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🌞 Good morning ! This is GBH News bringing you the world from . It's 66F at Logan Airport and visibility is 1.25 miles.

The 's Red Line has the most extreme slowdowns in the system -- and the agency announces it will shut branches altogether for repair in October.

Former President posed for a mug shot in Georgia yesterday, as he was booked on charges of interfering with the 2020 election. He posted the photo on Twitter shortly afterwards.

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🌞 Good morning ! This is GBH News bringing you the world from . It's 67F at visibility is a scant quarter of a mile at Logan due to fog.

Residents of formed long lines at the airport to evacuate as approached the Canadian city.

In , investigators solved a 20 year old cold case involving the shooting death of a 17 year old foster child.

The DOJ is recommending a sentence of 33 years for top Proud Boys leaders in cases.

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that time when someone called in to Public Radio to defend the honor of prosciutto

A bright and open radio studio with two hosts taking calls. The GBH logo can be seen on the anchor desk.

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🌞 Good morning ! This is GBH News bringing you the world from . It's 68F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10 miles.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is criticizing NYC Mayor Eric Adams' handling of a soaring number of migrants to the city.

President Biden will visit next week. The island was the site of deadly .

A company's school bus routing software is being blamed for a week+ of missed classes in .

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🌞 Hello ! This is GBH News bringing you the world from . It's 80F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10 miles.

Look up! The Perseid meteor shower is visible in the night sky.

A woman in Boston is suing a local restaurant after she slipped and fell on ::checks notes:: a slice of prosciutto.

Prosecutors in have started presenting evidence about the 2020 election and former president Trump to a grand jury.

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ALSO! It is , the day when we feature work from newsrooms that have an active presence in the .

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From @gbhnews, here's Tori Bedford on Mayor Wu's decision to go ahead with rebuilding treatment facilities and shelters on Long Island.

For many years, the city had hundreds of beds available on this Boston Harbor island which was once the home to a Coast Guard facility. All that ended in 2014 when a bridge connecting the island to the mainland was declared unsafe. The city has never recovered the number of treatment and shelter beds. https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2023-08-10/wu-announces-plan-to-rebuild-long-island-bridge-and-treatment-center

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🌞 Good morning ! This is GBH News bringing you the from . It's 76F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10 miles.

Maui's mayor toured Lahaina, the town devastated by wildfires, and says he barely recognizes it.

Judge Tanya Chutkan is considering a protective order to put former President Trump on notice that he shouldn't...share sensitive government information...from his case.

Mayor Wu is moving forward to rebuild treatment facilities on Long Island.

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🌞 Good morning ! This is GBH bringing you the world from . It's 73F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10 miles.

Special Counsel Jack Smith got a secret warrant for former President Trump's Twitter account, documents show.

There's been an 80% drop in unruly passenger incidents on US flights since 2021.

Free school meals, a pandemic program, are now permanent in .

There are 82 days remaining until .

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🌞 Good morning ! It's GBH News bringing you the world from . It's 77F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10 miles.

In , people are fleeing into the ocean to escape on Maui.

An American nurse and her young daughter who were kidnapped in have been released.

Legal scholar and influential mentor Charles Ogletree Jr. has died. He was 70.

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📌 Boston Globe columnist, Marcela García was just on Public Live from the Boston Public talking about community leader Elizabeth Amador who, through her Instagram account, helps the local community navigate . ⤵️

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxjtKtYqzAU

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🌞 Good morning ! This is GBH News from . It's 72F at Logan Airport and visibility is 1.25 miles (torrential downpour rn).

Hank The Tank, the bear burglar who was breaking in to cabins out west, has been apprehended near Lake Tahoe.

Acting Mayor Ed Flynn says he wants a warrant sweep at the homeless encampment at Mass+Cass. It's not clear his powers extend that far while Mayor Wu is on vacation.

We're streaming live with Gov. Healey at noon. https://youtube.com/live/LxjtKtYqzAU

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Hello ! This is GBH News bringing you the world from . It's 69F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10 mi.

An indigenous leader in has convinced the city of Guajara-Mirim to grant its river personhood...which comes with legal rights.

An independent arbitrator says the Mass. State Police must reinstate 7 troopers who refused to get a COVID vaccination.

Freight trucking company Yellow is declaring bankruptcy. 30K jobs will be eliminated.

