Chris Serres
@chrisserres.bsky.social
Reporter at the Boston Globe, bird lover
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Maine described its HIV outbreak as a significant health concern, but the government shutdown has kept a CDC team from coming to the state's aid.
Maine sought federal help amid its largest HIV outbreak in state history. It’s still waiting. - The Boston Globe
Maine described its HIV outbreak as a significant health concern, but the shutdown has kept a CDC team from coming to the state's aid.
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November 7, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Maine described its HIV outbreak as a significant health concern, but the government shutdown has kept a CDC team from coming to the state's aid.
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A video is going viral of a man in Fitchburg who appeared to suffer a seizure while holding a baby as immigration authorities tried to detain him.
Video shows immigration authorities detaining man having apparent seizure, holding toddler in car - The Boston Globe
A video of immigration authorities apparently trying to detain a man who is holding a toddler, while bystanders are yelling for his safety, has gone viral.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
A video is going viral of a man in Fitchburg who appeared to suffer a seizure while holding a baby as immigration authorities tried to detain him.
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“There aren’t words to describe … the sense of hope, that I have for the future of my children, that someone has finally been able to break that barrier.”
My latest for @bostonglobe.com is about what @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s election in New York means for Muslims in New England.
My latest for @bostonglobe.com is about what @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s election in New York means for Muslims in New England.
Mamdani’s victory inspires ‘hope’ among New England Muslims - The Boston Globe
The first Muslim elected Mayor in New York City could galvanize a new generation of leaders in the region and across the country.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:49 AM
“There aren’t words to describe … the sense of hope, that I have for the future of my children, that someone has finally been able to break that barrier.”
My latest for @bostonglobe.com is about what @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s election in New York means for Muslims in New England.
My latest for @bostonglobe.com is about what @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social’s election in New York means for Muslims in New England.
The sixth and most recent fatality occurred Sunday at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, where the prisoner died of an apparent suicide, the agency said in a statement. The death occurred five days another apparent suicide at the facility last Tuesday.
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Mass. prisons to review surge in suicides among inmates - The Boston Globe
The number of fatalities diverged dramatically from previous years, the agency said.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The sixth and most recent fatality occurred Sunday at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center, where the prisoner died of an apparent suicide, the agency said in a statement. The death occurred five days another apparent suicide at the facility last Tuesday.
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Hurricane Melissa has devastated the Caribbean, and it’s also taking a toll on migratory songbird species that overwinter there. The impact could be felt in New Hampshire and the Northeast, where the birds return to breed during the summer months.
Another victim of Hurricane Melissa? Migratory songbirds that breed in New England - The Boston Globe
Migratory birds that breed in N.H. spend the winter in the Caribbean islands, which have been ravaged by the storm.
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October 31, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Hurricane Melissa has devastated the Caribbean, and it’s also taking a toll on migratory songbird species that overwinter there. The impact could be felt in New Hampshire and the Northeast, where the birds return to breed during the summer months.
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In US first, New Mexico launches free child care for all
New Mexico became on Saturday the first U.S. state to offer free child care to all residents in a bid to boost its economy and lift education and child welfare levels ranked the worst in the country.
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November 1, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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The federal agency SAMHSA funds programs focused on suicide prevention, teen alcohol use, opioid addiction treatment, and school-based mental health, among others.
Amid a continued addiction and mental health crisis, it's being stripped of power: www.statnews.com/2025/10/30/s...?
Amid a continued addiction and mental health crisis, it's being stripped of power: www.statnews.com/2025/10/30/s...?
Trump cuts have decimated the federal addiction and mental health agency
The Trump administration has dismantled big chunks of the federal agency focused on mental health and addiction treatment, reducing its staff by more than half
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October 30, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The federal agency SAMHSA funds programs focused on suicide prevention, teen alcohol use, opioid addiction treatment, and school-based mental health, among others.
Amid a continued addiction and mental health crisis, it's being stripped of power: www.statnews.com/2025/10/30/s...?
Amid a continued addiction and mental health crisis, it's being stripped of power: www.statnews.com/2025/10/30/s...?
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New proposal would allow sewage and rainwater to be released into the Charles in perpetuity.
It's "like it’s the 1700s and we don’t understand modern sanitary management," @emnorton.bsky.social told me.
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It's "like it’s the 1700s and we don’t understand modern sanitary management," @emnorton.bsky.social told me.
