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Thursday, January 30, 2025
Today's Headlines

Live Blog: Catch up on yesterday's RFK Jr. Senate hearing. Read more.

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Politics

This Senate Republican won praise for his questioning of RFK Jr. in the first hearing. He’ll be key to the second one.

Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana quietly conducted a revealing cross-examination of Kennedy on Wednesday, ahead of the hearing on Thursday that he will lead. He could be a key vote to watch. Continue reading →

Cambridge and Somerville

In Davis Square, proposed tower prompts . . . a war of anonymous fliers

A battle over the future of one of the most quintessential neighborhood business districts in the Boston area is being waged via DIY posters. Continue reading →

Politics

Trump Cabinet finances offer window into lucrative political moneymaking

New financial disclosure filings present a picture of just how lucrative some of these arrangements were, and how MAGA has been good to even new-comers to the movement. Continue reading →

Politics

Trump White House rescinds memo freezing federal money after widespread confusion

Officials said the decision to halt loans and grants was necessary to review whether federal spending aligned with President Trump’s orders on issues like climate change and DEI. Continue reading →

Boston Globe Today

Bird flu: What to know and how to stay safe

Correspondent Maren Halpin explains the risks of the avian virus and how to protect you and your pets. Watch →

Will February be frigid?

Lead meteorologist Ken Mahan looks ahead to next week and forecasts how much snow we can expect in the new month. Watch →

'Thinking small' is the key to making skiing accessible

Correspondent Allen Lessels has tips to save you and your family money on the slopes. Watch →

The Nation

Politics

While signing Laken Riley Act, Trump says he’ll send ‘worst criminal aliens’ to Guantanamo

President Trump is directing the opening of a detention center in Guantanamo that could hold up to 30,000 migrants living in the US illegally. Migrant rights groups have quickly expressed dismay. Continue reading →

Nation

Flawed emergency alert systems lagged when residents needed them most during Los Angeles wildfires

It could take months to know why some evacuation orders lagged in the Los Angeles fires. Continue reading →

Nation

`You’re going home,’ police tell Ahmaud Arbery’s killer in video shown to jury

A police investigator told the man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery that he wasn't being arrested in an interview roughly two hours after the killing. Continue reading →

The World

World

He survived 15 months of war in the Gaza Strip, then died as cease-fire neared

After more than a year of Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip, there were few blessings left for Talal and Samar al-Najjar to count by. Yet they counted themselves lucky. Continue reading →

World

Top US envoy makes rare trip to Gaza Strip to bolster cease-fire

The Trump administration’s envoy to the Middle East made a rare visit to the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, aiming to reinforce a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Continue reading →

World

At least 30 dead and many more hurt in stampede at huge Hindu festival in India

As pilgrims rushed to the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers, which Hindus consider sacred, thousands of people who were lying or sitting on the river banks were trampled. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

Pappas Hospital is old and costly. But before closing it, the state needs to prove care won’t suffer.

The Canton campus would need work to meet modern standards, but it offers vital services. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Two more troublesome items in Governor Healey’s budget plan

Capping charitable tax deductions would be "a turn in the wrong direction," writes one reader. Another bemoans proposed cuts to the Transitional Assistance to Families with Dependent Children program. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Towns that balk at state housing law could lose fire grants

"When town voters choose luxury over housing their essential workers, they should not be entitled to a handout," writes one reader. Another: "This sounds like a strategy from the Trump playbook." Continue reading →

Metro

Politics

Emergency shelters make miracles happen

In the warm kitchen of a shelter in Lynn, with the rich smell of layered spices in the air, families and workers come together, even as controversy swirls outside. Continue reading →

Immigration

A teenager allegedly shoved her brother in an argument over a cellphone. Now she’s in ICE custody.

The 18-year-old Lynn girl is being detained by ICE in Cumberland County, Maine. Her family is terrified. Continue reading →

Metro

Officials say ‘widespread’ bird flu outbreak is the largest the state has seen

Scientists say the temporary freeze on communications from federal officials creates a troubling blind spot for those tracking the virus. Continue reading →

Sports

Celtics Notebook

Celtics’ Kristaps Porzingis quick to explain away, downplay unintentional bump

The NBA rescinded a technical foul called on Porzingis following the incident vs. the Rockets. “Honestly, as I got the putback, I didn’t even see him,” he said. Continue reading →

Chad Finn

Conference championships showed the Patriots are far away, which is why they need to get everything right this offseason

There are lessons and even inspirations to be found in the construction of all four conference finalists. Continue reading →

Celtics 122, Bulls 100

Celtics grab Bulls by horns as Kristaps Porzingis points way to bounce-back victory

Porzingis scored 34 points as the Celtics led for the final 40:40. The center tied a career high with eight 3-pointers as he nears full health. Continue reading →

Business

Real Estate

Boston will require new buildings to hit net zero standards

The Boston Zoning Commission on Wednesday approved the long-debated rules that requires newly constructed buildings to reduce energy use and fossil fuel reliance. Continue reading →

TECH LAB

The internet flooded the world with porn. Can tech shield our kids from it?

Dueling technologies are on the docket as the Supreme Court considers a challenge to age-verification laws. Continue reading →

Business

‘Definitely chaotic’: Frenzy descends on Boston nonprofits and researchers that depend on federal money

Trump’s dramatic first efforts to mold the government to his image have confounded millions of people who rely on federal resources to do their day-to-day jobs. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Lynn Ban, jewelry designer and ‘Bling Empire’ star, dies at 52

The celebrity jewelry designer had suffered a brain injury in a skiing accident in December. Continue reading →

Obituaries

François Ponchaud, who alerted world to Cambodian atrocities, dies at 85

Rev. Ponchaud was a French Catholic priest whose book “Cambodia: Year Zero” alerted the world to the atrocities being committed by the communist Khmer Rouge that would eventually take the lives of nearly 2 million people. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Arts

‘It’s very hard to estimate what the next moves will be’: Mass. arts and culture leaders react to Trump order to pause federal funding

By Wednesday afternoon, the White House budget office had rescinded the order on the freeze. Continue reading →

Books

MSNBC’s Chris Hayes on attention overload, a troll’s mind-set, and how to stop doomscrolling

The host of "All In with Chris Hayes" discusses his new book Friday in a Harvard Book Store-hosted event. Continue reading →

Names

Are Bill Burr and Billy Corgan brothers? Comic bashes Howie Mandel for surprise podcast with Smashing Pumpkins singer.

The Canton comic wasn't happy with Mandel. Continue reading →