All of the headlines from today's paper.
Saturday, April 12, 2025
Today's Headlines
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Metro

In North End, Chinatown and Latino neighborhoods, will Trump’s tariffs drive up restaurant prices?

Restaurant owners across Greater Boston are wondering whether an already tenuous industry can withstand the threats of the current political climate. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Unpacking the legacy of William Dawes, the other midnight rider

Paul Revere was immortalized by Longfellow's poem and became an American icon. William Dawes, the other midnight rider, is buried in an unmarked grave. Continue reading →

Spotlight follow-up

Prosecutors toss major trafficking case after New Bedford police accused of misconduct with informant

The dismissal stems from a Globe investigation that exposed the troubling ties between a detective and an informant. Continue reading →

Politics

What’s up with Trump’s fascination with two obscure 19th-century presidents?

Trump has embraced James K. Polk and William McKinley as avatars of his effort to return the United States to a bygone era, historians said. Continue reading →

News Analysis

Trump tries to fix the Iran nuclear deal he broke

Almost seven years ago, President Trump abandoned the nuclear deal with Iran. The pact with Tehran had taken years of diplomacy and political pressure by his predecessor. But Trump declared the agreement "one of the worst and most one-sided transactions the United States has ever entered into" and reneged on the American end of the bargain. Continue reading →

The Nation

Politics

Trump undergoes first physical since retaking office

The 78-year-old, who is the oldest man to be inaugurated as president, said he has "never felt better." Continue reading →

Nation

Global warming isn’t funny — except in the hands of these comedians

Comedians have long used jokes to raise awareness of serious problems, and many are now turning the gaze to climate change. Continue reading →

The World

World

50 years later, Vietnam’s battlefields draw retrospective veterans and other tourists

Some remember the Vietnam War battles from the headlines of the 1960s and 1970s, others from movies and history books. And thousands of Americans and Vietnamese know them as the graveyards of loved ones who died fighting more than a half-century ago. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

Tourists have a message for Trump: We’re boycotting the US

There is easy irony in this tourist backlash. Trump, who is a titan of the resort and tourism industry, has stoked resistance by breaking the first rule of tourism: create an alluring and welcoming destination. Continue reading →

OPINION

Why I changed my stance on NH transgender bill

Transgender people shouldn’t be isolated from society. And we should listen to women who say that they feel their spaces are no longer theirs. Continue reading →

LETTERS

Trump doesn’t let up in his attacks on universities

"Universities should have preempted White House interference by confronting anti-Jewish bigotry proactively," writes one reader. Another: "It doesn’t protect Jews for them to be viewed as the cause of the administration’s Draconian tactics." Continue reading →

Metro

Metro

In North End, Chinatown and Latino neighborhoods, will Trump’s tariffs drive up restaurant prices?

Restaurant owners across Greater Boston are wondering whether an already tenuous industry can withstand the threats of the current political climate. Continue reading →

Politics

Feds arrest Cape Cod lawmaker on charges he stole from employer to pay campaign expenses, for psychic services

Christopher Flanagan, a Dennis Port Democrat, was on indicted five counts of wire fraud and one count of falsification of records, according to the Massachusetts US Attorney’s office. Continue reading →

Cambridge and Somerville

In a topsy-turvy world, the City of Cambridge itself becomes the protester

It's an unusual move, officials say. But these are unusual times. Continue reading →

Sports

Chad Finn

The Celtics’ ‘real’ season is about to begin. Here’s why they have what it takes to repeat as NBA champions.

As one would expect of a defending champ, this is a superb basketball team, emphasis on team. Continue reading →

FROZEN FOUR

Despite not much of a history between one another, coaches know what to expect in national championship game

Pandolfo got a good look at Western Michigan Thursday night, watching and waiting as the Broncos dispatched last year’s national champion Denver in double overtime. Continue reading →

BRUINS

Scally caps and squid hats: Inside the Bruins’ hat-trick trophy collection

“We've gotten asked so many times: ‘Hey, what do you do with those hats?’" Here's the story. Continue reading →

Business

Real Estate

BPDA board OK’s project that will revive Great Scott, much-loved Allston music venue

A new zoning district surrounding the Roslindale Village MBTA Commuter Rail station and housing projects in five neighborhoods also got the go-ahead. Continue reading →

Real Estate

P&G unveils master plan with waterfront park for its Gillette campus in South Boston

The 31-acre campus along the Fort Point Channel, an ambitious 20-building development, is slated to include space for housing, offices, labs, shops, restaurants, and hotel rooms. Continue reading →

Healthcare

‘Paradigm shift’: FDA plans to phase out animal testing in drugs

On Thursday, shares in Charles River Laboratories, a leading contract research organizations that has stirred controversy over its use of non-human primates, plunged 28 percent after the FDA issued its announcement. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

John Nelson, conductor who championed Berlioz, dies at 83

In addition to being among the foremost interpreters of the French composer, Mr. Nelson was praised for his work arranging and conducting sacred music and the baroque masterworks of Bach and Handel. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Visual Arts

BPL receives major donation of Yousuf Karsh photographs

Karsh took iconic portraits of Albert Einstein, Ernest Hemingway, George Bernard Shaw, and Winston Churchill. All of those portraits are part of the BPL donation. Continue reading →

Television

Netflix announces cast for its starry ‘Pride & Prejudice’ miniseries

The six-episode series will begin filming later this year. Continue reading →

LOVE LETTERS

We’re twins, but not the same in our dating lives

I want her to meet someone. Continue reading →