Local government bodies around Massachusetts have recently initiated new policies, ended contracts with surveillance camera companies, and suspended the use of license-plate reading technology despite cameras being up for years.
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John Basile checks in with Matt Haeffner of On the Water magazine on what's biting around the Cape this September. Freshwater ponds are getting restocked with trout as herring-fed bass fishing peaks, while saltwater anglers wait on bonito, albies, and the season's first big striper push.
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A Mashpee company is building out a network of micro tide gauges to share real-time water level data. It's helpful to a range of users, from boaters to emergency planners.
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A team from the Center for Coastal Studies reached the whale and found rope caught in its mouth and wrapped around its body multiple times.
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A father and son filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday claiming the boy — who is Black — was being "racially tormented" by classmates at Nauset Regional Middle School in Orleans, leading to his attempted suicide.
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September 11th changed the world forever; but in particular, it changed airports.
The Point
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We learn about snowy owls from an expert with 30 years of experience in the field.
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We round up the week's local news with our region's leading journalists.
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September 11th changed the world forever; but in particular, it changed airports.
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We talk with horticulturist and entomologist Roberta Clark about your fall garden.
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Billions of dollars worth of gold is held in Turkish households outside the banking system. The government aims to convince citizens to put it into the mainstream financial system to help the economy.
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Over the past week, fears of AI wiping out humanity are surging. But could it happen? And if so, how?
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Residents in Louisiana near SpaceX's next launch site are concerned about the project's impact on the environment and say they were kept in dark about the deal.
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Two new, independent reports show detailed looks at the costs of the war in Iran. It's led to shortages in U.S. weapons, supply chain bottlenecks, and a price tag in the tens of billions of dollars.
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The words "climate change" are slowly being removed from textbooks in Florida and from the state's education standards.