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Jan 13, 2025 | 
wbur.org | Sydney Ko
Massachusetts public health officials say they do not recommend the state distribute test kits as a way to curb incidents of people spiking bar patrons' drinks with drugs. In 2023, the Legislature asked the state's Department of Public Health to examine and report back on ways to prevent the insidious crime of drugging people in public, often to further harm or sexually assault them. Roughly $150,000 was set aside in fiscal year 2023-2024's budget for the department to do so.
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Nov 8, 2024 | 
wbur.org | Sydney Ko
Riders can now expect a faster commute when boarding the MBTA Orange Line. T General Manager Phil Eng on Friday declared that the Orange Line is now operating free of slow zones for the first time in 15 years. Among other improvements, riders commuting on the line that runs from Forest Hills in Jamaica Plain to Oak Grove in Malden will also see new cars and shorter wait times.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
wbur.org | Amy Gorel |Sydney Ko
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston has a new leader for the first time in over 20 years. Richard Henning was installed as archbishop Thursday afternoon at Boston's Cathedral of the Holy Cross. He's replacing Cardinal Sean O'Malley, who announced his retirement in early August. Henning spent the last year as the bishop of Providence, Rhode Island. Before that, he served as an auxiliary bishop on Long Island, New York.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
wbur.org | Sydney Ko
Twenty years ago, the Red Sox pulled off a World Series victory after decades of heartbreaking losses. Fans remember the 2004 season as the one that broke "the Curse of the Bambino" — a superstition that the Sox couldn't win the title after trading Babe Ruth to the Yankees in 1920. The team made it to the World Series in 1946, 1967, 1975 and 1986 — only to lose in Game 7 each time. More than 80 years after that trade, they swept the St. Louis Cardinals to become the 2004 World Series champions.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
wbur.org | Sydney Ko
Tell us: Where were you when the Red Sox won the World Series in 2004? Boston Red Sox fans celebrate outside Fenway Park in Boston after the Red Sox beat the St. Louis Cardinals to win the World Series Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2004. (Michael Dwyer/AP)After 86 years without a championship, the Red Sox finally won the World Series in 2004 — 20 years ago this month.
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
wbur.org | Amory Sivertson |Sydney Ko
How a French ship was discovered off the Mass. coast, more than 100 years after it sankA research team found the century-old wreckage of a French ship 200 miles off the Massachusetts coast last month. Radio Boston sits down with shipwreck hunter and member of Atlantic Wreck Salvage, Jennifer Sellitti, to talk about the uncovering of Le Lyonnais and a maritime hit-and-run that resulted in the deaths of more than 100 passengers on board. This segment airs on September 13, 2024.
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
wbur.org | Amory Sivertson |Sydney Ko
Massachusetts space news in our orbitRadio Boston sits down with Kelly Beatty, senior editor at Sky & Telescope, to hear stories from outer space that are close to home. We discuss the potential end of an era for a Massachusetts-based NASA telescope program, an astronaut from Needham who's stuck in space, SpaceX's first commercial space walk and a harvest moon. This segment aired on September 11, 2024. Audio will be available soon.
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Aug 23, 2024 | 
wbur.org | Sydney Ko
This year's Boston's Caribbean Carnival — the sequin-and-feather-bejewled parade and party — is on Saturday, Aug. 24. The J'ouvert, or "daybreak" parade, will start at 6 a.m. following a modified route that begins and ends inside Franklin Park, while the main parade starts on Martin Luther King Boulevard in Roxbury at 1 p.m. and ends at Franklin Park in Dorchester by 6 p.m. There'll be music, dancing and other entertainment.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
wbur.org | Amory Sivertson |Sydney Ko
Mushroom leather? Apple peel shoes? Exhibit showcases sustainable innovationsA year-long exhibit at the Museum of Science called "Innovation: Earth" explores the latest innovations in climate-friendly technology. It features items like flexible solar panels and fabric made from mushrooms. David Sittenfeld, director of the museum's Center for the Environment, and Katharina Marino, the museum's content developer, joined WBUR's Radio Boston.
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Aug 6, 2024 | 
wbur.org | Amory Sivertson |Sydney Ko
If you're not getting a good night's rest, it might be time for sleep 'physical therapy'A quarter of Americans develop acute insomnia every year, according to a study from the University of Pennsylvania. Sleep is crucial to everything. But the harder you try to sleep, the more difficult it becomes. Radio Boston invited Dr. Milena Pavlova, a neurologist who specializes in sleep medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, to help us understand insomnia, its potential causes and what to do about it.
