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Friday, March 21, 2025
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celtics

William Chisholm, Mass. native, purchases Celtics for record $6.1 billion: ‘I’m all about winning championships and raising banners’

William Chisholm grew up on the North Shore and is a Celtics fan. The sale is the highest sum ever paid for a sports team in North America. Continue reading →

five years later

Downtown Boston is trying to find its post-pandemic identity. It’s fighting an uphill battle.

In what was once the heart of the city, people just aren’t mixing like they used to. But officials and entrepreneurs aren’t letting downtown go down without a fight. Continue reading →

COLUMN

Artist who was banned for life from Providence Place Mall returns to his secret mall apartment

Michael Townsend is the star of “Secret Mall Apartment,” a documentary about a 750-square-foot home he and a group of artists built inside the Providence Place Mall. Continue reading →

K-12

Trump signs executive order aimed at abolishing Department of Education

He has accused the department of “indoctrinating young people with inappropriate racial, sexual, and political material.” Continue reading →

Politics

While Trump rages at judges blocking his agenda, his top lieutenants used the courts to block Biden’s policies

Before President Trump took office, many of his top lieutenants were seeking rulings from judges that blocked the policies of Joe Biden. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Trump administration seeks to contain damage from personal data released in JFK files

The Trump administration is scrambling after exposing personal information of hundreds of congressional staff members, intelligence researchers and even an ambassador in the files' release. Continue reading →

Nation

Mexico sent cartel bosses to US knowing they could face execution

Foreign defendants brought to the United States almost never face capital punishment, no matter how grave the allegations against them. Continue reading →

Nation

Taliban frees American held in Afghanistan Since 2022

The Taliban released George Glezmann, an American held since 2022 in Afghanistan, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. Continue reading →

The World

World

Finland is again ranked the happiest country in the world. The US falls to its lowest-ever position.

When it comes to decreasing happiness — or growing unhappiness — the United States has dropped to its lowest-ever position at 24, having previously peaked at 11th place in 2012. Continue reading →

World

Israel expands Gaza ground offensive as Hamas fires rockets at Tel Aviv

The Israeli military expanded its ground operations across the Gaza Strip on Thursday as Hamas fired rockets at central Israel for the first time in months, in what looked increasingly like a slide back toward full-scale war. Continue reading →

World

Netanyahu expected to fire Shin Bet chief despite protests

The Israeli Cabinet was set to convene for a nighttime vote on the dismissal of the Shin Bet chief, Ronen Bar, just days after Netanyahu announced his intention to oust him, citing a lack of personal trust between them. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

LETTERS

Higher ed looks up and sees the sole of Trump’s boot

"Without researchers there is no research, and without education there are no researchers," writes one reader. Continue reading →

OPINION

My friend Mahmoud Khalil is a compassionate man, not a terrorist sympathizer

In the summer of 2018, I took part in a volunteer mission to help educate children displaced by the war in Syria. This is where I got to know Khalil and learned about his life, his leadership, and his dreams. Continue reading →

LETTERS

The un-greening of the EPA has begun

"Everyone who believes the Environmental Protection Agency’s mission is in its name must make their voice heard," writes one reader. Continue reading →

Metro

K-12

‘More of a struggle’: Some parents worry how Trump’s Ed Department order will harm children, schools

For many children, “it’s going to be profoundly impactful for years and decades to come,” one parent said. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

A pizza place asked a group of parents to leave, and judgment was swift. We asked etiquette experts to weigh in.

A quick summary of the two sides: “Parents nowadays are the worst” and “The pizza shop owner is the worst.” Continue reading →

Boston Mayoral Race

White House attacks Mayor Michelle Wu as ‘radical’ after she criticized Trump in defiant State of the City address

Turns out the White House was listening when Wu criticized Trump during her third annual address to the city of Boston Wednesday. Continue reading →

Sports

Hockey East men's semifinals | Maine 4, NU 3 (20T)

Maine outlasts ninth-seeded NU in double OT to reach Hockey East championship

Maine's Charlie Russell deflected a shot off Nolan Renwick's shin and into the NU net at 11:02 of double OT for a 4-3 win. Continue reading →

Hockey East men's semifinals | UConn 5, BU 2

Joey Muldowney does the trick for UConn against BU for berth in Hockey East men’s championship game

The sophomore forward tallied a hat trick to lead the fourth-seeded Huskies (22-10-4) to a 5-2 victory over the No. 3 Terriers. Continue reading →

On Basketball

The Celtics are going to be even more expensive next season. That could be an issue for new owner William Chisholm.

They could potentially pay $200 million next season in luxury taxes. Continue reading →

Business

Healthcare

New Dana-Farber cancer hospital wins key state approval, despite Mass General Brigham concerns

The new 300-bed tower, built in partnership with Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, would reshape the delivery of cancer care in Massachusetts. Continue reading →

Trendlines

Tariffs and DOGE put the Fed — and maybe the economy — on ice

The Federal Reserve is assessing the effects of Trump’s evolving agenda before making its next move on interest rates. Continue reading →

TALKING POINTS

Tesla announces another broad Cybertruck recall, this time over glue

Stories you may have missed from the world of business. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Jeffrey Bruce Klein, a founder and editor of Mother Jones, dies at 77

Mr. Klein was one of four journalists who in 1976 founded the magazine Mother Jones. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Robert E. Ginna Jr., whose article bolstered UFO claims, dies at 99

Mr. Ginna Jr. was a founding editor of People magazine, a book editor, and a film producer whose 1952 Life magazine article provoked a frenzy by validating the idea that flying saucers might exist and could have visited Earth from outer space. Continue reading →

Obituaries

K.W. Lee, 96, dies; journalist who gave a voice to immigrant communities

Mr. Lee was a pioneering Asian American journalist whose reporting led to the release of a Korean immigrant on death row in California. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

PARENTING UNFILTERED

Where do kids belong?

“I think people are largely stressed and short-of-fuse these days. And noisy kids are an easy target." We talked to parents post-pizza furor. Continue reading →

FOOD

This 11-year-old New Englander is ‘The Shirley Temple King’

Meet Instagram’s favorite soft drink reviewer, a sixth-grader soon to be in a movie with Kevin James. Continue reading →

Television

Marching bands, goats, and more: Mr. Milchick actor Tramell Tillman breaks down the ‘Severance’ season 2 finale

From another big dance moment to the revelation about the goats, Mr. Milchick dishes on all of Lumon's season 2 finale secrets. Continue reading →