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Thursday, June 27, 2024
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Climate

State officials reject environmental impact review of Hanscom Airport expansion

The developers have been asked to submit new information about just how big the expansion’s carbon footprint would be. Continue reading →

Money, Power, Inequality

Could the best-kept secret to homeownership reside in a 30-year-old federal program?

The Family Self Sufficiency program is a resource that could help more people buy a home or pay off debt, and yet so few people know it exists. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Independent forensic pathologist questions whether DNA, other testing was done in Sandra Birchmore case

Dr. Michael Baden, who was hired by Sandra Bichmore's estate, wrote in a letter that it appears fetal tissue and samples collected for a sexual assault kit haven’t been examined. Continue reading →

NH Education

Fired teacher accuses top N.H. education official of ‘misleading narrative’ about student’s abortion

The student was over 18, and the teacher didn’t seek to influence her decision on whether to undergo an abortion, according to a newly filed lawsuit. Continue reading →

Politics

Supreme Court rejects challenge to Biden administration’s contacts with social media companies

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court handed the Biden administration a major practical victory Wednesday, rejecting a Republican challenge that sought to prevent the government from contacting social media platforms to combat what it said was misinformation. Continue reading →

Boston Globe Today

Migrant parents traumatized by DCF interactions

WATCH: Reporter Jason Laughlin interviewed parents that were separated from their children due to cultural differences and limited resources. Watch →

Championing Black and brown artists and their impact

WATCH: The Boston Arts Music and Soul Festival, or BAMS Fest, is back at Franklin Park. Artistic director Catherine T. Morris highlights what to expect. Watch →

Albino Mbie: BAMS Fest elevates local artists

WATCH: “I’m excited to bring diversity,” says the musician and Berklee professor ahead of his performance at the Boston Arts and Music Soul Festival. Watch →

The Nation

Politics

Supreme Court rejects challenge to Biden administration’s contacts with social media companies

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court handed the Biden administration a major practical victory Wednesday, rejecting a Republican challenge that sought to prevent the government from contacting social media platforms to combat what it said was misinformation. Continue reading →

Nation

Rampant identity theft is taxing the IRS

Identity theft has long been a problem for the IRS. Criminals often steal taxpayers’ identifying information and file paperwork to fraudulently claim their refund. Continue reading →

Nation

Judge skeptical of claim search was mishandled in Trump documents case

The judge, Aileen Cannon, has granted a serious audience to several far-fetched arguments by Trump’s lawyers. But the skepticism she displayed toward their position at a hearing in US District Court in Fort Pierce, Florida, was a rare example of her turning a critical eye on the defense. Continue reading →

The World

World

Russia begins secret trial of US reporter accused of espionage

Friends who correspond with him describe Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter, as positive, strong, and rarely discouraged, despite facing the official wrath of President Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Continue reading →

World

Kenyan president rejects bill that led to deadly protests

Though the precise toll was still being tallied, human rights groups said 23 people were killed and more than 300 others injured after police used tear gas and bullets to respond to demonstrators who had marched on parliament to protest the tax increases in the bill. Continue reading →

World

NATO will offer Ukraine a ‘bridge’ to membership, hoping that’s enough

NATO will offer Ukraine a new headquarters to manage its military assistance at its upcoming 75th anniversary summit in Washington, officials said, an assurance of the alliance’s long-term commitment to the country’s security that has been heralded as a “bridge” to Ukraine’s eventual membership. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

Paris goes for the gold in making the city more sustainable

The City of Light has ambitious plans for life after the Olympics. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

The Constitution cannot tether us to the past when it comes to keeping firearms out of the hands of dangerous people

While the Supreme Court landed on the correct outcome, the ruling did little to clarify the constitutional rules of the road for gun control. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Big night: Biden and Trump prepare to take the debate stage

"Whatever [the candidates] say or don’t say in 90 minutes will be as dust in the wind on Nov. 5," writes one reader. Another writes, "The climate crisis is ultimately the greatest challenge that we face as a nation." Continue reading →

Metro

NH Education

Fired teacher accuses top N.H. education official of ‘misleading narrative’ about student’s abortion

The student was over 18, and the teacher didn’t seek to influence her decision on whether to undergo an abortion, according to a newly filed lawsuit. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Mashpee teen killed in crash remembered as ‘charismatic,’ popular football player

The Cape Cod town of Mashpee is mourning the death of a popular high school football player, and praying for the recovery of five other teenagers injured in a devastating car crash earlier this week. Continue reading →

Politics

As new fiscal year looms, Massachusetts (again) has no annual state budget in place

Massachusetts has not begun its fiscal year on July 1 with an annual spending plan in place since 2010, making this the 14 straight year — absent lawmakers and Governor Maura Healey hustling an agreement into law by the weekend. Continue reading →

Sports

Red Sox notebook

With his rib cage strain improved, Triston Casas eager to get into the swing of things with the Red Sox

While he's yet do a rehab assignment, the Red Sox first baseman reported taking "about 20 swings at 75 percent" before Wednesday night's game against the visiting Blue Jays. Continue reading →

Christopher L. Gasper

Celtics championship was a well-deserved breakthrough for Brad Stevens

After several agonizing close calls in his basketball life, this title represents validation of Stevens's core values. Continue reading →

Celtics

Celtics select Creighton’s Baylor Scheierman in first round of NBA draft

Scheierman will turn 24 on Sept. 26, giving the Celtics a seasoned player who has an opportunity to play immediately. Continue reading →

Business

Business

Biden pardons veterans who lost benefits over convictions for gay sex

Political notebook Continue reading →

THE FINE PRINT

Want to save on your homeowners insurance? Shop around.

Homeowners insurance is getting more expensive due to climate change, but you might save money by switching insurers rather than simply renewing your policy. Continue reading →

Housing

Housing costs so much to build. What if they did it on an assembly line?

The Metropolitan Area Planning Council and a consortium of cities were awarded a $3 million grant to study the idea of bringing a modular housing plant — in other words, a house factory — to Greater Boston. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Leah Levin, international human rights advocate, dies at 98

Leah Levin, a British activist who wrote a seminal U.N. book on human rights and who led a watchdog group that helped free the “Birmingham Six,” whose convictions for deadly bombings were overturned 16 years later after probes in to police abuses, died May 25 in London. She was 98. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Haviland Smith, who helped CIA officers avoid detection, dies at 94

Experimenting in Prague and then in Berlin, Mr. Smith helped broaden the tradecraft of modern espionage, pioneering simple but effective techniques that CIA officers could use to evade detection. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Arts

Construction begins on the American Repertory Theater’s new home in Allston

Harvard’s 70,000-square-foot David E. and Stacey L. Goel Center for Creativity & Performance will begin hosting shows in 2027. Continue reading →

Documentaries

In Newport, documentaries under the stars

Since 2010, NewportFilm Outdoors has brought fresh documentaries to its residents and visitors during the peak summer months. This year’s first screening is on Thursday. Continue reading →

Arts

617Peak’s sixth annual Open Mic Night centers Boston’s youth on the main stage

The event, at Hibernian Hall, will feature original poetry, rap, and song performances by 25 students from high schools and colleges across Greater Boston. Continue reading →