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Monday, February 26, 2024
Today's Headlines

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Massachusetts

Bitter rift erupts in Dedham over rejected bid to expand meal service for migrant families

With the proposal’s failure, local advocates for immigrants are grappling with the aftermath, sounding an alarm that supporters must be more vigilant about their towns’ decisions and expressing concerns about similar fights erupting in other communities. Continue reading →

Education

Delays in financial aid leave high school seniors in limbo for college decisions

An overhaul of the form used for financial aid took longer than expected, and a calculation error in inflation rates pushed back financial information about prospective students that colleges and universities use to assemble aid packages. Continue reading →

Technology

Remember your landline? In these Massachusetts households, they’ve never stopped ringing.

In cases of emergencies, like Thursday's AT&T outage, landlines are still the most reliable way to communicate. But many have held on to the retro technology for reasons of comfort, simplicity, and nostalgia. Continue reading →

Politics

In pivotal Michigan, the electric vehicle transition jolts a Biden-Trump rematch

Donald Trump has stoked fear about auto industry job losses from Biden's EV push as he tries to counter the president's recent endorsement by the United Auto Workers union. Continue reading →

World

US hopes cease-fire agreement in Gaza can be reached ‘in coming days’

Officials negotiating Gaza cease-fire talks have tentatively agreed to the “basic contours” of a deal, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Sunday, adding that the United States hopes a final agreement can be reached “in the coming days.” Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Supreme Court offers possible road map for schools to diversify top programs

Taking race into account is verboten, but consideration of neighborhood, socioeconomics and other factors might be all right. Continue reading →

Politics

Supreme Court to decide how the First Amendment applies to social media

The Supreme Court will consider whether social media companies can make editorial judgments on what appears on their sites. And existing precedents may not offer a clear path forward. Continue reading →

Nation

Drug drastically reduces children’s reactions to traces of food allergens

The drug, Xolair, is the first treatment that drastically cuts the risk of serious reactions — such as anaphylaxis, a life-threatening allergic reaction that causes the body to go into shock — after accidental exposures. Continue reading →

The World

World

The spy war: How the CIA helps Ukraine fight Putin

The details of this intelligence partnership, many of which are being disclosed by The New York Times for the first time, have been a closely guarded secret for a decade. Continue reading →

World

31,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed in two years of war, Zelensky says

The president's tally differs sharply from estimates by US officials, who last summer put the losses much higher, saying that close to 70,000 Ukrainians had been killed. Continue reading →

World

US struggles for influence in West Africa as military juntas rise

The stakes are especially high in Niger, where the United States has deployed more than 1,000 soldiers and operates a drone base that officials say is vital for surveillance of extremist groups. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

All of Boston’s kids should be able to enjoy free museum Sundays

Mayor Michelle Wu’s program to provide free museum entry to Boston Public Schools students was a great start. Now the city should it expand to include all Boston families. Continue reading →

OPINION

Will ‘The Holdovers’ return us to a time when exalted public school buildings were valued?

Fairhaven High School, the 1906 building in this South Coast town of 15,000, shines in the Oscar-nominated film. Continue reading →

LETTERS

This is not a controversy: Healey’s ex-partner is a fine pick for SJC

The idea that Judge Gabrielle Wolohojian perhaps should have been excluded from consideration simply because of her prior relationship with Governor Maura Healey is absurd. Continue reading →

Metro

Crime & Courts

‘Fighting the good fight for decades’: Retired judge Julian Houston has long pushed to help youth

Julian Houston was a son of the South who went on to have a career as prominent jurist and community activist in Boston. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Tears, toys, and flowers: Middleborough mourns girl who died in fire

The cause of the fire remains under investigation, according to the state fire marshal’s office, but it isn’t believed to be suspicious. Continue reading →

Politics

A new immigration court is set to open in Mass. Will it help the immense backlog of cases?

The move comes as a recent wave of migrants and the resulting growth of the immigration court backlog has transformed a longstanding problem into an even more daunting challenge. Continue reading →

Sports

on baseball

The Red Sox haven’t had a homegrown front-line starting pitcher in a while. Brayan Bello plans to change that.

Bello is well aware of the problem the Sox have had developing starters. But the issues of past seasons are not his. He’s looking to the future. Continue reading →

CELTICS BEAT WRITER'S NOTEBOOK

Jaylen Brown explains more-talented Celtics’ desire to be smarter team, too, minute details on Jayson Tatum’s time, and bonus points

Thinking fast and playing slow, which Brown alluded to, is one of coach Joe Mazzulla’s tenets. Tatum's increased workload vs. Knicks was a primer for the playoffs. Continue reading →

red sox

Red Sox manager Alex Cora is excited about Roman Anthony, Kyle Teel, and Blaze Jordan. But he knows rushing prospects can backfire.

Though they represent the future, Cora knows that rushing players to the big leagues can impede development. Continue reading →

Business

SAY MORE

Can we bring back manufacturing to the US?

Rachel Slade, a Boston journalist, discusses how it’s not only possible, but necessary, to bring manufacturing back to the US on the latest episode of Globe Opinion’s Say More podcast. Continue reading →

Trendlines

How can Healey stop the Steward crisis from spreading? Remember the lesson of Lehman Bros.

OK, the Steward-Wall Street analogy is a stretch. But the underlying moral is the same: Cooperation between the state and hospital leaders might mitigate much of the shock from a Steward shutdown. Continue reading →

Business

Urban Farming Institute purchases 18th-century Mattapan farm

The Fowler Clark Epstein Farm offers affordable freshly grown produce and community wellness programs. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Lawrence Langer, Simmons professor and ‘towering figure in Holocaust studies,’ dies at 94

“The history of the Holocaust leads to a spiritual universe more haggard than the one we inhabited before its arrival,” Dr. Langer once wrote. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Hydeia Broadbent, young activist for HIV/AIDS awareness, dies at 39

She spent nearly her entire life working to raise awareness and bolster prevention of HIV/AIDS. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Lifestyle

Seven Leap Day events in and around Boston to mark the ‘holiday’

February’s extra day may not seem like cause for celebration, but that doesn’t mean you can’t celebrate it. Continue reading →

ASK AMY

Boyfriend’s hoarding messes with relationship

Advice from Amy Dickinson. Continue reading →