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Plus, a pair of siblings try to get a word added to the dictionary in their father's honor.

We take listener questions with two local health experts.

With so many of us stuck at home and movie theaters closed, it's a been a banner year for the TV show.

Siblings Jonathan and Hilary Kreiger are trying to get "orbisculate" into the dictionary as a tribute to their father, Neil, who died in April due to complications from COVID-19.

Overnight on Monday, a shipment of coronavirus vaccines from Pfizer arrived at Boston Medical Center, and more than 70 other hospitals around the state are expecting their shipments in the coming days.

We speak with Peter Sokolowski, editor at large of Merriam-Webster Dictionary in Springfield.

Massachusetts electors met Monday to cast the state's 11 Electoral College votes in the 2020 presidential election.

WBUR's investigative team has been examining state data and found four industries comprise the overwhelming majority of complaints resulting in violations of state standards: retail, restaurants, gyms, and salons.

Plus, state data shows more than 1,000 businesses in Massachusetts have faced complaints that they failed to protect workers sufficiently from the coronavirus.

Back in September, Peter Ubertaccio, Dean of Arts and Sciences at Stonehill College, defended the school's decision to bring students back to campus. With the semester behind us now, we invited Dean Ubertaccio back to talk about how it went.