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Presidents can't fix inflation; that's the Federal Reserve's job. Still, if the election comes down to a referendum on the economy, polls show Trump has an edge.

Richard Henning is set to become the archbishop of Boston at the end of October, when Cardinal Sean O’Malley, who led the archdiocese for 21 years, will step down into retirement.

The Sumner Tunnel is slated to reopen Monday, after a July closure for repairs that often led to heavy traffic jams. Weekend tunnel closures are expected to continue through at least October.

Audiences at Tanglewood in Lenox will have the chance to commune with lost aliens, dinosaurs and Darth Vader as the Boston Pops Orchestra performs conductor laureate John Williams’ iconic music during two Film Night programs on Aug. 2 and Aug. 3.

WBUR state politics reporter Walter Wuthmann joins Morning Edition to unpack what passed and what remains in talks on Beacon Hill at the end of the legislative session.

“Sometimes there are real medical needs, but more than anything you keep hearing about people who were isolated in rural Vermont — boy, are they isolated,” nurse Sunny Martinson said.

Clark says it's the role of the vice president to "step up" and that Harris is "the right person for this time in our country's history."

“Now the question, of course, is where are people going to go?" said Lyndia Downie, head of the Pine Street Inn. "And I don't wholly know the answer to that.”

WBUR's Morning Edition hears from Alan Sager, professor of health law, policy and management at Boston University, to understand what's next for the company and the state of the health care industry in Massachusetts.

Monuments in Boston are evolving as the city asks big questions about who is honored and memorialized. A $3 million multi-year grant from the Mellon Foundation is supporting this change, and the contributions of more than 50 artists experimenting with theater, murals, music and community conversation.