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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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ICE looking to use warehouses to detain immigrants. NH Gov denies ICE informed her of a site in Merrimack @wbur.org
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N.H. Gov. Ayotte denies ICE director’s claim federal officials talked to her about Merrimack facility
During a senate hearing Thursday, acting ICE director Todd Lyons said federal officials spoke with the governor about the facility's economic impact. Gov. Kelly Ayotte said his comments were not true.
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February 13, 2026 at 2:12 PM
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Trump amd ICE chiefs routinely accuse Mass. (& other blue states) of not helping them arrest immigrants. Reality check: they get more help than they admit @wbur.org @simonfrios.bsky.social www.wbur.org/news/2026/02...
GOP slams Mass. for not working with ICE — but reality tells a different story
Though the Trump administration claims Massachusetts is a “sanctuary state,” some local police cooperate with ICE routinely. The relationships vary town by town, and departments largely decide for the...
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February 13, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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ICE came hard at Maine - now its a big issue in the U.S. Senate race there www.wbur.org/news/2026/02... @wbur.org @agbrooksradio.bsky.social
Aggressive tactics by ICE are a central issue in Maine's U.S. Senate race
For three decades, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins has counted on Maine’s independent voters to send her to Washington, even as the state has trended more Democratic. This year, in a race that could determine...
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February 13, 2026 at 12:49 AM
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U.S. Att'y Foley in says criminal immigration charges in Mass. jumped 6X last year @wbur.org @bychrisvan.bsky.social
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Criminal immigration charges in Mass. increased sixfold in last year
U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Leah Foley has overseen a more than six-fold increase in the number of federal immigration cases charged in the state in the year since she was appointed as the state’s...
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February 12, 2026 at 10:08 PM
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An Irishman detained by ICE for months - after getting detained outside a Home Depot @wbur.org
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American wife of Irish man detained by ICE asks for his release
The wife of Seamus Culleton, a 38-year-old Irish man who has lived in the Boston area for nearly 20 years, is urging federal immigration officials to release her husband after ICE agents arrested him ...
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February 12, 2026 at 6:48 PM
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'In a pair of legal filings this week, N.H. election officials and a bipartisan group of residents accuse the Trump administration of flouting the law in its demand for the state to turn over confidential voter information.'
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N.H. pushes back against Trump's 'unprecedented' demand for voter data
New Hampshire election officials and a bipartisan group of residents have accused the Trump administration of flouting the law in its demand for the state to turn over confidential voter information.
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February 11, 2026 at 2:21 PM
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Amazing… www.wbur.org/news/2026/02...
U.S. skater Maxim Naumov makes an emotional Olympic debut one year after losing parents in plane crash
Naumov carried the memory of his late parents with him to the Olympics on Tuesday night. Former pairs world champions Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov were among the 67 people killed when American A...
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February 11, 2026 at 2:39 AM
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And the much-discussed Boston World Cup fan fest site is....City Hall Plaza... @wbur.org @andreaperdomoh.bsky.social
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World Cup fan festival site is named: City Hall Plaza
State and city officials made the long-awaited announcement Tuesday on where World Cup fans without tickets can gather in Boston to watch the matches: City Hall Plaza.
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February 10, 2026 at 7:51 PM
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Pride Flag Is Removed From Stonewall Monument After Trump Directive www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/u...
Pride Flag Is Removed From Stonewall Monument After Trump Directive
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February 10, 2026 at 7:49 PM
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State Auditor DiZoglio takes her battle to audit the Legislature to the state's high court @wbur.org @bychrisvan.bsky.social
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DiZoglio takes her battle to audit the Legislature to the state's high court
Massachusetts Auditor Diana DiZoglio filed a lawsuit Tuesday with the state’s Supreme Judicial Court to force the Legislature to hand over financial documents as part of an audit into lawmakers' busin...
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February 10, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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A Venezuelan aide to @massgovernor.bsky.social could soon lose her job because her H-1B visa is set to expire and the Trump administration has held up her application for permanent residency. She's married to a U.S citizen @wbur.org @bychrisvan.bsky.social
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Venezuelan aide to Gov. Healey sues Trump administration to keep her job
A Venezuelan staffer working for Gov. Maura Healey could lose her job because her H-1B visa is about to expire and the Trump administration has not granted her permanent residency, even though she wor...
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February 9, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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Remnick puts a fine point on it: ‘so many of the leading tycoons and V.C. geniuses have a way of convincing themselves that because they have made a fortune, because they know one big thing, they know everything. Everyone else is a Luddite or a dewy-eyed fool.’
February 8, 2026 at 3:21 PM
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You've seen the mess out there in Boston - even worse for folks with disabilities or parents with strollers @wbur.org @andreaperdomoh.bsky.social
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Icy crosswalks, unshoveled paths: It's a slog through Boston — especially with disabilities
Snow cleanup has been slow across Boston after a winter storm blew through the region two weeks ago. Uncleared snow and ice are making it tough to walk or catch an MBTA bus.
