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The Pilgrim House is a prominent hotel and entertainment venue in Provincetown. It's at the center of an escalating legal battle among current and former owners.

Tyler Jager

Courtesy of the Provincetown Independent

Legal dispute over historic entertainment venue in Provincetown escalates

Gilda Geist

The Pilgrim House is a prominent hotel and entertainment venue in Provincetown. It's at the center of an escalating legal battle among current and former owners.

A teacher and students standing around a muddy pond with a school building in the background

Amy Kolb Noyes

Local News

Take it outside! Mashpee Middle-High School builds a Living Lab

Amy Kolb Noyes

three students in blue school uniforms looking at the camera

Amy Kolb Noyes

Local News

Take it outside! A floating garden fills out the JPII school year, and then some

Amy Kolb Noyes

In This Place

Catching the Codfather Part 3: Punch in the kisser

In 1991, a contentious lawsuit forces the government to step in, setting Carlos Rafael and the regulators on a collision course.
In This Place

Acorns, chestnuts, and hickories

Elspeth Hay

We look at acorns, chestnuts, and hickories on the commercial food scene.
In This Place

Tackling uncertainty

Mindy Todd

Tackling uncertainty
In This Place

Swainson’s Hawk

Mark Faherty

How did a hemisphere-trotting hawk of the arid west get to Cape Cod?
In This Place

Bird news

Mindy Todd

Ospreys and piping plovers are back and starting to nest.

The Point

Jennette Barnes

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CAI

Local news roundup

The week's local headlines with our region's leading journalists.
GBH

Catching the Codfather Part 2: I hope those people sink.

How did Carlos Rafael become “The Codfather”?
Elsa Partan

Changes in youth sports

Mindy Todd , Amy Vince

Youth sports have undergone a significant transformation over the past two decades, and the changes aren’t always proving beneficial to kids’ mental or physical health.
WildCare

Looking out for spring wildlife

Mindy Todd , Amy Vince

We talk with wildlife rehabilitator Stephanie Ellis from WildCare.

NPR Stories

Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP

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Invision

Singer D4vd is arrested months after a teen's remains were found in his car

The Associated Press

The 21-year-old Houston-born singer, whose real name is David Burke, had been under a secret investigation by an LA County grand jury after a 14-year-old girl's decomposed body was found in his car.
Lynne Sladky

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AP

House passes bill extending protections for Haitian migrants in the U.S.

Alana Wise

Ten Republicans voted alongside Democrats, in a rebuke to the Trump administration's immigration policies. Should it pass the Senate, the White House said President Trump would veto the measure.

Top five takeaways from Homeland Security budget hearings

Ximena Bustillo

Lawmakers have been in a stalemate for over 60 days about funding the entire department, which includes agencies that oversee immigration enforcement, disaster relief, cybersecurity and the U.S. Coast Guard.
Six months after ceasefire with Israel, people in Gaza say recovery hasn't even begun

Aya Batrawy, Anas Baba

Six months into a ceasefire that promised an end to the war and a surge of aid for Gaza, people say recovery hasn't even yet begun.
Dave Chappelle talks about comedy in the age of Trump

Michel Martin, Simone Popperl, Adam Bearne

NPR's Michel Martin recently sat down with comedian Dave Chappelle for a conversation about comedy in the age of Trump, Chappelle's jokes about trans people, and much more.