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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
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K-12

BPS proposal reawakens debate over who gets to attend Boston’s most competitive schools

Amid Trump's DEI crackdown, Boston’s school leaders are proposing a new admission policy that threatens diversity progress for its elite secondary schools. Continue reading →

Politics

Amid the last shutdown fight, Chuck Schumer predicted a future that scared him. Now, he’s living it.

In March, the threat of what President Trump could do during a shutdown convinced Senator Chuck Schumer to vote for a Republican spending bill. What’s changed? Continue reading →

Wellness

A new wave of fitness-conscious people are using glucose monitors for eye-opening insights about health

Fitness enthusiasts have taken to tracking their blood sugar, but experts are skeptical about the benefits. Continue reading →

Investigations

Can voters trust Carlo DeMaria? Everett’s mayor seeks seventh term amid $180,000 pay scandal.

His campaign has been dogged by voter unease over reports that he orchestrated excessive bonus payments, among other controversies. Continue reading →

World

Hurricane Melissa bears down on Jamaica as its strongest storm in recorded history

The storm was expected to make landfall early Tuesday and slice diagonally across the island, entering near St. Elizabeth parish in the south and exiting around St. Ann parish in the north, forecasters said. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

British political commentator is detained by US authorities at California airport

Sami Hamdi, a British political commentator, was being held Monday by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement after he was detained by ICE officers at San Francisco International Airport, according to federal officials. One senior US official said the detention was related to comments he has made about the Middle East. Continue reading →

Nation

Far more pregnancies end in stillbirth than previously known, study shows

Despite advances in prenatal care, stillbirths in the United States remain far more common than previously reported, with a significant number of them striking without warning. Continue reading →

Nation

Politics is changing the way history is taught

These developments have set off alarms among free speech advocates, as the Trump administration pushes to punish speech it dislikes and to impose its patriotic vision of American history on schools. Continue reading →

The World

World

Russia aims drone attacks at civilians, a war crime, UN inquiry says

Russian operators have routinely flown drones into Kherson in southern Ukraine and dropped hand grenades on civilians, according to a report released by the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine. Continue reading →

World

As Trump tours Asia, democracy’s ideals aren’t on the agenda

Trump has launched, fists pumping, onto the world stage, chasing a trade deal with China and compelling several other Asian governments to sign economic agreements. Continue reading →

World

In shift in relationship With Netanyahu, Trump says ‘I will decide’ what is right for Israel

The parade of Trump administration officials to Jerusalem over the past week to ensure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sticks to the cease-fire in the Gaza Strip drew a catchy shorthand in the Israeli news media, playing on the prime minister’s nickname: “Bibi-sitting.” Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OpEds

Dead raccoons and dry wells: the alarming toll of Maine’s drought

Raccoons’ bodies are strewn along our roads and highways. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” neighbors say. “It’s like a massacre.” Continue reading →

Editorials

Can Phil Eng really do two jobs at once?

It would be better to let the MBTA general manager finish what he started at the T instead of giving him big new responsibilities. Continue reading →

Columns

Biden’s message: ‘Get up, America’

Honored in Boston Sunday night, the former president looked frail and sounded raspy. But for those willing to listen, his message was loud and clear. Continue reading →

Metro

Politics

‘Right now, staff aren’t even in the room’: New survey shows Mass. State House staff dissatisfied, planning to leave

The results reflect a workforce that has not grown happier despite some changes to salary ranges and additional employee perks. Continue reading →

Vermont

Longtime aide to Moulton will run for Congress

Rick Jakious will join a primary field that grew quickly after Seth Moulton announced he would challenge Ed Markey in 2026. Continue reading →

Politics

‘People need to understand’: Healey defends partisan messaging around SNAP benefits

Governor Maura Healey’s administration is directly blaming President Trump for the impending lapse of SNAP benefits on a state-run website, expanding her criticism of the Republican president. Continue reading →

Sports

Red Sox

Mookie Betts adding the 2025 Roberto Clemente Award is a reminder that he is a player without peer

The former Red Sox player was given MLB's top honor for his extraordinary character, community involvement, and positive contributions on and off the field on Monday. Continue reading →

Revolution

Boston World Cup committee warns plans for fans, transportation in jeopardy without more funding

After requesting $20 million from the state, negotiations over the supplemental spending bill have resulted in just $10 million from the House and nothing from the Senate. Continue reading →

Patriots

Individual player introductions are back in Foxborough, and the Patriots are excited, though there were a few kinks

“I just feel like these guys put a lot into it and would like to recognize them individually,” coach Mike Vrabel said. Continue reading →

Business

Startups

‘There are hundreds of Nobel prizes that we could win in theory.’ This startup is trying to build an AI Einstein.

Cambridge-based Lila Sciences says it’s identified new metals that can be used to make clean hydrogen fuel from water at low cost. Continue reading →

Housing

Rates go down. Sales go up. Is Greater Boston’s housing market beginning to thaw?

Sales of single-family homes in the region were up 9 percent in September compared with the same month last year. Continue reading →

Bold Types

New CEO Wade Rakes gives Boston’s CareQuest Institute a reason to smile

First Citizens Bank makes big bet on Wellesley; Gerald Chertavian’s new startup uses AI to help small businesses; Ropes & Gray heads to Italy; Tom Brady teams up with SharkNinja. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Hope and ‘no regrets’: how pancreatic cancer surgeon Dr. Michael Zinner faced a pancreatic cancer diagnosis

"We’ll do the best we can in this in-between stage," Dr. Zinner told his pancreatic patients, advice he took when he faced his own diagnosis. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Jack DeJohnette, acclaimed jazz drummer who worked with Miles Davis, dies at 83

The jazz legend early in his career was the inventive drummer on Miles Davis's groundbreaking "Bitches Brew." He later joined pianist Keith Jarrett and bassist Gary Peacock in an acclaimed trio. Continue reading →

Obituaries

J. William Middendorf II, 101, dies; Navy secretary and musical diplomat

The former ambassador was a leading supporter of Electric Boat’s Quonset Point facility in Rhode Island, which helped reshape that state's economy. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Television

On ‘American Experience,’ considering the contradictions of Henry Kissinger

Kissinger, who died in 2023 at the age of 100, was one of the most improbable and controversial figures in US history. Continue reading →

Love Letters

How do I improve my love languages?

I don’t say “I love you” enough. Continue reading →

Theater

‘Lizard Boy’ is split between its heartfelt romance and superhero intensity

The new production at SpeakEasy Stage never quite meshes the two halves. Continue reading →