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A novel book club comes back to life at Mount Auburn Cemetery
1+ hour, 57+ min ago (390+ words) A cemetery might seem like an unusual setting for a summer book club, but many of the permanent residents at Mount Auburn on the Cambridge-Watertown line would likely appreciate the idea. Poets, writers, scientists and cultural figures including Buckminster Fuller,…...
What's driving the bus drivers strike north of Boston? A fight over Saturdays
3+ hour, 57+ min ago (544+ words) WBUR The U. S. men's national team won their first World Cup knockout round game since 2002 last night, but they'll be without star striker Folarin Balogun in the next round against Belgium on Monday due to a controversial red card. Now, to…...
Portuguese immigrants, long settled in Mass. , say the 'American Dream' is being tested
5+ hour, 9+ min ago (1731+ words) At Barcelos Bakery in Fall River, customers line up to select pastries from giant glass cases and breads from huge wicker baskets. They place their orders: a dozen pasteis de nata, two cappuccinos, a couple bread rolls with butter and…...
Olivia Wilde's 'The Invite' has promise but takes a misguided turn
5+ hour, 57+ min ago (1119+ words) WBUR Ever since "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" walked into that Las Vegas hotel room back in 1969, filmmakers have been fascinated by what happens when straight-laced couples flirt with libertinism, and each other. Last summer's "Splitsville" was the funniest movie nobody…...
America at 250 | Cognoscenti
15+ hour, 34+ min ago (380+ words) There were about a dozen people wandering the sanctuary while I was there, and many more outside: kids and parents, grandparents, couples, folks decked out in the colors of their favorite World Cup teams. I imagine nearly all of them…...
State lawmakers " no fans of ballot questions " want to know who's funding them
16+ hour, 17+ min ago (539+ words) State lawmakers are looking to get a clearer picture of who's funding a host of ballot questions this year. They've'advanced legislation to impose stricter reporting requirements on the groups backing and opposing the measures. A House bill goes further and…...
The sound myths make when they crack
17+ hour, 52+ min ago (567+ words) The story of American democracy is often told through the lens of mythology and exceptionalism: the founding fathers and the promise of a nation uniquely destined for freedom. As the country is approaching 250 years of independence, it seems caught between…...
Bus drivers for Merrimack Valley Transit go on strike | WBUR News
17+ hour, 57+ min ago (404+ words) Union bus drivers and mechanics for Merrimack Valley Transit are on strike after labor negotiations reached a stalemate. Fixed-route bus service was suspended on Wednesday across 16 communities served by the regional transit authority, including Lowell, Haverhill and Newburyport. The previous…...
Recapping the Supreme Court's busy term full of major decisions
22+ hour, 54+ min ago (59+ words) WBUR Here & Now's Scott Tong and Indira Lakshmanan speak with Ciara Torres-Spelliscy, professor of law at Stetson University and Stephen Vladeck, law professor at the Georgetown University Law Center, to round up the headlines from a big Supreme Court term....
Hike down "Astronaut Trail" into 50, 000-year-old Meteor Crater
22+ hour, 54+ min ago (625+ words) Ages ago, before humans lived in North America, a space rock pierced the atmosphere and screamed in a blaze of light toward the surface of the Earth. Oh, the catastrophe it must have been when the meteor hit the ground…...