Brandon Truitt
Reporter at WBZ-TV (Boston, MA)
Reporter @WBZ • @WCU Alum • 🏳️🌈🍷🏃🏻♂️📚 Instagram: @itsbtruitt 📨: [email protected]
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6 days ago |
cbsnews.com | Brandon Truitt
Two towns in Massachusetts are fundamental to American history, but where the official first shot of the American Revolution happened has been debated for centuries. The battles at Lexington and Concord were instrumental in the militia's attempt to defy and ultimately defeat British soldiers. The famed poem, "The Shot Heard Round the World," references the first shot fired in the revolution. Turns out, determining where that happened gets a bit technical.
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1 week ago |
cbsnews.com | Brandon Truitt
They have skyrocketed in price and popularity and now they are being blamed for crippling budgets in the public and private sector. As one of the fastest growing classes of medications, GLP-1 weight-loss drugs were originally brought on the market to treat diabetes. But their secondary use as a way for users to suppress diets and slim down sent sales through the roof.
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1 week ago |
cbsnews.com | Brandon Truitt
It has been a long few months for Chanel Aguilar. The Dorchester resident has lived in her house on Denvir Street with her 74-year-old mother for 31 years. Aguilar's mother is diagnosed with diabetes and recently experienced an accident that increased her visits to the doctor but reduced her mobility to zero. It's what reinvigorated her desire to apply for a handicap parking designation for the spot in front of their house. "We would put in petitions and get denied.
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1 week ago |
cbsnews.com | Brandon Truitt
Research programs at Harvard University have been warned to brace for "stop work orders" as the slow drip from the Trump administration's $2.2 billion federal funding freeze continues to roll out. On Monday, Harvard became the first university to push back against President Trump's list of demands following a federal investigation into their handling of alleged antisemitism during pro-Palestinian protests last year. Roughly 60 universities nationwide are being investigated.
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1 week ago |
cbsnews.com | Brandon Truitt
Massachusetts offers incentives to purchase E-Bikes A new state program aims to get more people out of their cars and onto a bike. The Massachusetts E-Bike Voucher Program went live on Monday. The state said it will accept applications over the next two weeks for the chance at a voucher to purchase an electric bike. The program is designed to help moderate to low-income people as well as some with certain physical challenges where cycling could be beneficial.
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