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Saturday, May 25, 2024
Today's Headlines
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Immigration

Despite the state’s efforts, Logan Airport continues to be a front line in the migrant crisis

On a recent night, it was deja vu at Terminal E, as people sprawled out to grab some shut-eye while travelers whisked by with their luggage, en route to Dublin or Doha, Istanbul or Zurich. Continue reading →

Transportation

It’s been four years since the pandemic shutdowns. Riders in Boston are still waiting extra long for the train.

The lag represents a so-far unfulfilled promise by T General Manager Phillip Eng, who on his first day a little over a year ago vowed to “restore service for people.” Continue reading →

Politics

‘Why can’t they work together more?’: In Rome, Healey and Wu partner on tackling climate change. At home, not as much.

Outside the speeches and appearances at Vatican City, Governor Maura Healey and Mayor Michelle Wu are two different leaders who have different visions for the best way to tackle climate change. Continue reading →

ANALYSIS

The now-controversial flag flown at Justice Alito’s beach house? It’s rooted in Massachusetts.

A version of the Pine Tree Flag is still in use in Massachusetts today. Continue reading →

World

UN court order deepens Israel’s isolation as it fights on in Rafah

A ruling Friday from the International Court of Justice ordering an immediate halt to Israel’s military offensive in Rafah marked a stunning rebuke of the Israeli leadership’s prosecution of the war in Gaza, including the decision to send troops and tanks into a city where more than a million Palestinians had sought refuge. Continue reading →

Boston Globe Today

Boston Globe Today: Sports | May 24, 2024

WATCH: Friday's sports show. Stories include: What’s making this Celtics run so special? And, can the Bruins put their money where their mouth is? Continue reading →

How the Celtics can take a commanding lead in Indiana

WATCH: Boston has a two game lead on the Pacers in the Eastern Conference finals. Reporter Adam Himmelsbach on how the C’s can keep the momentum going. Continue reading →

Bruins’ offseason to-do list

WATCH: The B’s have money to spend and plenty of holes to fill. Boston.com writer Conor Ryan highlights the Bruins biggest needs. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Kamala Harris is gaining swing-state voters’ trust to step in for Biden

Nearly half of swing-state voters, 48 percent, say they trust Harris to fulfill the duties of the presidency if Biden were no longer able to serve, according to a Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll conducted in early May. Continue reading →

POLITICAL NOTEBOOK

Vice president announces commitment to increase internet access in Africa

Roundup of national political news. Continue reading →

Nation

Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, who skewered fast food industry, dies at 53

Mr. Spurlock was an Oscar-nominee who made food and American diets his life’s work, famously eating only at McDonald’s for a month to illustrate the dangers of a fast-food diet. Continue reading →

The World

World

Ukraine starts freeing some prisoners to join its military

Denys Maliuska, Ukraine’s justice minister, said in an interview Friday that nearly 350 prisoners had already been freed under a law enacted last week that allows convicts to serve in the army in exchange for the possibility of parole at the end of their service. Continue reading →

World

Singapore Airlines tightens cabin safety measures after turbulence killed one, injured dozens

The airline said it has adopted a “more cautious approach to managing turbulence in-flight” after the Boeing 777 jet heading to Singapore hit extreme turbulence in the Irrawaddy basin on Tuesday, hurling people and items around the cabin. Continue reading →

World

Hungary will seek to opt out of NATO efforts to support Ukraine, Orbán says

“We do not approve of this, nor do we want to participate in financial or arms support (for Ukraine), even within the framework of NATO,” Orbán said, adding that Hungary has taken a position as a “nonparticipant” in any potential NATO operations to assist Kyiv. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

US higher education is endangered

The long-held right of universities and their faculties to decide what they should teach is so precious. Precious but under threat. Continue reading →

LETTERS

MBTA Communities law has people talking about housing. That’s progress.

"As additions to the toolbox go, the MBTA Communities Act has barely been removed from its packaging," writes one housing proponent. "Zoning is not a housing production program, but it is a necessary step," writes another. Continue reading →

Metro

Massachusetts

Roslindale man charged in two antisemitic acts in Newton

Alexei Rodriguez allegedly drove an SUV with a Palestinian flag toward two Jewish children wearing yarmulkes in April, and also allegedly tore down blue ribbons honoring Israeli hostages from near a Jewish community center on Tuesday. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

‘I was always one of the boys,’ 102-year-old Zecil Gravitz of Canton recalls her Navy service during WWII

A Navy veteran of World War II, Zecil Gravitz served at a time when there were no warm uniforms or antibiotics. Female and Jewish soldiers were even more sparse. She was both. Continue reading →

Maine

Independent commission probes law enforcement communication amid reports of ‘chaotic’ police response to Maine mass shooting

The state commission investigating law enforcement's response to the Oct. 25 mass shooting that killed 18 in Lewiston focused Friday on communication among multiple agencies. Continue reading →

Sports

Celtics

Inside the 20-0 run that fueled the Celtics to a blowout win over the Pacers in Game 2

Across the end of the first quarter and into the second, the Celtics shifted Indiana’s souped-up offense into neutral. Continue reading →

RED SOX NOTEBOOK

After early struggles, David Hamilton regroups and starts to contribute for Red Sox on regular basis

The middle infielder played solid defense and was 5 for 16 with a .313/.353/.750 line on the recent road trip. He now seems better attuned to the pace of play. Continue reading →

BREWERS 7, RED SOX 2

Red Sox hit with series-opening loss in return home after Brewers tag Kutter Crawford for six runs

Crawford gave up three runs in each of the third and fifth innings in the Sox starter’s shortest outing of the season. Continue reading →

Business

Business

Squirrels cause more power outages than you might think

Unitil found squirrels cause 11 percent of routine power outages. They sneak around safeguards, chew on lines and build nests in the equipment. Continue reading →

THE FINE PRINT

Senate votes to prohibit seizing home equity in municipal tax-taking cases

Critics of a practice they call “home equity theft” hailed the vote as a major step forward in a years-long effort to protect the equity homeowners have in property taken from them due to delinquent property taxes. Continue reading →

Energy

Massachusetts moves to add more EV charging on highways, but not from Tesla

The state on Friday named three companies to start building dozens of federally subsidized EV charging stations along major highways. Tesla isn't one of them. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Bob McCreadie, ‘the master of going faster’ in dirt racing, dies at 73

One of the winningest drivers in dirt racing history, Bob McCreadie was regularly introduced by announcers as “the master of going faster." Continue reading →

Obituaries

Shirley Conran, author best known for the steamy ‘Lace,’ dies at 91

An industrious and proliferous British author, Shirley Conran's 1982 novel, “Lace,” was a tale of female autonomy disguised as a bonkbuster (to use the British term for a steamy bestseller) that made her a millionaire. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Lifestyle

Jennifer Lopez says ‘you know better than that’ when asked about Ben Affleck rumors

The actress and singer brushed off a question about her marriage during a press event in Mexico City for her new film "Atlas." Continue reading →

Lifestyle

The siblings who changed how we party

Harvard grads’ digital invite company, Paperless Post, has sent 650 million invitations since its inception. Continue reading →

LOVE LETTERS

I have a boyfriend — and a crush on my friend, who’s a woman

Do I stay with him — or discover more about my sexuality? Continue reading →