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Judge Explains Reasoning in Controversial Decision
Was judge Christina Harms in the right when she ruled that a mentally ill woman should have an abortion and undergo sterilization? She defended her decision and explained her thinking to WGBH News.
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Advocates Fight State over Mental Hospital Closure
At a Wednesday budget hearing, Southeastern Mass. lawmakers criticized the state's decision to close Taunton State Hospital. The state says closing the facility won't affect services.
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A Conversation with Lawrence Summers
The renowned economist, former presidential advisor and former Harvard University president has a sunny prediction for the U.S. economy.
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Studying Libraries, Part 2: The E-Book Battle
Librarians are reporting dramatic increases in the numbers of people looking to borrow e-books. But some publishing houses are rethinking whether they want libraries loaning out e-books at all.
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For Controversial Office Complex, a New Approach
Mass. lawmakers are pushing a bill to allow the medical software company Meditech to build an office complex on an Indian burial ground — and it's causing friction with Secretary of State William Galvin.
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The New Sox Season
Every year, hope and baseball both spring anew. As spring training gets underway, Sox president/CEO Larry Lucchino talks about new skipper Bobby Valentine, Jason Varitek's future and being an underdog. READ MORE Studying Libraries, Part 1: More with Less People are looking to libraries to respond to technology and make up for cuts in their own household budgets — and libraries are answering the call.
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The Tiniest Inventions: Nanotechnology
This week, we dive into the teeny, tiny world of nanotechnology — and find out from those on the cutting edge if it could fundamentally alter and improve our lives.
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High-Tech Health: Apps For Exercise, Diet And More
We’ll look at high-tech ways of getting healthy — a nutritionist in your pocket, a marathon coach on your mobile phone — and more.
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How to Solve the Coyote Problem?
After several high-profile dog deaths, lawmakers, communities and dog owners are grappling with how to prevent coyote attacks.
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What's Behind The Recent Hike In Gas Prices?Oil prices have jumped sharply in the past two weeks and the price of gasoline has followed suit. Experts are pointing to everything from the tensions with Iran to a decrease in supply as a possible cause. One even thinks the rise in fuel prices could be good for the economy.WORLD NEWS
Was Einstein Wrong? Error Could Account For Faster-Than-Light NeutrinosA GPS error could have affected an Italian teams' observations that neutrinos moved faster than light. It was a finding that threatened the very basics of physics. |
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The Supreme Court weighed a law that makes it a crime to lie about winning a military medal.
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Special Reports
Mayor Kevin White: Complete WGBH News Coverage
Former Boston mayor Kevin White died on Jan. 27, 2012 at the age of 82. We look back at his legacy over four terms of change with interviews, analysis and exclusive WGBH archival footage.
WGBH Election Central
Get the Maine caucus results and check the delegate count so far with an interactive graphic from the AP.
READ MORESpotlight On The 2012 Mass. Senate Race
As Sen. Scott Brown officially launches his bid for re-election, WGBH News has coverage of the rally plus new interviews with his Democratic competition: Marisa DeFranco, Jim King and Elizabeth Warren — who responds to Brown's kickoff speech swipe.
WGBH ELECTION CENTRALFrom The WGBH Vault: Martin Luther King Jr.
We step into WGBH's archives to glimpse a pivotal moment in the civil rights movement with exclusive interviews from three giants: Martin Luther King Jr., James Baldwin and Malcolm X.
From The WGBH Vault: The New Hampshire Primary
New Hampshire didn't always command such attention. We go into WGBH's vault for historical recordings showing the primary's rise to prominence.WGBH ELECTION CENTRAL
WGBH Occupy Boston Coverage
The Occupy movement's appearance in Boston has been one of the area's biggest stories this fall. From the beginning, WGBH News has been on the scene.
Power Struggle: The Fight Over Pilgrim Nuclear
The owners of the 39-year-old Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth have applied for a 20-year extension. Opponents question its safety, especially after its sister plant experienced explosions and likely meltdowns this year in Fukushima, Japan. In a three-part series, WGBH News reports on the controversy.
