Fausto Menard

State Sen. Lydia Edwards filed a bill Tuesday to restrict how federal immigration agents show up at Massachusetts courthouses and who they can arrest at them. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents increasingly have staked out court hearings in the state to arrest people amid President Trump's mass deportation effort. A WBUR analysis previously found court arrests jumped threefold in January through October 2025 compared to the same period in 2024.

Editor's Note: This is an excerpt from WBUR's Saturday morning newsletter, The Weekender. If you like what you read and want it in your inbox, sign up here. For the first time in 23 years, Greater Boston’s zoos are under new leadership. Stephanie Brinley, formerly the deputy director of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C., stepped into the role of president and CEO at Zoo New England last week, succeeding longtime zoo head John Linehan.

The Blue Man Group is wrapping up its residency in Boston on Sunday, banging out the final notes of its 30-year run in the city. " We initially were thinking this would maybe be two or three months, and that would've been considered a success," said Jonathan Screnci, general manager and a former performer with the group. "And it's incredible that 30 years later, we've done over over 13,000 shows.