All of the headlines from today's paper.
Saturday, December 13, 2025
Today's Headlines
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War on Harvard

As Harvard continues negotiations with Trump administration, deep cuts keep spreading through campus

Expected changes in federal grants and a forthcoming endowment tax have led to job cuts across several schools, lower graduate student admissions, and drawn-out negotiations with campus unions. Continue reading →

Health

‘It sends a message.’ Justice Department to oversee new auction for troubled nursing home giant, Genesis.

Hundreds of families whose loved ones were allegedly harmed by the chain can now move forward with lawsuits against the company. Continue reading →

Health

Family of teen repeatedly raped at Springfield group home sues state agencies

The lawsuit provided new details on the assault and terrible conditions in the group home. Continue reading →

Politics

Trump administration says it will investigate Boston’s housing policies for anti-white bias

The probe is the administration's latest effort to use landmark civil rights laws to attack diversity, equity, and inclusion policies. Continue reading →

Media

Boston Globe editor Nancy Barnes to step down after nearly three years

In a note to the Globe newsroom, Barnes said she is stepping down at the end of next week and will stay on staff as an editor-at-large. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Troops involved in boat strikes face a ‘moral injury’ risk, experts say

Amid all the high-level debate, little public attention has been given to how the strikes affect the low-level people who have to carry them out. Continue reading →

Nation

National Trust sues to stop Trump’s ballroom construction

The lawsuit from the nonprofit National Trust for Historic Preservation represents the first major legal challenge to Trump’s planned 90,000-square-foot addition and is poised to test the limits of his power. Continue reading →

Nation

Federal judge issues order to prohibit immigration officials from detaining Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Officials cannot re-detain him until the court conducts a hearing on the motion for the temporary restraining order, a federal judge said. Continue reading →

The World

World

Dozens killed in Myanmar after hospital bombed in brutal civil war

“I remember the smell of all the smoke and blood,” Khaing Lin said on Friday. “Not even hospitals are safe anymore.” Continue reading →

World

Iran arrests Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, supporters say

Iran has arrested Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, according to her supporters. Continue reading →

World

Trump wanted Ukraine to cede land to Russia. Ukraine has another offer.

Three weeks ago, President Trump sent shock waves across Europe with a 28-point peace plan for Ukraine that strongly echoed Russian talking points. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

Letters

Trump has hit on an immigration policy. It’s called racism.

"We have to stop defining people by the failed governments they flee from," writes one reader. Another: "Donald Trump’s America is becoming more un-American every day." Continue reading →

Metro

Politics

DOJ sues Massachusetts, three other states after they refused to hand over voters’ personal data

The federal lawsuits are the latest in a string of litigation the DOJ has brought against states in a bid to compel them to turn over voters' personal information. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Jury deliberating murder charges against Brian Walshe

After two weeks of testimony, 12 jurors began deliberating shortly after noon on Friday. There’s no timeline for how long deliberations will take. Continue reading →

Metro

‘Come to my home, Globe Santa,’ writes an 8-year-old girl

“This Christmas I wish my mom is healthy so we can decorate our tree,” the child wrote. Continue reading →

Sports

Patriots

A look back at the last time the Bills visited Gillette Stadium, when most New England fans wanted the Patriots to lose

Instead of the cheers that usually accompany a home win, the Patriots were booed off the field for losing out on the top pick in the draft. Continue reading →

PWHL

Fleet forward Liz Schepers carries with pride the lessons her grandfather, a former Bruin, taught her

Murray Oliver played for the Bruins from 1960-67, and Schepers relishes the opportunity to build on her family’s legacy in Boston pro hockey. Continue reading →

Celtics

Jayson Tatum’s return checklist, Jordan Walsh’s admirers, and other nuggets about the Celtics

The Celtics hope their abysmal shooting night Thursday against the Bucks was just an anomaly rather than the start of a cold spell. Continue reading →

Business

Healthcare

Commission outlines health care cost-cutting areas

The HPC board agreed on the topline recommendation as they voted to issue a new report in response to last month’s cost trends hearing. Continue reading →

Business

MCCA board, chief executive part ways with $500,000 separation deal

The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority is leaderless again now that Marcel Vernon Sr. stepped down on Friday after about a year as CEO. Continue reading →

Real Estate

‘You’ll recognize the name’: A new supermarket is coming to Charlestown, but which one?

The Hood Park development team aims to start construction next year on the single-level grocery store with two levels of mostly affordable apartments above. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Arthur L. Carter, 93, dies; investment banker founded a cheeky newspaper

Arthur L. Carter, a Wall Street investment banker who became a newspaper and magazine publisher -- most prominently founding the cheeky and salmon-colored New York Observer -- and had an unlikely third act as a sculptor, died on Sunday in Manhattan. He was 93. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Joseph Byrd, who shook up psychedelic rock, dies at 87

Joseph Byrd, an avant-garde musician and composer who emerged from the anti-art Fluxus movement to rattle the flower-power sound of the 1960s with the critically acclaimed, if challenging, experimental psychedelic band the United States of America, died Nov. 2 in Medford, Oregon. He was 87. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Dawn Mello, who revived Bergdorf Goodman and Gucci, dies at 88

Donna Karan reminisced recently about a morning in the early 1980s when she saw the first collection she had designed under her own label showcased in the windows of Bergdorf Goodman. She stood outside transfixed. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Documentaries

‘The End of an Era’: Four takeaways from Taylor Swift’s new docuseries

The first two episodes of Swift's new docuseries premiered Friday on Disney+, offering an intimate look at the pop star's massive Eras Tour. Continue reading →

Things To Do

Skip the chaos and crowds with unique holiday markets are worth the detour

From teen-made treasures to a Dickens-themed Victorian marketplace, these unique holiday markets will defy ho-ho-boring expectations. Continue reading →

Television

‘Ted,’ Seth MacFarlane’s Framingham-set prequel series, announces season 2 release date

The thunder buddies are back. Peacock has unveiled the release date for the second season of the "Ted" prequel series. Continue reading →