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Monday, August 18, 2025


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Trump presidency: We're gathering all the latest news, updates, and analysis.
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Money, Power, Inequality


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Despite federal cuts to higher ed, Mass. free community college presses on, transforming students’ lives

MassReconnect, which launched in 2022, offers free community college to state residents over age 25 who don’t have a bachelor’s degree.
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Housing


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Facing empty pews, churches are turning their buildings into low-income housing

Religious institutions from Beverly to Roxbury to Cambridge are opting to transform mostly empty properties into housing for lower income families.
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Immigration


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As Trump administration demands Boston end ‘sanctuary’ policies, Massachusetts officials are defending city’s laws

The demand is the administration's latest salvo against Boston in its effort to punish local governments that it sees as unfriendly to its immigration policies.
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K-12


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Limited bilingual programs leave Boston’s English learners behind

Multilingual and bilingual programs in BPS are expanding for the next school year, but advocates say it's not enough to meet the needs of the current English learner student population.
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Nation


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Republicans look to make a U-turn on federal commitment to electric vehicles for the Postal Service

WASHINGTON — A year after being lauded for its plan to replace thousands of aging, gas-powered mail trucks with a mostly electric fleet, the US Postal Service is facing congressional attempts to strip billions in federal EV funding.
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Trump administration halts visas for people from Gaza after conservative activist questions arrivals

WASHINGTON — A day after conservative activist Laura Loomer posted videos on social media of children from Gaza arriving in the United States for medical treatment and questioning how they got visas, the State Department said it was halting all visitor visas for people from Gaza pending a review.
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Black mayors of cities Trump decries as ‘lawless’ tout significant declines in violent crimes

As President Trump declared Washington, D.C., a crime-ridden wasteland in need of federal intervention and threatened similar federal interventions in other Black-led cities, several mayors compared notes.
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Nation


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Trump’s selective stance on justice: Redemption for some, scorn for others

As President Trump made the case for militarizing the streets of Washington, he used pictures of “homegrown terrorists” to illustrate his point that crime in the nation’s capital was out of control.
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The World






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Ukrainians fleeing Russia’s attacks say the Alaska summit was an insult

Valentyna Shevchenko, 69, recently fled the home where she had lived for 21 years, a place now threatened by a new Russian offensive.
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Ukraine weighs Trump’s offer of security guarantees with caution

Amid the setbacks for Ukraine from President Trump’s meeting in Alaska with President Vladimir Putin of Russia, officials in Kyiv found one glimmer of hope. They seized on a US proposal to include security guarantees for Ukraine, designed to deter future Russian aggression, in a potential peace deal.
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Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for local homeless people, invites them to lunch at summer villa

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — Pope Leo XIV spent the last Sunday of his summer vacation with several dozen refugees, homeless and poor people, and the church volunteers who help them, celebrating a special Mass for them and inviting them into the Vatican’s lakeside estate for a lunch of lasagna and roast veal.
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The toxic brew that awaits professors this fall

I’m not ready to return to the classroom and face the bleak condition of higher education.
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Editorials


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The Mass. gymnast taking on his sport’s outdated traditions

Stoughton native Frederick Richard deliberately drew a penalty for wearing shorts in a national competition, calling attention to the sport’s restrictive dress code.
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OpEds


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My husband was bitten by a rat. Here’s why it made me grateful.

The first time I saw a Roslindale rat, I did a double take: shiny fur, clean noses, little white paws. They’re almost cute.
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Crime & Courts


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Boston has seen 24 homicides this year, same total as in all of 2024, when murder rate fell to historic low

While homicides are up, violent crime overall is down so far this year, according to Boston police statistics.
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‘It’s definitely Rat City for a reason.’ A ‘rat safari’ in Allston sheds flashlight on rodent problem

The free Rat Walk was organized by the Rat City Arts Festival, a local group that hosts a music festival and events celebrating Allston-Brighton.
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Health


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Tips for navigating senior care in Mass.

From aging in place to skilled nursing, here's a look at options for a range of needs and budgets.
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On a hot summer day, give these dogs a dock, and they’re all eager to take the plunge

Some 250 very good girls and boys of a wide array of breeds, sizes, and skill levels participated in a North American Diving Dog certified event.
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Red Sox


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With Aroldis Chapman unavailable, Red Sox stumble in ninth, fall to Marlins in series finale

The Sox bullpen yielded four runs, three in the ninth inning.
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Red Sox’ Marcelo Mayer decides to undergo wrist surgery, ending another season early

Mayer exited the Red Sox’ game against the Phillies on July 23 in the bottom of the fifth inning with an injury later determined to be to the triangular fibrocartilage complex.
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Real Estate


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Dedham developer plans $500 million lab, housing project off Route 128

The Supreme Cos. project could create hundreds of apartments as well as senior housing.
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He supported Michelle Wu for mayor. Then the city put a bike lane in front of his Back Bay mansion.

It would be easy to paint Boston construction mogul Jay Cashman as anti-bike lane. He insists he’s not that guy.
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Healthcare


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The state’s Health Policy Commission has been restructured. How will it rein in medical costs?

The dilemma around the cost of health care has loomed over a fierce Beacon Hill debate about the commission’s makeup.
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Obituaries






Obituaries


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Sonya Hamlin, groundbreaking Boston TV talk show host, dies at 101

“I wanted to break through the stereotype of what ‘the little housewife’ wants out of television," Ms. Hamlin said of her groundbreaking talk shows in Boston.
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Obituaries


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Doris Lockhart Saatchi, critic and collector of cutting-edge art, dies at 88

Ms. Saatchi played a leading role in giving movements like minimalism and pop art wide exposure.
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Bobby Whitlock, keyboardist for Derek and the Dominos, dies

Mr. Whitlock also played with Delaney & Bonnie and George Harrison, in addition to having a solo career.
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Arts & Lifestyle






Dance


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Boston Ballet announces roster for 2025-26

Among the additions, two new principal dancers join the company, and a new assistant artistic director has been appointed.
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Television


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This week’s TV: Paul Reiser, Abbi Jacobson star in a new animated comedy, plus an Amanda Knox series

Also, a new documentary about the Dallas Cowboys.
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Lifestyle


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Nephew’s ‘save the date’ came after vacation was paid for

Advice from R. Eric Thomas.
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