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Tuesday, March 4, 2025
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Climate

Yes, New England really was colder when you were a kid. Climate change makes snowy winters feel like a treat.

We finally experienced a snowy winter, but this season didn’t come close to the hallmark bitter cold winters of Boston and the rest of New England. Continue reading →

Investigations

Trump’s tariffs on Canadian energy could wallop New England, especially the north

With Canada supplying a significant portion of the electricity, refined petroleum, and natural gas used in New England, many experts agree that consumers will likely bear the brunt of Trump’s tariff. Continue reading →

Housing

Josh Kraft wants to bring rent control back to Boston. But not the same rent control as Michelle Wu proposed.

A proposal by Mayor Wu's challenger is not really rent control in the traditional sense, experts say. But his embrace of the term appears to be a calculated move. Continue reading →

Politics

RFK Jr. urges measles vaccinations after years of casting doubt on the vaccine

The op-ed marks a significant change in Kennedy's messaging on the MMR vaccination. Continue reading →

Politics

US tariffs on Canada and Mexico take effect, as China takes aim at US farm exports

Starting just past midnight, imports from Canada and Mexico are now to be taxed at 25 percent, with Canadian energy products subject to 10 percent import duties. Continue reading →

Boston Globe Today

How Trump's tariffs will impact car prices

President Trump's long-promised tariffs are set to go into effect Tuesday. Reporter Aaron Pressman explains how the taxes will impact buyers and sellers. Watch →

This year’s Oscars was a blast from the past

It was a night of glitz, glamour, and unforgettable moments. Boston.com entertainment writer recaps who owned the night, and who walked away empty-handed. Watch →

Mass. residents are heated over high heating bills

Reporter Jon Chesto explains why heating your home has become exponentially more expensive and what’s being done to bring prices down. Watch →

The Nation

Nation

Man pleads guilty in Fourth of July parade shooting

The man accused of killing seven people with a high-powered rifle during a Fourth of July parade in suburban Chicago in 2022 pleaded guilty Monday. Continue reading →

Politics

Struggling with errors, DOGE deletes billions more from list of savings

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has deleted hundreds more claims from its mistake-plagued “wall of receipts,” erasing $4 billion in additional savings that the group said it had made for US taxpayers. Continue reading →

Nation

At Supreme Court, Mexico to offer culprit for cartel violence: Gunmakers

Mexico’s president offered a warning last month in response to news that the Trump administration planned to designate drug cartels as terrorist groups. Continue reading →

The World

World

Pope Francis suffers new breathing crises, is back on noninvasive ventilation, Vatican says

Pope Francis suffered two new acute respiratory crises Monday and was put back on noninvasive mechanical ventilation, in another setback to his battle to fight pneumonia, the Vatican said. Continue reading →

World

On Mexico’s once-packed border, few migrants remain

In what were once some of the busiest sections along the border, shelters that used to overflow now hold just a few families. The parks, hotels, and vacant buildings that once teemed with people from all over the world stand empty. Continue reading →

World

With the cease-fire in peril, Arab leaders rush a plan for Gaza’s future

The region’s heavyweights, led by Egypt, are racing to finalize a proposal ahead of an emergency summit of Arab League states in Cairo on Tuesday. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

JD Vance flexes MAGA muscle in bid to be Trump heir

His rebuke of Zelensky won the vice president the spotlight he craves, and the heat that goes with it. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Zoning laws aren’t the only reason for the housing shortage

Stop blaming the housing crisis on the suburbs. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Trump’s ‘Gold Card’: A free pass for oligarchs

We don't need more men like Elon Musk or Donald Trump, says one letter writer. "We need people with backbone … who work for the benefit of all, not the enrichment of a few." Continue reading →

Metro

AS I SEE IT

Insane: a volleyball match, times 91

“As I See It,” a weekly photo column by Pulitzer Prize winner Stan Grossfeld, brings the stories of New England to Globe readers. Continue reading →

Politics

Trump moved to roll back TPS for Haitian and Venezuelan migrants. These Mass. groups are suing to stop him.

Lawyers allege that Trump cannot revoke an extension that has already been granted, and that his decision is being driven by racial and ethnic bias. Continue reading →

Politics

Ed Flynn is one of Michelle Wu’s loudest critics on the Boston City Council. Is he needlessly obstructionist, or needed balance?

In the past year, Ed Flynn has frequently squabbled with his colleagues in the council chambers and on social media, a dramatic change of tack for the former council president, insiders say. Continue reading →

Sports

Patriots

Mike Vrabel’s year with the Browns helped him get back on an NFL sideline. Here’s what he learned.

“He [had] the humility of a first-time [quality control] coach in the league," Browns GM Andrew Berry said of Vrabel. "I think that’s something that’s really endearing to the people that work with him. Continue reading →

alex speier | on baseball

More velocity, more pitches, more opportunities: How Richard Fitts is turning into a Red Sox asset

“I feel like I’ve exceeded my expectations of what I ever thought that I could be,” Fitts said, “but I don’t think I’m even done yet.” Continue reading →

ON BASKETBALL

Eastern Conference playoff picture coming into focus entering final quarter of season

With 21 games left, the Celtics need to concentrate on holding off the Knicks for the second seed. Continue reading →

Business

Business

Rising water bills could swamp household budgets

Municipal water service costs a lot more than it did just a few years ago, and the price hikes will keep on coming. Continue reading →

THE FINE PRINT

AG Campbell rolls out new regulations to protect consumers from ‘junk fees’

Mass. Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell on Monday announced finalized rules aimed at protecting consumers from being scammed by businesses that charge hidden, surprising, or unnecessary fees. Continue reading →

Trendlines

Stocks retreat as Trump’s economic gamble hits early turbulence

Some souring of sentiment is understandable. President Trump’s economic game plan is an untested break from the past. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

M. Paul Friedberg, landscape architect who celebrated the city, dies at 93

Mr. Friedberg was a landscape architect whose playgrounds, pocket parks, and plazas transformed once-gritty areas of New York City, using familiar urban materials to do so. Continue reading →

Obituaries

James Harrison, whose rare blood protected babies, dies at 88

Australian medical officials said the railway clerk helped save 2.4 million babies by donating the rare antibodies in his blood every two weeks for over 60 years. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Perry King Neubauer, architect and writer who fine-tuned a liturgical music space, dies at 84

"Drawing just flows and it has flowed through many years of my life," Mr. Neubauer wrote in a memoir, "beginning with childish drawings and leading to designing large projects as an adult." Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Arts

He was supposed to go to Colombia on a Fulbright. Then his trip was canceled due to a change in ‘government priorities.’

"We're looking at an attack on ideas," said local theater director Jason Slavick. "We’re looking at an attack on free speech." Continue reading →

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

Sharon Horgan adds a new HBO comedy series to her to-do list

The show will star Horgan as a divorcee grappling with aging parents and managing the dating scene. Continue reading →

LOVE LETTERS

We haven’t talked in 13 years

Can I reach out? Continue reading →