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Higher Education

Trump is threatening Harvard with funding cuts in the billions. But what does he want the university to do?

The administration's antisemitism task force launched a "review" of nearly $9 billion of funding tied to Harvard. Continue reading →

Arts

Fitchburg looks to the arts to jump-start its economy

A $45 million project to develop artist-preferred affordable housing is a critical piece in a broader bid to leverage culture to help revitalize the Gateway City. Continue reading →

Business

‘We’ve been hit by a wave’: Mass General Brigham loses millions in medical research grants under Trump cuts

Several universities and hospitals are seeing their funding disappear in areas ranging from reproductive health to pandemic preparedness. Continue reading →

K-12

‘A pain in the ass’: Northampton school leaders caught on hot mic disparaging dad who pushed for his disabled kid’s rights

In the exchange, caught by a transcription app, unnamed speakers admit to denying special education services. Continue reading →

Politics

Trump says he’s settled on a tariff plan that is set to take effect today

President Trump has settled on a final plan for sweeping "reciprocal" tariffs, which are expected to take effect Wednesday after he announces the details at an afternoon Rose Garden ceremony. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Federal prosecutors to seek death penalty for Luigi Mangione in UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing

The federal charges Mangione is facing include murder through use of a firearm, which carries the possibility of the death penalty. It would be the first such case under the Trump administration. Continue reading →

Nation

Trump pauses dozens of federal grants to Princeton

The university's president said it was losing at least some research support from the Department of Defense, the Department of Energy, and NASA. Continue reading →

Politics

A Senate vote to reverse Trump’s tariffs on Canada tests Republican support

Republicans have watched with some unease as the president’s attempts to remake global trade have sent the stock market downward, but they have so far stood by Trump’s on-again-off-again threats. Continue reading →

The World

World

Survivors still being found from Myanmar earthquake, but hopes begin to fade as deaths exceed 2,700

Rescue workers saved a 63-year-old woman from the rubble of a building in Myanmar’s capital on Tuesday, but hope was fading of finding many more survivors of the violent earthquake that killed more than 2,700 people, compounding a humanitarian crisis caused by a civil war. Continue reading →

World

Israel’s military says it struck Beirut’s suburbs

Israel launched airstrikes on the southern outskirts of Beirut on Tuesday for the second time in less than a week, killing at least four people and prompting fears that a fragile cease-fire could be unraveling. Continue reading →

World

US imposes sanctions on Chinese and Hong Kong officials for pursuing activists abroad

The US fired a new round of sanctions at China on Monday, targeting acts of transnational repression for their crackdown on pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong and on US soil. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

Trump doesn’t know what an executive order is. But you should.

A casual observer might think Trump has the powers of a king. But he doesn’t, even if he likes to pretend he does. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Antisemitism is a real problem at Harvard. Canceling $9 billion in grants is not the solution.

Harvard employees 18,000 Massachusetts residents, and the Trump administration’s threats to the university are also a threat to Greater Boston’s economy. Continue reading →

OPINION

Trump says he wants a third term. Believe him.

This time, take a president who lies habitually at his word. Continue reading →

Metro

K-12

Trump administration cuts $106 million in unspent COVID relief from Massachusetts schools

Twenty Massachusetts districts were affected but two account for the majority of the unspent funds: Springfield, with $47.4 million remaining, and New Bedford, with $15.6 million. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Threats to Harvard funding, detained international students draw 200 protesters to campus

They began to congregate outside Harvard Yard around 2 p.m., with one organizer passing out “know your rights” cards. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

In new legal filings, US officials defend detention of Tufts PhD student Rümeysa Öztürk

Rümeysa Öztürk’s defense attorneys argue that Öztürk, a 30-year-old PhD student from Turkey, is being targeted for taking a public pro-Palestinian stance on Tufts campus last year in violation of her First Amendment right to free speech. Continue reading →

Sports

TARA SULLIVAN

‘Why didn’t I think of that?’ This MIT-educated physicist turned baseball coach may be changing MLB with ‘torpedo bat.’

The result, which looks something like a bowling pin, is a simple yet remarkable feat of engineering invented by Aaron Leandhardt. Continue reading →

On Hockey

There was no Tracy Stallard at TD Garden, just a view of greatness as Alex Ovechkin kept closing in on Wayne Gretzky

Not much has gone right for Jeremy Swayman this year in the Bruins net. At least he was spared being “that” guy — the goalie of record to surrender Ovechkin’s big one. Continue reading →

Patriots

Patriots’ low marks on NFLPA report card ‘eye-opening’ to owner Robert Kraft, who acknowledged upgrades needed

In the anonymous player survey that was released at the end of February, the Patriots ranked 31st overall out of 32 teams. Continue reading →

Business

Business

‘We’ve been hit by a wave’: Mass General Brigham loses millions in medical research grants under Trump cuts

Several universities and hospitals are seeing their funding disappear in areas ranging from reproductive health to pandemic preparedness. Continue reading →

Retail

Under Trump’s tariffs, your shopping at retailers like T.J. Maxx, Temu, and Wayfair could see a shakeup

The long-held strategy of trying to sell everything to everyone at bargain-basement prices is about to be tested like never before. Continue reading →

Energy

Massachusetts offshore wind contracts get delayed again, until June

The state’s three utilities have pushed off a deadline for filing contracts with two proposed wind farms that would go up in waters south of Martha’s Vineyard. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Denis Arndt, prolific TV actor and Tony Award nominee, dies at 86

The prolific actor who had recurring roles on television shows including “L.A. Law” and “Picket Fences” before capping his career with a Tony-nominated performance in the Broadway play “Heisenberg.” Continue reading →

Obituaries

Hank Steinbrecher, who helped elevate soccer in the US, dies at 77

Mr. Steinbrecher, a soccer evangelist who helped usher the sport into the American mainstream, served as head coach of Boston University's men's team in the early 1980s. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW | MARK FEENEY

At Fitchburg Art Museum, a sense of lives being lived and shared

Looking at the career of photographer Stephen DiRado. Continue reading →

Documentaries

Boston rock group the Remains, ‘America’s Lost Band,’ subject of new short film

The half-hour documentary is a reworked version of a feature of the same name, which debuted at the Boston Film Festival in 2008. Continue reading →

FOOD

‘Ravenousness was in my job description.’ What happens when a food writer goes on a weight-loss drug?

For a variety of reasons, Globe Food contributor Kara Baskin took the leap and started Zepbound. But first she worried: "What if I just wasn’t hungry anymore?" Here's how it's going. Continue reading →