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Boston musician and performer Jorge Arce visited WBUR's Morning Edition to talk about his music and mission ahead of Saturday's Festival Betances.

Patrick Roath is among scores of younger Democrats across the country who say the last election is proof their party desperately needs new ideas and new blood. But he faces a tough incumbent in next year's Democratic primary: 13-term Congressman Stephen Lynch.

Michael Angelakos is reinventing Passion Pit, using residencies to workshop new music and engage fans directly. By sharing unfinished songs and embracing listener feedback he’s shaping the band’s future sound. Angelakos calls this an evolving conversation, inviting fans to join him on his experimental journey.

Lt. Paul Machado, a 30-year veteran of Fall River Fire Department who helped rescue elderly and disabled residents of Gabriel House by ladder, reflects on the tragedy.

Boston-based artist Stephen Hamilton explores Black craft, labor, and ancestral traditions in his installation “Under the Spider’s Web,” featured in the city’s inaugural Public Art Triennial. Using weaving, painting, and woodcarving, Hamilton creates a layered tribute to heritage and resilience on display at Roxbury Community College through October.

As state and local authorities probe Sunday's deadly fire at a Fall River assisted living facility, a firefighter’s union is already claiming a shortage of firefighters may have played a role in its devastation. Another problem, the facility didn’t conduct fire drills, according to a resident and an employee.

In February, an Allston-based quantum computing company, QuEra, raised $230 million. It was one of the largest deals ever for a Massachusetts quantum startup. 

Piping plovers have made a remarkable recovery in Massachusetts. But the tiny, threatened shorebird is declining in other states, like Maryland and Virginia. Experts aren't quite sure why the disparity exists, but they suspect food abundance and habitat play a role. Climate change may alter both.

Nine residents of the facility, ranging in age from 61 to 86 years old, were declared dead after a fire ravaged Gabriel House Sunday night. At least 30 others were injured and transported to area hospitals. Fall River Fire Chief Jeffery Bacon said he had never before seen an incident like this.

Fall River is mourning nine residents killed in a fire at an assisted living facility on Sunday night. More than 30 residents of Gabriel House were injured.