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Cape Cod woman finds her egg donor and forges new ‘gene family’

There are no firm numbers, but there could be a million or more Americans conceived with a donated egg or sperm. Jacqui Comstock is the product of both. She has a lot of genetic relatives — at least 28 half-siblings — not to mention their children, her aunts and uncles, a twin brother, cousins. The list goes on.
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Bad air and hot days: Summer camps grapple with climate change

Emily Piper-Vallillo

Summer camps are all about embracing the outdoors. But as climate change fuels dangerous heat and unhealthy air, the outdoors is becoming something camps must protect children from.

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To protect against flooding, Army Corps calls for investing billions into Boston’s waterfront

Bianca Garcia

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recommended 20 infrastructure projects across East Boston, Charlestown, downtown, South Boston and Dorchester. The estimated cost to build every project represents the “ largest investment in Boston's waterfront in generations,” said Brian Swett, Boston’s chief climate officer.
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Outside a Norfolk prison, a honey bee colony teaches patience and confidence

Amanda Beland

A group of inmates at Pondville Correction Center in Norfolk learned how to care for hives of honeybees with the local beekeepers association. One of the men said the experience taught patience and has been very grounding.
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All that wildfire smoke sent New England's solar production plummeting

Miriam Wasser

At peak hours, the solar fleet in the region produced 2,500 megawatts less than had been forecasted.
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'Mega masters' hearings pack immigration court dockets. Experts say it's a strategy to deport people faster

Simón Rios

Advocates argue many immigrants funneled into the courts for mega masters hearings will lose the ability to have their stories heard, and that the government's ultimate goal here is to increase deportations.
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Globe-trotting Scottish traffic cone gets hero's welcome in Boston

Roberto Scalese

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey and Boston Mayor Michelle Wu were at Logan Airport Tuesday to welcome a traffic cone that flew first class to the state. Yes, really.
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Air quality alerts issued for Massachusetts as wildfire smoke blankets the region

Danielle Noyes

An extensive plume of thick wildfire smoke has drifted directly into New England, turning skies a milky, yellow-brown hue and triggering air quality alerts.
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Was the World Cup worth it? Early numbers are encouraging for key Mass. industries

Zeninjor Enwemeka

Massachusetts has wrapped up its hosting duties for the 2026 men's World Cup. And it remains to be seen what the full economic impact will be on the state. But so far, short-term rentals and bars have seen a boost.
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Proposed federal grant changes are alarming, illegal and 'bad for Boston,' say Mass. researchers and lawmakers

Barbara Moran, Bianca Garcia

The Trump administration wants to make sweeping changes to the way federal grants are awarded and managed. Massachusetts researchers, public officials and scientific societies are pushing back, saying the proposal will harm science, people and the economy.
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A switch to school buses prompted Scottish soccer fans to donate to Mass. charity

Suevon Lee

Scottish soccer fans have left another gift to the region: a $15,000 donation to a charity administered by the Massachusetts Teachers Association that helps students in financial need.
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More than 4,000 nurses strike over wage dispute at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Kevin Vu, Priyanka Dayal McCluskey

Thousands of nurses at one of the region’s biggest medical centers walked off the job Wednesday morning to protest their employer, Mass General Brigham, and demand better pay.