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Cooper Flagg and Paige Bueckers, the presumptive top picks in this year's NBA and WNBA drafts, are on deck this weekend with hopes of a national title. But the star power doesn't stop with them.

On this page you'll find more than 55 stories about a proposal by the Massachusetts Army National Guard to build an 8-lane heavy machine gun range on Joint Base Cape Cod. The project would have required clearing 170 acres, and gunfire from the range would likely have been audible to students at the elementary school in nearby Forestdale.The Army National Guard said it needed the range to train its soldiers.A report by the Environmental Protection Agency, conducted in response to concerns of local communities and leaders, found that the proposed range would likely jeopardize the sole-source aquifer that supplies drinking water to more than 200,000 year-round homes and businesses Governor Maura Healey blocked the Guard from beginning construction on the range at the end of September, 2024, as funds were due to expire, effectively killing the project.The earliest reporting on this issue is at the bottom of the page. The newest reporting is at the top.

In a new book, lawyer/journalist Adam Cohen makes the case that the Supreme Court has been "a right-wing court for 50 years," siding with corporations and the wealthy — and against the poor.

Fighting for civil rights and three decades in the House have primed Mississippi's Bennie Thompson for the most high-profile moment of his career — leading this month's hearings on Jan. 6.

If Dominion prevails in its massive defamation suit against Fox News, a big challenge for the voting tech company will be to demonstrate that it deserves more than $1 billion in damages.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with professional runner Makenna Myler, who recently ran a 5:17 mile in her third trimester of pregnancy.

Protesters in Iran talk about the state of their movement as they continue to demand sweeping changes to the country's strict laws. (Story first aired on Weekend Edition Sunday on April 2, 2023.)

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Raphael Cohen, an expert in military strategy at Rand Corporation, a nonpartisan think tank, about whether Israel is winning the war against Hamas.

Superstorm Sandy, the Wampanoag casino bid, bears and sharks... it was a busy news year! On The Point with Mindy Todd, Paul Pronovost, Editor at the Cape…

The week's top news stories on The Point News Roundup: Senator Wolf suspends his campaign for governor, innovative wastewater designs being tried locally,…