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Thursday, July 9, 2026
Today's Headlines
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Politics

After his support collapses, Graham Platner ends scandal-plagued Senate campaign

Platner's departure comes after most of his prominent endorsers in the Democratic Party rescinded their support for his troubled candidacy. Continue reading →

Politics

At 81, she doesn’t think she can ‘vote for an 80-year-old’ for US Senate. She’s not alone.

For many older Massachusetts voters, the age question isn’t abstract. Continue reading →

Healthcare

Mass General Brigham nurses expect they won’t be allowed back to work until next week

It's the first time nurses have gone on strike at the Brigham, a nationally renowned Harvard teaching hospital. Continue reading →

Higher Education

‘Vermont’s perfect’: Florida preacher says he’s turning former college campus into evangelical university

Z University will open on the former campus of Green Mountain College, according to Florida preacher Tommie Zito. Continue reading →

Retail

The big restaurant brands are coming for Boston

Once overlooked by celebrity chefs, Boston is now drawing hospitality groups from around the globe. The reasons have as much to do with finance and real estate as they do with the actual food. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Trump administration ramps up pressure on states to change election practices

President Trump’s administration is threatening to withhold some federal funding from states that don’t make changes to voting practices and is warning state election officials that they face arrest if they don’t remove noncitizens from voter rolls. Continue reading →

Nation

Family of man fatally shot by ICE agent calls for independent inquiry

The son of a man from Mexico who was killed Tuesday by an immigration enforcement agent during a traffic stop in Houston called for an independent investigation into his death. Continue reading →

Nation

Decades late, museum scrambles to return 2,700 Native remains

On a winter day in Nebraska, two girls living at a boarding school about 230 miles from their home on the Rosebud Sioux Tribe reservation faced an anthropologist and a pair of scissors. Continue reading →

The World

World

US strikes Iran targets after Trump says cease-fire is over

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United States carried out another round of strikes on Iran on Wednesday, hours after President Trump said that recent Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz signaled the end of the cease-fire. Continue reading →

World

Russia captured Chernobyl. The wildlife cameras kept recording.

The radioactive region around Chernobyl, Ukraine, the site of the worst nuclear disaster in human history, has become an unlikely wildlife refuge. After the 1986 meltdown, nearly all local residents were evacuated and access to the area was tightly restricted. Forests regrew and populations of wild animals, including gray wolves and Eurasian lynxes, flourished. Continue reading →

World

Germans don’t love Budweiser, but it won’t take no for an answer

BERLIN -- Something was off at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

Letters

Gun rights groups have Mass. safety law in their sights

Even here in deep-blue Massachusetts, common-sense, lifesaving gun violence prevention efforts require protecting. Continue reading →

Editorials

As ballot questions mount, so do problems with them

As ballot questions mount up, updating a century-old process is a crucial bit of business Continue reading →

Letters

Call it what you like, but when candidates meet, it’s not a debate

The Kennedy-Nixon era of debating is gone. Today candidates prepare sound bites and offer a nonverbal presence that suggests, "I care." Continue reading →

Metro

K-12 Education

Mayor Wu joins nationwide lawsuit against Meta, other social media giants

The lawsuit alleges that addictive design features deliberately target minors and harms children’s mental health. Continue reading →

Vermont

‘We got another drowning’: On a Vermont river, 3 died during rescues gone wrong

In one incident, a brother tried to save his sister. In the other, a father tried to save his daughter. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Gaming Commission seeks audit of gambling marketing in Mass. Asian communities

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission is seeking an audit of gambling in the state’s Asian communities to determine whether any casino marketing and outreach to those populations are predatory. Continue reading →

Sports

High Schools

Danny Ventura, longtime Boston Herald high school sports reporter, a true legend in Eastern Mass.

Ventura lost his battle with urethral cancer on Tuesday. He was 66.  Continue reading →

Red Sox

Jake Bennett pitches in again to lead Red Sox past White Sox for fifth straight win

The Red Sox are 5-0 on their road trip with four games remaining before the All-Star break. Continue reading →

Red Sox

Willson Contreras to participate in Home Run Derby at All-Star Game

Through Tuesday, Contreras was tied for sixth in the American League with 20 homers. Continue reading →

Business

Biotech

Prime Medicine claims victory in dispute over gene-editing technology with Beam Therapeutics

A resolution in arbitration puts Prime in its best position in years. Continue reading →

Housing

The largest development in Massachusetts? South Weymouth Naval Air Station is in new hands.

Two new developers are pitching a project with 6,500 homes and 2 million square feet of commercial and retail space. Continue reading →

Retail

‘Come back and try it again.’ That could be Time Out Market’s new motto.

Developer Steve Samuels is breathing new life into the Fenway food hall with new menus, lower prices, and live music. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

William D. Zabel, high-flying lawyer and civil rights champion, dies at 89

The lawyer played a pivotal role in voiding the criminal conviction of an interracial couple married in violation of Virginia law. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Pop Culture

Noah Kahan and Keegan Bradley join Mayor Wu for launch of new youth golf program

Kahan took time from his tour's stop at Fenway to give back to the Boston community. Continue reading →

TV

Mass.-filmed ‘Widow’s Bay’ earns 19 Emmy nominations. ‘Hacks’ sets new comedy record with 24. See the list.

The Television Academy announced its list of nominations for the 78th Primetime Emmy Awards on Wednesday. Continue reading →

Music

Noah Kahan returns to Fenway Park with honesty, urgency, and rain-slicked singalongs

The spectacle of the crowd and the performers brushing off the downpours added an extra layer of determined grit to Kahan's proceedings. Continue reading →