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PNS Daily News - June 20, 20130
In the spotlight on our nationwide rundown; abortion back for last minute debate in Texas, while “green” measures go down to the wire in NY; an expert says the NSA wants “the capacity to listen” to everything; and RIP Tony Soprano.
Public News Service - Massachusetts
BOSTON - Animal-cruelty whistle-blowers have shot undercover video exposing illegal or unethical abuse inside factory farms and slaughterhouses across the country. The meat industry is fighting back with bills introduced in many states that would criminalize the actions of such whistle-blowers. Pa...Read More
BOSTON - Hunger doesn't take the summer off. That's the message in a new report that shows tens of thousands of low-income kids in Massachusetts aren't getting free lunches they're entitled to under government-run summer nutrition programs. During the 2011-2012 school year, over 270,000 children rec...Read More
SPENCER, Mass. - A livestock bill gets a hearing today in Massachusetts and it's drawing the ire of many animal welfare groups. The bill is touted as an act to promote the care and well-being of livestock, but according to Alexis Fox, the state director for the Humane Society of the United States, i...Read More
BOSTON - An early morning celebration is set for Mather Elementary School in Dorchester to mark the success of a breakfast-in-the-classroom program that has put Boston's public schools at the forefront of a nutrition and education campaign designed to turn out healthier and brighter students. They'...Read More
BOSTON - Thousands in Massachusetts and across New England spent part of the long weekend participating in the worldwide "March Against Monsanto" protest. Monsanto produces genetically-modified seeds for farm crops, and protesters believe the company has used unfair business practices as it tries to...Read More
BOSTON - From their beautiful songs to their stunning colors, birds are putting on their best displays this time of year in Massachusetts. It's the spring migration season, and more than half the birds seen at backyard feeders and soaring across the sky right now are headed north to Canada's boreal ...Read More
WESTBOROUGH, Mass. – Making a stay in the hospital – or a visit – a better experience for patients and their families is the focus of a first-ever meeting today among some 50 Massachusetts hospitals and 160 members of Patient and Family Advisory Councils, or PFACs. Many hospitals...Read More
BOSTON - A mouse sighting in the home can turn even the bravest person into a quivering mass. Whether it's a few mice or a few hundred, there are effective and humane ways to deal with unwanted furry guests that don't involve poison or glue traps. According to John Griffin, director of humane wild...Read More