Provincetown's annual Carnival parade last month included floats decorated with images made by generative AI, like Chat GPT. What does that mean for Provincetown's identity as an historic artist colony?
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We talk about how to practice skillful uncertainty in an era of epidemic unknowns.
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A Crested Caracara turns up at Wellfleet Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, marking the second Cape sighting of this warm-climate raptor this summer. This report covers the species' puzzling northward push since 2020, plus other notable birds including a Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Tricolored Heron, and a performative Clapper Rail in West Harwich.
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We’ll discuss collections and exhibits, and we’ll talk about how museums offer community engagement and provide context for what is happening in our region today.
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New fishing restrictions on Nantucket extend protections for great white sharks that began on Cape Cod Bay and the Outer Cape. Tom Moroney connects those rules to the lasting damage Jaws did to the species' reputation, and to his own past coverage of a now-defunct shark tournament on the Vineyard.
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Friends Madi and Deborah on Martha's Vineyard. Produced by Mae Nagusky and Atlantic Public Media.
The Point
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We talk about how to practice skillful uncertainty in an era of epidemic unknowns.
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We’ll discuss collections and exhibits, and we’ll talk about how museums offer community engagement and provide context for what is happening in our region today.
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The local news headlines of the week with our region's leading journalists.
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The true story of three friends who spend 28 hours in a struggle for their lives 25 miles from land.
NPR Stories
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The lawmakers wrote that they share "grave concern that time is running out … to assist state and local election officials in protecting our elections from cyber and mis-and disinformation threats."
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Food stamps have a direct link to other critical resources, such as free breakfast and lunch at school. Now, experts say they're starting to see that link break.
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David Richardson worked to eliminate the country's top disaster agency when he led FEMA last year. Now, he says the administration has abandoned that goal.
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Eight days after Nepal's flash floods, families who can't find loved ones perform symbolic cremations.
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Jurors in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts woman charged with murdering her three children, are deadlocked after five days of deliberation.