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gbhnews @gbhnews.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

🌞 Hello #fediverse! This is GBH #news bringing you the world. It's 59F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.

The Trump administration has begun firing furloughed federal workers as an attempt to pressure Democrats to pass a spending bill without healthcare assurances.

A cease-fire has begun […]

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gbhnews @gbhnews.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

🌞 Hello #fediverse! This is GBH #news bringing you the world from #boston. It's 53F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.

A freeze is expected in the Boston area tonight. Might want to cover those plants if ya got 'em.

The governor of Illinois and mayor of Chicago say they won't back down […]

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gbhnews @gbhnews.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 3d

🌞 Hello #fediverse! This is GBH #news bringing you the world from #boston. It's 60F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.

13 are facing charges after a pro-Palestine protest in downtown Boston yesterday.

Former FBI director James Comey pleaded not guilty today on charges that he lied to […]

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gbhnews @gbhnews.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 4d

🌞 Hello #fediverse! This is GBH #news bringing you the world from #boston. It's 79F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10 mi.

The Supreme Court heard arguments about Colorado's conversion therapy ban today.

Voters in Somerville, MA, will have the opportunity to vote on a measure that would […]

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gbhnews @gbhnews.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 8d

Hamas has agreed to release Israeli hostages.

For the first time, a woman will head the Church of England. Henry VIII could not immediately be reached for comment.

#onthisday in 1990, East and West Germany reunified.

gbhnews @gbhnews.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 9d

🌞 Hello #fediverse! This is #gbh News bringing you the world from #boston. It's 58F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.

The government is shut down. Trump has vowed to halt funding to blue states and "Democrat agencies."

The great naturalist and advocate for conservation Jane Goodall has […]

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gbhnews @gbhnews.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 9d

Welcome to The Pryde: New England’s first LGBTQ+, affordable senior housing.

As protections face renewed attack, residents tap into a lifetime of resilience to build community – perhaps their best tool in the fight for civil rights. Stream the @gbhnews doc now ➡️ youtu.be/4MHHRSNBepI

gbhnews @gbhnews.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11d

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German police report they are no longer tailing a baby wallaby through #berlin because it's not a threat to public safety.

A federal judge in #Boston ruled that the Trump administration illegally targeted international […]

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gbhnews @gbhnews.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15d

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Speaking to reporters, Trump says "I think there will be others," referring to additional prosecutions of his political enemies beyond former FBI director James Comey […]

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gbhnews @gbhnews.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16d

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MBTA buses now have cameras to spot motorists who block bus lanes -- and the photos can be used to issue traffic tickets.

Pete Hegseth has ordered top US military […]

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gbhnews @gbhnews.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18d

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The Trump administration is claiming that use of Tylenol during pregnancy causes autism. Science does not back up this claim.

Late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel will […]

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gbhnews @gbhnews.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22d

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Vladimir Artamonov was arrested on charges that he scammed his fellow Harvard alums in a Ponzi scheme.

Protesters tried to block vehicles coming out of an ICE building […]

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gbhnews @gbhnews.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23d

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ABC indefinitely suspended the Jimmy Kimmel show after his comments on Charlie Kirk.

A federal judge is blocking the Trump administration from its aims of immediately […]

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gbhnews @gbhnews.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24d

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Ben & Jerry's founder Jerry Greenfield is quitting the iconic ice cream maker; he says parent company Unilever is silencing him.

Engine trouble is causing a delay in a […]

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gbhnews @gbhnews.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25d

🌞 Hello #fediverse! This is GBH #news bringing you the world from #boston. It's 67F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.

Robert Redford, star of many memorable movies, has died. He was 89.

State terrorism charges against Luigi Mangione have been dropped. Mangione still faces 2nd degree […]

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gbhnews @gbhnews.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 11

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Conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was shot and killed yesterday at a speaking event in Utah. On the same day, a shooter critically injured two students at a school in […]

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gbhnews @gbhnews.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 10

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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu trounced the field in the city's preliminary election. She and challenger Josh Kraft will advance to the final vote.

The board of Market Basket […]

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gbhnews @gbhnews.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 9

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Boston residents head to the polls today in the city's preliminary election, where voters will narrow the field for the race for mayor.

Apple announced a new iPhone […]

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gbhnews @gbhnews.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 5

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The Trump administration filed suit against the city of Boston yesterday, because the city won't use its own police to assist ICE.

Health insurers in Massachusetts will […]

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gbhnews @gbhnews.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 4

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Officials say a lockdown at UMass Lowell that lasted hours yesterday was in response to a youth with a realistic-looking Airsoft gun.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy […]

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gbhnews @gbhnews.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Sep 2

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After a long absence from public view, Trump held a press conference today and announced he would move Space Force HQ from Colorado to Alabama.

Ousted Mass. Cannabis […]

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gbhnews @gbhnews.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 29

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The Trump administration notified Congress that it intends to cut foreign aid they voted for.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a new voting district map designed to give Trump […]

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gbhnews @gbhnews.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 27

(It doesn't feel right to do something lighthearted so close to such devastating news)

gbhnews @gbhnews.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 27

the poll of the day will return tomorrow

gbhnews @gbhnews.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · Aug 27

🌞 Hello #fediverse! This is GBH #news bringing you the world from #boston. It's 72F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.

Two children are dead after a shooter fired into the windows of a church, where students at a Minneapolis Catholic school were at Mass.

Suffolk County Sheriff Steve […]

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