Throne Labs is betting that Uber-like ratings and privacy-protecting sensors can lead to a better, more enduring system of public toilets.

John Magee Gavin, 35, of Brookline, a former science teacher at the Josiah Quincy Upper School, is in state custody following his arrest in February, officials said.

Despite recent claims by President Donald Trump that former Biden officials doctored files related to Jeffrey Epstein, many of the documents -- including those mentioning Trump and several prominent Democrats -- have been public for years.

Millions of dollars of funding for WCET, WVXU and other stations are at risk following a Congressional move toward slashing public broadcasting funds.

A $1.1 billion cut to public broadcasting eliminates funding that supports emergency alerts, children’s programming and other services.

Congress narrowly approved early Friday a bill to rescind $9 billion in federal spending on foreign aid and public broadcasting, cuts that will affect Alabama Public Television, the nation’s oldest first statewide public TV network. The bill, backed by President Trump, will stop $7.9 billion for foreign aid and $1.1 billion for public broadcasting.

As it stands, Massachusetts has some of the most restrictive beach access laws among the coastal states. Residents can purchase land right down to the low-tide line, leaving many beaches, including in popular tourism destinations like Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, privately owned and off limits to the general public.

Jr. and Omeed Malik rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange as renegades. They had just turned PublicSquare, a Yelp-like directory of con