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/ picks of the day:

➡️ @gbhnews - PBS/NPR public broadcaster, TV & radio news for Boston MA & beyond

➡️ @universalhub - Independent news service for Boston MA

➡️ @HorizonMass - Local news site for MA, run by students & Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism

➡️ @wmbr - Small radio station broadcasting from basement of Walker Memorial at MIT

➡️ @CycleMA - Promoting cycling events across Massachusetts

➡️ @openstudios - Free open studios art events in Boston area

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🌞 Good morning ! This is GBH bringing you the world from . It's 49F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.

Cambridge is moving towards eliminating single-family zoning as the state faces an ongoing housing crisis.

Overnight, police dismantled a pro-Palestine protest encampment at MIT, arresting 10.

More than 100,000 have fled Rafah in southern Gaza as fighting approached the outskirts of the city.

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🌞 Good morning ! This is GBH bringing you the world from . It's 42F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10 miles.

A fire in displaced 30 and killed 1; community recovery efforts are underway.

The Biden administration approved a new wind power project off of that will produce more power than the state's last coal-powered plant.

On this day in 1860, the first Pony Express mail delivery relay riders took off.

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Hello ! This is GBH News bringing you the world from . It's 65F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10 miles.

Social Security benefits will increase 3.2% in 2024, down from an 8.7% increase in 2023.

Beavers are being reintroduced to for the first time in 400 years. A few were released into a wetland near Ealing.

Mayors, many from towns on , are asking for the right to impose real estate transfer taxes on property sales.

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And here's the item about real estate transfer taxes: https://www.wgbh.org/news/politics/2023-10-11/mayors-pitch-new-real-estate-tax-as-another-tool-against-the-housing-crisis

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🌞 Good morning ! This is GBH bringing you the world from . It is 63F at Logan Airport and visibility is half a mile.

A statue of Christopher Columbus that was removed from has reappeared three years later...in the nearby town of Johnston, RI.

Members of Congress are expressing concern over the lack of controls on -generated deepfake political ads.

Gov. Healey signs $1B tax relief package.

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says it wants to reduce the use of restraints in psychiatric hospitals.

So why is the rate going up so much?

GBH News reporter Alexi Cohan digs into what's happening in psychiatric facilities in Mass.:
https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2023-10-02/restraining-a-patient-is-supposed-to-be-a-last-resort-why-is-massachusetts-doing-it-so-often

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Good morning ! This is GBH News bringing you the world from . It's 58F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10 miles.

Disabled residents of a Boston public complex who have been stuck in their apartments because the building's elevator doesn't work are being offered hotels.

Federal $$ will go to a new advanced research hub for life sciences in Cambridge, .

Netflix red envelopes are making their final trip as DVD by mail service ends.

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On this day in 1983, "Every Breath You Take" by the Police was #1 on the Billboard charts.

And Gov. Michael Dukakis announced the Central Artery Tunnel project - the one we now know as The Big Dig.

This video pairs the audio track of our new with lo-fi archival footage of what looked like back when a massive raised interstate highway split the city in half. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ9wEUKs4U4

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Live someplace where hurricanes are a regular occurrence? Give Bostonians !

rarely gets hurricanes; for example, the last time was under hurricane watch was 2008.

So for those of you who live in places where hurricanes arrive more frequently, what advice do you have for us?

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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.

Former governor and current senator Mitt Romney has announced he will not run for Senate in 2024.

Folks in and New England are watching the course of to see whether it will hit the region over the weekend.

The US' largest newspaper chain has hired a Taylor Swift and Beyoncé reporter.

takeout:

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🌞 Good morning ! This is GBH News bringing you the world from . It's 68F at Logan Airport and visibility is 5 miles.

Google will track many users' browsing history to target ads, in a move worrying advocates.

A judge granted a new trial to a man who was found guilty of murder in 1993 after new DNA evidence called the conviction into question.

volcano Kilauea, one of the world's most active, erupted nearly two months of quiet.

cold remedy:

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🌞 Good morning ! This is GBH News bringing you the world from . It's 78F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.

Paqui is removing its "One Chip Challenge" product from the market after a 14 year old died after eating the very hot chip.

In , the representing personal care attendants reached an agreement with the state, raising wages from a $18 to up to $25.

Bruce Springsteen has cancelled a raft of concerts. The Boss has peptic ulcers.

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🌞 Good morning ! This is GBH News bringing you the world from . It's 68F at Logan Airport and visibility is 6mi.

Women's pro has a new league! Boston, NYC, and Minneapolis-St. Paul, Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa will be home to the teams.

is making fresh efforts against (when trucks hit low bridges on Storrow Drive).

Medicare will now negotiate prices w drug co's, beginning with 10 treatments for diabetes, arthritis, more.

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

Massive flooding in has swamped downtowns and washed away cars and some houses.

is seeing a big uptick in learners' permits requests after a new law allowing undocumented immigrants to apply.

We've got Mayor Michelle Wu (@wutrain) on Boston Public Radio today. Join the livestream beginning at 11AM: https://youtube.com/live/kv0jo-oIzNo

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Trying a little video on here. This one's about and , and a little bit about the state of politics around the Democratic Socialists of America in .

What do you think? Clips yes/no?

(and of course any thoughts you have about the subject as well!)

https://youtu.be/Rko26nxXnnA

Two white men sit in a television studio, with a backdrop of the Boston skyline behind them.

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Good morning . This is GBH News bringing you the world from . It's 74F at Logan Airport and the AQI is 64 (moderate).

struck down both student loan forgiveness and protections against discrimination by private companies. (Links in replies)

Elian Gonzalez, who became famous as a Cuban child castaway, has become a member of congress in .

announced its first targets for awarding state contracts to companies owned by people.

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Hello ! This is GBH News bringing you the world from .

Gov. Healey is addressing the Irish Parliament. Links to the why behind the trip below.

A suspect was arrested in the triple murder.

A late-life masterpiece by Austrian artist Gustav has sold for $108.4 million in London, making it the most expensive artwork ever auctioned in Europe.

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Since a lot of new folks are here, I thought it might be time for a fresh .

@gbhnews is a PBS/NPR newsroom in , .

We start the day with a greeting, the weather, a news roundup, and a poll.

We're interested your cats, your dogs, democracy, journalism, our neighborhood, our world, and what matters to you.

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