Sheriff Donna Buckley's correctional officers union voted no confidence, citing unsafe conditions and a hostile workplace under a new superintendent. Buckley says the union is upset over new accountability rules on attendance and leave.
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On The Garden Lady Brittany Clark, Propagator at Polly Hill Arboretum explained about how and why we should save seeds of native plants. Although C.L. Fornari's "dumb luck method" worked, Brittany talked about why cleaning the seeds and storing them properly might work even better. C.L. also answered listener's questions about red bud trees, powdery mildew, Cymbidium orchid flowering and leaf spot on Hydrangeas.
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We round up the week's local news with our region's leading journalists.
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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 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 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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Indonesian authorities intensified on Monday a search for people missing after a ferry overturned in bad weather in the Java Sea. At least six passengers were killed and 129 people are still missing.
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A Russian drone struck a train near the Ukraine-Poland border shortly after senior visiting officials, including the former prime ministers of the U.K. and Sweden, passed through.
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Amazon said it's decided to pause operations with 21 Air as the investigation into the crash continues. North Carolina-based 21 had flown packages for Amazon since 2024.
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President Trump said the dire warnings about AI were exaggerated and that "negative forces" are making claims about things that won't happen. This comes after leaders in the industry called for putting the brakes on AI development.
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Anthropic's Dario Amodei and OpenAI's Sam Altman are joining calls for a slowdown amid fears the AI industry is racing toward building technology that humans can't control.