For more on the FDA decision, WBUR's Morning Edition was joined by Dr. Ofer Levy. He is a member of the FDA Vaccine Advisory Committee and the director of the Precision Vaccines Program at Boston Children's Hospital.

Every decade, states use the latest census figures to adjust election maps. This time, there's an effort in Massachusetts to redraw the legislative borders to make it easier for people of color to win elections where there are predominantly minority populations.

"We've got to make sure that we're filling pot holes, repairing our sidewalks, building playgrounds, picking up the trash and turning on the lights," she said. "It's not sexy. It's not glamorous."

Janey says the situation poses a public health crisis, and she wants to move the people sleeping there to city-run shelters. Critics say the city has no realistic plan to deal with the situation.

The president met with Democratic leaders yesterday, including Massachusetts Congresswoman Katherine Clark. Clark joined WBUR's Morning Edition host Rupa Shenoy to discuss.

Boston's acting Mayor Kim Janey is declaring homelessness and addiction issues near Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard a public health crisis.

Not one major project in Boston hit the benchmark for hiring women in the past four years, and just one-third met the standard for hiring people of color.

New England Public Media's Jill Kaufman reports works of art hung from trees, floated on water or were partially submerged.

Instead of calling an ambulance, police assumed Copeland was drunk. They left him in a holding cell for hours before finally sending him to the hospital.

Wu, 36, grew up in Chicago — the daughter of Taiwanese immigrants. Back then, she never imagined that she would enter politics, let alone run for mayor of Boston.