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Saturday, April 19, 2025
Today's Headlines
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Health

Six cases of benign brain tumors among nurses at one Newton-Wellesley Hospital unit spark uneasiness among workers

Disease trackers say it's unlikely the cases are connected, although definitive answers may be elusive. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

‘I feel sad and outraged’: New Bedford woman whose husband was detained by ICE fights for answers

A video of the confrontation, which Domingo Ortiz filmed, has been viewed by hundreds of thousands of people across the United States. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Judge orders detained Tufts PhD student be transferred from Louisiana to Vermont ahead of bail hearing

Judge William K. Sessions III has set a bail hearing for May 9 in federal court in Vermont, where Rümeysa Öztürk was first taken after her arrest in Somerville by federal agents in late March, before being sent to Louisiana. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Used by many, but in need of a ‘complete overhaul.’ At 30, where does the Reggie Lewis Center go from here?

Entering its fourth decade this year, the Reggie is facing the inevitable reckoning for that amount of wear and tear and use. Continue reading →

Higher Education

Email usernames, internal communications, foreign funding documents: Inside the Trump administration’s latest Harvard demands

The review comes amid concerns from some alumni groups and conservative politicians about foreign influence and espionage on elite university campuses. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Shooting rampage at Florida State that left two dead lasted less than five minutes, police say

tudents stood in prayer circles and piled balloons, candles, and teddy bears along a sidewalk Friday near Florida State University’s student union. Continue reading →

Politics

Abrego Garcia told visiting senator he was no longer being held at notorious Salvadoran prison

US Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland says Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported, told him he has been moved from the notorious Salvadoran prison known as CECOT to a detention center with better conditions. Continue reading →

Politics

10,000 pages of records about Robert F. Kennedy’s 1968 assassination are released, on Trump’s order

Many of the files had been made public previously, but others had not been digitized and sat for decades in federal government storage facilities. Continue reading →

The World

World

US to decide in days if end to war in Ukraine is ‘doable,’ Rubio says

PARIS -- The United States will abandon efforts to end the war in Ukraine if it proves impossible to broker meaningful progress in the next several days, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in remarks that piled pressure on Ukraine as he departed Paris on Friday. Continue reading →

World

‘Psychological torture’: London bans busking in a famed tourist hub

For generations, street musicians have provided the soundtrack for Leicester Square, a tourist hub in London's West End, where the likes of Rod Stewart and George Michael once busked.. Continue reading →

World

US strikes on Yemeni port kill dozens, huthis say

The latest round of US airstrikes against the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen has killed dozens of people in bombardments targeting a port in the country's northwest. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

As Harvard stands up to Trump, history offers valuable lessons on university autonomy

Governments have long sought to bring universities to heel — and they've been successful in the short term before. But history shows that in the long run, universities survive. Continue reading →

OPINION

The rise of RFK Jr. is a wake-up call for out-of-touch liberals

Kennedy may be wrong about vaccines, autism, sunscreen, and raw milk, but his ability to tap into ambient feelings of rage and powerlessness has been remarkable. And it’s an anger that Democrats and liberals have failed to address. Continue reading →

LETTERS

US colleges should give foreign students warm welcome, not cold shoulder

David D'Alessandro's call for schools to cut back on international students stirred reaction. One reader writes that "instead of encouraging free debate on increasing relative US student attendance, he further threatens the universities." Continue reading →

Metro

Politics

Mass. police say a 25-foot buffer will keep them safe. First Amendment advocates call it ‘dangerous.’

Filming the police in a public space is a constitutional right. Actually doing it in Massachusetts could become harder under a new proposal. Continue reading →

Cambridge and Somerville

A candidate for mayor in Somerville is hosting a cannabis-infused fund-raiser

He believes he is the first candidate for public office in Massachusetts to do so. Hopefully, he said, he isn’t the last. Continue reading →

Metro

Trump’s war against Harvard is probably just starting. We should all hope Harvard wins.

This is an administration that illegally asserts the right to demolish anything it pleases. Continue reading →

Sports

Sports

Puma’s new running shoes offer hope for a brand desperate to win

With thousands of runners headed to Boston for the annual marathon on Monday, Puma is banking on its army of amateur ambassadors finishing just behind the professionals. Continue reading →

Boston Marathon

What to know if you’re going to the Boston Marathon Fan Fest

The BAA will host events at City Hall Plaza on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Monday's post-race party will also be at the plaza. Continue reading →

BOSTON MARATHON

Defending Boston champions Hellen Obiri and Sisay Lemma will have plenty of runners hot on their heels

No US man has won here since Meb Keflezighi broke the tape in 2014. But a trio of Americans — Conner Mantz, Clayton Young, and CJ Albertson — have the goods to all finish in the top 10. Continue reading →

Business

Real Estate

City loses court ruling in fight over developing Hyde Park property

The project, which would put up more than 200 apartments in the wooded 24-acre site, now heads back to the city’s planning staff for further review. Continue reading →

Business

Philanthropic group donates $500,000 to save Harvard-led tuberculosis study involving monkey test subjects

The rhesus macaques were at risk of being prematurely euthanized after the $60 million research project, led in part by a Harvard scientist, was cut off from its NIH funding this week. Continue reading →

Real Estate

Harvard owns hundreds of buildings. Its tax-exempt status is key to why.

Harvard University owns nearly 500 buildings on both sides of the Charles. As a tax-exempt nonprofit, it doesn't pay property taxes on most of them. Continue reading →

Obituaries
Arts & Lifestyle

Arts

Drinking, dancing, and home before dark

For millennials in Greater Boston, a new crop of daytime dance parties and events offer nostalgia, energy, and purpose — with a bedtime. Continue reading →

MUSIC REVIEW

An old favorite and an oddity from the BSO

Thursday evening’s performance juxtaposed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4, featuring the distinguished Mitsuko Uchida, with Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 15. Continue reading →

TV CRITIC'S CORNER

‘The Bondsman’: Boston meets small-town Georgia in Prime Video’s new horror comedy

Actor Damon Herriman impressively plays a Boston gangster looking to start over down South in the new series, which also stars Kevin Bacon. Continue reading →