Nation

FDA looks to AI to enhance efficiency

The Food and Drug Administration is planning to use artificial intelligence to "radically increase efficiency" in deciding whether to approve new drugs and devices, one of several top priorities laid out in an article published Tuesday in JAMA. Continue reading →

Nation

Fake images, conspiracy theories swirl around LA protests

Misleading photographs, videos and text have spread widely on social media as protests against immigrant raids have unfolded in Los Angeles, rehashing old conspiracy theories and expressing support for President Trump's actions. Continue reading →

Nation

Sunny Jacobs, a celebrity after freed from death row, dies at 77

Proclaiming herself an innocent victim in the shooting death of two police officers, she became a media celebrity and a subject in an acclaimed off-Broadway play and two television movies. The truth was more complicated. Continue reading →

World

US teacher seized by Russia is located in prison

After months without contact, Stephen James Hubbard, a retired American teacher taken from his eastern Ukrainian home by Russian soldiers shortly after Russia invaded in February 2022, has been located in a Russian prison in Mordovia. Continue reading →

World

At least 10 killed in shooting at Austrian high school, police say

A former student at an Austrian high school opened fire on the campus Tuesday and killed 10 people before apparently killing himself. Continue reading →

World

Israel deports Greta Thunberg, other activists on Gaza aid boat

The Israeli Foreign Ministry said Tuesday that it would deport four activists who were detained aboard an aid ship bound for the Gaza Strip, including environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg. Continue reading →

Letters

Communities need public broadcasting now more than ever

Defunding NPR wouldn’t punish "bias." It would punish communities that rely on thoughtful, noncommercial journalism. Continue reading →

OpEds

Do we really need two public radio stations in Boston?

Rather than cutting both operations to the bone and seeing a decline in the quality of their programs, might it be wiser to merge the two stations? Continue reading →

Letters

An escalating standoff in LA

"Trump has revealed that insurrection is acceptable only when it serves his political ambitions," writes one reader. Another: " 'No Kings' demonstrations are June 14. The 'king' will not like this." Continue reading →

Massachusetts

‘Systemic failure’: At the State House, Muslims tell stories of Islamophobia, advocate for permanent civil rights commission

About a hundred people shared their experiences with Islamophobia and urged legislators to create a commission for Muslim civil rights. Continue reading →

Boston Mayoral Race

Wu says city took ‘appropriate action’ firing city worker despite new claims top City Hall official propositioned her

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu stood by how the city handled the investigation into the incident, but the woman who was fired alleges that her boyfriend’s supervisor, cabinet chief Segun Idowu, propositioned her. Continue reading →

Rhode Island Crime

A Providence high school student’s asylum case is in limbo after ICE abruptly moves her to Colorado

Vivian Gisselle Soriano-Neto, 18, was detained by ICE in March after she was arrested without proof and charged with trafficking a minor, according to her attorneys. Continue reading →

Patriots

Patriots receiver Stefon Diggs meets with media but says little about boat video or if he’ll be ready for season opener

Over the next six weeks, before the Patriots start training camp on July 23, Diggs said he plans to focus on the mental component of his recovery from ACL surgery. Continue reading →

Patriots

More important than changing the X’s and O’s, Mike Vrabel is trying to instill a new culture with Patriots

Culture is a cost-free element that a club can control, unlike player interest and performance. Continue reading →

Red Sox

Alex Cora optimistic about the return of Wilyer Abreu next week

Abreu could return from a strained left oblique next week after spending the minimum 10 days on the injured list. Continue reading →

Business

How scammers are using AI to steal college financial aid

Fake college enrollments have been surging as crime rings deploy “ghost students” — chatbots that join online classrooms and stay just long enough to collect a financial aid check. Continue reading →

Economy

Trump is touting a $3 trillion tariff windfall. Don’t bank on it.

The president says import duties will more than pay for tax cuts and new spending. His argument doesn’t hold water. Continue reading →

Business

Boston convention center to be named for former mayor Tom Menino, who pushed development of Seaport District

Marcel Vernon Sr., head of the Massachusetts Convention Center Authority, said the center's existence "would not have been possible without the leadership of Mayor Menino.” Continue reading →

Obituaries

Sacha Jenkins, filmmaker who mined the Black experience, dies at 53

The documentary filmmaker strove to tell the story of Black American culture through incisive prose explorations and screen meditations on luminaries of that culture. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Jillian Sackler, philanthropist who defended husband’s legacy, dies at 84

Ms. Sackler struggled to preserve the reputation of her husband, Arthur, by distinguishing him from his relatives, whose aggressive marketing and false advertising on behalf of their pharmaceutical company, Purdue Pharma, triggered the opioid epidemic. Continue reading →

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Food & Dining

One of the area’s most thoughtful Korean restaurants is in Haverhill

Damgeuda chefs Walter Gorrell and Yu Gin Kim make everything and waste nothing. Continue reading →

Food & Dining

From physician to food entrepreneur: Meet Tarun Bhalla, cofounder of Meal Mantra

He and his wife, Anu, moved to the United States at midlife to cook up something new. Continue reading →

Restaurants

The cherry on top? Cabot’s may have new ownership, but it’s still the cream of the crop.

Little has changed since the Newton favorite for sundaes (and more) changed hands two years ago. And that’s just how everyone likes it. Continue reading →