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Wednesday, July 9, 2025
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Climate

As flash floods intensify, current alert systems put lives at risk, including in New England

Flash floods are a hallmark of climate change, and they can come on fast, seemingly without warning. The ability of officials to get a warning out can be the difference between life and death. Continue reading →

K-12

An autistic Newburyport teen hasn’t attended school in three years. The district is denying her a free public education.

Her story, in many ways, illuminates the strides left to be made 50 years after the US pledged to educate all disabled children. Continue reading →

Healthcare

Pediatricians are stuck in a world of vaccine anxiety amid health leadership of RFK Jr.

As federal immunization policies shift, pediatricians say the parents of their young patients are more confused than ever, not sure if they will have access to vaccines for their children or if the vaccines are safe. Continue reading →

Politics

Supreme Court clears the way for Trump’s plans to downsize the federal workforce

The justices overrode lower court orders that temporarily froze the cuts, which have been led by the Department of Government Efficiency. Continue reading →

Politics

Trump says he’s ‘not happy’ with Putin and blames him for ‘killing a lot of people’ in Ukraine

The president also acknowledged that his plan to cajole Russia's president into ending the war in Ukraine has "turned out to be tougher." Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

More than 160 people are still missing after deadly Texas floods, governor says

Those reported missing are in Kerr County, where most victims have been recovered so far, Governor Greg Abbott said. Many were likely visiting or staying in the state’s Hill Country but did not register at a camp or hotel. Continue reading →

Nation

Are ‘alpha males’ a myth? For most primates, the answer is yes.

The study’s authors say their research could pave the way to a deeper understanding into one of science’s murkiest questions: the origins of power inequities between men and women. Continue reading →

Nation

Trump’s budget would clip bird banding. Hunters are not happy.

The lab falls under the US Geological Survey’s Ecosystem Mission Area, the agency’s major ecology program, which under President Trump’s 2026 proposed budget. would see funding reduced to $29 million from $293 million. Many hunters are unhappy at the prospect. Continue reading →

The World

World

Militants kill 5 Israeli soldiers in Gaza and Israeli strikes kill 51 Palestinians

The bloodshed came as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was visiting President Trump about a cease-fire plan to pause the Gaza fighting. Continue reading →

World

Land mines, a Cold War horror, could return to fortify Europe’s borders

For decades, borders seeded with antipersonnel mines divided the Soviet bloc from the West, deterring citizens from fleeing across the Iron Curtain. Continue reading →

World

The wild Russian plot to burn a London restaurant and kidnap its owner

When Hide opened in London's exclusive Mayfair district in 2018, the restaurant made headlines for its twisting bespoke timber staircase, its lavish wine menu and its rapidly won Michelin star. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OpEds

Silent streets: ICE sweeps are emptying Los Angeles

Today the car wash is closed. The taco stand by the gas station is gone. There’s no one waiting at the bus stop, and the sidewalks are oddly empty. Continue reading →

Editorials

Beacon Hill faces the fiscal reckoning of that ‘big beautiful bill’

Governor Healey needs more budget cutting powers should a crisis hit. Continue reading →

Columns

Washington state targets the confessional seal

If attorneys, doctors, and spouses can’t be compelled to testify, can priests? Continue reading →

Metro

Politics

Federal bill imperils $335 million set aside for massive Mass. Pike project, state officials say

State transportation officials said they were “awaiting clarification” on the grant’s status from their federal counterparts. Continue reading →

Immigration

Border Patrol alleges detained migrant leader in Vermont sought to smuggle Mexican woman across northern border

Border agents say that they stopped Ignacio "Nacho" De La Cruz near border for other reasons, but then linked him to an alleged smuggling case. Continue reading →

Cambridge and Somerville

A cat was dubbed Somerville’s ‘bike path mayor.’ Now neighborhood pets are vying to unseat her.

According to a growing collection of lawn signs in Somerville, the race is on. Continue reading →

Sports

Red Sox

When it comes to bad, it doesn’t get much worse than the Rockies

Colorado, which entered the series against the Red Sox on pace for 124 losses, could surpass the loss record set by the White Sox just last year. They could become one of the worst pro teams of all time, across any sport. Continue reading →

Red Sox

Brayan Bello goes the distance as Red Sox erupt for 10 runs — including six in the seventh inning — in a rout of the Rockies

Bello tossed his first nine-inning complete game and struck out a season-high 10 in blowout win. Continue reading →

Revolution

Inter Miami invades Gillette Stadium Wednesday. Will Lionel Messi face the Revolution?

The Argentine legend has been busy this summer, playing in the FIFA Club World Cup, and all 90 minutes at Montreal in his return to MLS play Saturday. Continue reading →

Business

Media

America’s Test Kitchen lays off seven employees and will cease publication of Cook’s Country magazine

It’s the second wave of layoffs in two years for the Boston-based food media company. Continue reading →

Real Estate

‘This is the soul of Somerville.’ Long-planned ‘tough tech’ campus wins key city vote.

The approved rezoning will pave the way for a 1.6 million-square-foot redevelopment on the so-called Somernova site. Continue reading →

Healthcare

Baystate Health says new Medicaid law will cost health system at least $30 million a year

Baystate’s chief financial officer said in a statement late Monday that officials at the health system were still working their way through the 940-page bill passed by Congress last week. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Franklin W. Stahl, 95, dies; helped create a ‘beautiful’ DNA experiment

The molecular biologist and University of Oregon professor helped create a methodology to confirm how DNA replicates. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Richard Greenberg, whose plays probed love and baseball, dies at 67

Mr. Greenberg was one of America’s most established dramatists, responsible for some 30 plays staged on or off Broadway since the mid-1980s. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Travel

Get ready to pass through US airport security checkpoints with your shoes on your feet

If implemented, it would put an end to a security screening mandate put in place almost 20 years ago. Continue reading →

Lifestyle

Cooking (and shopping) for one? Yeah, you can still save money at Costco. Here’s how.

Rising prices stressing you out? Me too. Follow these simple dos and don’ts, and you might become a bulk-buying evangelist like me. Continue reading →

Arts

Sam Waterston talks Great Gatsby, wealth disparity, and other favorite topics

A star in the 1974 film adaptation of Fitzgerald’s famous novel, Waterson is to appear at a Newport Event marking The Great Gats’s 100th anniversary. Continue reading →