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Dirty water, indeed: New proposal would allow continued sewage in the Charles - The Boston Globe
The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority has proposed reclassifying the Charles River to allow for continued releases of sewage.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:37 AM
New proposal would allow sewage and rainwater to be released into the Charles in perpetuity.
It's "like it’s the 1700s and we don’t understand modern sanitary management," @emnorton.bsky.social told me.
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It's "like it’s the 1700s and we don’t understand modern sanitary management," @emnorton.bsky.social told me.
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A US Drug Enforcement Administration agent said the DEA made “high-level arrests” of 171 Sinaloa Cartel members across New England in August.
A Globe investigation found that many of the DEA’s targets were addicts, low-level dealers, shoplifters, and homeless people.
A Globe investigation found that many of the DEA’s targets were addicts, low-level dealers, shoplifters, and homeless people.
The DEA said they arrested 171 ‘high ranking’ Sinaloa Cartel members. A Spotlight investigation found that’s not true. - The Boston Globe
A Globe investigation found that the federal agency misrepresented the stature of its targets, claiming cartel ties at a time when the Trump administration is taking lethal military action against such groups.
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October 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
A US Drug Enforcement Administration agent said the DEA made “high-level arrests” of 171 Sinaloa Cartel members across New England in August.
A Globe investigation found that many of the DEA’s targets were addicts, low-level dealers, shoplifters, and homeless people.
A Globe investigation found that many of the DEA’s targets were addicts, low-level dealers, shoplifters, and homeless people.
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Will Massachusetts’ new pay transparency law, which takes full effect today, succeed in reducing gender and racial wage gaps? Today’s @bostonglobe.com Starting Point explores: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/29/n...
Massachusetts’ wage transparency law takes effect today. Here’s what that means for you. - The Boston Globe
Requiring companies to post salary ranges may help boost earnings for women and people of color. But questions remain about how it will actually work.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Will Massachusetts’ new pay transparency law, which takes full effect today, succeed in reducing gender and racial wage gaps? Today’s @bostonglobe.com Starting Point explores: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/29/n...
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“We Survived the Night”: Julian Brave NoiseCat on Residential Schools & Recovering Native History l Democracy Now www.democracynow.org/2025/1...
“We Survived the Night”: Julian Brave NoiseCat on Residential Schools & Recovering Native History
To mark Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we sit down with the award-winning Indigenous writer, journalist and filmmaker Julian Brave NoiseCat, member of the Canim Lake Band Tsq’escen and a descendant of the Lil’Wat Nation of Mount Currie. His debut book, We
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October 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
“We Survived the Night”: Julian Brave NoiseCat on Residential Schools & Recovering Native History l Democracy Now www.democracynow.org/2025/1...
In Massachusetts, 665,000 households rely on SNAP benefits, at an average of $323 a month, and more than one in three households have reported not having enough to eat, according to a recent study by the Greater Boston Food Bank.
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The crisis in food aid is being felt far and wide, from needy families to small grocers and local farms - The Boston Globe
The loss of SNAP benefits could press many low-income families already reeling from rising costs related to inflation and tariffs to a breaking point.
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October 28, 2025 at 12:39 AM
In Massachusetts, 665,000 households rely on SNAP benefits, at an average of $323 a month, and more than one in three households have reported not having enough to eat, according to a recent study by the Greater Boston Food Bank.
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Americans brace for food stamps to run out: ‘the greatest hunger catastrophe since the Great Depression’
Americans brace for food stamps to run out: ‘the greatest hunger catastrophe since the Great Depression’
Nearly 42 million people in danger as federal government shutdown continues and Snap funding to end 1 November
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October 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Americans brace for food stamps to run out: ‘the greatest hunger catastrophe since the Great Depression’
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Russia tested new nuclear-powered cruise missile, top general says reut.rs/4qruziv
Russia tested new nuclear-powered cruise missile, top general says
The missile travelled 14,000 km (8,700 miles) and was in the air for about 15 hours.
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October 26, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Despite Indian Country bearing some of the highest fatality rates of the #overdose crisis, there is a woefully insufficient number of programs that provide clean needles in Indian Country to reduce death and the spread of disease.
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Needle Exchange Programs Reach Only 21 of 575 Tribes Despite High Overdose Rates
Despite Indian Country bearing some of the highest fatality rates of the overdose crisis, there is a woefully insufficient number of programs that provide clean needles in Indian Country to reduce dea...
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October 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Despite Indian Country bearing some of the highest fatality rates of the #overdose crisis, there is a woefully insufficient number of programs that provide clean needles in Indian Country to reduce death and the spread of disease.
