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WBUR TODAY: Who doesn't like fun?

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  ❤️ Donate Thursday, July 23, 2026 ☀️ Sunny, with a high near 81. Good Morning Boston, The Red Sox couldn't go on winning forever. The team finally lost last night, just hours after tying the franchise record for longest winning streak. The Sox are now in potential playoff position , even after a horrid season start. The Sox have an off day today, before another home series this weekend at Fenway. (Time to start another streak.) Now, to the news: Did you meet your fun quotient? As the World Cup, Tartan Army and tall ships fade in the rearview mirror, the expiration date for Massachusetts' special summer of fun rules quickly approaches. The law allowing later last calls and outdoor drinking districts is set to expire next Friday, July 31. Or maybe not. A group of state senators have proposed a suite of amendments — dubbed the "fun agenda" — to an economic development bill making its way through the State House that includes making those rules permanent. "I don...

WBUR TODAY: Mass. eyes Norway's prison model

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  ❤️ Donate Wednesday, July 22, 2026 🌦️ Partly sunny, with a high of 86 and a chance of more scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon. Good Morning Boston, The Red Sox have a chance to tie — and then break — the team's 80-year-old record for consecutive wins in a doubleheader today against the Baltimore Orioles, after last night's game was rained out . Speaking of records, let's look at our state's jam-packed midterm ballot: Full of questions: Massachusetts will officially tie a state record for the number of ballot questions this fall. After a last-ditch signature challenge was rejected yesterday, Secretary of State Bill Galvin's office finalized the number and order of the nine questions. Even with three questions    blocked by the state's top court, that number matches a high mark reached only three times before . Now comes the tricky part: actually fitting them all on the ballot. According to Galvin, the sheer volume of questions creates some "ver...