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Nation
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Policy changes to SNAP could limit access to food benefits for many Americans
The record-breaking government shutdown that has interrupted food benefits under SNAP has left many families hungry. That hardship could be a sign of what's to come.
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Politics
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The government shutdown is ending, but it could fuel Democrats’ leadership backlash in 2026 primaries
Minority Leader Chuck Schumer may have voted against the deal to end the shutdown, but that hasn't stop the left from calling his leadership into question.
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Health
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Maine sought federal help amid its largest HIV outbreak in state history. It’s still waiting.
Maine described its HIV outbreak as a significant health concern, but the shutdown has kept a CDC team from coming to the state's aid.
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Health
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Granddaughter vows justice as nursing home giant shirks $1.6b claims
Genesis HealthCare, a troubled nursing home chain with 49 facilities across New England, has a history of violations and low ratings.
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Healthcare
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Blue Cross and UMass contract dispute highlights ‘a brewing crisis’ in health care system
The dispute involves some of the most intractable problems in health care: the seemingly unsustainable cost of health care and the acute shortage of primary care doctors.
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The Nation
Politics
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As shutdown nears end, Trump still confronts soaring health costs
The burden is now on the president and Republicans to bring down costs or risk peril in the those elections.
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Nation
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Suits accuse Camp Mystic of gross negligence in children’s deaths
As torrential flood waters roared through Camp Mystic in the first dark hours of July 4, top leaders at the all-girls retreat in central Texas spent more than an hour securing the camp's equipment instead of evacuating or even checking on campers, according to a lawsuit filed on Monday by the families of five campers and two counselors who died that night.
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Nation
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Record-low temperatures shock the Southeast US
Some daily records were “absolutely shattered,” said meteorologist Scott Kleebauer, including a low of 28 degrees Fahrenheit at the airport in Jacksonville, Florida, on Tuesday morning.
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The World
World
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Pakistan ‘in a state of war’ after explosion kills 12 in capital
An attacker detonated a bomb near the entrance of a courthouse around lunchtime, according to the Pakistani interior minister, Mohsin Naqvi.
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World
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UK government defends the BBC as critics circle and Trump threatens to sue
Trump is threatening to sue the broadcaster over the way it edited a speech he made after losing the 2020 presidential election.
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World
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Writer David Szalay wins prestigious Booker Prize for fiction with his novel ‘Flesh’
He was chosen Monday from 153 submitted novels by a judging panel that included Irish writer Roddy Doyle and “Sex and the City” star Sarah Jessica Parker.
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Editorial & Opinion
Columns
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How Mamdani’s democratic socialist creed will hurt New York City
The New York City mayor-elect believes there’s nothing government can’t fix. Here’s why he’s wrong.
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Editorials
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We already have doctor shortages. Now Trump wants to make it harder for foreign physicians to fill the gaps?
Hundreds of foreign medical professionals work in Massachusetts with an H-1B visa. Now those work permits will cost $100,000.
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Letters
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Boston schools need ventilation more than high-tech sensors
Is it really necessary to spend millions of dollars measuring the air quality in every classroom in the district to prove that two-thirds of schools suffer from inadequate ventilation?
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Metro
Transportation
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Government shutdown may be near to ending, but air travelers still feeling the pain
Travelers continue to face disruptions as the shutdown appears poised for a resolution.
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Higher Education
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At least 10 Pioneer Valley communities helped fight fire near UMass Amherst
The fire that displaced around 230 UMass Amherst students was the biggest and most destructive blaze in the town's recent history.
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Massachusetts
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For one family in New Bedford, the government shutdown’s effects pile up
The possible loss of Head Start, home heating assistance, and food aid puts many at risk.
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Sports
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To host the World Cup next year, Boston needs at least $100 million. So where are the corporate donations?
It’s mostly on local organizers to pay for the costs related to the seven scheduled games at Gillette Stadium, but so far, not enough players are stepping onto the pitch.
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Celtics
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Celtics can’t find a way to finish off 76ers in the fourth quarter
The Celtics wiped away a clumsy first half with a powerful third quarter, but their 8-point fourth-quarter lead did not hold up.
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Patriots
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How have the Patriots become the best third-quarter team in the NFL?
Part of the Patriots’ success can be traced to defensive dominance coming out of halftime. But there’s also the value of a fast start on offense to open the third quarter.
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Business
Healthcare
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Blue Cross and UMass contract dispute highlights ‘a brewing crisis’ in health care system
The dispute involves some of the most intractable problems in health care: the seemingly unsustainable cost of health care and the acute shortage of primary care doctors.
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Climate
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Trump is skipping the UN’s climate conference. Some New Englanders are filling the void.
Local leaders are on the ground for global climate talks in Belém, Brazil, even as the Trump administration skips the annual conference.
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Business
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Alex Seitz-Wald left broadcast news for a local Maine paper. The 2026 Senate campaign won’t let him escape the national scene.
The Globe spoke to Alex Seitz-Wald about transitioning from NBC to the Midcoast Villager — and how coverage of Graham Platner’s controversial US Senate campaign bridged the gap.
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Obituaries
Obituaries
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Tatsuya Nakadai, multifaceted star of Japanese cinema, dies at 92
Mr. Nakadai, an actor rivaled only by Toshiro Mifune as the best-known star of 20th-century Japanese cinema, died Nov. 8.
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Obituaries
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Michael Ray Richardson, versatile guard banned from NBA for violating drug policy in the 1980s, dies
Mr. Richardson was a three-time All-Big Sky Conference player at Montana before being selected No. 4 in the 1978 NBA draft, two slots ahead of Larry Bird.
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Arts & Lifestyle
Movies
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Sally Kirkland, stage and screen star who earned an Oscar nomination in ‘Anna,’ dies at age 84
She was perhaps best known for sharing the screen with Paul Newman and Robert Redford in “The Sting" and her Oscar-nominated title role in the 1987 movie “Anna.”
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Television
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A ‘world-class collapse’: Jon Stewart, late-night hosts slam Democrats over caving on government shutdown
Late-night hosts reacted to the Democrats' decision to cave on Monday, with Stewart calling the move a "world-class collapse."
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Arts
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‘It’s very humbling’: Rakim reflects on being inducted into Berklee’s Hip-Hop Hall of Fame
The emcee, best known as one-half of Eric B. & Rakim, joins the ranks of past inductees like Roxanne Shanté and Edo.G this Thursday.
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