The call to action from the state’s largest teachers union comes as local districts have suspended at least five educators for social media posts about Kirk’s death that were deemed offensive.https://bit.ly/47Q1G8S

What’s with the giant abandoned church on Centre Street? An update. https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2025-09-18/jamaica-plain-church-turned-affordable-housing-project-gets-funding-boost-from-state

Boston unveiled its first 24-hour public health vending machine, stocked with items such as Narcan, fentanyl test strips, safe injection kits, condoms, socks, blankets and more. https://bit.ly/3VomP2v

Surely this is a trend we can turn around, no? https://bit.ly/4mCTlcB

Boston is building a new professional sports team -- from scratch. Boston Legacy FC will field a womens' pro soccer team: https://bit.ly/46p3Cmm

A hotly contested Boston City Council race that led to a nail-bitingly close outcome in last week’s preliminary election may be headed for a recount. https://bit.ly/4n9kOUe

UMass Amherst is set to receive its largest-ever private donation — $50 million over 10 years — and will rename its engineering college after the former Apple executive and UMass alumnus who made the gift. https://bit.ly/4pp7ooB

The Shawsheen Football Club was a brief, bright meteor: rising from the pitch in Andover, MA, to become the best soccer team in the country, and then disappearing from sight: https://bit.ly/4nqGr1W

The 'demographic cliff' isn't just hitting colleges who have fewer 18 year olds to fill seats - it's hitting high schools, who are combining forces so they can still field a football team: https://bit.ly/4nA7IPG

This year's Big E offers countless treats at the region's biggest fair: https://bit.ly/4nrgCyJ

In Brazil, former President Jair Bolsonaro attempted a coup after losing his re-election bid in 2022. Now, that country's Supreme Court has sentenced him to 27 years in prison: https://bit.ly/46JMUP1

Everett is canceling Fiesta del Rio, an annual festival of Hispanic culture, because they are worried that ICE will show up at the celebration: https://bit.ly/4n40pQh

50 years after experiencing the violence and racism of Boston's busing crisis, two Boston sisters talk about the lingering impact on their lives and why - until recently - they never discussed it with each other. Stream ‘Never Cried:’ Boston’s Busing Legacy, now on YouTube: https://bit.ly/4md1bZU

She's an immigration attorney in Massachusetts. Her husband was seized by ICE in an arrest so violent he ended up in the emergency room.

This Jamaica Plain church will get a new life -- as affordable housing. Learn how the deal got made -- and susbcribe to GBH Daily: https://bit.ly/4nCTmhl

Hundreds of people gathered on Boston Common on Thursday night for a candlelight vigil in remembrance of political activist Charlie Kirk one week after his death. https://bit.ly/4ncyuOl

The trash strike is over! https://bit.ly/46klzlW

President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday asked the Supreme Court to let it enforce a passport policy for transgender and nonbinary people requiring male or female sex designations that conform with birth certificates. https://bit.ly/46dalkx

Activist Monica Cannon-Grant will plead guilty to 18 charges today. GBH News' Callie Crossley wrote about her shock and disappointment when Cannon-Grant was initially charged: https://bit.ly/4pwCWJ2

The Trump administration is threatening to withhold funding for the MBTA: https://bit.ly/4puhSmu

“He said, ‘Babe, please come, I’m scared,’” she recounted. She heard him tell someone that his wife was coming, and then heard the sounds of screaming and glass shattering in the background. Then she heard her husband say, “Ow, you’re hurting me. Why are you doing that?” https://bit.ly/4mpAeCv

Senate Republicans changed the rules on confirming Trump's candidates for top slots in the government to make it even faster and more difficult to block: https://bit.ly/46jIEVW

"I’m the only renter in this race, and like most people in Somerville and most renters, I too struggle every month with worry if next year my rent is going to go up so much that I get pushed out of this city,” Burnley said. https://bit.ly/4mnF970

“I do believe in freedom of speech, and to me, a social media post that kids can’t see that has nothing to do with the school, that wasn’t threatening anyway, is not grounds to just sort of vaguely put someone on leave,” said Christina Elder, the parent of first grader. https://bit.ly/47Q1G8S

