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A lot happens in Boston every day. To help you keep up, WBUR, Boston's NPR News station, pulled these stories together just for you.

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We all contain multitudes. Even Barbie

We all contain multitudes. Even Barbie

There are toys that see us through stages of life, and there are people, writes Sara Shukla. Seeing "Barbie" with an old... Read more

28 Jul 2023

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How heat alerts could help clinicians intervene for people at high risk

How heat alerts could help clinicians intervene for people at high risk

Heat is much more dangerous for some people than others. And heat-related health risks begin much earlier in the year th... Read more

28 Jul 2023

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Advocates want to limit how utilities pay for 'political activities' in Mass.

Advocates want to limit how utilities pay for 'political activities' in Mass.

When you pay your monthly gas and electric bills, you might be supporting your utility’s attempts to influence climate p... Read more

27 Jul 2023

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Boston While Black founder on NAACP convention

Boston While Black founder on NAACP convention

More than 8,000 NAACP delegates are in Boston for the group’s annual convention.

26 Jul 2023

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Boston expected to get its first heat wave of the summer

Boston expected to get its first heat wave of the summer

Temperatures will likely start to rise Wednesday, and last possibly through Saturday. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu has issue... Read more

26 Jul 2023

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State-funded shelters in Mass. reach new record: nearly 5,000 families

State-funded shelters in Mass. reach new record: nearly 5,000 families

The emergency family shelter system is seeing an "unprecedented" increase in homelessness as a result of high housing co... Read more

25 Jul 2023

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Remembering Tony Bennett's craft, and the Boston radio debut that revived his career

Remembering Tony Bennett's craft, and the Boston radio debut that revived his career

Bennett was a born-and-bred New Yorker, but his life story also has roots in Boston. Those who knew him share their refl... Read more

25 Jul 2023

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Program at William James College tries to reduce veteran suicide by focusing on relationship to guns

Program at William James College tries to reduce veteran suicide by focusing on relationship to guns

The one-day class teaches clinicians, veterans' advocates and family members how to talk with vets about guns, safer sto... Read more

24 Jul 2023

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Civil rights activist Ted Landsmark reflects on Boston's reputation for racism — and how the city has and hasn't changed

Civil rights activist Ted Landsmark reflects on Boston's reputation for racism — and how the city has and hasn't changed

Landsmark occupies a key spot in the story of how Boston earned its reputation. In 1976, amid the uproar in Boston over ... Read more

23 Jul 2023

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How Cape Ann, a lost cat and a meet-cute catalyzed artist Edward Hopper's career

How Cape Ann, a lost cat and a meet-cute catalyzed artist Edward Hopper's career

It took time for the now legendary 20th-century artist to find his visual voice. A new exhibition at the Cape Ann Museum... Read more

21 Jul 2023

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