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We had a total eclipse and northern lights, flooding and wildfires, and a lot of cold-stunned sea turtles.

A federal judge has ruled that the National Marine Fisheries Service, which is in charge of protecting North Atlantic right whales, failed to do so. The agency's rules and regulations that are meant to reduce entanglements in lobster fishing gear were insufficient, the court found.

As they blasted the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, many carried signs that read: “Forced birth is violence,” “Regulate guns, not my uterus” and “This sign is too small for my rage.” In Falmouth, one woman carried a sign that read: “my abortion saved my life.”

The Harvard Crimson reported the university may be holding thousands of Native American remains. CAI's Kathryn Eident talked with reporter Craig LeMoult for details and reaction from the Aquinnah and Mashpee Wampanoag Tribes.

CAI's Kathryn Eident talks with Jason Graziadei of the Nantucket Current about the timeline of events after the historic building was defaced with racist language imagery and the questions that still linger.

CAI's Kathryn Eident asks Children's Place Director Cindy Horgan for advice on how to answer kids' tough questions about gun violence with honesty and sensitivity.

A pilot program on Martha's Vineyard aims to cut down on single-use take out containers with a unique alternative.

In Hyannis, many of the nearly 200 pro-choice activists who assembled by the Airport Rotary said they were angered by the potential reversal of the 49-year-old landmark abortion rights case.

The Cape & Islands Regional Network on Homelessness counted just under 400 people during the annual, federally-mandated Point in Time Count this year. CAI's Kathryn Eident talked with the head of one local nonprofit about what the data reveals.

Nantucket Town Meeting voted to approve a petition article this week that allows women to go topless on local beaches. CAI's Kathryn Eident talked with Dorothy Stover about why she proposed the article.