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Tuesday, May 10, 2016
[Randy Cushman is aboard his fishing vessel Ella Christine, in Port Clyde, Maine. In the top righthand corner, you can see one of the cameras used to monitor his catch and fishing activities. (Qainat Khan/WBUR)]
[Cameras Pitched As On-Board Fishing Monitors]
A pilot program tests if cameras can replace human monitors -- and do it for less money.
Just In
[In Historic Step, Obama To Visit Hiroshima Later This Month]
President Obama will be the first sitting U.S. president to visit there since America dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
[Scaled-Down Plan For The Green Line Extension Will Move Forward]
The new plan would include simplified stations and bridges.
- [Listen: GLX's tentative approval]
Cognoscenti
[Donald Trump: America's Sugar Daddy]
By Steve Almond
[Does parenting style tell us everything we need to know about a candidate? In this photo, Donald Trump poses with his family after his announcement that he will run for president, in the lobby of Trump Tower, New York, Tuesday, June 16, 2015. From left are: son Eric Trump, with his wife Lara Yunaska; Donald Trump's son Barron Trump, wife Melania Trump; Vanessa Haydon and her husband Donald Trump Jr.; daughter Ivanka Trump with her husband Jared Kushner; daughter Tiffany Trump. In the front row are Kai Trum]
Does parenting style tell us everything we need to know about a candidate?
- [Trump's messy ideas for handling the national debt, explained]
- [Unlike Trump, Clinton lacks a simple, clear economic message]
[North Carolina Sues DOJ Over LGBT Law; DOJ Sues Back]
Attorney General Loretta Lynch said the Justice Department "retains the option of curtailing" federal funding for North Carolina as a civil rights case over the state's "bathroom bill" proceeds.
- [More: Policies for transgender high school athletes vary from state to state]
[As U.S. Attitudes Change, Some Evangelicals Dig In; Others Adapt]
America's culture war is being fought inside evangelical Christian circles. Some are resisting secular society's trends that conflict with biblical teaching. Others have found a way to live with them.
[Harvard Students Protest Move Against Final Clubs, Fraternities And Sororities]
Dozens of protesters said the school's new policies restrict female spaces that are "crucial sources of empowerment."
- [Harvard moves against single-gender final clubs, sororities and fraternities]
- [Cognoscenti: Eroding student freedom, one authoritarian policy at a time]
[Ex-FBI Agent Pleads Guilty To Perjury During Bulger Trial]
Robert Fitzpatrick, 76, was accused of lying to jurors and overstating his professional accomplishments during "Whitey" Bulger's 2013 racketeering trial.
- [Listen: David Boeri reports on Fitzpatrick's guilty plea]
[Boston Attorney Calls For Investigation Into Abuse Allegations At Region’s Private Schools]
[John Sweeney, 57, right, weeps as Adrian Hooper, 64, listens during a news conference Monday at the office of Boston attorney Mitchell Garabedian. Sweeney and Hooper allege they were sexually assaulted by staff members at the Fessenden School in Newton. (Elise Amendola/AP)]
Mitchell Garabedian's statement comes after a Boston Globe report found that over the past 25 years, more than 200 students have accused staffers of abuse at dozens of private schools.
[Tufts University Postpones Finals After Car Fire, Threat Referencing Labor Dispute]
The university closed several buildings referenced in the note, which was found near where a car was discovered to be burning.
[Judge Rejects Injunction To Stop Construction On Children’s Hospital Healing Garden]
[Visitors relax in the Prouty Garden in this file photo. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR)]
The hospital plans to demolish Prouty Garden and build a new clinical building.
Forecast
[Sunny, Mild Conditions Expected To Last Several Days]
After a cold start, more stunning weather is expected for today.
The ARTery
[Chris Thile, Punch Brothers And Their ‘Super-Genre’ Of Great Music]
[Punch Brothers at Suwannee Springfest 2014. (John Davisson/Invision/AP)]
Punch Brothers' frontman Chris Thile is expanding the possibilities for what one can do with a bluegrass instrument than perhaps any musician we've seen before.
The ARTery
[Report: Boston Arts Scene Faces Divisions, Opportunities]
Nearly a year in the making, Boston Creates' draft report seeks to set the stage for the future of the city's arts and culture sector.
The ARTery
[‘RoosevElvis’ At Oberon — Mr. President, Meet Mr. Presley. Or Is It Ms. Presley?]
[Kristen Sieh and Libby King in quot;RoosElvis quot; at Oberon. (Courtesy Evgenia Eliseeva/A.R.T.)]
"RoosevElvis" is a straight-ahead, full-tilt voyage through popular images of man- (and woman-) hood that's part live performance and part video footage, with a little bit of hilariously amateur dance recital thrown in.
CommonHealth
- [Judge Rejects Injunction To Stop Construction On Children’s Hospital Healing Garden]
- [Policies For Transgender High School Athletes Vary From State To State]
- [Why To Exercise Today: Study Finds Fitness May Protect Against Harm Of Sitting]
- [Opinion: In Simulation Era, Your Doc’s First Try At A Procedure Should Not Be On You]
- [Narrating Medicine: Let’s Talk Bedpans, And Why Doctors Should Get Good With Them]
Cognoscenti
- [Donald Trump: America's Sugar Daddy]
- [Eroding Student Freedom, One Authoritarian Policy At A Time]
- [Heavy Meddle: How Do I Keep Dates From Becoming Therapy Sessions?]
- [Why Donald Trump Will Win In November]
- [Our Mothers, Ourselves: A Daughter Reflects On Beauty And Blame]
On Point
- [The Growing Allure Of The Gap Year]
- [Why Life Expectancy Varies Greatly In The U.S.]
- [Behind The Pageantry: The Real North Korea]
- [The Great Political Realignment Of 2016]
- [The Threat To Grauer’s Gorillas]
Here & Now
- [Millions Vote In Philippines’ Election]
- [Bartender Explains Why The First National Gay Rights Monument Should Be At Stonewall]
- [Uber, Lyft Suspend Service In Austin After City Votes In Favor Of Regulations]
- [Book Reveals The Complexities Of Rescuing And Rehabilitating Hummingbirds]
- [Being A Mom When You Didn’t Really Have One]
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