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WBUR is Boston's NPR, featuring NPR news and programs such as On Point and Here & Now.

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wbur.org > news > 09/10/2026 > lindsay-clancy-rule-25b-petition-not-guilty

Following mistrial, Clancy attorney asks court to find her not guilty

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (398+ words) Lindsay Clancy's attorney has formally requested that she be acquitted of killing her three children. Clancy's murder trial ended in a mistrial last week and prosecutors are weighing whether they will retry the case. Defense attorney Kevin Reddington's motion for…...

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wbur.org > hereandnow > 09/10/2026 > charlie-kirk-anniversary

Charlie Kirk supporter in Arizona: 'Don't let him die, Lord"

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (60+ words) Charlie Kirk supporter in Arizona: 'Don't let him die, Lord' WBUR On the day Charlie Kirk was killed last year, Here & Now's Peter O'Dowd went to a Phoenix church important to the conservative leader's mission of marrying religion and politics....

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wbur.org > news > 09/10/2026 > jake-blount-single-footing-horse-final-stringband-album-newsletter

Folk phenom Jake Blount leaves his first love behind

2+ day, 22+ hour ago   (872+ words) At the end of August, the Providence musician Jake Blount posted an unusual announcement to his Instagram account. His upcoming album, “Single-Footing Horse,” he wrote, would be his first recording of Appalachian old-time stringband music since his 2020 breakout “Spider Tales…...

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wbur.org > cognoscenti > 09/10/2026 > 9-11-gay-marriage-and-college-boston-dimitrios-aletras-jr

When the world felt uncertain, Boston gave me a place to become myself

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (271+ words) I came out in my freshman year, at Suffolk, before I later transferred to Emerson. A few blocks from campus were the rooms where I first understood, plainly and with relief, that I was not the only one who had…...

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wbur.org > news > 09/09/2026 > memorial-drive-gunman-shooting

Man accused of Memorial Drive shooting faces new charges

3+ day, 13+ hour ago   (242+ words) The man accused of shooting hundreds of rounds at people along Memorial Drive in May is due back in court Thursday. Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan's office said it will arraign Tyler Brown, 47, of Boston, on six courts of armed…...

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wbur.org > upnext > 09/09/2026 > jo-comerford-massachusetts-social-media-trolls

Mass. state lawmaker calls out online trolls in feisty social media video

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (361+ words) Massachusetts state Sen. Jo Comerford isn't the only politician who gets trolled on social media. But after years of it, the Northampton Democrat reached a limit. She recently posted a video in which she called out the trolls who post…...

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wbur.org > hereandnow > 09/09/2026 > mamdani-9-11-commemoration

NYC Mayor Mamdani's attendance of 9/11 commemoration at center of political fight

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (117+ words) wbur.org This year's commemoration of the 9/11 terror attacks on Friday are at the center of a political fight, with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani calling on current Mayor Zohran Mamdani not to attend, and making false claims…...

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wbur.org > news > 09/09/2026 > sheriff-steve-tompkins-maura-healey-return-to-work

Gov. Healey says Suffolk Sheriff Steve Tompkins 'needs to think about' returning to the job after acquittal | WBUR News

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (680+ words) Gov. Healey says Suffolk Sheriff Steve Tompkins 'needs to think about' returning to the job after acquittal wbur.org It's an unusually rematch-filled Wednesday. Voters in Rhode Island will decide Round 2 of McKee vs. Foulkes in the state's gubernatorial primary…...

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wbur.org > onpoint > 09/08/2026 > how-should-e-bikes-be-regulated

How should e-bikes be regulated?

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1890+ words) You don’t need a license to ride a bike in the U.S. But e-bikes are a different story. Some states classify them as bicycles, others as vehicles. And in some places, you even need insurance to ride one. How to…...

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wbur.org > news > 09/08/2026 > patrick-clancy-attorneys-defamation-lindsay-clancy-murder-trial

Patrick Clancy's attorneys threaten legal action over 'defamation campaign"

4+ day, 22+ hour ago   (357+ words) Patrick Clancy, the former husband of the Duxbury woman accused of murdering her three children, is threatening legal action over what he calls "outright falsehoods" spreading about him online. In social media forums and online comments, some people have speculated…...