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What were the biggest Boston stories in 2025?
12/29/2025

What were the biggest Boston stories in 2025?

As we wrap up 2025, the journalists at GBH News have been reflecting on the headlines that defined the year.

Many live-in home health aides will no longer have to pay income tax in Massachusetts.Gov. Maura Healey’s office announc...
12/28/2025

Many live-in home health aides will no longer have to pay income tax in Massachusetts.

Gov. Maura Healey’s office announced the change this week for personal care attendants paid through MassHealth.

Live-in aides could save thousands in federal and state income taxes under the exemption.

A coalition of 19 states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, ...
12/28/2025

A coalition of 19 states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, its secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and its inspector general over a declaration that could complicate access to gender-affirming care for young people.https://bit.ly/4arn45H

A coalition of 19 states and the District of Columbia on Tuesday sued the Department of Health and Human Services over a declaration that could complicate access to gender-affirming care for young people.

In the span of less than 72 hours, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Victor Mojica went from being widely vili...
12/28/2025

In the span of less than 72 hours, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Victor Mojica went from being widely vilified and placed on administrative leave — to being returned right back to his old job.

DHS's handling of the incident raises questions about the department's oversight mechanisms to investigate employee misconduct.

Survivors have until March 31 to apply for a portion of the roughly $200 million that was forfeited in 2018, after the g...
12/28/2025

Survivors have until March 31 to apply for a portion of the roughly $200 million that was forfeited in 2018, after the government seized the operation. https://bit.ly/4pQyswP

Anti-trafficking advocates and survivors are trying to get the word out that victims can file for funds forfeited from the site seized by the authorities in 2018.

Former Stoughton deputy police chief Robert Devine has lost his ability to work as a police officer after Massachusetts'...
12/28/2025

Former Stoughton deputy police chief Robert Devine has lost his ability to work as a police officer after Massachusetts' POST commission decertified him.
https://bit.ly/455T5Nl

The Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission voted to revoke his certification due to a pattern of misconduct with Sandra Birchmore.

In the span of less than 72 hours, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Victor Mojica went from being widely vili...
12/28/2025

In the span of less than 72 hours, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Victor Mojica went from being widely vilified and placed on administrative leave — to being returned right back to his old job. https://bit.ly/48T2Twi

DHS's handling of the incident raises questions about the department's oversight mechanisms to investigate employee misconduct.

Despite 35 years of federal law requiring hotels to be made accessible for guests who use wheelchairs, travelers tell NP...
12/27/2025

Despite 35 years of federal law requiring hotels to be made accessible for guests who use wheelchairs, travelers tell NPR that hotels still fail to fully comply with basic and often easily achieved requirements for accessibility. https://bit.ly/4scF4Hl

AN NPR survey finds that people with disability still find hotels unaccommodating, even 35 years after passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Waiting to Exhale exceeded expectations when it opened in 1995, moviegoers turned up in droves, making it one of the yea...
12/27/2025

Waiting to Exhale exceeded expectations when it opened in 1995, moviegoers turned up in droves, making it one of the year’s most profitable blockbusters. In a year in review, The Los Angeles Times dubbed the film a “social phenomenon,” and the NAACP lavished it with Image Awards for outstanding motion picture, lead actress and more. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4pedo26

The 1995 adaptation of Terry McMillan's novel celebrated the beauty of Black sisterhood.

Tensions between Palestinians and Jews after Oct. 7, 2023, reached an all-time high in Israel, but at Salon Jaffa, peopl...
12/27/2025

Tensions between Palestinians and Jews after Oct. 7, 2023, reached an all-time high in Israel, but at Salon Jaffa, people from both communities feel safe and protected by Inbal. https://bit.ly/4qnCqgb

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

In the shadow of U.S. export controls, the Chinese government has been doubling down on its pursuit of tech self-suffici...
12/27/2025

In the shadow of U.S. export controls, the Chinese government has been doubling down on its pursuit of tech self-sufficiency, pouring upward of $200 billion into efforts to create a modern and self-reliant chip industry. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4qix06c

The chip industry in China is hustling to overcome a Western tech choke hold, even as President Trump appears poised to loosen U.S. chip restrictions.

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