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Higher Education

Trump administration sends Harvard list of demands to avoid cancellation of billions in federal funding

The Trump administration has placed billions of dollars of federal funding to Harvard and affiliated institutions under "review." Continue reading →

Politics

‘Magic math.’ Trump hopes to use tariff revenue to offset the cost of extending his tax cuts, but critics say it doesn’t add up.

Extending the 2017 tax cuts will cost approximately $4.5 trillion over the next decade, and could go even higher with new provisions. That’s where the money from new tariffs comes in. Continue reading →

Retail

From Wayfair to Temu, Boston-based retail companies face gut punch from tariffs. But there’s one that might benefit.

President Trump’s escalating trade war presents a hard reality for businesses in New England that depend on imports and a global supply chain. Continue reading →

Politics

Healey said her marijuana pardon could help hundreds of thousands. Far fewer have actually had their records corrected.

Aides to Governor Maura Healey said they’re working through a list of tens of thousands of people court officials have identified as being eligible for a marijuana pardon. Continue reading →

Business

A stunned world reckons with economic fallout from Trump’s tariffs

The scale of President Trump’s global tariffs began to sink in Thursday as stock markets fell sharply, countries warned of retaliation and US companies, and consumers braced for the impact on their bottom lines and bank accounts. Continue reading →

The Nation

Politics

Trump fires 6 NSC officials after Oval Office meeting with Laura Loomer

President Trump fired six National Security Council officials after an extraordinary meeting in the Oval Office with far-right activist Laura Loomer, who laid out a list of people she believed were disloyal to the president, US officials said Thursday. Continue reading →

Nation

Storms kill 6 in the South and Midwest as forecasters warn of catastrophic rains, floods this week

Violent storms and tornadoes tore through cities from Oklahoma to Indiana during what could be a record-setting period of deadly weather and flooding. Continue reading →

Nation

Snatched pets and livestock deaths blamed on wolves raise alarms in rural New Mexico

Commissioners in a rural New Mexico county say pets are being snatched from front yards and livestock are being killed by endangered Mexican gray wolves. Continue reading →

The World

World

Israeli strikes kill at least 100 Palestinians, including 27 at a school, health officials say

Gaza’s Health Ministry says an Israeli airstrike has killed at least 27 Palestinians sheltering at a school in northern Gaza and wounded 70 more. Continue reading →

World

Rats in ‘heaven’ as strike buries U.K. city in 19,000 tons of trash

Rats are getting bigger and more brazen in a British city where a sanitation strike has left tons of garbage piled up on city streets, locals say, and residents are raising fears for public health. Continue reading →

World

Rubio tries to reassure wary allies of US commitment to NATO as Trump sends mixed signals

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Trump administration’s new envoy to NATO are seeking to reassure wary NATO members of the US commitment to the alliance Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

Congress should rein in Trump’s tariff obsession

Tariffs have a place. But they’re a powerful weapon, and when the president uses them recklessly, Congress should step in. Continue reading →

OPINION

‘I will not fail in life’: Unique program helps foster kids stay in school

Framingham High pilot is worth studying and replicating. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Mass. should ensure all students learn fire safety

Massachusetts could ensure that every student in the state — in middle school, high school, and higher education — receives education in fire safety. It should pass pending legislation. Continue reading →

Metro

Crime & Courts

Boston Police sergeant sues department over demotion following appointment to police oversight panel

Former police commander Eddy Chrispin argues the city violated his First Amendment rights by demoting him after he refused to resign from a state commission aimed at police reform. Continue reading →

New England

Man fatally shoots mother while they drive in Maine, then kills another driver, police say

James Davis III allegedly shot and killed his mother while they were driving in a car in Sabattus, Maine. He then fatally shot a passing driver. Continue reading →

Higher Education

This Mass. college cracks $100,000 a year — and others are close behind

At nearly a dozen universities in the region, the total annual cost of attendance will be well above $90,000 next year. Continue reading →

Sports

On Football

The Patriots could have held on to get a better return for Joe Milton

New England traded Milton plus a seventh-round pick (No. 217) for one of the Cowboys’ compensatory draft picks at the end of the fifth round (No. 171). Continue reading →

Patriots

Josh McDaniels talks about offensive terminology, Drake Maye, and fine-tuning the Patriots’ offense

The offensive coordinator said the language will be different, but called concerns over learning it "overblown." Continue reading →

Gary Washburn | On Basketball

Can Jaylen Brown get healthy for the playoffs?

Brown's knee is still not 100 percent, and everyone on the team knows that they'll need him at full strength if they want to pull off a title repeat. Continue reading →

Business

Business

A stunned world reckons with economic fallout from Trump’s tariffs

The scale of President Trump’s global tariffs began to sink in Thursday as stock markets fell sharply, countries warned of retaliation and US companies, and consumers braced for the impact on their bottom lines and bank accounts. Continue reading →

Business

More penguins than people: Trump imposes tariffs on remote islands

President Trump's tariffs have spared almost no corner of the Earth. Even tiny, sparsely populated islands that export close to nothing. Continue reading →

Biotech

At life sciences incubator LabCentral, a change at the top in a challenging time

LabCentral companies have raised more than $20 billion in funding and created more than 7,000 jobs in Massachusetts. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Paul McDonough, whose photographs evoked street life, dies at 84

Mr. McDonough's evocative candid photographs, often of crowds, captured what he called the galvanizing energy of turned-on New Yorkers and the tired West Coast venues where urbanites had fled to tune out. Continue reading →

Obituaries

John Thornton, a Texas-size leader in nonprofit journalism, dies at 59

A former tech investor, Mr. Thornton helped launch the Texas Tribune to cover state politics and policy and co-founded the American Journalism Project to support local newsrooms across the country. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

PARENTING UNFILTERED

Baylie Grogan died after a night out in college. Now her mom wants to save other kids from the same fate.

This month, Shawnee Baker shares her daughter’s story in a new book, “Baylie,” and hopes to create Baylie’s Law, granting next of kin essential medical information and decision-making powers. Continue reading →

FOOD

From roast lamb to sweet endings, here are 13 Easter brunches in Greater Boston

All of our picks take reservations. Continue reading →

PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEW | MARK FEENEY

Two-fers: At the Addison Gallery, pairs populate the pictures

While two shots aren’t uncommon in photography, they’re nowhere near as common as portraits or still lifes or landscapes. Continue reading →