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Tuesday, April 8, 2025
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Immigration

Trump administration revokes more than two dozen visas of students at Mass. schools

The cancellation of visas without warning has international students, higher education institutions, and political leaders on high alert. Continue reading →

Science

This town on the Cape is a hub for climate scientists. Under Trump, its local economy is shaking.

The small upper Cape community has been a sort of company town for environmental scientists for more than a century. Continue reading →

RED SOX

In Netflix documentary, Red Sox outfielder Jarren Duran reveals he attempted suicide during 2022 season

“Jarren’s decision to share his story is an act of courage that reaches far beyond baseball,” Red Sox president Sam Kennedy said in a statement provided by the team. Continue reading →

Healthcare

‘It’s infuriating’: As Mass. health care organizations struggle, some leaders make extra money

At Mass General Brigham, Commonwealth Care, and Lawrence General, many saw extra payments even as their institutions faced financial distress. Continue reading →

Politics

Trump says no pause to tariffs as he targets China for retaliation

President Trump issued his warning on a day when the White House once again found itself on the defensive for its spiraling global trade war. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Trump administration aims to spend $45 billion to expand immigrant detention

The Trump administration is seeking to spend tens of billions of dollars to set up the machinery to expand immigrant detention on a scale never before seen in the United States, according to a request for proposals posted online by the administration last week. Continue reading →

Nation

Supreme Court temporarily blocks order requiring return of wrongly deported migrant

Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday temporarily blocked a trial judge’s order directing the United States to return a Salvadoran migrant it had inadvertently deported. Continue reading →

Nation

Social Security website keeps crashing, as DOGE demands cuts to IT staff

Retirees and disabled people are facing chronic website outages and other access problems as they attempt to log in to their online Social Security accounts, even as they are being directed to do more of their business with the agency online. Continue reading →

The World

World

An Israeli strike hit near a charity kitchen in Gaza as Palestinians gathered for food

The strike hit around noon as the kitchen was distributing meals to displaced people living in tent camps. Continue reading →

World

Video shows search for missing Gaza paramedics before Israelis shoot rescuers

The Palestine Red Crescent Society on Monday gave new details of the Israeli attack on its paramedics and other emergency responders in the Gaza Strip that killed at least 15 people last month, saying Israeli forces had targeted them in a “series of deliberate attacks.” Continue reading →

World

US visa ban adds to South Sudan’s mounting troubles

The Trump administration's decision over the weekend to revoke visas for all South Sudanese passport holders has added to the mounting political and humanitarian challenges of a country on the brink of civil war, officials and observers said Monday. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

Lobbyist donations to lawmakers’ pet charities don’t pass the smell test

Donations by lobbyists and businesses to lawmakers' pet causes raise ethical issues. Continue reading →

OPINION

This deportation ‘shocks the conscience.’ So why is he still in prison?

Why Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s case is a legal test for all of us. Continue reading →

OPINION

Remembering Phil Johnston and his legacy of hope and service

He was a fierce proponent of the principle that government is a force for good and should always act that way. Continue reading →

Metro

AS I SEE IT

Screaming for the Banshees and professional women’s rugby

“As I See It,” a weekly photo column by Pulitzer Prize winner Stan Grossfeld, brings the stories of New England to Globe readers. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

‘This is all about urgency’: Slamming Boston Mayor Wu, Kraft unveils plan to tackle Mass. and Cass, city’s opioid crisis

Boston mayoral candidate Josh Kraft on Monday announced his plans to tackle the city’s stubborn opioid and homelessness crises. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

‘I am stunned.’ Mass. cultural groups see federal funding abruptly slashed.

The Trump administration this week terminated a $1.3 million grant to the Massachusetts affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, one of several cultural agencies and organizations across the state that had their funding slashed. Continue reading →

Sports

On Basketball

Marcus Smart is on his second team since leaving the Celtics. But now? ‘I think I’m right where I’m supposed to be.’

Smart was traded away before last season's Celtics run to the NBA title. There isn’t bitterness in Smart, but more of a feeling of misfortunate and destiny simultaneously. Continue reading →

women's college basketball

After five long years at UConn, Paige Bueckers finally got elusive NCAA championship

Bueckers — and her legions of fans — had been waiting for this feeling since she was identified as the next face of women’s college basketball as a high-schooler. Continue reading →

Blue Jays 6, Red Sox 2

Red Sox fall to Blue Jays; lose Connor Wong to a fractured hand

Wong left the game after the first inning with a left hand contusion and was diagnosed with a small fracture near his pinky finger. Continue reading →

Business

Economy

Should you buy a car right now? Will 401(k)s ever recover? We answer your tariff questions.

Tariffs are complicated. Rolling them out at breakneck speed across most of the planet? Even more so. And figuring out what it all means for a typical New Englander? Well, that’s where we come in. Continue reading →

bold types

BankFive chief executive is making waves on the South Coast

Josh Kraft scores construction union Local 22′s endorsement; Sam King takes over as CEO at Nasuni; local leaders bullish about Boston entrepreneurship. Continue reading →

THE FINE PRINT

Trump’s new tariffs are likely to raise prices for consumers. Here’s what you need to know.

Groceries, electronics, and automobiles are on the list of items expected to increase in cost. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Jay North, child star from ‘Dennis the Menace,’ dies at 73

As a child, he played the well-meaning, trouble-causing protagonist of the popular sitcom, but he later told of abuse by those who were supposed to look after him. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Marcia Marcus, painter rediscovered in her last decade, dies at 97

Ms. Marcus, a figurative and conceptual artist with a steely will and a bold contemporary style, found fame in the 1960s and then was largely overlooked until she was nearly 90. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

LOVE LETTERS

My friend is too picky

I’m sick of hearing about it. Continue reading →

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

AMC to adapt ‘The Grapes of Wrath’ as a TV show

It'll be part of a new anthology series on AMC. Continue reading →

Music

Toad is hosting bands once more

The Porter Square venue has reopened after a change in ownership. Continue reading →