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Radio Boston hears the latest on the Lewiston, Maine shootings with Boston Globe reporter Samantha Gross and looks ahead to the healing process with two grief counselors.

Plymouth's 31 and 35 North St. are on the market. But there's also rumors that the homes are haunted. Radio Boston learns about the history of the buildings and how rumored paranormal activity may impact the buying and selling of houses in Massachusetts.

Radio Boston checks in on Lewiston, Maine, where police are hunting for Robert Card, the suspect in the mass shootings Wednesday that killed 18 people.

Radio Boston talks with local comedians, Ken Reid and Bethany Van Delft, after a difficult few weeks of news.

Historian and former Harvard President Drew Faust joined Radio Boston to talk about her new book, "Necessary Trouble".

Massachusetts Rep. Lori Trahan joins Radio Boston from Washington, D.C., where Louisiana Republican Mike Johnson was elected Speaker of the House on Wednesday.

Tent encampments at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard can now be taken down by law enforcement, provided that people living there have been offered an alternative shelter space. On Wednesday, the Boston City Council approved the new rule, which was introduced by Boston Mayor Michelle Wu this summer.

Anntonia Taylor, a Lynnfield, Massachusetts native and senior at Bates College, joins Radio Boston from the school's campus, which is reeling in the wake of yesterday's mass shooting.

Massachusetts' family shelter system is expected to reach 7,500 families by next week. At that point, Gov. Healey says, the state will no longer guarantee shelter for qualifying families.

It's been a little under three years since the state's paid family and medical leave program took effect, but only a fraction of people have used it. We talk about why and how the state wants to get the word out more about it with WBUR senior business reporter Zeninjor Enwemeka.