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February 6, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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Scoop from @evezuckoff.bsky.social: Mayor Michelle Wu says White Stadium rebuild will cost $325 million; city will foot $135 million of that bill www.wbur.org/news/2026/02... @wbur.org
Boston's White Stadium rebuild will cost taxpayers $135M, nearly 3 times an earlier estimate
The total $325 million project cost will be split between the city and Boston Legacy Football Club, a new professional women’s soccer team, which has agreed to put $190 million into the rebuild, as pa...
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February 6, 2026 at 12:49 PM
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Mayor Wu: new estimate for White Stadium is $325 Mil. Taxpayers’ portion is $135 mil - 3x earlier estimates @wbur.org @evezuckoff.bsky.social @mayorwu.boston.gov www.wbur.org/news/2026/02...
Boston's White Stadium rebuild will cost taxpayers $135M, nearly 3 times an earlier estimate
The total $325 million project cost will be split between the city and Boston Legacy Football Club, a new professional women’s soccer team, which has agreed to put $190 million into the rebuild, as pa...
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February 6, 2026 at 12:54 PM
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Bill from @massgovernor.bsky.social to curtail ICE activity in courthouses, churches, schools could face federal challenges, legal specialists say @wbur.org @bychrisvan.bsky.social
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Healey's proposed ICE restrictions in Mass. could provoke legal challenges, experts say
Gov. Maura Healey’s executive order restricting federal immigration agents from entering or using state buildings is likely legally sound, legal experts say, but legislation she filed that restricts t...
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February 5, 2026 at 3:43 PM
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Trump claims grocery prices are down. Not true, according to the data. @wbur.org has tracked the numbers and talked to Mass. shoppers
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Trump claims grocery prices are falling. Boston-area shoppers say they don't feel relief
Over the past 12 months, grocery prices for most items have not fallen — in fact, they are slightly higher.
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February 4, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
February 4, 2026 at 2:34 PM
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After the Lily Jean sinks in Gloucester - a community grieves @wbur.org's @agbrooksradio.bsky.social takes you there
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The Lily Jean sinks in frigid waters, and Gloucester is once again a fishing community in mourning
The Gloucester community knows the grief of losing the lives of those who set out from the country's oldest fishing port to sea. "It's one of the most dangerous, treacherous jobs anyone can do," said ...
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February 3, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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Judge blocks end of TPS for Haitians www.wbur.org/npr/g-s1-108...
Judge blocks Trump administration from ending protections for Haitians
A federal judge on Monday blocked the end of protections that have allowed roughly 350,000 Haitians to live in the U.S., dealing President Donald Trump's immigration agenda another legal setback.
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February 3, 2026 at 12:06 PM
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Gloucester fishermen… www.wbur.org/news/2026/02...
All seven crew members aboard ship that sank off Gloucester coast identified
In a statement Monday, the Coast Guard identified the seven people who were on the boat. They are captain Accursio “Gus” Sanfilippo and fishermen Paul Beal Sr., Paul Beal Jr., John Rousanidis, Freeman...
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February 3, 2026 at 3:50 AM
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Todd Lyons ran ICE in Boston before being named acting national ICE director in DC. He's taking a harder line under Trump 2.0 than he used to, reports @wbur.org @debbecker10.bsky.social www.wbur.org/news/2026/02...
Acting ICE director Todd Lyons faces a maelstrom — even on his home turf in Boston
Since Lyons' promotion out of Boston, into the top ranks of ICE last year, immigration raids have deployed harsher tactics than some in local law enforcement expected him to approve. The agency has fa...
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February 2, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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Can't get a law passed on Beacon Hill? Float a ballot question - that's what a record number of groups in Mass. are doing this year @wbur.org @bychrisvan.bsky.social
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Can't get a law passed on Beacon Hill? Float a ballot question
A record number of ballot questions are proposed this year, in a state where people on both ends of the political spectrum argue the Legislature gets little done.
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February 2, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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Anti- ICE protest in Boston @wbur.org nhttps://www.wbur.org/news/2026/01/30/ice-protest-boston-common
Anti-ICE protesters gather on Boston Common
Protesters gathered on Boston Common Saturday to demand Massachusetts end all cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and provide stronger protections for immigrant communities.
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February 1, 2026 at 4:08 AM
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An 8-yr-old American girl was about to be sent to Guatemala by DCF/Lynn juvenile court. But the court has vacated the order, after learning more about the biological father she was being sent to @wbur.org @rachellss.bsky.social
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Mass. reverses decision to send 8-year-old American in DCF custody to Guatemala
A state juvenile court halted a DCF plan to send U.S.-born child to Guatemala. Emergency court filings also raised new concerns about the father’s alleged criminal history.
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January 30, 2026 at 11:12 PM