Three Loveland, Colo., police officers involved in the forceful arrest and detention of Karen Garner, a 73-year-old woman with dementia, have resigned from the department."I share the community's concerns on this. It hurt to see that," Loveland Police Chief Robert Ticer said of the body camera footage of the arrest during the conference. "I've been in law enforcement 32 years, and what I saw in there hurt me, personally."Ticer made the announcement Friday during a press conference, which came more than a week after a federal civil rights lawsuit against multiple officers and the Loveland Police Department was filed by Sarah Schielke from The Life and Liberty Law Office on behalf of Garner.

https://www.wbur.org/npr/992698477/3-colorado-officers-involved-in-forceful-arrest-of-woman-with-dementia-resign

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More than a million people are without power across Louisiana and Mississippi after Ida barreled on land as a Category 4 hurricane, bringing storm surge and high winds and killing at least one person. Ida has since been downgraded to a tropical storm and continues north.If you're in an area affected by the storm, here are some resources that can help you stay safe and informed:Louisiana officials urged residents to stay off the roads Monday morning while damage assessments were underway. If you're in Louisiana, you can look at road closures here.

https://www.wbur.org/npr/1032456254/ida-tips-for-staying-safe-and-informed-louisiana

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In her new book, Persist, Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren returns to the call for transformational change that was her rallying cry in the 2020 Democratic presidential primaries. It's a book, she tells NPR's Morning Edition, she has been unwittingly writing her whole life."I've been writing it through every battle, through every fall, every stumble, everything I got wrong and had to come back and try to fix later on," she says.In the interview and in the book, she details some of those battles, including her experience with gender discrimination and sexual harassment.

https://www.wbur.org/npr/993173804/elizabeth-warren-stitches-the-stories-she-says-help-us-learn-to-persist

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Massachusetts lawmakers passed one of the first state-wide restrictions of facial recognition as part of a sweeping police reform law.The new law sets limits on how police use the technology in criminal investigations. It's one of the first attempts to find middle ground when regulating this technology, but not all privacy advocates agree that regulation is the right step.Democratic state Sen. Sonia Chang-Díaz was one of the leaders behind this push for criminal justice reform."There's some pretty sensible guardrails that can be put around the use of facial surveillance technology while the state does the work of collecting data to understand and get a more fulsome picture of how the technology is being used currently," said Chang-Diaz.

https://www.wbur.org/npr/982709480/massachusetts-pioneers-rules-for-police-use-of-facial-recognition-tech

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Banished from major social media platforms, former President Donald Trump has announced plans to form a public company that will then launch a long-anticipated social platform of his own, claiming to create a space to "stand up to the tyranny of Big Tech."The press release announcing the platform, TRUTH Social, has a familiar Trumpian confidence, but the sustainability and many details of the venture are unclear.TRUTH Social is expected to have a beta launch in November with a wider rollout in 2022, according to the release.

https://www.wbur.org/npr/1048040544/what-we-know-so-far-about-trumps-planned-social-media-platform

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Listen Live: 1APlayIranian students climb over the wall of the U.S. embassy in Tehran on Nov. 4, 1979. (STR/AFP via Getty Images)On this day 42 years ago today, Iranian students and militants stormed the American embassy in Tehran. They held 52 American diplomats, military and state department workers for 444 days before releasing them.But all this time later, Washington's pledge to compensate the hostages and their families hasn't yet been fulfilled.Kate Koob and Barry Rosen, two former hostages, join us.

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2021/11/04/iran-hostages-restitution

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In pre-pandemic days, attending a public hearing typically meant setting aside a chunk of time — maybe even asking for time off work or scheduling a babysitter — and schlepping down to a city or town hall, or even the Statehouse, and waiting for a chance to speak.When COVID-19 hit, that changed almost overnight as state and local government bodies — including the Massachusetts Legislature — abruptly began providing remote access.Many lawmakers, activists and members of the public are hoping to avoid a full return to crowded meeting rooms by making virtual access to public hearings across the state a permanent option.

https://www.wbur.org/news/2021/06/03/local-government-remote-access-push-massachusetts

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Jim Holland says his memories of being raped as an adolescent were triggered by the 2003 Boston Globe Spotlight investigation of sexual abuse by priests. He lives in Quincy, Mass. (Kayana Szymczak for NPR)Jim Holland says he was raped by a priest when he was 13 years old. For the next 30 years, Holland locked his trauma away, holding it at bay with drinking, drugs and promiscuity. The 2003 Boston Globe Spotlight investigation of sexual abuse by priests triggered his memories."I kept on saying, 'No, it was no big deal.

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A battle is brewing in Florida over whether students will have to wear masks when they return to the classroom this fall.Several Florida school districts are keeping their mask mandates in place for the upcoming school year, despite an executive order by Gov. Ron DeSantis that leaves it up to parents to decide whether their children wear face coverings in school.Broward County Public Schools, the second-largest district in Florida, cited safety as its top priority announcing the decision to maintain its mask requirement pending further guidance from the state, as coronavirus cases surge in Florida.

