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Monday, November 25, 2024
Today's Headlines
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Healthcare

Lawrence General bought out Holy Family hospitals from Steward. Now comes the hard part.

Lawrence General has transformed from a standalone facility into a small system of “safety net” hospitals treating mostly low-income patients in the Merrimack Valley. Continue reading →

Maine

‘You can’t wait for perfect’: Portland mixes care, crackdown in homeless crisis

Although the camps are gone, hard questions remain about the limits of compassion, patience, and responsibility in this gentrifying port city. Continue reading →

Higher Education

Generous financial aid programs under threat as more colleges eliminate loans

Schools that have adopted so-called no-loan programs in recent years say they aim to send a clear message: If you have the academic chops to gain admission, you can afford to attend. Continue reading →

Immigration

Could Donald Trump really deport undocumented immigrants who live in Mass.?

The president-elect said he will focus on deporting undocumented immigrants with a criminal past. But experts expect the administration to target others as well. Continue reading →

Politics

Trump is running his transition team on secret money

President-elect Donald Trump is keeping secret the names of donors who are funding his transition effort, a break from tradition that could make it impossible to see what interest groups, businesses or wealthy people are helping launch his second term. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Forecasts warn of possible winter storms across US during Thanksgiving week

Forecasters throughout the United States issued warnings that another round of winter weather could complicate travel leading up to the Thanksgiving holiday, while California and Washington state continue to recover from storm damage and power outages. Continue reading →

Nation

Record dryness in Northeast should change water behavior, experts say

It hasn’t been a typical fall for the northeastern United States. Continue reading →

Nation

No Labels goes after opponents of third-party presidential bid in court

Leaders of the centrist group No Labels abandoned a planned third-party presidential bid in April after a successful campaign by Democratic allies of President Biden damaged their public appeal and undermined their ability to recruit electable candidates. Continue reading →

The World

World

Moscow offers debt forgiveness to new recruits

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law granting debt forgiveness to new army recruits who enlist to fight in Ukraine. Continue reading →

World

Hezbollah fires about 250 projectiles into Israel after deadly strike in Beirut

Hezbollah fired about 250 projectiles into Israel on Sunday, a day after an Israeli strike in the heart of the Lebanese capital killed more than 25 people. Continue reading →

World

Israel says rabbi who went missing in the UAE was killed in ‘terror’ incident

Israel said Sunday that the body of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi who went missing in the United Arab Emirates has been found after he was killed in what it described as a “heinous antisemitic terror incident.” Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

My plan for surviving the next four years

I have options. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Using tax dollars to block new housing is bad policy

More than a dozen communities have been accused of ‘weaponizing’ the sale of public land to stop housing development. Continue reading →

OPINION

What’s next for public health?

The health of the American people is on the line with Trump’s appointments. Continue reading →

Metro

Massachusetts

‘We have finally been heard’: Healey orders state recognition of Herring Pond Wampanoag tribe in Plymouth

The state recognition — the first granted to a tribe in 48 years — is expected to usher in a new era for the state and the tribal governments. Continue reading →

Health

New law aims to shore up and equalize state’s public health services

Massachusetts is mandating new performance standards for its 321 local public health departments. Continue reading →

K-12

Who is Linda McMahon, Trump’s pick for education secretary?

McMahon supports expanding federal Pell grant eligibility beyond college students to those in workforce training programs, like software coding bootcamps. Continue reading →

Sports

Instant analysis

Patriots’ blowout loss to the Dolphins should have Robert Kraft re-evaluating the future with Jerod Mayo

The Patriots should be showing improvement; instead they are going backward. Continue reading →

CELTICS 107, TIMBERWOLVES 105

After leading by 19 points in second half, Celtics hold off Timberwolves at the buzzer

But Minnesota could not handle the Mavericks in the conference finals, and this year it appears to have taken a step back after trading Karl-Anthony Towns to the Knicks for Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo. Continue reading →

State of the Patriots

Sure, the Patriots just ‘have to be better’ but their repeating mistakes are a bad, bad sign

The offense committed five penalties in the first quarter alone. Continue reading →

Business

Housing

Karen Read’s Mansfield home sells for $810,000

Read had not been living in Mansfield since last year and “now wishes for another family to enjoy the property she spent many years enhancing.” Continue reading →

chesto means business

With new climate bill, Mass. politicians are ready to go nuclear

A provision in the state's new climate bill allows Massachusetts utilities to enter into long-term contracts with either of the two remaining nuclear power plants in New England. Continue reading →

Retail

Shoppers expect to pay more for Thanksgiving this year. They’re in for a tasty surprise.

Of the nearly one in 10 people who said they will not attend a Turkey Day gathering, 40 percent attributed their choice to higher food costs, according to Deloitte. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Madeleine Riffaud, a battler of Nazis in France and a foreign correspondent in Vietnam, dies at 100

Although she was lionized as “the girl who saved Paris,” Ms. Riffaud portrayed her exploits as nothing unusual for the desperate times in which she and her comrades fought. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Rico Carty, exceptional hitter who was stymied by injuries, dies at 85

Despite the injuries, he was able to play until he was 40, amassing 204 home runs. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Larry Johnson, former WEEI host and sports cartoonist, dies at 75

Rev. Johnson, who also was a Baptist minister, was “a compassionate empathic person,” said Craig Mustard, his longtime cohost of the WEEI talk show “Mustard and Johnson.” Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

BOSTON AT A BARGAIN

Free holiday events, $25 show tickets, and cultural celebrations in Boston

There are plenty of wallet-friendly things to do around town this week. Continue reading →

BOOKS

Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards to present literary celebration at Boston Public Library

The Horn Book’s centennial year includes an awards ceremony Monday that’s open to the public. Continue reading →

Dance Review

Martha Graham Dance Company is back in Boston for first time in nearly 20 years

The program includes highlights from Graham’s “Dark Meadow,” as well as Graham’s “Lamentation,” Agnes de Mille’s “Rodeo,” and Jamar Roberts’s brand new “We the People.” Continue reading →