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Containment is critical in fighting the novel coronavirus COVID-19, Dr. Nahid Bhadelia the Director of the Special Pathogens Unit at the Boston University School of Medicine said Thursday.

In 2020, 16% of Newton voted for Bernie Sanders. Beam says that does not add up.

The Harvard professor and former Mass. education secretary discussed the decision, and why other universities have yet to take similar action.

Cleaning your technology is especially important during the spread of the coronavirus.

The former Suffolk County sheriff said she still believes Weinstein’s 23 year sentence is warranted.

The “Meet the Press” moderator criticized the lack of testing being done in the U.S.

BPR Full Show 9/25: Can You Afford The American Dream?

Today:Axios business editor Dan Primack discusses the economy and likelihood of a recession.National security expert Juliette Kayyem discusses a shooting at a Dallas immigration facility on Wednesday that killed two detainees.

Jimmy Kimmel is back on the air. Did public resistance succeed in protecting free speech -- this time?GBH's Jared Bowen discusses Jimmy Kimmel's return to late night and The Rocky Horror Picture Show turning 50.National security expert Juliette Kayyem on the shooting at a Dallas ICE facility, Trump's UN speech, no federal charges yet in the Charlie Kirk case.We talk to Boston Debate League executive director Kimberly Willingham and hear students debate the subject of Boston city bike lanes. Food policy analyst Corby Kummer zooms in to discuss the USDA quietly removing a food insecurity tracker and the one year anniversary of Dani's Queer Bar.

BPR Full Show 9/23: Ask The Mayor with Mayor Michelle Wu

Today: We bring you our conversation from May 2025 with Maria Ressa – the Nobel prize winning journalist who was arrested repeatedly in the Philippines for reporting on corruption, human rights abuses and the weaponization of social media under former President Rodgrigo Duterte. She tells us she looks out on America in this current moment with "deja-vu" and "PTSD" from her own experiences living through authoritarianism.