NightSide with Dan Rea - Rundown for July 30, 2025

NightSide News Update. We begin the program with four interesting guests on topics we think you should know more about! Tonight, Northeastern University Professor James Monaghan will explain how the axolotl salamander holds the key to human limb regeneration, and another guest discusses how scammers are targeting grieving Facebook users with fake live streams!

New NDAA President. Longtime Plymouth County District Attorney Tim Cruz has been elected President of the National District Attorneys Association, where he will lead others to address critical issues in the criminal justice system. Tonight, Dan chats with Cruz about his new position and a new ruling by the Massachusetts Supreme Court on "emerging adults" and life without parole.

Day 30. The Republic Services trash strike continues with no end in sight. Lawmakers are urging the company to negotiate, while several towns headed to court to ask a judge to intervene. The affected communities were denied an injunction with Essex County Superior Court Judge Kathleen McCarthy-Neyman outlining it’s beyond the court's power to resolve labor disputes. Dan discusses tonight!

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