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New Bedford's Marine Commerce Terminal is a huge spread of open concrete jutting into the harbor. On a recent day, a few refrigerated trucks were unloading seafood at a processing plant next door, but the terminal itself just looked like a giant empty parking lot. As the wind swept across the vast space, the biggest action was the crowds of seagulls hunkered down, squawking at each other.This is where Bruce Carlisle wants you to use your imagination."In my mind's eye, I see the tower sections stacked and lined up.

https://www.wbur.org/earthwhile/2021/04/19/boem-record-of-decision-vineyard-wind-preview

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Listen Live: Radio BostonPlayChef Michael Morway grilling a piece of his Plimoth Cornbread, a part of a popular burrata dish on the Trillium menu. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)Here is the Radio Boston rundown for May 27. Tiziana Dearing is our host. The caterpillar chomped through one apple, two pears, three plums, four strawberries, five oranges, and one piece of chocolate cake --- and in doing so, burrowed his way into the hearts and memories of millions children across the world. That iconic caterpillar is the creation of author Eric Carle, who passed away on Sunday at his home in Northampton.

https://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2021/05/27/may-27-2021-rb

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In the 1970s, Vernice Davis Anthony was one of dozens of Detroit public health nurses who regularly fanned out throughout the city, building trust. They visited the home of every new mom, and worked in schools, tracking cases of infectious diseases and making sure kids got immunized. (Nic Antaya/Kaiser Health News)If you were growing up in Detroit in the 1970s or '80s, chances are you knew the city's health department — the Herman Kiefer public health complex — by both sight and reputation.Opened at the turn of the century and later enhanced by renowned industrial architect Albert Kahn, the imposing health facility was named after a local infectious disease doctor.

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A restaurant posts a "Help Wanted" sign for line cooks and servers on June 22 in Los Angeles. Restaurants are seeing surging demand, but they are still struggling to recruit staff. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)At the Wheat Penny Oven and Bar in Dayton, Ohio, demand for pizza and craft cocktails has never been stronger, but staffing shortages have temporarily forced the restaurant to close on Sundays and Mondays."Not everybody wanted to come back," says co-owner Liz Valenti. "People that had been in this industry for five, ten, fifteen years, made the decision not to come back to hospitality.

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On Wednesday afternoon, Enes Kanter, a center for the Boston Celtics, traded his uniform for a t-shirt bearing an image of the Dalai Lama, and read a pro-Tibet message that has prompted Chinese broadcasters to take the Celtics off the air in China."My message for the Chinese government is 'Free Tibet.' Tibet belongs to Tibetans," Kanter said in the video, describing restrictions, imprisonment and "cultural genocide" he attributed to Chinese rule and calling Chinese President Xi Jinping a "brutal dictator.

https://www.wbur.org/npr/1048034074/enes-kanter-boston-celtics-china-tibet

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DEL RIO, Texas — Haitian migrants seeking to escape poverty, hunger and a feeling of hopelessness in their home country said they will not be deterred by U.S. plans to speedily send them back, as thousands of people remained encamped on the Texas border Saturday after crossing from Mexico.Scores of people waded back and forth across the Rio Grande on Saturday afternoon, re-entering Mexico to purchase water, food and diapers in Ciudad Acuña before returning to the Texas encampment under and near a bridge in the border city of Del Rio.

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Listen Live: Radio BostonPlayJamie BolognaTiziana DearingHere is Radio Boston rundown for May 21. Tiziana Dearing is our host.We review the major news stories of the week, highlighting the fear we're feeling and the silence that's often resulted from it. We discuss the latest controversy over suspended Boston Police Superintendent Dennis White and whether the silence of those knowledgeable of the allegations against him enabled him to rise among the ranks. And on Monday, Governor Baker announced lifting COVID-19 restrictions — but has that alleviated our fear of the virus, or introduced new fears? Plus, a pugnacious local DJ's comments about star Demi Lovato's decision to announce they are non-binary got us talking about our obligation to empathy, kindness and personal truth.

https://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2021/05/21/may-21-2021-rb

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Listen Live: 1APlayEconomists and investors are on pins and needles Wednesday as Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell prepares to speak after a days-long meeting.We take the opportunity to talk about the state of the economy with NPR's Scott Horsley.This segment airs on June 16, 2021. Audio will be available after the broadcast.

https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2021/06/16/powell-economy-news

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Listen Live: Radio BostonPlayTiziana DearingChris CitorikThroughout the summer, we are inviting the major candidates officially running for governor to make their case to our listeners.Last month, we spoke to Republican candidate and former state representative, Geoff Diehl, Democratic candidate and State Senator Sonia-Chang-Diaz, and Democratic candidate and former State Senator Ben Downing.We speak with Harvard professor Danielle Allen, running to be the Democratic candidate for governor next year.

https://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2021/08/03/gubernatorial-danielle-allen

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Florida's school districts consider whether to require masks. The latest data on a recovering job market is released Friday. A sprinter from Belarus, who fled the Olympics, is now in Poland.

https://www.wbur.org/npr/1025372144/morning-news-brief

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Israel was the first country on earth to fully vaccinate a majority of its citizens against COVID-19. Now it has one of the world's highest daily infection rates — an average of nearly 7,500 confirmed cases a day, double what it was two weeks ago. Nearly one in every 150 people in Israel today have the virus.What happened, and what can be learned about the vaccine's impact on a highly-vaccinated country? Here are six lessons learned — and one looming question for the future of the pandemic.Israel had fully vaccinated slightly over half its population by March 25.

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Louisiana was already battling its fourth coronavirus surge — and worst one yet — when Ida struck. Here's what that means for hospitals, patients and those seeking shelter (and COVID-19 tests):There were 2,450 people hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Saturday, according to Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, who notes that hospitalizations decreased 20% over the previous 10 days but still remained higher than at any point during the pandemic.Hospitals generally try to discharge as many patients and staff as possible before hurricanes.

https://www.wbur.org/npr/1032441006/storm-ida-covid-19-surge-louisiana-mississippi-hospitals-vaccines

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