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Karen Brown

Reporter · US

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Sep 9, 2026
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Aug 5, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 9, 2026 · Karen Brown, New England Public Media

    Schools 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 · Karen Brown, New England Public Media

    Longtime Rep. Neal holds off political newcomer Whalen by single digits (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% 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. "For me,

  3. Article · Aug 14, 2026 · Karen Brown, New England Public Media

    Yo-Yo Ma wants to bring political engagement to classical music (opens the original)

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    From the civil rights era on, folk and rock music have been associated with political engagement. But classical music does not have that reputation. Celebrated cellist Yo-Yo Ma wants to change that. He’s leading a week-long residency, called “We The People,” at Tanglewood, the storied classical music venue in the Berkshires. To mark the country’s 250th anniversary, he’s inviting civil rights leaders, historians, public intellectuals, and of course, musicians to investigate the American experimen

  4. Article · Aug 5, 2026 · Karen Brown, New England Public Media

    Families angry that Baystate Health still not providing gender care, despite legal developments (opens the original)

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    It’s been four months since Bug, a 14-year-old transgender boy, started giving himself testosterone injections. According to his mother J, it has not been fun. (Bug is a nickname, and we’re calling his mother by her first initial because the family fears harassment.) “He hates needles,” J said. “It seems really challenging for him.” So the fact that he’s willing to give himself an injection every week tells J how much Bug wanted to transition from girl to boy – with hormonal treatment, not surge

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