Attorney General Andrea Campbell said the decision to fly flags at half-staff in Massachusetts last week in memory of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk, was “crystal clear” under state law but should have been accompanied by a public explanation. https://bit.ly/46nHFUH

“The community understands that the project is already on the way — it was a question mark if it was going to be possible for them to get there based on how expensive the project was,” said Damaris Pimentel of Friends of the Blessed Sacrament. https://bit.ly/4n45p7u

Connecticut bans law enforcement from covering their face with masks while on the job: https://bit.ly/3Vo4WRq

Downton Abbey Alert: So is it *really* final...or....🤔. https://bit.ly/4nruvNn

Q: is what these tarantulas go through better, or worse, than online dating? https://bit.ly/46xmyk6

Trump wants to send the military into even more US cities. The latest in the crosshairs: Memphis. https://bit.ly/4pjTIer

Is Massachusetts trying to close its last two facilities for developmentally disabled adults? https://bit.ly/3K6qbF0

“I’m alive because of cancer research funding,” said Kate Weissman. “We have the access to the brightest minds in this world, but if they do not have the funding, they cannot do their jobs and they cannot find cures.” https://bit.ly/3Im2lof

“There is no alternative. It’s the end-of-life medication and clearly they need it for pain.” https://bit.ly/467jg78

Prince Harry made a surprise visit to wounded troops in Ukraine: https://bit.ly/47Aw3jz

Are you involved in something -- a job, a relationship, a group -- that you've come to really dread? Are you staying in it because of a goal? Here are some tips on when it's time to pack it in: https://bit.ly/47GKuTd

Prepare to have even more deducted from your paycheck for health insurance: https://bit.ly/3VeBmxH

Steve's shop supplies musical instruments, and repairs them, for students in Los Angeles public schools. All of it is free to the kids. The shop is now getting a boost from legendary trumpeter Herb Alpert: https://bit.ly/4n01JDF

David Ellison, son of one of the world's richest men, now controls CBS. And he's moving the company sharply to the right: https://bit.ly/3IhZUD4

After a court ruling requiring the Trump administration to release federal scientific research funds previously awarded to Harvard, the university says it's starting to see notices that it's coming. But the money hasn't yet arrived: https://bit.ly/46hauCp

The state has dozens of air quality monitoring hotspots, and is looking to add more. Is your community one of them? https://bit.ly/4n5DtQI

WARNING: do not open this story if you don't want to be hungry. It contains many photos of delectable treats available at the state's largest annual fair, the Big E: https://bit.ly/4nrgCyJ

Starting January, recipients of MassHealth -— the state’s Medicaid program — will have to get recertified every six months and have stricter work reporting requirements. https://bit.ly/47FbW3U

“Sometimes I think people spend more time figuring out where they’re going to get their hair cut or they’re gonna make a reservation for dinner than they do vetting who’s gonna be injecting a substance into their face,” says Dr. Matthew Avram. https://bit.ly/4mTnEMP

Sure, we've all seen pigeons. But think about it: have you ever seen a baby pigeon? Find out why you haven't (and why you might be glad you never have): https://bit.ly/3TC9Edm

In the 1920's, the Ku Klux Klan took root in Worcester. Here's how it happened...and how residents drove the hate group out by force: https://bit.ly/45XDyQv

nobody: nobody: me: "So why do we spell 'Red Sox' with an X, anyway?" https://bit.ly/42ihLAr

Looking for something new to listen to? Check out the winners of the national student podcast competition: https://bit.ly/4ni6Z5q

Which institutions are among those likely to be hit hardest by the sharp cuts to Medicaid? Childrens' hospitals. https://bit.ly/3JTsoUg

New SNAP rules mean that as many as 2.4 million people will lose food aid benefits each month: https://bit.ly/468GrfX

It's nearly apple picking season -- ever consider making a list of varieties in advance? Apple Rankings can help you prepare before you pick: https://bit.ly/4mcptn9