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gbhnews, 3 hours ago (edited 2 minutes ago) to news

🌞 Good morning! This is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 56F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10 miles.

The first humanitarian supplies delivered from a floating pier built by the US military entered Gaza today.

In Indiana, a judge ruled that #tacos are "Mexican style sandwiches," clearing the way for a taqueria to open.

#OnThisDay in 2004, the first legal same-sex marriages in the US happened in Massachusetts, the first state to make equal marriage law. #lgbtq

gbhnews, 3 hours ago to random

so fascinating!

gbhnews, 23 hours ago (edited 1 hour ago) to fediverse

🌞 Hello #fediverse! This is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 56F at Logan Airport and visibility is 3mi.

The Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the way the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is financed, a win for the watchdog agency.

Renters rallied at the Mass. State House for rent control and a higher minimum wage.

A kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs, speaking in a commencement address, panned checks notes women working outside the home, LGBTQ people, and IVF.

gbhnews, 1 day ago to random

they do say every vote counts tho

gbhnews, 3 days ago to random

I try not to spam you guys with links, but this was wicked cute. https://youtu.be/Nx6vfZztkT4

gbhnews, 3 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to fediverse

🌞 Good morning #fediverse! This is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 56F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.

Congrats to Mr. & Mrs Punxatawney: the weather-prognosticating groundhogs welcome 2 kits, Sunny and Shadow.

3 men charged in the killing of Boston mobster Whitey Bulger now have plea deals.

The Biden administration announced that it will raise tariffs on some imports including EVs from China.

Today:

gbhnews, 4 days ago (edited 3 days ago) to fediverse

🌞 Good morning, #fediverse! This is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 54F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.

Over the weekend, people in many parts of North America were able to see the Northern Lights, as the aurora borealis was visible much further south than usual.

Somerville observed its annual Porchfest, with the band Guster making an unexpected appearance.

#OnThisDay in 1965, the Rolling Stones recorded "Satisfaction."

Satisfaction:

gbhnews, 6 days ago to random

pardon the brief interruption in your weekend

BUT OMG DID YOU SEE THESE?!? #NorthernLights

gbhnews, 7 days ago to fediverse

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

Cambridge #Massachusetts 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.

gbhnews, 7 days ago (edited 6 days ago) to random

and now for the poll of the day

you're at the library 📚

gbhnews, 7 days ago to random

also: As Mothers' Day approaches, my colleagues @meghansmith and Elena Eberwein spoke to 8 women who lost loved ones to violence.

Often, crime stories are very brief and don't address the impact on survivors, or tell us much about those who died.

I'm grateful to the women who were willing to talk to us about their people, and proud that our newsroom is sharing their voices.

Story:
https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2024-05-09/their-loved-ones-were-murdered-in-boston-on-mothers-day-they-keep-memories-alive

gbhnews, 9 days ago to random

farmer's market vote gonna end up in the Electoral College

gbhnews, 9 days ago (edited 8 days ago) to fediverse

🌞 Good morning #fediverse! This is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 56F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10 mi.

Dozens were arrested at UMass Amherst during pro-Palestinian protests.

Adult film star Stormy Daniels will return to the stand today in the Trump hush-money trial.

#OnThisDay in 1945, World War II in Europe ended.

you're at the farmer's market:

gbhnews, 11 days ago (edited 10 days ago) to fediverse

🌞 Good morning #fediverse! This is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 52F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10 mi.

In an Instagram post, Britney Spears announced that she would move to Boston. (No word on how this would affect the MBTA).

The Bruins and the Celtics are still in it, the Bruins with a win in overtime over the Leafs.

#OnThisDay in 1954, Roger Bannister ran the first sub-4-minute mile.

gbhnews, 14 days ago (edited 13 days ago) to random

and now for the poll of the day

gbhnews, 15 days ago to fediverse

🌞 Hello #fediverse! This is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 56F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10 miles.

A Pennsylvania man says his checks notes emotional support alligator has gone missing in the coastal marshes of Georgia.

Boston's city council passed a call for a ceasefire in #Gaza.

Police made arrests at campus protests at UCLA while President Biden defended the right to protest but said "order must prevail" as campuses face unrest over Gaza.

gbhnews, 17 days ago (edited 17 days ago) to random

also

what about #ThickTrunkTuesday .

Got any big 🌳 in your neighborhood? Let's see 'em. We love a nice tree.

gbhnews, 17 days ago (edited 16 days ago) to fediverse

🌞 Good morning #fediverse! This is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 50F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.

Getaway Zebras! Zebras got loose from a trailer in North Bend, WA, but were corralled on an onramp before they got on the highway.

Pro-Palestinian protesters took over a building at Columbia U.

#OnThisDay in 1854, Lincoln University, America's first historically Black degree-granting institution was chartered. #HBCU #highered

gbhnews, 17 days ago to random

bonus q: should the T have googly eyes 👀?

video/mp4

gbhnews, 18 days ago (edited 17 days ago) to fediverse

🌞 Good morning #fediverse! This is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 67F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.

Police cleared a pro-Palestinian protest encampment at Northeastern University over the weekend.

Police busted a jewelry theft ring that stole millions by targeting South Asian families in Massachusetts.

#Scotland's prime minister has resigned.

give yr humble #fediverse servant garden advice. too early for tomatoes or?

gbhnews, 21 days ago (edited 20 days ago) to fediverse

🌞 Good morning #fediverse! This is GBH #News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 48F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10 mi.

Massachusetts passed a law capping emergency shelter stays to 9 months in response to a surge in migrant arrivals.

TikTok is gearing up for a legal fight against a US demand that the company break ties with its Chinese parent co.

An inflation index watched by the Federal Reserve remained high, pushing off interest rate cuts.

gbhnews, 22 days ago (edited 21 days ago) to fediverse

🌞 Good morning #fediverse! This is GBH News bringing you the world from #Boston. It's 40F at Logan Airport and visibility is 10mi.

108 were arrested at a pro-Palestinian protest encampment at Emerson College early Thursday morning.

The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today on former President Trump's claims of absolute immunity from prosecution. #SCOTUS

Stocks are down sharply in response to continued high interest rates, etc. #econo

gbhnews, 22 days ago to news

BREAKING: The rape conviction of media executive Harvey Weinstein, whose trial became a landmark in the #MeToo movement to hold perpetrators accountable for sexual harassment and sexual assault in the workplace, has been overturned. https://www.wgbh.org/news/national/2024-04-25/new-york-appeals-court-overturns-harvey-weinsteins-2020-rape-conviction-from-landmark-metoo-trial #news

gbhnews, 23 days ago to random

what do you all think about the state of news visibility here on mastodon?

https://mastodon.social/@MediaOnMastodon@toot.io/112316173190323025

#journalism

gbhnews, 28 days ago to random

📚 also also

what are you reading?

#bookstodon