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: Shopping for a cart for groceries

There's a steep hill, with sometimes crummy, icy sidewalks, between my preferred grocery store and my 3rd floor walkup home.

Is there anything better than the foldup metal grocery cart they sell at the Ace Hardware in ?

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Live on Public Radio now: Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

"I feel good about the judicial system. No one is above the law, not even a president of the United States."

https://youtube.com/live/VEmUd1dTL8s?feature=share

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🌞 Good morning ! This is GBH News bringing you the world from . It's 71F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10 miles.

The U.S. is expanding curfews for asylum seekers. Curfews will extend to 13 new cities including Boston and today.

The US added 187K jobs in June. The unemployment rate dipped to 3.5%.

Mass. voters may see as many as 4 ballot questions: psychedelic legalization, removing MCAS as a HS grad requirement, rent control & more.

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🌞 Good morning ! This is GBH News bringing you the world from . It's 71F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10 miles.

RR Auctions in will be auctioning off an Apple 1. The computer that kicked off the Apple empire is expected to sell for ~$200K.

The MBTA has agreed with unions to hike pay, benefits. The agency needs to hire many more workers to make up its workforce gap.

On this day in 1993, the U.S. Senate voted 96 to 3 to confirm Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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🌞 Hello ! This is GBH News bringing you the world from . It's 70F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10 miles.

Despite his reluctance to testify, former VP Mike Pence is now at the center of new indictments of former President Trump.

Cambridge, MA is bringing back 8th grade algebra after pushback from parents and activists.

State lawmakers have passed a budget, including more free community college access.

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Hello ! This is GBH News bringing you the world from . It is 74F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10 miles.

ThermoFisher Scientific settled with the family of Henrietta Lacks. The company used Henrietta's cells to make many scientific breakthroughs but did not compensate her fairly.

In Burbank, CA, a local bear was seen taking a dip in backyard pools.

Mass. is opening a second welcome center for the influx of migrants to the state.

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Don't miss our interview with VP Kamala Harris on 's role in America's civil rights history. Harris was here at the & spoke with Paris Alston and Jim Braude:
https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2023/07/31/vp-kamala-harris-talks-civil-rights-at-2023-naacp-national-convention-in-boston

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🌞 Good morning ! This is GBH News bringing you the world from . It's 72F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10 miles.

RFK Jr. is now saying he's not anti-vaccine. His record shows that's not true.

A woman working for a nonprofit has been kidnapped in ; US now issuing a do-not-travel warning for the country.

Some Chinese zoos are having to go on a social media offensive to reaffirm that their are real, and not humans in costumes.

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🌞 Good morning! This is GBH News bringing you the world from . It's 82F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10 miles.

🌗 Look up! August will feature two s.

Gov. DeSantis is expected at a fundraiser on Cape Cod, only a ferry ride away from where he arranged to have migrants dropped off in a political stunt.

Happy birthday, . On this day in 1958 the U.S. agency was created.

🛸 UFOs:

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🌞 Hello ! This is GBH News bringing you the world from . It's 83F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10 miles.

The House doesn't always win, as it turns out: funding for elder stripped by House Republicans in DC has been restored.

is the host city for the NAACP's 114th annual convention this year and we are broadcasting live from the convention. Catch us here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7uS-VsaIz8

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🌞 Good morning ! This is GBH News bringing you the world from . It is 71F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi. Air quality is moderate with an AQI of 59.

The beat the Braves last night. The team is a season-best 8 games over .500.

Mass. Auditor DiZoglio is asking for the state attorney general's support in auditing the state's legislature.

There is a severe storm risk today in New England. Stay safe & dry, folks.

Public radio & tv stations should have:

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🌞 Good morning ! This is GBH News bringing you the world from . It's 81F at Logan and visibility is 10 mi. Air quality is moderate (AQI 53).

In the wake of the ruling ending the use of race as a factor in college admissions, US DOE announced an investigation into 's practice of boosting the chances of applicants whose parents went to the school.

Rudy Giuliani is not disputing that he made false statements about fraud in 2020.

staying cool:

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🌞 Good morning ! This is GBH News bringing you the world from . It's 80F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.

In sad news, the personal chef of the Obama family, Tafari Campbell, drowned on Martha's Vineyard.

Trader Joe's is announcing a recall of a number of cookie varieties because...they may contain rocks.

Mass. is getting $58M in funding to make sure there isn't lead in drinking water in the state's schools.

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