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Saturday, November 22, 2025
Today's Headlines

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Higher Education

Former MIT scientist funded by Epstein made racist and sexist claims in private emails

Joscha Bach, an AI researcher, worked at the MIT Media Lab from 2014 to 2016. He was hired in large part because of Jeffrey Epstein’s donations. Continue reading →

Arts

Westbound on the Mass. Pike, a ‘Friendly’ reminder of bygone days

The origin story of I-90's most remarkable bush, which has flourished alongside the pike in Wilbraham for 50 years. Continue reading →

Vermont

As SNAP benefits resume, some Afghan immigrants who supported US war efforts are denied

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act cut off access to SNAP for 90,000 noncitizens who are in the country legally. Among them: Afghanis who assisted the US war effort. Continue reading →

Health

Harvard rebuffs calls to remove name of Sackler patriarch from campus buildings

Students and families of overdose victims have renewed demands to remove Arthur M. Sackler’s name from two campus buildings after a landmark legal settlement. Continue reading →

World

Ukraine faces ‘difficult choice’ over US plan to end war, Zelensky says

The 28-point proposal from the White House — which Ukraine has said was drafted without its involvement — would give Russia most of what it has asked for, including the surrender of Ukrainian territory and sharp limits on Ukraine’s military. Continue reading →

The Nation

Politics

Supreme Court meets to weigh Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions, blocked by lower courts

The justices could say as soon as Monday whether they will hear Trump’s appeal of lower court rulings that have uniformly struck down the citizenship restrictions. They have not taken effect anywhere in the United States. Continue reading →

Nation

Trump’s all-but-forgotten border wall reaches an angry Laredo, Texas

For as long as the federal government has talked about a border wall, people in Laredo have opposed it. Continue reading →

Nation

After roar, Coast Guard reclassifies swastikas, nooses as hate symbols

It was unclear who had directed the attempt to reclassify such symbols as “potentially divisive” rather than hate symbols. Continue reading →

The World

World

Desperate search for missing Syrians leads to mass graves

The fate of the tens of thousands of missing Syrians is an open wound for relatives who spent years in pained silence, wondering what happened to their loved ones. Continue reading →

World

China offers panda totes, but no new commitments, at climate talks

As the world gathering headed into its final stretch, analysts said China was showing little interest in taking up the mantle of global climate leader. Continue reading →

World

She led Finland through COVID and Russian threats. But she’s famous for a shimmy.

Sanna Marin, Finland’s former prime minister, has written a memoir in which she said she has fought to build “a world where you can, yes, dance freely when the day’s work is done.” Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OpEds

Harvard’s Larry Summers problem began long before the emails

Twenty years ago, Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences voted that it lacked confidence in his leadership. Continue reading →

OpEds

Forget Trump’s myths: The real land theft is in Detroit, not South Africa

The story the nation should focus on is one far closer to home: Black homeowners in Detroit whose homes have been stolen through inflated property tax bills and foreclosures. Continue reading →

Letters

The disappearing Massachusetts middle class

Readers responded to "Squeezed," a series from the Globe's Money, Power, Inequality team. Continue reading →

Metro

Massachusetts

White Mountain Creamery, a Boston College favorite, passes the scoop to New City Microcreamery

Brothers George and Peter Coufos, who opened White Mountain Creamery in 1983, will close the shop on Nov. 23 and head into retirement. Continue reading →

Metro

Boston weighs city-owned grocery stores to combat food insecurity

Supporters have pitched the idea as a way to lower food costs, given that the store wouldn’t have to factor rent or overhead costs into their prices. Continue reading →

Higher Education

New messages reveal depth of relationship between Epstein and Noam Chomsky: ‘He quickly became a highly valued friend’

In one undated letter, Chomsky, a retired MIT professor, told an unknown recipient that he met Epstein “half a dozen years ago.” Continue reading →

Sports

Patriots

Unlike recent seasons, for the Patriots it’s been full speed ahead in 2025

According to the NFL’s Next Gen Stats, New England has had three plays in the top 15 this season in speed of the ballcarrier. Continue reading →

Celtics

More frustration mounts, as Michael Porter Jr., lowly Nets come into Garden and power past Celtics

After rallying from 18 down to make it a 2-point game with just over five minutes left, the hosts could not stop Porter as Brooklyn won for just the third time this season. Continue reading →

Red Sox

Red Sox tender contracts to 26 unsigned players, including Tanner Houck and Triston Casas

The Red Sox had to tender them — commit to signing them to a contract for next season. If not, they would have become free agents. Continue reading →

Business

Economy

Visits to Boston Harbor took a big hit after the pandemic

The nonprofit group Boston Harbor Now disclosed new numbers this week, based on cell phone data captured over four years along the waterfront. Continue reading →

Real Estate

South Weymouth housing construction can resume next year thanks to new legislation

Construction could resume at the former South Weymouth Naval Air Station now that the Mass. Legislature has approved updated guidelines for the 1,400-acre property. Continue reading →

Economy

Boston Fed president signals current rates ‘appropriate for now’

The labor market, added Susan Collins, appeared to be cooling, but not rapidly. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Newman Flanagan, district attorney in Stuart case, other high-profile prosecutions, dies at 95

"Newman was always on the hot seat, in wanted and unwanted circumstances, and he didn’t shy away from that," said Ralph C. Martin II, Mr. Flanagan's successor as Suffolk district attorney. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Richard Lamparski, author of ‘Whatever Became Of ...?’ books, dies at 93

He turned his obsession with forgotten stars into 11 volumes of pop-culture nostalgia, movie trivia, and biographical glimpses. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Stephen Anderson, linguist who refuted Doctor Dolittle, dies at 82

As a scholar of word structure at Yale University, he was frequently bothered by the seemingly widespread belief among the public, and even some scientists, that animals communicate through language. He tried to settle the matter. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Theater

Two well-known literary figures unite in ‘A Sherlock Carol’

The Lyric Stage production features Sherlock Holmes attempting to resolve a case about Ebenezer Scrooge. Continue reading →

Things To Do

New Somerville event series Night Cap Radio aims to bring people together for affordable, creative social time

The pop-up series serves as a podcast studio and community gathering space and will host events and artists from Nov. 22 to Dec. 20. Continue reading →

Music Reviews

Noah Kahan brings big hometown love to benefit at MGM Music Hall

The sold-out show benefited his Busyhead Project and the Red Sox Foundation. Continue reading →