All of the headlines from today's paper.
Friday, February 21, 2025
Today's Headlines
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Immigration

Boston’s Haitian community unsettled as Trump cancels TPS

The announcement put an end date of Aug. 3 for Haitians to have Temporary Protected Status, a program for people fleeing their countries for humanitarian reasons. Continue reading →

Investigations

As tariff threat looms, New England’s neighbors to the north try to speak Trump’s language

Canadian officials have been on edge since November, when Trump began threatening to impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico if they failed to crack down on fentanyl trafficking and illegal immigration into the United States. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

These Mass. residents voted for Trump. Several say, ‘So far, so good.’

Supporters laud Trump's tenacity and willingness to shake up the government, but some concern is evident about Elon Musk. Continue reading →

Politics

State lawmaker leading Mass. antisemitism panel took Israel-funded trip, sparking pushback from critics

Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs covered more than $6,100 in state Senator John Velis's travel costs. Continue reading →

Health

Patients and staff criticize state’s plan to close beloved children’s hospital in Canton

Under a budget proposal by Governor Maura Healey, patients would be moved more than 100 miles away. Continue reading →

Boston Globe Today

Weekend "warm-up" on the way

It won't be nearly as frigid this weekend. Lead meteorologist Ken Mahan breaks down the forecast and the chance for snow next week. Watch →

Pesticide controversy at Western Mass. cannabis farm

River Valley Growers is suing its neighbors, Nourse Farms, for allegedly destroying thousands of pounds of marijuana. Reporter Diti Kohli gets into the weeds. Watch →

City Hall plaza transforms into a ski slope

Red Bull is dumping tons of snow in downtown Boston. Assistant digital editor Matt Juul carves out why. Watch →

The Nation

Politics

Senate confirms Kash Patel as next FBI director

As its director, Patel will take over as the bureau has entered a particularly turbulent period, with the forced departures of some of its top officials. Continue reading →

Politics

Trump dismantles government fight against foreign influence operations

Experts are alarmed that the cuts could leave the United States defenseless against covert foreign influence operations and embolden foreign adversaries seeking to disrupt democratic governments. Continue reading →

Nation

A long journey home: after 50 years, back on the reservation

To supporters, Leonard Peltier is an Indigenous rights icon; to law enforcement, he is a murderer. Now free, he was eager to say one thing in particular: thank you to those fighting for his freedom. Continue reading →

The World

World

Hong Kong’s largest pro-democracy party takes initial step toward disbanding

Founded in 1994, the Democratic Party is one of the few pro-democracy parties in Hong Kong, where political activism has faced a stern crackdown from China’s central government in Beijing. Continue reading →

World

With coffins and taunts, Hamas hands dead hostages to Israel

Crowds of Palestinians gathered to watch the theatrical handoff staged by Hamas of four coffins, including that of an Israeli infant. Continue reading →

World

Greenland’s big moment

“What can we do when he comes?” a Greenland mayor asked, referring to President Trump. “We will not be Americans. We don’t want to be Europeans. We want to be Greenlandic.” Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

Trump’s opening gambit on Ukraine peace already a loser

No good dealmaker gives away the store from the get-go. Continue reading →

OPINION

US must embrace a winning biotech strategy

If we fail to scale manufacturing in the United States, then our best bio-innovations will be brewed in China. Continue reading →

LETTERS

The corporate world wants its money’s worth from DEI

Readers pushed back at an op-ed that accused DEI advocates of creating a monster in the business world. As one wrote, "Rejecting DEI until proponents can answer corporate America’s call to 'show me the money' is crass." Continue reading →

Metro

Politics

Mass. House leaders will move to make committee votes public, vow a ‘more accessible’ Legislature

Massachusetts House leaders said Thursday they will pursue a series of changes to open a legislative process long criticized for its opacity. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Stores scrambling to restock ice melt after winter storm leaves frozen mess

“It’s been really rough for business,” said Anthony Viscione at Economy True Value Hardware in Dorchester. “We’ve had a lot of disappointed people.” Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Member of Zizians, the California-based cult linked to 6 killings, hit with firearm charge

The death of US Border Patrol Agent David Maland is one of six linked to the now notorious cult-like group. Continue reading →

Sports

Celtics notebook

Celtics guard Jaylen Brown was dazzled by the history he explored during All-Star Weekend

He got to visit McClymonds High School, which produced legends, such as Bill Russell, and the Black Panther Party Museum. Continue reading →

Celtics 124, 76ers 104

Payton Pritchard and Jaylen Brown lead the way as the Celtics rout the 76ers

Behind blistering 3-point shooting, including eight 3-pointers from Pritchard, the Celtics obliterated the 76ers for their eighth win in nine games. Continue reading →

Canada 3, USA 2 (OT)

Connor McDavid scored in OT, Nathan MacKinnon was tourney MVP, but Jordan Binnington saved Canada, which got the best of Team USA in 4 Nations Face-Off

Team USA was stymied by Binnington, who did the same against the Bruins in Game 7 of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final. Continue reading →

Business

Healthcare

‘So inhumane’: at UMass, patients’ families decry Trump administration’s move to slash NIH funding

"We just cannot take this," one scientist said, as UMass Chan Medical School stands to lose about $41 million in annual funding. Continue reading →

Trendlines

For Trump, Wall Street is the rare check and balance worth listening to

If the president’s policies dampen economic growth or fuel inflation, financial markets could react sharply — and history suggests that when investors push back, Trump takes notice. Continue reading →

innovation economy

No more needles? Startups are testing patches to deliver weight-loss drugs and other medications.

Local companies are developing technologies that they hope could replace a painful poke with something that feels more like having Velcro against your skin for a few minutes. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

David Boren, a former Oklahoma governor, veteran US senator, and university president, dies at 83

Mr. Boren was a long-serving chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Mabel Staton, trailblazer who was US team’s only female long jumper at the 1952 Olympics, dies at 92

An antidiscrimination lawsuit on her behalf helped lead to one of the first multiracial track teams in the Midwest. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Gerd Stern, Beat era poet and multimedia artist, dies at 96

Moving back and forth between the Bay Area and New York City from the late 1940s through the late ’60s, Mr. Stern was something of a counterculture Zelig. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Travel

Red Bull is dumping 300 tons of snow on Boston’s City Hall Plaza this weekend. Here’s why.

A snowy weekend is in store for Boston’s City Hall Plaza, but don’t blame Mother Nature. Continue reading →

TV REVIEW

‘A Thousand Blows’ is a vibrant, messy look at Victorian London

Bareknuckle boxing combatants interweave with immigration sagas and class conflict. Continue reading →

PARENTING UNFILTERED

The most anticipated parenting (and parenting-adjacent) books of spring 2025

Here are the upcoming books I’m excited about. Got a few of your own? Let me know in the comments. Continue reading →