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Monday, November 17, 2025
Today's Headlines

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Money, Power, Inequality

One job, three generations, 30 years of inflation: A story from Massachusetts’ shrinking middle class

For these families, working the same job, in the same city, just doesn’t add up to a solid middle-class life like it used to. Continue reading →

K-12

Under ICE crackdown, thousands of students have left Mass. public schools

A sharp drop in enrollment has hit some of the largest Massachusetts public school districts, including Boston, Framingham, and New Bedford. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

These two guys in Eastern Massachusetts set world records over and over, and became close friends along the way

When a Marblehead man began shattering strength marks, a Brookline man reached out. Together, they’ve rewritten the record book. Continue reading →

Higher Education

UMass Boston made a big bet on international students. Now, fewer are coming.

Less-selective colleges, including UMass Boston, are diversifying where they recruit foreign students from after seeing declines this fall. Continue reading →

Politics

Trump says US may have discussions with Maduro as aircraft carrier arrives in Caribbean

The US military has been carrying out a series of strikes against vessels suspected of transporting drugs. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Despite Trump’s ire, House gaining support on Epstein files vote

Key lawmakers say support is building in the House toward passage of a closely watched vote this week on a measure that would require the government to release all of the information the Justice Department has related to its investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Continue reading →

Nation

Homeland’s core missions disrupted by deportations

The Department of Homeland Security has diverted thousands of federal agents from their normal duties to focus on arresting immigrants living in the country illegally, undermining a wide range of law enforcement operations. Continue reading →

Nation

Border Patrol fans out across Charlotte, N.C., arresting 81 people on first day

The Trump administration crackdown on immigrants without permanent legal status arrived in Charlotte over the weekend, resulting in 81 arrests Saturday. Continue reading →

The World

World

Israeli leader insists there can be no Palestinian state, ahead of UN vote leaving that door open

Netanyahu has said that creating a Palestinian state would reward Hamas and eventually lead to an even larger Hamas-run state on Israel’s borders. Continue reading →

World

Trump-style candidate heads to runoff in Chile’s election

If the polls prove correct, Chile will join a series of Latin American countries that have shifted to the right in recent years. Continue reading →

World

Zelensky says Ukraine is working on a prisoner exchange with Russia

“We are ... counting on the resumption of POW exchanges,” Zelensky wrote on X. “Many meetings, negotiations, and calls are currently taking place to ensure this.” Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OpEds

Why Mass. gas bills are rising — and what we need to do about it

Most of what customers now pay each month no longer goes toward fuel, but toward rebuilding and maintaining a gas network that is larger than is necessary to meet future needs. Continue reading →

Editorials

Finding beds for the homeless in West Roxbury

Massachusetts is facing a housing crisis — and the most extreme manifestation of that crisis is homelessness. Continue reading →

OpEds

Harvard idealizes pluralism. It needs restorative justice instead.

This is a crisis as serious as any in Harvard’s 400-year history. The university is failing in its duty to make academic freedom real for all. Continue reading →

Metro

Massachusetts

‘I just need somewhere to finish the semester.’ UMass student rebuilds after Olympia Place fire.

While investigators continue examining what happened, displaced students have shifted to more urgent challenges ahead, including finding somewhere to sleep. Continue reading →

Health

Limited federal funds to Mass. brain bank threaten progress on Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s

The Harvard Brain Tissue Research Center is now seeking other funding sources to maintain current staffing levels. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Ex-Stoughton deputy police chief returns to familiar defense in Birchmore case: ‘blame the victim’

“Unfortunately, it’s all too common to blame the victim,” a clinical law professor at Suffolk University Law School said. Continue reading →

Sports

Bruins

Bruins’ penalty kill prowess bookends impressive defensive effort

The Bruins killed off all seven power play opportunities, refusing to cave to a potent unit on the man advantage. Continue reading →

Celtics

Jaylen Brown, Payton Pritchard help Celtics survive late comeback bid in win over Clippers

James Harden scored a game-high 37 points, but his attempt at a game-tying 3-pointer as time expired rimmed out as the Celtics held on to win. Continue reading →

Celtics

Celtics’ Jordan Walsh get first-hand look at the James Harden Experience

The Clippers relied on the 36-year-old Harden, who scored 9 points in the span of 19.8 seconds to give Los Angeles one more chance. Continue reading →

Business

Gambling

Wynn Resorts fights back against online gambling push on Beacon Hill

In its opposition to "iGaming," the company behind the Encore casino in Everett is up against the state’s biggest homegrown gambling business, DraftKings. Continue reading →

The Fine Print

A Jamaica Plain 80-year-old fell for ‘a very sophisticated tag-team scam.’ Here’s how to avoid the same fate.

If someone calls you claiming to be from Eversource, National Grid, or the like, beware. If they ask you to buy gift cards, it's likely to be a scam. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Fund-raising philanthropist Susan Hurley, who died at 62, was Boston’s marathon woman

"This is what I live for," she said of helping runners fund-raise through the Boston Marathon. "For them, it’s the Super Bowl of running." Continue reading →

Obituaries

Chris Ponnet, priest who preached social justice far beyond pulpit, dies at 68

Carrying as many as five phones, Father Chris, as he was widely known, was a familiar figure throughout Southern California in churches and hospitals and on the streets. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Alice Wong, writer and relentless advocate for disability rights, dies at 51

Born with muscular dystrophy, Ms. Wong used humor fueled with righteous anger to upend myths and secure rights for people with disabilities. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Things To Do

Free November events in Boston: Faneuil Hall tree lighting, transit trivia, and more

From a 19th-century opera to transit-themed trivia, here are no-cost events and activities across Greater Boston Nov. 17-23. Continue reading →

Music

In Boston, John Fogerty roars through Creedence Clearwater Revival staples

Fogerty dedicated the show to his band’s legacy and roared through more than a dozen CCR staples with plenty of help from a couple of ringers: his sons Shane and Tyler. Continue reading →

Relationships

The return of the wedding camcorder

Once the hallmark of '90s family gatherings, the hand-held camcorder has become a source of nostalgia for young couples as they say "I do." Continue reading →