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Thursday, April 17, 2025
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Boston Marathon

After a suicide, running helped a Framingham mother and son cope. This will be their first Boston Marathon together.

Lisa Burgess and her son Ben, 24, have relied on long-distance running for nearly a decade to process their grief and find hope. Continue reading →

Metro

Uncertainty over tariffs is causing chaos for some Massachusetts manufacturers

On the South Coast of Massachusetts, where production lines already churn out American-made goods, the whipsaw of tariff directives have filled factory bosses with dread. Continue reading →

Health

RFK Jr.’s pledge to untangle autism’s roots by September defies reality, scientists say

Researchers who've spent years deciphering autism say RFK Jr.'s debunked claims about the disorder may undermine decades of science into a complex condition that affects millions of children. Continue reading →

Politics

White House moves to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status, news reports say

President Trump had threatened the move on social media after Harvard refused to comply with administration demands to make policy changes and agree to federal oversight. Continue reading →

Immigration

‘The town loved him’: Palestinian student detained in Vermont forged deep connections in the Upper Valley

People who know him describe Mohsen Mahdawi as a peaceful person who had a remarkable journey from the West Bank to rural Vermont to New York City. Continue reading →

The Nation

Politics

Judge threatens contempt proceedings over deportation flights to El Salvador

A federal judge in Washington threatened Wednesday to open a high-stakes contempt investigation into whether the Trump administration violated an order he issued last month directing officials to stop planes of Venezuelan migrants from being sent to El Salvador. Continue reading →

Nation

DOJ sues Maine over refusing to comply with transgender athlete ban

The Justice Department sued Maine’s Department of Education on Wednesday over its refusal to comply with demands to ban transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports, an escalation of a months-long standoff over the issue between the Trump administration and the state. Continue reading →

Nation

To keep Canadians coming, Palm Springs hangs love letters in its streets

Each one - hanging outside hotels, restaurants, bars, art galleries and other attractions - features an image of the Canadian flag shaped as a heart. Continue reading →

The World

World

Israel threatens further escalation in war in Gaza

Israel's defense minister warned Wednesday that the war in the Gaza Strip would soon escalate with "tremendous force" and an extended humanitarian blockade if Hamas did not quickly release hostages amid stalled ceasefire negotiations. Continue reading →

World

UK Supreme Court defines ‘woman’ by biology under equality law

LONDON - Britain's highest civil court ruled Wednesday that the definition of "woman" under the country's gender equality law is based on a person's sex at birth - a highly anticipated judgment in a case with implications for the protections of transgender people. Continue reading →

World

Teens plead guilty to trafficking after being caught with 5,000 ants

Two Belgian teens pleaded guilty to the illegal possession and trade of wildlife in Kenya after authorities accused them of trying to smuggle over 5,000 ants out of the country to sell as exotic pets. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

Why have a House Committee on Ethics at all?

Indicted representative gets a pass from his colleagues until the federal court decides his fate. Continue reading →

OPINION

Can Trump’s tariffs really bring back US manufacturing?

The answer is not as clear-cut as the president might like. Continue reading →

OPINION

Belichick’s new playbook with girlfriend: giving up control

Jordon Hudson, 24, has a mind for business, specifically Belichick’s business. That’s what gives the gossip a serious side. Continue reading →

Metro

Metro

Uncertainty over tariffs is causing chaos for some Massachusetts manufacturers

On the South Coast of Massachusetts, where production lines already churn out American-made goods, the whipsaw of tariff directives have filled factory bosses with dread. Continue reading →

Health

Assault allegations against former Brigham doctor prompt new legislation to protect patients

A new bill would mandate chaperones for all sensitive medical exams. Continue reading →

K-12

Boston Public Schools announces new policy to discontinue school transportation for inconsistent bus riders

The new policy aims to improve the reliability and efficiency of the district’s transportation system, which for years has been plagued late and no-show buses. Continue reading →

Sports

Dan Shaughnessy

Recovery helps, but I was expecting so much more from these Red Sox, and they’ve been frustratingly bad so far

The Alex Bregman signing and other offseason additions gave me faith, but Alex Cora's club has been wildly embarrassing in the early weeks of the season. Continue reading →

BOSTON MARATHON

Meet Boston’s most-popular running influencers ahead of Marathon Monday

Spread out mainly across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and Facebook, influencers have gathered millions of followers eager to see and hear what’s on their minds, and on their bodies. Continue reading →

Celtics

Here are some keys to the Celtics-Magic first-round playoff series

There is little reason to believe the Magic will be able to make this series all that competitive, but the Celtics have no intentions of looking past them. Continue reading →

Business

Tech Lab

Can AI outduel Google for search? It’s won my business.

The Globe's tech columnist tested out Perplexity, which combines a Google-like index of the web with a system that uses multiple artificial models. Continue reading →

Business

Even to Harvard, the world’s richest university, $2.2 billion makes a big difference

The school's $53.2 billion endowment doesn't inoculate it from such a rapid and unprecedented cutoff of the kind of federal funds that comprise at least a tenth of its annual revenue. Continue reading →

Economy

Fed chair lays out game plan in case of high inflation and slower growth

Jerome Powell stressed that tariffs announced so far go well beyond what the Federal Reserve had expected even in its worst-case scenario. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Joseph Boskin, scholar of humor and April Fools’ prankster, dies at 95

At BU, he taught courses on urban issues and popular culture. His lecture class, “Humor and Social Change in 20th Century America,” was one of the most coveted among students on campus in the 1990s. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Music

Terry Bradshaw talks Tom Brady, Bill Belichick, and country crooning ahead of Foxwoods show

'There are stories I tell, some I forget to tell, songs I sing, some I forget to sing. I laugh, have fun.' Continue reading →

Music

71st annual Newport Jazz Festival lineup to include Janelle Monáe, Jacob Collier, RAYE, and more

The lowdown on festival dates, performers, first-time acts, tickets, and schedules. Continue reading →

Television

Trump vs. Harvard: Kimmel, Colbert, and more late-night hosts react to funding feud

You didn’t think late-night hosts were just going to ignore President Trump’s tiff with Harvard, did you? Continue reading →