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England and France face off in the World Cup bronze match

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Both teams are competing for third place and a bronze medal.

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Virtual tour teaches about Indigenous history in Boston along the Freedom Trail

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A new six stop audio tour is teaching people about Indigenous history in Boston. Thea Hopkins with the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe composed two songs for the trail. She joins WBUR's Morning Edition to talk about the trail and why it's history is important today.

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ICE officer in Maine shooting has history of violent behavior, family and records say

David Brouillette has a history of terrifying and violent behavior, according to several of his relatives. They accuse him of attacking women in his life over the years, and one shared a voicemail with the AP from last winter in which he told her that he thought someone should slit her throat.

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Healey proposes plan to cap concert ticket resale costs, with help from Noah Kahan

Gov. Healey proposed capping concert and sporting event ticket resale prices, pitching the measure as a way to protect consumers from price gouging and deceptive practices. Healey tapped singer Noah Kahan to help announce the proposal at the State House on Thursday.

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Where to watch Sunday's World Cup final in Greater Boston, from block parties to waterfront patios

Whether you’re looking for a summer party centered around soccer or a family-friendly watch party, here's where to watch the World Cup final in Greater Boston on Sunday.

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Wildfire smoke can seep into your home. Here's how to keep your air clean

Wildfire smoke particles can seep into our homes and cause severe health issues. The health harms are especially severe for children, as worse air quality can lead to sleep apnea in kids.

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Transit advocates mourn Boston transportation planner who was killed while biking, demand the city take action

Hundreds of people gathered at Boston's City Hall Plaza Thursday night to celebrate the life and legacy of Louisa Gag, a transportation department employee and safe streets advocate who was killed while riding her bike last week.

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How to Dim the Sun, from Marketplace's How We Survive

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The climate crisis is escalating. We have to decarbonize our economy, but we’re moving too slowly. So, what’s the backup plan? This season of How We Survive is about engineering nature: large-scale interventions that could be our last hope. We’ll explore technology that...

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Jazz collaborative releases debut album of works by New England musicians

The six track on the album, "Tributaries," feature influences from New Orleans swing to West African highlife and were written by local composers. The collaborative grew out of "an explosion of creativity" in the pandemic, when musicians composed a trove of jazz works but had no way to get them performed and recorded.

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Lynch has represented his Mass. district for 25 years. A newcomer says its his turn

The race is one of many primary contests across the country pitting the power of incumbency against a call for generational change.

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Face-to-face encounters impose a moral responsibility

On a mission to evacuate refugees from the Congo years ago, Sasha Chanoff and his colleague were faced with an impossible choice: Evacuate only the 112 people on their list, or at great risk, attempt to evacuate them, plus an additional 32 refugees, all women and children. The answer shaped his values, and ultimately, his life's work.

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There are more than recipes in my beloved cookbooks

I set out to organize my cookbooks, writes Billie Munro. Instead, I found, in the margins, a chorus of family voices.

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Turbulent national politics come to Maine

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Mass. Senate approves protections for hospital workers attacked on the job

Massachusetts state senators on Thursday unanimously approved legislation that would strengthen protections for healthcare workers who are assaulted on the job — a daily occurrence at hospitals across the state.

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All that wildfire smoke sent New England's solar production plummetting

At peak hours, the solar fleet in the region produced 2,500 megawatts less than had been forecasted.

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How El Paso shaped modern America

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For generations, Ellis Island has been America’s great symbol of immigration. But another gateway has shaped the nation just as profoundly: El Paso, Texas. We trace one hundred years of migration, violence and memory along the U.S.–Mexico border.

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Driver in fatal wrong-way crash that killed a state trooper was drunk, investigation finds

A toxicology report found the wrong-way driver's blood alcohol concentration was more than twice the legal limit at the time of the crash that killed State Trooper Kevin Trainor.

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How Democrats are shifting on aid for Israel

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Democrats beyond the progressive left are changing their tone on aid for Israel.

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How Detroit is recovering from bankruptcy

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Detroit has seen a remarkable recovery since it entered bankruptcy in 2013, but that recovery has been uneven, and not all neighborhoods and people have felt the benefits.

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America has a problem with alcohol. Experts have solutions

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Alcohol kills more Americans than all other drugs — about 178,000 people a year.

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The challenges facing farmers

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Farmers are dealing with climate change and tariffs, as well as prices going up because of the war in Iran.

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Hegseth announces plan to screen military members' testosterone levels

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says members of the military over 30 years old should be screened for low testosterone, but what is the evidence for doing this?

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Former Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan on what's ahead for the city

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Duggan led the city through its bankruptcy and the economic recovery, helping to bring in private donors and philanthropy to aid in the city's turnaround.

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Trump to focus on 2020 election in prime-time speech

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Trump has been focused for nearly 6 years on an election he lost.

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A closer look at a family object: A shillelagh from Ireland 

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Two long and thorny black sticks have been handed down through generations in Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd's family. 

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This is your brain on fatherhood: How childrearing, not just pregnancy, changes bodies and minds

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Most dads will tell you that having children changed them forever. A growing body of evidence shows that’s true at a chemical level.

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Thousands protest across Ukraine after President Zelenskyy fires tech-savvy defense minister

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As part of a big government reshuffling, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed his defense minister, Mykhailo Federov.

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How government agencies use your social media data for surveillance

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Most of us know the internet isn't a particularly private place. But your data is not just vulnerable to prying eyes. It's for sale. And one of the buyers is the federal government.

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U.S. and Iran continue to exchange strikes

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The U.S. and Iran are exchanging strikes for the sixth day in a row, as the two countries battle for control of the Strait of Hormuz.

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The World Cup final is set

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The 2026 FIFA World Cup is down to just two matches and four teams.