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  ❤️  Donate Friday, April 24, 2026 🌤️ Mostly sunny with a cooling breeze near the coast. High of 62. Good Morning Boston, Good news, parents. It's the last (week)day of April vacation. (Now that I'm a parent I totally get that classic  Staples back-to-school commercial .) If you're looking for something to do with the kids today or this weekend,  check out our rundown . But first, the news: Betting on it:   A first-of-its-kind summit is taking place in Boston today, focused on the public health impacts of online gambling. It's being put on by Northeastern University's  Public Health Advocacy Institute,   which has used the law and the courts to fight issues from gun violence to tobacco. Harry Levant, director of gambling policy at the institute, told WBUR's Amy Sokolow that the online gambling industry is "out of control" and causing a public health crisis.  "This is a conference about advocacy, action and results," he told Amy. "This...

  ❤️  Donate Friday, December 5, 2025 ☀️   Sunny, with a high near 26.   Good Morning Boston, It's Friday! You may want to leave early if you're  one of the few Boston workers  headed into the office today. Shuttle buses are  replacing the Orange Line between Forest Hills and Back Bay  all day today and tomorrow due to work on  that old signal system . (You can also ride the commuter rail for free between  Forest Hills  and South Station.) Bad beats:   As online sports betting continues to grow in Massachusetts, so is the number of young adults struggling with gambling problems. As WBUR's Patrick Madden  reports  , addiction specialists and treatment programs across the state say they've seen a rise in young adults — ranging from their 20s to early 30s — seeking help for serious gambling problems tied to sports betting apps. The people in recovery who talked to Patrick described being "trapped" in their phone, damagin...