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Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles.

New specialty license plate passes Cape and Islands as most popular

John Basile

The special license plate commemorating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution and Massachusetts' role in it has become wildly popular with drivers all around the state.

Provincetown Independent

Local News

Crypto ATMs on Outer Cape may pose fraud risk to users

Gilda Geist

Captain Jack Morris, director of vessel operations at F/V Holdings, talks with Coonamessett Farm Foundation founder and board member Ron Smolowitz over the buffet line at CFF's Fisheries Innovation and Technology Expo, at Moby Dick Brewing Co., in New Bedford.

Amy Kolb Noyes

Local News

Could moon snails, neon flying squid fisheries save the scallop industry? Some local scientists are hopeful

Amy Kolb Noyes

In This Place

Here we come a wassailing

Elspeth Hay

Wassailing has a long and storied history that dates back hundreds of years in the UK.
In This Place

Heart disease in women

Mindy Todd

Heart disease risk factors and prevention for women.
In This Place

Winter encounters with owls

Mark Faherty

What we lacked in numbers of the common owls, we made up for with encounters with some of the more sought after species.
In This Place

Fresh Sonic: The Big One

Biggest swordfish... EVER! Produced by Mae Nagusky and Atlantic Public Media.
In This Place

Passion and provocation

Mindy Todd

A collection of poems by Cape Cod writer Judith Partelow.

The Point

E. Partan

MCAS is no longer needed to graduate. Now what?

Mindy Todd , Amy Vince

Now that students can graduate from high school without passing the MCAS exam, what are the current requirements for graduation?
The adventures of Nancy Gardner Prince

Mindy Todd

A new interpretation of a Nantucket autobiography written in 1850.
Can scientists succeed where politicians fail?

Mindy Todd

The author of a new book proposes that scientists can change the course of international catastrophes and build bonds that promote safety and prosperity.
The white ship

Mindy Todd

An interview with author Charles Spencer about his book The White Ship: Conquest, Anarchy and the Wrecking of Henry I’s Dream.

NPR Stories

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NPR

AI images and internet rumors spread confusion about ICE agent involved in shooting

Geoff Brumfiel

While the agent wore a mask in videos taken of the event, he appeared to be unmasked in many social media posts. That image appeared to have been generated by xAI's generative AI chatbot, Grok.
Kerem Yucel/MPR

Photos: Protests grow over the fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis

Juliana Kim

In cities across the country, demonstrators have expressed grief and outrage over the death of Renee Nicole Good, who was fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer on Wednesday morning.

Renee Nicole Good isn't the first death caused by ICE under Trump administration

Sergio Martínez-Beltrán

The deadly incident in Minnesota isn't the first time ICE officers have been involved in violence under the Trump administration.
Trump's second term has included a much more muscular foreign policy than his first

Jackie Northam

President Trump ran as the Peace President, but since taking office has been on a military spree with strikes on Iran, Yemen, Nigeria, Syria and Venezuela -- and threats against others.
Why the A's were denied a trademark to Las Vegas Athletics

Rafael Nam

The Athletics have suffered a number of setbacks in their quest to relocate to Las Vegas from Oakland. The latest? The U.S. says they can't actually get a trademark for the name Las Vegas Athletics.

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