WBUR TODAY: What RFK Jr. sees in Italy
❤️ Donate Tuesday, December 16, 2025 ☀️ Sunny, with a high near 33. Good Morning Boston, Today we're publishing the first of a three-part series by WBUR's Deborah Becker, who traveled to Italy to visit the famous San Patrignano addiction treatment community that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy has pointed to as a model for how the U.S. can tackle the opioid epidemic. Part 1 is below. But first, let's run through some local news: In court: Cedric Lodge, the former longtime morgue manager at Harvard Medical School, is set to be sentenced today in Pennsylvania for his role in the school's stolen body parts scandal . As WBUR’s Ally Jarmanning reports from Williamsport, Lodge admitted to stealing and selling heads, skin, hearts and bones from bodies donated to the school for anatomical study by students. He and his wife, Denise, have pleaded guilty to one count each of interstate transport of stolen goods. ...