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Monday, February 17, 2025
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Sports

Their brother’s death in the Cape Verdean gang war sparks another violent chapter. When would it end?

Alex DoSouto was in the midst of turning his life around and blossoming in basketball when he was gunned down, prompting his oldest brothers to reconsider their actions. Continue reading →

Arts

Trump is reshaping the federal government’s relationship to the arts — and Massachusetts artists are already feeling the effects

Many Massachusetts artists are feeling a sense of loss following a raft of cultural decisions made by the Trump administration. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

The plans by Massachusetts for the Revolution’s 250th anniversary are being questioned

Nearly all of the remaining major 250th anniversaries in Massachusetts will happen over the next 13 months, coinciding with the evacuation of British troops from Boston in March 1776. Continue reading →

Media

Cuts at the Associated Press leave New England with fewer of its traditional reporters

Once ubiquitous, the AP’s staff of traditional reporters in New England is much smaller, a consequence of the financial pressures that have beset journalism. Continue reading →

Politics

First test of Trump’s power to fire officials reaches Supreme Court

The filing amounts to a challenge to a foundational precedent that said Congress can limit the president’s power to fire leaders of independent agencies. Continue reading →

The Nation

Politics

In moving to stop Adams case, career lawyer sought to stave off deeper crisis

On Friday, the lawyers in the public integrity section of the Justice Department confronted a stark choice: agree to sign a request to dismiss corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams or resign as one, endangering 200 or so public integrity cases. Continue reading →

Nation

Latest blast of winter weather cuts deadly path through Kentucky, other states

Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear said Sunday that hundreds of people stranded by flooding had to be rescued. Continue reading →

Nation

Wisconsin governor floats plan to close 19th-century prison and overhaul corrections system

Wisconsin’s second-oldest prison that was built in the 1800s would finally be shuttered under a new plan from Governor Tony Evers. Continue reading →

The World

World

Trump’s global funding freeze leaves anti-terror programs in limbo

US officials said many programs affected by President Trump's freeze on foreign aid were designed to respond to national security threats and their suspension could endanger America. Continue reading →

World

In Haiti, Trump’s assault on foreign aid is ‘a gift to the gangs’

With gang violence keeping Haiti trapped in its worst crisis in decades, President Trump’s effort to freeze foreign aid and gut USAID is deepening the plight of the millions of Haitians who rely on it for survival. Continue reading →

World

On first Mideast tour, Rubio warns Iran, praises Trump’s Gaza plan

Rubio is to travel to Riyadh on Monday and Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. It’s unclear whether he’ll receive similarly warm receptions in the Arab capitals. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

Boston deserves better than a return to an elected School Committee

A switch from an appointed to an elected School Committee has become an election-year issue for Boston. Continue reading →

OPINION

Trump’s cuts threaten US lead in science and technology

Trump has said that the United States has the greatest scientists in the world. The government should take care not to drive them out. Continue reading →

OPINION

How higher ed can reinvent itself

It needs to reform now or risk irrelevance. Continue reading →

Metro

Metro

Preservationists fight to save historic General Glover House property in Swampscott

Located at 299 Salem St., the deteriorating two-story General Glover Farm House is consumed by overgrown bushes. Continue reading →

K-12

DOGE ‘implants’? RFK Jr. in charge of special ed? What you missed at Linda McMahon’s Senate confirmation hearing.

In a 2.5-hour-long Senate hearing peppered by outbursts from anti-Trump protesters, McMahon spoke of an education system in decay, from kindergarten through college. Continue reading →

K-12

‘It’s sending a chilling effect’: Trump’s order on critical race theory thrusts White House into the classroom

While lessons involving race and racism are taught in public schools, many K-12 school systems, including those in Massachusetts, said critical theory is not. Continue reading →

Sports

Sports

Their brother’s death in the Cape Verdean gang war sparks another violent chapter. When would it end?

Alex DoSouto was in the midst of turning his life around and blossoming in basketball when he was gunned down, prompting his oldest brothers to reconsider their actions. Continue reading →

Dan Shaughnessy

All smiles at Alex Bregman’s Red Sox introduction, even if the feel-good story has flaws

Where will Bregman play? And are the sins of the 2017 Astros cheating scandal all forgiven? Continue reading →

On Baseball

With his leadership and production, Alex Bregman’s arrival reminiscent of Red Sox’ championship days

Craig Breslow's patience in signing Bregman was remarkably similar to how Dave Dombrowski brought J.D. Martinez to Boston in 2018. Continue reading →

Business

Business

Penny for their thoughts? Coin collectors, dealers, imagine a cent-less world.

New England numismatists have conflicting feelings about the potential end to a coin that has survived more than 200 years of design changes, metal compositions, and increasingly well-documented worthlessness. Continue reading →

Real Estate

The next frontier for housing: Suburban office parks

Developers with obsolete office buildings are increasingly looking to replace them with apartments. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Mort Künstler, renowned painter of epic historical scenes, dies at 97

His paintings sometimes challenged and corrected the factual details of well-known historical paintings. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Beverly Byron, Md. congresswoman and Armed Services member, dies at 92

Ms. Byron, who was elected after the death of her husband, would become one of the first women in Congress to carve out a prominent role on the Armed Services Committee. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

BOSTON AT A BARGAIN

Free things to do Presidents’ Day week: Winterfest, ice skating, and more

Here are events to keep your mind, body, and wallet happy this week. Continue reading →

Arts

Sarah Jessica Parker to be honored this spring by PEN America

The “Sex and the City” star, a longtime advocate for reading and literacy, will be this year’s recipient of PEN America’s Literary Service award. Continue reading →

ASKING ERIC

Mother struggles with never becoming a grandmother

Advice from R. Eric Thomas. Continue reading →