.
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December 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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SNAP fraud at 2 Boston shops @wbur.org @simonfrios.bsky.social www.wbur.org/news/2025/12...
Boston bodega owners charged in $7 million food stamp fraud scheme
U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Leah Foley said the two men exchanged cash for SNAP benefits meant to buy food at their bodegas, often redeeming several times what a legitimate grocery store does in a...
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December 18, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Trump's 'big beautiful bill' may cost Mass. nearly $1 billion @wbur.org @bychrisvan.bsky.social @massgovernor.bsky.social
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Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ could cost Mass. nearly $1B in tax revenue, experts say
The impact estimate of Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” on fiscal years 2026 and 2027 comes as Beacon Hill lawmakers try to forecast how much tax revenue they’ll have for next year’s budget
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December 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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8 years in prison for the former Harvard morgue manager who sold body parts - @wbur.org's @allyjar.bsky.social was at the sentencing today
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Former Harvard Medical School morgue manager sentenced to 8 years in prison for stolen bodies plot
Cedric Lodge was sentenced to eight years in prison for his central role in a nationwide network of human remains trading. His wife, Denise Lodge, was ordered to serve one year and one day in prison.
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December 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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An increase in ICE arrests in Massachusetts courthouses represents a dangerous and unconstitutional disruption of our justice system. Hundreds of cases have already been derailed by ICE activity, undermining due process and eroding public trust—and it is happening right here in East Boston.

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December 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Ice agents are roaming freely at local district courts in Massachusetts. Chatting with clerks, coordinating with court security officers, finding people to arrest @wbur.org @simonfrios.bsky.social @rachellss.bsky.social www.wbur.org/news/2025/12...
ICE agents are staking out local courthouses. As they've roamed the halls, Mass. court arrests tripled
Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden said ICE activity has impacted hundreds of cases prosecuted by his office — noting instances in which defendants got detained during proceedings, as well ...
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December 16, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Boston homicides tick up, though officials say they're still near record lows www.wbur.org/news/2025/12...
Boston homicide rate ticks up, though city officials say violence remains near historic low
Police Commissioner Michael Cox did not offer an explanation into the uptick in homicides, but said the figure remains low. At a Monday press conference, he highlighted progress in other areas of safe...
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December 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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Gov. Healey is demanding that ICE stop flying detainees out of Hanscom airport in Massachusetts, calling the practice of flying them out of state 'intentionally cruel.' @wbur.org @twallack.bsky.social broke news of the Hanscom flights this year @massgovernor.bsky.social
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Healey demands ICE stop flying immigrant detainees out of Hanscom airport
The governor said a "significant majority" of people detained by ICE in Massachusetts have no criminal convictions or charges, and that flying them far away is "intentionally cruel and purposely obstr...
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December 15, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Woah…
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Boston Globe editor Nancy Barnes to step down
Nancy Barnes became the first woman to lead the newspaper when she joined the Globe in 2023. Barnes will stay on as an editor-at-large.
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December 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Imagine if paying for healthcare wasn’t a constant crisis in America and we could focus on more constructive things
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Competing health care plans fail in the Senate as ACA premium hikes loom
The outcome was widely expected after Democrats and Republicans released dueling bills. Congress is under pressure to address health care costs before federal subsidies lapse at the end of the year.
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December 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Biz groups looking to lower the Mass income tax - spent $1.6 mil just to get signatures for ballot question @wbur.org @bychrisvan.bsky.social www.wbur.org/news/2025/12...
Massachusetts business groups have so far spent $1.6M in bid to lower the state income tax
A coalition of business groups has shelled out $1.6 million so far to advance two ballot questions to lower the Massachusetts income tax and trigger more frequent tax refunds when the state collects s...
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December 12, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Boston City Council votes on property taxes, effectively approves 13% residential hike @wbur.org @evezuckoff.bsky.social www.wbur.org/news/2025/12...
Boston City Council sets property tax rates, effectively approving 13% residential hike
The Boston City Council voted unanimously Wednesday to set commercial property taxes at 175 percent of the rate paid by homeowners next year, the maximum allowed by law. Even with that shift, the move...
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December 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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Bruna Ferreira - the Revere woman with ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt - has been released from ICE custody. Last night, a family member said she was in Massachusetts; her lawyer won't disclose where she is @wbur.org @simonfrios.bsky.social www.wbur.org/news/2025/12...
Revere woman with White House ties has been released from ICE custody
Bruna Ferreira is out of ICE custody, her lawyer confirmed, after three weeks detention in Louisiana. The 33-year-old was arrested by federal immigration agents in Revere in mid-November, when she sai...
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December 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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After two high-profile murder cases gone awry, Norfolk County DA Morrissey has a host of challengers for his job @wbur.org @bychrisvan.bsky.social
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Norfolk DA Morrissey’s controversial cases have spurred several rivals to run for his seat
Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey has fielded some of Massachusetts’ highest-profile cases in recent years — from the prosecution of Karen Read in the death of her boyfriend to the in...
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December 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Mother of White House press sec'y Leavitt's nephew to be released from ICE custody @wbur.org @simonfrios.bsky.social
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Mother of White House press secretary's nephew to be released on bond
A Louisiana immigration judge has granted bond to Bruna Ferreira, the 33-year-old Revere woman with family ties to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt.
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December 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Sheriff Tompkins to tap political donations for defense in federal case involving cannabis company stock
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Suffolk Sheriff Steven Tompkins accepting political donations to pay for legal defense
Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins is eyeing political donations to pay for his legal defense in a federal case where he is accused of extorting a cannabis company, according to a filing with stat...
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December 8, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Minogue put $2 mil. more of his own money into his campaign for Mass Gov. The ex-biotech exec is taking on two former Baker admin officials in the GOP primary to challenge @massgovernor.bsky.social Maura Healey next year @wbur.org @bychrisvan.bsky.social
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Former biotech executive Michael Minogue pours $2M into his campaign for governor
Minogue’s cash infusion over the past two months exceeds fundraising by his Republican rivals, and tops the more than $2.8 million Gov. Maura Healey has raised from donors over the previous 11 months,...
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December 8, 2025 at 2:48 PM