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Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Today's Headlines
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Climate

Did Trump just cancel offshore wind? Some projects off Mass. coast may be dead in the water.

The SouthCoast Wind project, 30 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard, is one Joe Biden tried to save before Trump's executive order. Continue reading →

Higher Education

To settle lawsuits, Harvard says it will use debated definition of antisemitism

The definition, adopted by the the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance as well as more than 40 nations, says that certain kinds of criticism of Israel and Zionism can be antisemitic. Continue reading →

Politics

Mass. and 17 other states sue to block Trump’s executive order to end birthright citizenship

Legal scholars say Trump’s order is likely unconstitutional, with more than a century of US precedent backing the immigration policy. Continue reading →

Politics

Josh Kraft plans to jump into Boston mayor’s race, sources say

Kraft, the younger son of billionaire New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, is eyeing February for a formal announcement, according to people with knowledge of his plans. Continue reading →

Politics

‘A betrayal, a mockery’: Police express outrage over Trump’s Jan. 6 pardons

President Trump issued a sweeping legal reprieve to all of the nearly 1,600 defendants, including those convicted of violent crimes, in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Continue reading →

Boston Globe Today

Josh Kraft crafts a run for Boston's mayor

Sources tell the Globe that the son of Patriots owner Robert Kraft is planning to challenge Mayor Michelle Wu. What's his game plan? Watch →

Will the popularity of weight-loss drugs inflate costs?

Reporter Jonathan Saltzman and data journalist Scooty Nickerson dive into the numbers. Watch →

The beef with Kelly's Roast Beef

A private equity firm bought the North Shore sandwich staple, and Globe readers have thoughts. Watch →

The Nation

Nation

A frigid storm drops rare snow on Houston and New Orleans as Florida readies plows in the Panhandle

Heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain are expected around the Deep South as a blast of Arctic air plunges much of the Midwest and the eastern US into a deep freeze. Continue reading →

Politics

Trump crushes Justice Department’s biggest investigation in an instant

Trump’s decision to offer full pardons to nearly all of the more than 1,500 trespassers, rioters, and rally organizers implicated in the breach of the Capitol sent a shock wave among current and former prosecutors. Continue reading →

Politics

Two Americans held in Afghanistan are freed in prisoner swap

The Taliban government freed Ryan Corbett and William Wallace McKenty in exchange for Khan Mohammed, who was accused of helping the Taliban obtain rockets to attack an US military base in Afghanistan. Continue reading →

The World

World

At least 76 are killed in fire at ski resort in Turkey

Some survivors told Turkish news media of terrifying escapes, exacerbated by a lack of fire alarms or clear fire escapes. Continue reading →

World

Israel embarks on an ‘extensive’ military operation in the West Bank

The Palestinian Authority’s health ministry reported that eight people had been killed and at least 35 injured during the first hours of the operation. Continue reading →

World

Israel’s military chief to step down over Oct. 7 attack

General Herzi Halevi cited the military’s failure while under his command to protect Israelis from the Hamas-led attacks as one reason for his resignation. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

Israel-Hamas cease-fire is necessary though imperfect

The second phase of the cease-fire still needs to be worked out, and the deal doesn’t begin to address long-term questions about Gaza’s recovery. Continue reading →

OPINION

Trump’s American carnage, part II

From pardoning insurrectionists to abandoning a climate agreement, Trump is again putting millions at risk. Continue reading →

OPINION

America’s most enduring bipartisan tradition: political hypocrisy

Each party has a lenient standard for itself and a much more stringent one for its opponents. Continue reading →

Metro

Crime & Courts

Prosecutors drop all rape charges against Ivan Cheung, former bank VP

The case against Cheung had been crumbling for months, before a ruling by a Superior Court judge in December provided a final insurmountable hurdle. Continue reading →

Metro

Can Josh Kraft mount a serious challenge to Michelle Wu?

Despite the obvious assets Kraft begins with, the challenge before him should not be underestimated. Continue reading →

AS I SEE IT

History, exercise, fantastic views, warm smiles — welcome to the Harborwalk

Forty years in the making, and 43 miles in length, the Harborwalk links the Boston waterfront together in a way that has never been done before. Continue reading →

Sports

MLB

Ichiro Suzuki comes up one vote shy of being a unanimous selection to the Baseball Hall of Fame; CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner also earn place in Cooperstown

Suzuki received 393 of a possible 394 votes submitted by members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America to become the first Japanese player elected to the Hall of Fame. Continue reading →

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

These Chiefs will never be the Patriots, but it’s time for New England to embrace their modern-day dominance

Like a team you loved for two decades, Kansas City is always on in prime time, gets all the calls from the refs, and simply wins too much. Continue reading →

Tara Sullivan

Beanpot encore at TD Garden reached a new level for women’s sports

The 13,279 fans topped last year’s crowd by almost 3,000 and marked the fifth-largest crowd for a women’s Division 1 hockey game in NCAA history. Continue reading →

Business

Business

Grocery stores are scrambling amid egg shortage as bird flu spreads

Though the avian flu is — for now — affecting flocks mostly in California and the Midwest, the diminished supplies are hitting grocers in Massachusetts. Continue reading →

Housing

Mass. rents are high, but increases in Greater Boston are projected to slow this year, study says

A recent study found that the Boston area is expected to see one of the lowest median rent increases among major metro areas in 2025 — though it is still among the most expensive. Continue reading →

Technology

The feds gave Mass. $63 million for EV charging. Now Trump is taking it back.

The state has yet to award a single dollar it was allotted by the 2021 infrastructure law to build charging stations. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Jules Feiffer, acerbic cartoonist, writer and much else, dies at 95

Jules Feiffer was an artist known for a syndicated comic strip and artwork in "The Phantom Tollbooth," but his career also encompassed novels, plays, screenplays, and animation. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Garth Hudson, master instrumentalist and last surviving member of The Band, dies at 87

Mr. Hudson drew from a unique palette of sounds and styles to add a conversational touch to such rock standards as “Up on Cripple Creek” and “The Weight.” Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Music

Trevor Noah is tapped to once again host the Grammy Awards

The Grammy Awards are sticking with their man, tapping Noah to host the show for the fifth consecutive time. Continue reading →

Theater

‘Wicked’ star Cynthia Erivo named Hasty Pudding’s Woman of the Year

Harvard University’s Hasty Pudding Theatricals is defying gravity with its pick for the 2025 Woman of the Year. Continue reading →

Books

In ‘Pretend We’re Dead,’ the women of ’90s alt-rock bring their own stories to life

Author Tanya Pearson, who’s also the founder of the Women of Rock Oral History Project, realized that if she wanted first-person accounts from that era, she’d have to record them herself. Continue reading →