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  ❤️ Donate Thursday, August 13, 2026 🌧️ Showers likely, high of 82. Good Morning Boston, Missed yesterday's partial solar eclipse? The moon took a little nibble out of the sun here, but it was nothing like the total eclipse Europe saw. Check out photos from across the Atlantic (and in our own backyard) here . Now, the news: Discretion matters: When a newborn baby tests positive for opioids, doctors in Massachusetts are no longer required to automatically make a report to the Department of Children and Families. A new study finds that flexibility can have a big impact on families. BMC researchers say that when the hospital evaluated each family's situation — rather than automatically reporting them for a positive test — nearly 50% fewer babies were reported to the state, as compared to other hospitals, WBUR's Martha Bebinger reports. Lead author Dr. Rohan Khazanchi told Martha that BMC developed guidelines to determine when the infant would be safe with their birth family....

  ❤️ Donate Wednesday, August 12, 2026 ☀️ Sunny, high of 85. Good Morning Boston, Do you have some blood to spare? The American Red Cross is urging people to donate blood as supply levels hit dangerously low levels. It's the worst shortage since January 2022. So if you can, roll up that sleeve. But first, the news: Finally home: A Massachusetts resident and veteran who was held in Russia for more than four years is now back in the United States. Robert Gilman, 32, had been held in prison under abusive conditions and was seriously ill and near death, according to Global Reach, a group that’s been working to free him and other American detainees abroad. No exchange of hostages took place, according to President Trump. This was a "humanitarian release" on the part of the Russian government, according to Kieran Ramsey, chief investigative officer for Global Reach. "Ultimately, though, it was Robert's precarious health situation that enabled the U.S. government to...