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Business

Laying off staff. Shuttering a medical school facility. Killing lab mice. Amid Trump war, cuts ricochet across Harvard.

Harvard is pulling from a far smaller pool of money for day-to-day operations than it’s used to. Continue reading →

New Hampshire

‘Our livelihood is in danger’: Lake Winnipesaukee has a bacteria problem, and locals are worried

In 2024, Winnipesaukee saw record cyanobacteria blooms, amid warmer temperatures and an increase in nutrients that feed the bacteria. Continue reading →

Politics

A Mass. doctor mails 2,500 abortion kits out of state per month. Lawmakers voted to further protect providers like her.

The state Senate voted on a bill that backers say further solidifies Massachusetts’ place as a safe haven and that opponents say works to hide providers from accountability. Continue reading →

Politics

Two Mass. military vets in Congress break from Democratic consensus of outrage over Trump’s Iran strike

Representatives Jake Auchincloss and Seth Moulton struck a different tone on President Trump's Iran strikes than many of their Democratic colleagues. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

‘For every offender we arrest, there’s a child’: Sex abuse industry grows on dark web

The cases underscore a coordinated effort by law enforcement to target predators and identify and rescue children. Continue reading →

The Nation

Politics

Top Senate official rules against several key provisions in GOP policy bill

The decisions dealt a blow to Senate Republicans as they attempt to pass the behemoth legislation by Trump’s deadline. Continue reading →

Nation

Trump won by turning out voters and building a diverse coalition, report finds

It found that Kamala Harris lost, in part, because of decreased Democratic participation. But the report also found that if more people had voted, Trump still would have won. Continue reading →

Politics

Supreme Court rules Planned Parenthood cannot sue over South Carolina defunding effort

The justices made it easier for states to deny funding to Planned Parenthood, particularly given the current administration’s hostility to abortion rights. Continue reading →

The World

World

They escaped war in Ukraine. It found them in Israel.

The deaths are an intersection, in human terms, of two wars until now connected mostly by geopolitics and arms deals. Continue reading →

World

Why Ukraine fell down the agenda at the NATO summit

President Trump dominated the spotlight, pushing his desire for members to stop relying too heavily on US military support and, again, offering admiration of President Vladimir Putin of Russia. Continue reading →

World

Iran’s Khamenei strikes defiant tone in first public comments since US attack

The nation's spiritual leader congratulated Iranians for what he called a victory over Israel and the United States. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

Editorials

Massachusetts should allow three-year college degree pilot

Merrimack, Springfield colleges interested in innovating. Continue reading →

OpEds

The trouble with tourism

The burden of mass tourism threatens to devastate the very assets that lure visitors. It’s enough to make you wonder whether “sustainable tourism” is an oxymoron. Continue reading →

Columns

‘Multiple teammates had gone to the athletic department’: New complaints about BU coach are bubbling up

In 2022, a psychologist heard “significant concerns” from members of the team. Continue reading →

Metro

Higher Education

Top Republicans on House Judiciary Committee subpoena Harvard for documents in tuition pricing investigation

Repsresentatives Jim Jordan and Scott Fitzgerald said Harvard's previous responses have "been inadequate" and asked for it to submit its requested documents by July 17. Continue reading →

K-12

Unvaccinated students not welcome back in Newton this fall

Newton Public Schools announced unvaccinated students will not be allowed back in school this fall unless they comply with state required vaccinations. Continue reading →

Health

Mass. considers scrapping religious exemptions for vaccinations

Advocates came to Beacon Hill recently to speak for and against two bills that would require more children to be vaccinated. Continue reading →

Sports

Red Sox

‘I need to own things that I could have done better.’ Twenty months into his tenure, Craig Breslow takes stock of the Red Sox front office culture

Breslow, the Red Sox' chief baseball officer, acknowledged a need to reassess his interactions with players, coaches, and other members of the front office. Continue reading →

Red Sox

Add Alex Cora’s name to list of why these Red Sox have proven to be an average team

This has not been Cora's finest hour. He just can’t seem to find the pulse of this Red Sox team. Continue reading →

Bruins

Bruins mock draft: One educated guess as to how GM Don Sweeney will use Boston’s seven selections

While finding a player who can make an impact in the NHL in his draft year is difficult, Boston does have the No. 7 overall pick, so it is possible. Continue reading →

Business

Business

Laying off staff. Shuttering a medical school facility. Killing lab mice. Amid Trump war, cuts ricochet across Harvard.

Harvard is pulling from a far smaller pool of money for day-to-day operations than it’s used to. Continue reading →

Business

Ben & Jerry’s fights Unilever on social justice in the Trump era

The Anglo-Dutch multinational’s actions are raising questions about the future of the campaigning tradition it pledged to protect when it bought Ben & Jerry’s a quarter century ago. Continue reading →

Business

Market Basket board member says sidelining CEO Arthur T. Demoulas is ‘catastrophic managerial and business mistake’

A few weeks after Arthur T. Demoulas was put on paid leave, board member Bill Shea wrote to chairman Jay Hachigian that the rest of the board acted in secrecy and is threatening the supermarket's success. Continue reading →

Obituaries
Arts & Lifestyle

Dance

Opening Jacob’s Pillow’s season, Dorrance Dance stays true to the beat

Putting tap and hip-hop side-by-side, "The Center Will Not Hold" worships at the altar of “The Beat.” Continue reading →

Movies

50 years of ‘Jaws’, 2 days of Martha’s Vineyard

Our film critic's first visit to the Vineyard coincided with the island's 50th anniversary "Jaws" celebration. Continue reading →

Lifestyle

It may be a silent protest, but the message is loud and clear. And ‘temporary graffiti’ is building a following.

Local group known as Silence Dogood confronts Trump’s border czar and others with historic light displays. Continue reading →