Paula Ebben

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Fall River family business has been providing fruit to the community for more than 100 years Very few businesses in Massachusetts can say they're still operating after a century. But, one family in Fall River is still doing the work that their great-great-grandfather began in 1924. When Faris Nasiff came to Fall River from Lebanon, he saw so many people working in the local mills and factories, he realized they were going to need a lot of food.

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Five years after the COVID pandemic started, a scientist who warned against dismissing the controversial "lab leak" theory says more needs to be done to prevent high-risk research from potentially causing a global health crisis. Alina Chan is a molecular biologist at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. When WBZ-TV interviewed her in 2021, she said she got online hate and even death threats over her belief that COVID could have originated from a lab in Wuhan, China.

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What would happen if the U.S. stopped making pennies? President Trump wants the Treasury Department to stop making new pennies. Only Congress has the power to do that, but what would happen if the United States got rid of the one-cent coin? The U.S. Mint said it lost $85.3 million last year minting 3.2 billion new pennies. The agency said it costs 3.7 cents to make a one-cent coin. To see just how devalued the penny is these days, WBZ-TV conducted an experiment.

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As the cost of higher education continues to rise, a Massachusetts teenager is forging a new way forward for the growing number of young people turning to trade schools. It follows the Healey administration's move in February to overhaul how trade schools admit new students by implementing a lottery system for trade schools with waitlists. A passion for weldingYou won't find many teenage girls with a passion for welding, but the trades have always been a way of life for 17-year-old Riley McKnight.

2 months ago | cbsnews.com | Paula Ebben

Just in time for St. Patrick's Day, "The Irish and How They Got That Way" is a musical tribute to Ireland that's taking the stage in Massachusetts. The theatrical concert at Stoneham's Greater Boston Stage Company is a night of storytelling and songs. Experiencing the story up close"We have seats onstage, so people can have a Guinness and sit onstage with us and experience the music and the stories right up close," said music director Kirsten Salpini.