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Murder-suicides are more common than many people realize. But they're still unusual enough that the people left behind often feel alone in their very complex grief. Jenna Howe and suicide prevention program Call2Talk recently started a support group for survivors of this specific type of loss.

WBUR reporter Deborah Becker spent many of her days this summer at the Plymouth County courthouse. She's been covering the trial of Lindsay Clancy, who was charged with murdering her three children before attempting to kill herself.

The Massachusetts woman's defense argued she was experiencing postpartum psychosis at the time and should not be held criminally responsible for her actions. After weeks of testimony and seven days of deliberation, the jury was deadlocked.

The tragedy at the center of the case is unbelievable — a mother killing her children. But what is also remarkable about this case is how it's captivated the public and drawn immense support for the woman on trial.

Now, everyone is looking for some type of closure to this harrowing case.

One in 5 Americans say they've seen a ghost. But what if it was really our brain that had tricked us into thinking we saw something we didn't?

In the "Science of the Supernatural" psychology professor Melissa Maffeo argues how a paranormal experience could be our brains just misinterpreting the external world.

Suman Shah, the founder of the spice and meal kit company Fork on a Road, was named chef-in-residence at the Boston Public Library's Nutrition Lab in Roxbury. Like past chefs-in-residence, she’ll bring her own culinary background to the curriculum.

City leaders say they've been planning for years and no one will run out, but keeping taps flowing is expensive.

Relocated to work at the Laura Bush library. The view is just as beautiful as I remember when I was visiting 30 libraries in Austin. Can’t believe that was 10 years ago.

I was confused for a minute why the coffee shop / bar got so crowded as the morning went on, then noticed that everyone was wearing burnt orange shirts. Hook ’em. 🏈

“A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to reveal who set up the structure of a controversial $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization fund’ to recompense victims of political lawfare that was reportedly dropped by the justice department last month,” The Guardian reports.

“Construction is notoriously slow-going work. But in Donald Trump’s Washington, cranes and bulldozers appear like DoorDash deliveries: fast, frictionless, and on demand,” The Atlantic reports. “To build the president’s White House ballroom, roughly 250 workers have been pouring concrete and installing steel framework, keeping the site humming for 20 hours a day, seven days a […]

Auvers. View from Nearby, 1877 #impressionism #cezanne

Mouth of the Seine at Honfleur, evening, 1886 #seurat #georgesseurat

Never mind those pesky FEC rules. Laws are for suckers, apparently. As we already discussed, Republicans are becoming concerned about Trump's super PAC, MAGA Inc., sitting on a pile of money rather than helping candidates. This Friday, Trump was asked about it at the White ...

“The Texas governor, Greg Abbott, directed police departments last week to stop spending state money on Flock Safety cameras, the license-plate readers that have drawn bipartisan backlash around the country,” the New York Times reports. “Days later in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration ordered the systems removed from state roads. Mr. DeSantis has described the […]

It's her third time hosting Country Music's Biggest Night. Continue reading…

Two 20-ton whale sharks put on a show that hasn't been seen around here since 1935. Continue reading…

The title really says it all.

On Saturday mornings I ask an AI to run a prompt that’s intended to scour the week’s happenings for things I might find interesting but which have been overlooked by the mainstream media. I always find several things of interest. The first pass it makes identifies 10 items. I then follow up and ask it […]

“A federal judge said the Trump administration must provide the court with 48 hours’ notice before engaging in any work on the Memorial Circle for the president’s proposed 250-foot arch — a day after the interior secretary announced that groundbreaking would soon begin,” NOTUS reports. “U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan’s order, signed Friday evening, […]

“The United Nations voted Friday to endorse a world map that more accurately reflects the true size of continents, following an African-led campaign,” the Washington Post reports. “The UN General Assembly voted 164 votes to 1 to adopt a resolution to encourage members to use the ‘Equal Earth’ projection rather than the commonly used Mercator […]

“Late last month, left-wing firebrand Hasan Piker showed his Twitch viewers a social media post quoting a supposed audio recording of a Jewish American politician saying that the primary objective of his campaign was to aid Israel,” the Washington Post reports. “Piker displayed the post during a monologue on American Jews and Israel that has […]