All of the headlines from today's paper.
Thursday, January 1, 2026
Today's Headlines
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Massachusetts

Skating Club of Boston performs at first New Year’s Spectacular since deadly plane crash

Skaters said they would take the ice at the annual First Night event carrying the memories of the six community members lost in the January crash. Continue reading →

Maine

After devastating Portland, Maine, waterfront fire, community looks to rebuild

As the investigation into the massive Custom House Wharf fire continues, businesses and residents are offering support to those hardest hit. Continue reading →

Sports

Kraft Group reaches deals with Boston and Everett to move forward with Revs soccer stadium

The Krafts still need local and state permits before work can start on a new home for the New England Revolution. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Nuno F.G. Loureiro, award-winning MIT scientist, remembered as a ‘physicist’s physicist’

His promising work at MIT’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center brought him and the lab global recognition as well as the hope of cheaper, cleaner, and more plentiful energy. Continue reading →

Housing

How a developer’s lawsuit against Cambridge aims to topple affordable housing rules across Massachusetts

The lawsuit takes aim at inclusionary development requirements, which have created thousands of affordable apartments in recent decades. Continue reading →

The Nation

Politics

Trump says he’s dropping push for National Guard in Chicago, LA, and Portland, Oregon, for now

Troops had already left Los Angeles after the president deployed them earlier this year as part of a broader crackdown on crime and immigration. Continue reading →

Nation

For Zohran Mamdani, a crowning moment, with challenges looming

This time last year, Zohran Mamdani was a little-known mayoral candidate so desperate to raise his profile that he spent New Year's Day plunging into the icy waters at Coney Island, hoping to use the social media stunt to promote his rent-freeze pledge. Continue reading →

Nation

ICE plans $100 million ‘wartime recruitment’ push targeting gun shows, military fans for hires

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are planning to spend $100 million over a one-year period to recruit gun-rights supporters and military enthusiasts through online influencers and a geo-targeted advertising campaign. Continue reading →

The World

World

Queen Camilla says she was assaulted on a train as a teenager

LONDON - In a rare radio interview, as part of a wider conversation on violence against women, Queen Camilla spoke publicly for the first time about her experience fighting off an attempted sexual assault as a teenager on a train in Britain. Continue reading →

World

Slow pace of flood recovery stirs anger in far-flung corner of Indonesia

The river rose as high as a coconut tree one November morning, depositing a 10-foot-high pile of logs that crushed almost every structure in the village of Sekumur on Indonesia's Sumatra island. "My house is buried under these logs," said Fauzi, one of many in similar straits. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

Columns

What the chief justice won’t tell you about the dire state of the judiciary

If past is prologue, John Roberts’s year-end report on the federal courts will ignore that the greatest threat is coming from inside the Supreme Court. Continue reading →

Editorials

2025 was dismal. It doesn’t have to be this way.

The country lurched rightward last year. But we shouldn’t have to accept the pendulum swings of recent years. Continue reading →

Letters

After rebuke, lawmakers should take a hard look at Steamship Authority

We implore our legislators to determine whether the governance structure needs to be overhauled. Continue reading →

Metro

Crime & Courts

Lobster heist was third case of seafood theft in New England in recent weeks

Digital-age criminals are having more success posing as legitimate parts of the supply chain, experts said. Continue reading →

Health

NIH agrees to restart review of stalled research grants after Boston lawsuit

After a lawsuit spearheaded by Andrea Campbell, the NIH will evaluate grant applications that were frozen, denied, or withdrawn. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Canton select board appoints new police chief; department under scrutiny after Karen Read case

Michael Daniels, currently the police chief in Oxford, is expected to be sworn in as Canton's next chief in February, officials said. Continue reading →

Sports

Sports

Kraft Group reaches deals with Boston and Everett to move forward with Revs soccer stadium

The Krafts still need local and state permits before work can start on a new home for the New England Revolution. Continue reading →

Colleges

NIL. Congress. Eligibility. Is the college sports system broken?

NCAA president Charlie Baker and former Northeastern AD Peter Roby offer their views. I told Charlie I wouldn't take his job for all the money in the world. Continue reading →

Patriots

NFL Week 18 story lines: Will the losing coach of Ravens-Steelers get fired? Will the Bills tank to get the Patriots?

Still to be determined in Week 18 are two division titles, both No. 1 seeds, and the final seeding for 11 teams. Continue reading →

Business

Real Estate

Developer plans marine robotics center in Boston’s Seaport

Construction could start on the three-story, 100,000-square-foot marine robotics manufacturing and research facility in 2027. Continue reading →

Business

State extends highway plaza leases for 18 months

Up against an end-of-year deadline, state transportation officials moved to stabilize operations at highway service plazas, extending most leases into 2027. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Isiah Whitlock Jr., actor from ‘The Wire,’ ‘Veep,’ and Spike Lee films, dies at 71

Isiah Whitlock Jr. was a fan favorite on "The Wire," and he made a range of other appearances as well. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Former US senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, of Colorado, dies at 92

Campbell, a Democrat who stunned his party by joining the Republican Party, stood out in Congress as much for his unconventional dress. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Arts

France grants citizenship to George and Amal Clooney and their twins, Ella and Alexander

The naturalizations of the Kentucky-born star and his family were announced last weekend in the Journal Officiel, where French government decrees are published. Continue reading →

Movies

From the original ‘Superman’ to a ‘Mad Max’ double feature, catch these upcoming screenings at Boston cinemas

Plus, don't miss your chance to see a classic Diane Keaton film on the big screen. Continue reading →

Arts

‘A very easy decision to make.’ Peter Wolf talks about canceling his Kennedy Center event as more artists do the same.

Wolf, who was set to appear on March 21, moved his appearance to an independent bookstore in D.C. when Trump fired the venue's board and installed himself as chairman. Continue reading →