Mar 05 WATCH: Boston, Chicago, Denver and NYC mayors testify before Congress on 'sanctuary cities' By Rebecca Santana, Tim Sullivan, Associated Press Democratic mayors of four major cities said Wednesday that Congress and the Trump administration are exaggerating crime committed by immigrants and attacking so-called sanctuary cities simply to score political points, as Republicans hammered the policies for shielding criminals and threatened… Continue reading
Feb 07 Judge in Boston to consider latest bid to block Trump's birthright citizenship order By Michael Casey, Associated Press The hearing on Friday comes after a federal judge in Seattle blocked the effort and decried what he described as the administration's treatment of the Constitution, saying Trump was trying to change it with an executive order. Continue reading
Dec 16 Drone sightings lead to airspace shutdown at Ohio Air Force base, arrests near Boston airport By Dave Collins, Bianca Vázquez Toness, Associated Press More suspected drone sightings in the eastern U.S. led to a temporary airspace shutdown at an Air Force base in Ohio and arrests near Boston's Logan International Airport. Continue reading
Dec 02 Watch 5:34 Gun violence memorial filled with mementos of those lost By Jared Bowen, GBH Over 125 people are killed by guns every day in the United States. To address that epidemic through art, the Gun Violence Memorial Project shares intimate details of some of those lost. Special correspondent Jared Bowen of GBH Boston reports… Continue watching
Aug 01 Inmate sentenced for role in prison killing of Boston gangster James 'Whitey' Bulger By John Raby, Associated Press Paul J. DeCologero was a lookout while another inmate hit "Whitey" Bulger in the head with a lock attached to a belt while Bulger was in his cell at a troubled West Virginia prison. Continue reading
May 20 Watch 6:37 Acclaimed artist Lorraine O'Grady on her long path into art world acceptance By Molly McCaul and Jared Bowen, GBH Some 50 years into her career and at almost 90-years-old, artist Lorraine O'Grady has her first-ever museum retrospective at Wellesley College's Davis Museum. If that sounds like an honor delayed, much of O'Grady's career has played out with a slow… Continue watching
Jan 23 Watch 5:14 Pakistani artist finds success painting what he's lived, felt and feared By Jared Bowen, GBH Pakistani-born artist Salman Toor saw his career take off after he made a sudden shift to painting what he’s lived, felt and sometimes even feared. He gave special correspondent Jared Bowen of GBH Boston a tour of his ongoing exhibit… Continue watching
Nov 29 Watch 5:47 Boston exhibit reveals John Singer Sargent's methods and why his work remains relevant By Molly McCaul and Jared Bowen, GBH The great painter John Singer Sargent, an American expat, is the subject of a new show at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. It reveals much about his methods and why his work remains relevant more than a hundred years later. Continue watching
Nov 16 Protesters demanding a cease-fire in Gaza shut down bridges in Boston and San Francisco By Janie Har, Associated Press The California Highway Patrol arrested at least 50 protesters Thursday after more than 200 people shut down all west-bound lanes of the Bay Bridge. Continue reading
Sep 27 Watch 4:16 Student research project draws attention to price disparities in low-income neighborhoods A student research project in Boston is drawing attention to price disparities between grocery stores in high and low-income neighborhoods. Student journalist Sriya Tallapragada reports in this story produced during NewsHour’s Student Reporting Labs Summer Academy, where teens from around… Continue watching