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WCAI News Director Steve Junker hosts a roundup of some of the top local and regional news of the week, including: a statewide ban on vaping products hits…

WCAI's Kathryn Eident hosts a roundup of some of the top local and regional news stories of the week. Her guests: WCAI's Eve Zuckoff, Jennette Barnes and…

WCAI's Sam Houghton hosts a roundup of the week's top local and regional news. His guests include WCAI's Eve Zuckoff and Jennette Barnes, Ethan Genter…

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This week on Arts and Ideas: The riot to advocate for gay rights before Stonewall, the current state of Jazz from the Smithsonian Jazz Singers series, and a conversation about whether the U.S. has a moral obligation to asylum seekers.

Stories include claims that offshore wind regulators are ignoring dangers to the fishing industry, more criticism of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant decommissioning, and a roundtable discussion with climate reporters.

A busy week in local and regional news

Simone Popperl is an editor for NPR's Morning Edition and Up First. She joined the network in March 2019, and since then has pitched and edited stories on everything from the legacy of burn pits in Iraq, to never-ending "infrastructure week," to California towns grappling with climate change, to American alpine skier Mikaela Shiffrin's ascendance to the top of her sport. She led Noel King's reporting on the early days of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, Steve Inskeep's reporting from swing states in the lead up to the 2020 Presidential Election, and Leila Fadel's field reporting from Kentucky on the end of Roe v. Wade.

Puerto Rico, the nation's sixth-largest school district, is in crisis. It's both uniquely vulnerable to natural disasters and unusually ill-equipped to help children recover from them.

Pastry chef Aggie Chin talks with NPR's Ailsa Chang about desserts for your New Year's Eve party. This week, it's citrus pavlova cake.