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The New York Times publishes a handy guide to which federal forces are terrorizing us at any moment. This is America, 2025.
October 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
The New York Times publishes a handy guide to which federal forces are terrorizing us at any moment. This is America, 2025.
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Quinn Haberl believes his disability and diminutive stature are precisely why federal agents descended upon him outside the ICE facility in Portland last weekend.
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October 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Quinn Haberl believes his disability and diminutive stature are precisely why federal agents descended upon him outside the ICE facility in Portland last weekend.
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The Women’s Pro Baseball League is set to begin play in 2026. Boston is one of four cities to be awarded an inaugural franchise.
Women’s Pro Baseball League launching in 2026 with Boston team - The Boston Globe
Founder Justine Siegal has spent 15 years building up a nonprofit to support girls playing baseball. Now, they'll finally get the chance to take the next step in their athletic careers.
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October 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The Women’s Pro Baseball League is set to begin play in 2026. Boston is one of four cities to be awarded an inaugural franchise.
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Patriotic symbols were all over this weekend’s 'No Kings' rallies. Today's Starting Point explores how adopting icons of American patriotism is often a smart tactical choice for protest movements.
‘We need to take back the flag’: Why patriotic symbols were all over the ‘No Kings’ protests - The Boston Globe
Adopting icons of American patriotism is often a smart tactical choice for protest movements. Some of the most successful ones in US history have done so.
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October 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Patriotic symbols were all over this weekend’s 'No Kings' rallies. Today's Starting Point explores how adopting icons of American patriotism is often a smart tactical choice for protest movements.
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A shell prematurely blew up on Saturday during a military event in California. Debris fell onto California Highway Patrol vehicles near a major freeway that had been ordered closed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, who had warned that the plans to fire shells over Interstate 5 could pose hazards for motorists.
Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines Event, California Officials Say
The mishap, during an anniversary celebration for the Marine Corps attended by the vice president and defense secretary, underscores safety concerns that Gov. Gavin Newsom voiced before Saturday’s event at Camp Pendleton.
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October 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
A shell prematurely blew up on Saturday during a military event in California. Debris fell onto California Highway Patrol vehicles near a major freeway that had been ordered closed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, who had warned that the plans to fire shells over Interstate 5 could pose hazards for motorists.
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"The US president tossed aside maps of the frontline in Ukraine, insisted Zelenskyy surrender the entire Donbas region to Putin, and repeatedly echoed talking points the Russian leader had made in their call a day earlier"
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Trump urged Zelenskyy to accept Putin’s terms or be ‘destroyed’ by Russia
US president tossed aside maps of Ukraine frontline in volatile White House meeting
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October 19, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"The US president tossed aside maps of the frontline in Ukraine, insisted Zelenskyy surrender the entire Donbas region to Putin, and repeatedly echoed talking points the Russian leader had made in their call a day earlier"
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Women are the fastest-growing group of veterans, and cuts to health care at the VA will hit them hardest. Sixty percent say their time in the military negatively affected their health, but many VA studies don’t include women as subjects. From Suzanne Gordon: trib.al/qevHvtw
How VA Cuts Damage Women Veterans
The challenges that these military members face merit more focused attention. Instead, vital services like mental health care face devastating cuts.
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October 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Women are the fastest-growing group of veterans, and cuts to health care at the VA will hit them hardest. Sixty percent say their time in the military negatively affected their health, but many VA studies don’t include women as subjects. From Suzanne Gordon: trib.al/qevHvtw
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Consternation and confusion about vaccines means pediatric practices are facing an ethical dilemma: Should they drop unvaccinated families to protect other children in their waiting rooms?
As vaccine skepticism rises, some doctors draw a hard line - The Boston Globe
Pediatricians increasingly face an ethical dilemma: drop unvaccinated families to protect other patients, or keep the unvaccinated and hope they'll change their minds?
trib.al
October 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Consternation and confusion about vaccines means pediatric practices are facing an ethical dilemma: Should they drop unvaccinated families to protect other children in their waiting rooms?
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Federal officers delayed, threatened to ‘shoot and arrest’ ambulance crew at Portland ICE facility, report says
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October 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Federal officers delayed, threatened to ‘shoot and arrest’ ambulance crew at Portland ICE facility, report says
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Reporters must promise not to publish unauthorised material to obtain press credentials.
US news outlets say they will not agree to Pentagon reporting restrictions
Reporters must promise not to publish unauthorised material to obtain press credentials.
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October 14, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Reporters must promise not to publish unauthorised material to obtain press credentials.