Inmates' Access To DNA Evidence: Part Two
Legislators are considering a bill that would allow inmates access to DNA evidence that was critical to their convictions. Advocates say the law can help free the innocent. Opponents believe the bill might serve to assist the guilty.INMATES' ACCESS TO DNA EVIDENCE: PART ONE
DJ Henry And The Training Of Police: Complete Series
October 17, 2011, marked the one-year anniversary of the shooting death of Danroy “DJ” Henry, the Pace University football player from Easton, Massachusetts. Since the shooting, Henry’s death has continued to stir controversy over issues of police training and race.
Facing Alzheimer's: The Caregivers' Challenge
The Alzheimer's caregivers’ story is often one of sustained stress, exhaustion and isolation. Rates of depression, poor nutrition and chronic disease among caregivers of Alzheimer's patients are higher than for non-caregivers.This week, WGBH's Sean Corcoran explores the challenges of caring for Massachusetts' more than 120,000 Alzheimers' patients.
WGBH Human Trafficking Series Wins Edward R. Murrow Award
In recent years, law enforcement officials in Rhode Island and Massachusetts have reported increases in human trafficking, and by some estimates there are around 20,000 victims brought into the United States each year.
READ MOREThe Falmouth Experience: Complete Series
Some residents of Falmouth, Mass. say they're suffering headaches, insomnia and depression because of a 400-foot tall town-owned wind turbine that began operating there last year. Most scientists say wind turbines don't cause health problems, but the experience of residents has strengthened anti-wind sentiment in the region.
WGBH Special Report: Recognizing Bruce
WGBH's Phillip Martin profiles a veteran who lived on the streets of Cambridge for 10 years -- but it's not just a story of homelessness. It is also about a man who has lived a life of both privilege and deprivation. It is a story about unheralded artistry. And it is about the acknowledgement of individuals who have grown accustomed to being invisible and unknown.
Blue Hill Avenue: If A Street Could Speak
Join WGBH's Phillip Martin for a closer look at Blue Hill Avenue, which connects Roxbury to Milton and the past to the present.Monitoring The Coastlines On Climatide
Climatide, a new blog from WGBH, WCAI and NPR's Argo Network, chronicles how global warming is changing life on Cape Cod, day by day.
READ CLIMATIDESupreme Court Considers Case On Military Honors
The Supreme Court engaged in a lively debate Wednesday when it heard oral arguments in a case testing whether the 2006 Stolen Valor Act is constitutional. The law makes it a crime to lie about military honors. - READ MOREClimate Scientist Admits To Lying, Leaking Documents
Peter Gleick is an outspoken proponent of scientific evidence that humans are responsible for climate change. This week, the MacArthur "genius" grant recipient shocked the scientific community by admitting to lying to obtain internal documents from the Heartland Institute, a group skeptical of climate change. - READ MOREJustice Department Drops Foreign Bribery Case
The Justice Department has abandoned its high profile foreign bribery case against businessmen in the military equipment industry after a string of mistrials and acquittals. Prosecutors have spent increasing resources to bring companies to justice under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, but their record recently has been very uneven. - READ MOREOil Prices Historically Important In Elections
Audie Cornish speaks with Jim Tankersley, Economics Correspondent for the National Journal, about how oil prices have affected the outcomes of elections in the past. - READ MORETwo Western Journalists Among Dead In Syria
Marie Colvin, an American who was the Sunday Times of London's chief war correspondent for a quarter of a century, was killed Wednesday. Colvin was in the embattled Syrian city of Homs and died alongside a French photojournalist and one of Syria's best known citizen journalists. All three died in a district of Homs which has been under bombardment by Syrian government forces since early this month. - READ MOREOn Tibetan Plateau, A Sense Of Constant Surveillance
These days, visiting Tibetan areas is a risky venture for journalists trying to cover the protest movement against Chinese rule and a rash of self-immolations. But the dangers are far higher for those who talk to them. NPR's Louisa Lim recently traveled there and describes the challenges. - READ MORERemembering War Correspondent Marie Colvin
Journalist Marie Colvin, of Britain's Sunday Times, was killed in Syria Wednesday — along with French photographer Remi Ochlik. NPR's Neal Conan remembers the foreign journalist who joined Talk of the Nation several times, reporting from Gaza and Libya. - READ MOREDealing With Dictators, The U.S. Playbook Varies
Some autocrats get the cold shoulder from the U.S., while others get the red-carpet treatment. What explains the difference? - READ MORE
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