All of the headlines from today's paper.
Tuesday, July 7, 2026
Today's Headlines
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K-12

Cambridge made all eighth-graders take algebra. It went so poorly that 60 percent of students will have to retake it.

In education, few issues have stirred more debate in recent years than when middle and high schoolers should take algebra. Continue reading →

Celtics

Bill Chisholm says the Jaylen Brown trade was ‘not about the money,’ but Celtics fans won’t buy that

It’s been been a sad week in Celtic Nation. And Monday’s words didn’t make fans feel any better. Continue reading →

Elections

Amid new allegations, calls grow for Platner to drop his Maine Senate bid

Platner denied the allegations but did not commit to remaining in the Senate race, acknowledging that he was “mindful” of the “political reality” of the story. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

‘The truth is coming’: Ex-trooper Michael Proctor’s racist texts jeopardize other cases

Newly released messages contain a host of racist slurs, hateful language and abhorrent jokes about Black people, women, and other minorities. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Efforts to help smokers quit stall under Trump

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 14-year ad campaign, called Tips From Former Smokers, was highly memorable and, research shows, highly effective in motivating people to quit. Continue reading →

Nation

Obamacare rolls shrank dramatically in many states over the past year, new federal data shows

The data reveals how changes in each state’s insured population led to around 2.6 million fewer Americans having Obamacare plans in February compared with the same time last year. Continue reading →

Nation

Is AI ready to take over your prescriptions? Doctors are wary of Utah's automated refill program.

A prescription refill program that quietly launched in Utah earlier this year has kicked off a big medical debate: Is artificial intelligence ready to take over tasks that, until now, could only be performed by doctors? Continue reading →

The World

World

Facing threats, NATO finds new value in Turkey

Just a few years ago, Turkey was seen as the bad boy of NATO. Continue reading →

World

Ukraine remade air defense, but Russia has changed its attacks

Ukrainian troops returned home from training in the United States and Germany three years ago adept at the standard way of using the Patriot system so critical to air defenses. But with limited supplies and nonstop Russian barrages, they quickly realized they would need to rewrite the rules. Continue reading →

World

China tests long-range ballistic missile in the Pacific, angering neighbors

China test-fired a long-range ballistic missile with a dummy warhead in the Pacific Ocean on Monday, the first such launch in almost two years, prompting alarmed countries to criticize the move as destabilizing. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

Editorials

Can NATO be saved from presidential petulance?

Can NATO's mission be saved from presidential petulance? Continue reading →

Op-eds

Why is one sewage spill an emergency and another routine?

Massachusetts mobilized to stop the Haverhill leak. It should bring that same urgency to combined sewer overflows. Continue reading →

Letters

The 1776 Globe: a sepia-toned refresher course in human events

Readers relished the Globe's section imagining how today's paper might have covered the news of 250 years ago. Continue reading →

Metro

Crime & Courts

‘Enough is enough’: Weekend violence in Boston sparks calls for change, from more police to community investment

While city leaders broadly agreed on the need for action, they differed on what that response should look like. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

‘A huge blow to a way of life around here’: North Shore clammers want answers after Haverhill sewer break

More than 100 local clammers packed a meeting room in Ipswich on Monday to hear from state officials. Continue reading →

Politics

Mass. House seeks to regulate e-bikes in $425 million economic development bill

The e-bike language is similar to a bill Governor Maura Healey proposed in May to create a tiered system for where and how users of e-bikes, mopeds, and scooters can operate. Continue reading →

Sports

Sports

Defensive lapses cost United States in loss to Belgium in World Cup round of 16

Team USA failed in its quest to reach the quarterfinals for the first time since 2002. Continue reading →

Red Sox

The flawed, fumbling Red Sox have outscored opponents for the season. Does that suggest better days ahead?

The Sox, based on run differential, have an expected record of 45-43, a mark that would be good enough to hold the third wild-card spot. Continue reading →

Celtics

Brad Stevens says he has ‘lost sleep’ over Jaylen Brown trade, but the deal gives the Celtics flexibility

Brown’s salary is only about $3 million more than Paul George’s, but he has one more year on his deal even without the looming two-year extension. Continue reading →

Business

Media

GBH faced layoffs, suspended shows, and the loss of federal funding. Now it’s pointing to signs of resilience.

GBH's resilience following the loss of federal funding will be a relief in other corners of the industry because of its outsized role in public media. Continue reading →

Economy

The economic changes for boomers have been head-spinning — and not always fair

Wealth has grown substantially over the six and a half decades since yours truly squalled his first squalls. It's also shared far less equitably. Continue reading →

Housing

Could downtown Boston’s McCormack courthouse become housing?

A bipartisan group is considering recommending the federal building for sale. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

George E. Johnson, who built a Black hair care empire, dies at 99

Johnson Products was first Black-owned company listed on a major American stock exchange. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Mike Wallace, who wrote a radical history of New York, dies at 83

His unvarnished biography of New York, "Gotham," written with Edwin G. Burrows, won the Pulitzer Prize. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Movies

Remembering the real Nick Tosches, played by Oscar Isaac in Netflix’s adaptation ‘In the Hand of Dante’

Julian Schnabel’s adaptation of a 2002 novel by Nick Tosches is a reminder that very talented people are as capable of making a mess as the rest of us, only theirs tend to be a lot more expensive. Continue reading →

Love Letters

Love Letters Classics: How to do a breakup

I’m breaking up with someone long-distance. What are the rules? Continue reading →