Mostly cloudy with scattered showers and t-storms today. Highs near 80.

Tyrese Haliburton scored with 0.3 seconds left for Indiana’s first and only lead of the game and the Pacers, the last-minute comeback kings of these playoffs, did it again to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 111-110 in Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night.

On this week’s 51%, we take a feminist self-defense course with IMPACT Boston Executive Director Meg Stone. In her new book, The Cost of Fear, Stone says a majority of the safety advice given to women – like “Don’t walk at night,” “Don’t put your hair in a ponytail” – is well-meaning, but sexist, and doesn’t actually address gender-based violence on a large scale. Rather than teaching “safety through compliance,” Stone focuses on “safety through resistance”: the understanding that government systems meant to protect people often fail, that you are more likely to be assaulted by someone you know – and that you have the power to advocate for yourself, and get out, should you face a dangerous situation.

Woodstock is known as the “Colony of Arts." Does that mean residents must tolerate late-night rock n’ roll? That’s part of the debate around a proposed update to Woodstock’s noise ordinance, which is drawing criticism from all sides.

Meteorologist Garett Argianas provides the evening weather forecast for Thursday, June 5th, 2025.

(Airs 06/05/25 @ 3 p.m.) WAMC’s David Guistina in conversation with Corinne Carey, Senior Campaign Director of Compassion and Choices for New York and New Jersey, about how this year could be the year their efforts to pass medical aid in dying legislation becomes law.

Citing health risks, easy access for youth and a lack of regulation, officials in Springfield, Massachusetts are moving to ban what some call "gas station weed."

New York Rep. George Latimer of the 16th district speaks with WAMC's Ian Pickus on the "Congressional Corner" June 5, 2025.

NewsChannel 13 meteorologist Paul Caiano delivers the Midday Weather Summary for Thursday, June 5, 2025.

There are reports that people have been picked up, detained or deported without due process. Why should we care?

Vermont’s leaders are continuing to work toward a deal on education reform, postponing its scheduled adjournment.

A new development in a year’s long dispute in a Schenectady County suburb, the Glenville Zoning Board of Appeals approved a Lincoln Drive dentist’s parking variance application amid complaints from residents.