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500 Cape Cod residents have now died from COVID-19, a year and a half since the pandemic began.The Cape reached this grim milestone yesterday.
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Ken Mason is an avid cook. His son Morgan is a fisherman, and he often shares extra bluefin tuna with Ken. This summer, Ken’s been experimenting with smoking the belly, or Toro, of the tuna. -
Here in our little archipelago, we have opportunity to see birds from all corners of the globe, especially now, in late summer and fall. These birds passing through, unbeknownst to most, often have astounding migration stories to tell.
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Can you remember a winter where you were sorry to see it go? A fall where you wished you had carved more pumpkins or taken more hayrides?
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A Cape Cod scientist is working at the White House — again.Dr. Phil Duffy is serving as climate science adviser to President Biden.
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Highly engineered grease—that is Nye’s specialty. The company’s Fairhaven factory employs nearly 200 workers. And it oozes out the stuff that spins computer hard drives and smooths the power steering in nearly every American-made car.
The Point
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Liz Lerner/On The Point’s Local News Roundup, we hear about a federal judge sentencing Jasiel Correia to 6 years in prison. MCAS scores from the spring are back and they are down statewide and locally, after a year of remote learning amid the pandemic; and parts of Martha’s Vineyard are considered at extreme risk for wildfire after a new county report. -
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Dan Tritle photo/Wrapping up the gardening season with Roberta Clark
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Abc News/An interview with Michael Tougais, on his book about the rescue of the tall ship Bounty.
NPR Stories
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A passenger allegedly attacked a flight attendant and yelled for the crew to shoot him during a flight to San Juan on Wednesday. According to the FBI, the incident remains under investigation.
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The U.S. government is facing the possibility of having to shut down on Thursday evening. On Capitol Hill, talks to avoid that are getting increasingly complicated.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a statement outlining plans to allow passenger and cargo traffic to resume. Earlier, a camp of 15,000 migrants, mostly Haitians, had gathered there.
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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with actress and singer Cynthia Erivo about her debut solo album, Ch. 1 Vs. 1.
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Rapper Little Simz talks about her latest album, Sometimes I Might Be Introvert.
