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Christina Prignano Deering

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Multimedia editor 📈 @bostonglobe.com. Rhode Island native ⚓

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J. Emory Parker 🏳️‍🌈@jaspar.bsky.social · 4w ago

This project also marked the first time I had to apply STAT's AI use policy to publishing data analysis. I'm pleased with the standard for disclosure and transparency we're trying to set here. I also wanted to make sure I signed my name to this statement instead of using the institutional voice.

anil oza@aniloza.bsky.social · 4w ago

you can also find a link to the github with details of how we did our analysis, and take a look at the data yourself:

screenshot from story reading "A note on the use of AI This analysis was conducted in partnership with STAT by Jae Yeon Kim, assistant professor of public policy; Betsy Pleasants, a postdoctoral fellow at the Carolina Population Center; and Maria Gallo, professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology. All are at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The researchers used a large language model (LLM) provided by OpenAI to classify comments by whether they support or oppose the proposed rule as well as to count the number of times comments mentioned specified topics. Classification tasks like this would not be possible to conduct in a timely manner by hand and are well-suited to the capabilities of LLMs. This sort of use of LLMs is different from more “generative” uses (like chatting with an AI bot) that are more prone to “hallucinations.” AI tools were also used to assist in the process of writing code for this project, but the entire data analysis pipeline uses repeatable code, mostly R and some Python. None of the summary statistics or charts used in this article were generated by AI. All work was reviewed and verified by humans. STAT also independently reviewed all code and methodology for this project. Per STAT’s AI usage policy, all code and underlying data are available for review on Github. — J. Emory Parker, Data Editor at STAT"
The Associated Press@apnews.com · last mo.

BREAKING: More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the U.S. hours before the earthquakes are missing after their hotel collapsed.

More than 100 Venezuelans who were deported from the US hours before the earthquakes are missing

Survivors say more than 100 people just deported from the United States were being held in a hotel when earthquakes struck Venezuela, setting off a scramble to find survivors and bodies buried in the rubble.

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Rebecca Ostriker@rebeccaostriker.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Introductions to women. Free flights. Business deals. Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to Harvard run deeper than previously known. From @globespotlight.bsky.social: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/25/m... @bostonglobe.com

Introductions to women. Free flights. Business deals. Jeffrey Epstein’s ties to Harvard run deeper than previously known. - The Boston Globe

Some of Epstein’s ties to the school were hiding in plain sight, yet Harvard officials missed or looked past them during their 2019 probe.

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Christopher Gavin@chrisgavin.bsky.social · 8mo ago

NEW: A video that was posted on social media and then deleted by the FBI on Tuesday mislabeled one of the streets that the person of interest in the Brown University shooting walked down, the Globe has verified. W/ @stephmachado.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/17/m...

Brown shooting manhunt ongoing as university community waits for answers - The Boston Globe

Experts said that it is unusual to have so little information this many days after a mass shooting.

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Anna Clark@annaleighclark.bsky.social · 9mo ago

“If you’re just an average citizen, you can’t even get in the line,” said a lawyer rep'ing a man seeking a pardon for decades-old tax crimes. “I told my guy he’d probably be better off if he broke into the Capitol or made a major donation to Trump’s inauguration.”

How Trump Has Exploited Pardons and Clemency to Reward Allies and Supporters

The president’s second term has brought a flood of clemency for allies and donors — as well as felons, like him, who were convicted of financial wrongdoing.

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Christina Prignano Deering@christinaprignano.com · 10mo ago

Massachusetts mandates insurance coverage for IVF. But nearly a quarter of women in the state likely have no coverage. Jess Bartlett explains why: apps.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/busi... Informative graphics by @kirklandan.com & @lrendon.bsky.social. Beautiful photos by Suzanne Kreiter

Massachusetts' IVF insurance law leaves many out

The Massachusetts mandate has helped tens of thousands of people have children. But for an untold number of others, it has not been nearly enough

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Tal Kopan@talkopan.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Parking lot drug exchanges. A $300,000 baby. In Massachusetts, fertility coverage shortfalls cost patients dearly. Massachusetts is known as the promised land for fertility coverage. So why are so many women left out? Important story from Jess Bartlett apps.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/busi...

Massachusetts' IVF insurance law leaves many out

The Massachusetts mandate has helped tens of thousands of people have children. But for an untold number of others, it has not been nearly enough

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Vince Dixon@vincedixon.bsky.social · 10mo ago

"Food destined for starving people in Sudan, Bangladesh, Gaza, Syria and Myanmar rotted in warehouses. Clinics rationed HIV treatment to control and prevent transmission to newborns in Kenya. Medicine never made it to conflict-ridden Sudan, leaving sick people to die of preventable diseases."

The Washington Post@washingtonpost.com · 10mo ago

Exclusive: In the first half of the year, upheaval from the Trump administration’s foreign aid freeze delayed the delivery of hundreds of USAID shipments of antimalarial and HIV medical supplies to regional warehouses in dozens of countries. The consequences were deadly.