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Karen Brown

Reporter · US

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Sep 8, 2026
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  1. Article · Sep 8, 2026 · Karen Brown

    Schools will remain closed as Springfield works to resolve cyber attack (opens the original)

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    Springfield, Massachusetts, city leaders said Tuesday afternoon they are still working on resolving a major cyber incident that shut down school Tuesday, Wednesday and possibly longer. At a press conference, Mayor Dominic Sarno said the attack was classified as "level 4" which means "severe." He would not explain exactly what happened because he said the investigation is ongoing. School officials said they first detected "malicious traffic" Tuesday, Sept. 1, but they only notified families on Fr

  2. Article · Sep 2, 2026 · By Karen Brown | NEPM

    Neal, longtime incumbent, beats Whalen, an educator, political newcomer (opens the original)

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    U.S. Representative Richard Neal will be the Democratic candidate for Massachusetts 1st Congressional District for the 19th time. He held off challenger Jeromie Whalen with less than 10 percent of the vote. Neal has held onto his seat for almost forty years; Whalen, a high school teacher and political newcomer, is the most recent Democrat to attempt to bring new leadership into the position. Speaking to supporters after the election, Neal touted his experience and passage of major legislation. “

  3. Article · Aug 8, 2026 · Karen Brown

    Yo-Yo Ma unites musicians and civil rights leaders to reframe America's story (opens the original)

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    From the civil rights era on, folk and rock music have been associated with social movements. Classical music, not so much. Cello superstar Yo-Yo Ma wants to change that at the Tanglewood Music Festival. And tonight, he wraps up a week of performances and public conversations to reflect on the country's past and future. Karen Brown of New England Public Media checked out the event in the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts. KAREN BROWN, BYLINE: When I first met Yo-Yo Ma, he was warm and self-dep

  4. Article · Jul 30, 2026 · Karen Brown

    Pediatricians and health officials are sidestepping Trump's CDC on vaccine advice (opens the original)

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    Dr. John Snyder, in Amherst, Mass., has been practicing pediatrics for 30 years. Whenever he wanted to find the most up-to-date research on treating young patients, he would turn to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. If he wanted to learn more about an outbreak of measles or hantavirus, he would pore over the weekly CDC report that came by email. If a patient's family was traveling to Africa or Asia, he would check the latest CDC vaccine recommendations for overseas travel. And if f

  5. Article · Jul 29, 2026 · Karen Brown

    Public health leaders drop 'data' lawsuit against MA gambling commission (opens the original)

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    Public health advocates have dropped a lawsuit against the Massachusetts Gaming Commission over casino data collection. They say the matter has been resolved. The Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI) at Northeastern University sued the gaming commission in 2024. They said the original 2011 law legalizing casinos required the commission to get detailed information from gambling operators about player behavior, and to give it to researchers studying gambling addiction. But more than ten years a

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