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Monday, April 21, 2025
Today's Headlines

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BOSTON MARATHON

The Boston Marathon was a far different race when Bill Rodgers shocked himself and the racing world by winning in 1975

For his labors, Will Rodgers, as the next day’s headlines called him, got the customary amateur reward — a laurel wreath, a medal, and a bowl of canned beef stew. Continue reading →

Politics

As Trump and Janet Mills face off, Susan Collins is quietly working to contain the damage for Maine — and for her future

“She’s trying to thread a needle. The problem is the eye is just getting smaller and smaller," said Dan Shea, a professor of political science at Colby College in Maine. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Boston police had 70 Tasers. The department is spending millions on 1,500 more.

The Boston Police Department has begun to train and equip more officers with stun guns — a shift in policy and priorities for a department which previously restricted them to special operations officers. Continue reading →

Healthcare

Steward paid them a fraction of what it owed. Now it’s suing them to get the money back.

The bankrupt health system has filed lawsuits against roughly 170 vendors, seeking to claw back millions of dollars it paid in the weeks and months before it filed for Chapter 11 protection last year. Continue reading →

Politics

Hegseth said to have shared attack details in second signal chat, NYT reports

Pete Hegseth shared information about forthcoming strikes in Yemen in a private Signal group chat that included his wife, brother, and personal lawyer, according to The New York Times. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

A different kind of FBI chief: Jet-setting Patel loves the limelight

Kash Patel flew to Miami on Air Force One last weekend to watch an Ultimate Fighting Championship event — at least the second time he has gone to a mixed-martial arts fight as FBI director. Continue reading →

Nation

Trump administration draft order calls for drastic overhaul of State Department

A draft of a Trump administration executive order proposes a drastic restructuring of the State Department that includes eliminating almost all of its Africa operations and shutting down embassies and consulates across the continent, according to US officials and a copy of the document. Continue reading →

Nation

Countries shore up their digital defenses as global tensions raise the threat of cyberwarfare

Hackers linked to Russia’s government launched a cyberattack last spring against municipal water plants in rural Texas. At one plant in Muleshoe, population 5,000, water began to overflow. Officials had to unplug the system and run the plant manually. Continue reading →

The World

World

Pope meets Vance, then releases Easter message decrying ‘logic of fear’

Pope Francis met with Vice President JD Vance on Easter Sunday. Continue reading →

World

Ukraine says Russia broke its own Easter cease-fire vow

Serhiy Hnezdilov spent Saturday night in a ceasefire that wasn’t. Fighting for Ukraine in the eastern Donetsk region, he said he could hear explosions throughout the night, despite the Kremlin’s promise of a truce for Easter. Continue reading →

World

Descendants of slaves, owners call for reparations at the UN

The great-great-grandson of 19th-century British prime minister William Gladstone said he was horrified to learn seven years ago that his ancestors were slave owners in Jamaica and Guyana. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OPINION

Boston Marathon: Celebrating 50 years of wheelchair racing

The inclusion of wheelchair racing in marathons challenges the often patronizing narratives surrounding disability and replaces them with images of autonomy, self-determination, and strength. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Keeping the spirit of the Marathon alive every day — one step at a time

This glorious hodgepodge of nationalities, races, and genders is reason enough to celebrate. Continue reading →

OPINION

Don’t praise Harvard just yet

Harvard needs to do more than defend itself. It needs to spearhead a coordinated opposition to Trump’s attacks on higher education. Continue reading →

Metro

BOSTON MARATHON

The Boston Marathon was a far different race when Bill Rodgers shocked himself and the racing world by winning in 1975

For his labors, Will Rodgers, as the next day’s headlines called him, got the customary amateur reward — a laurel wreath, a medal, and a bowl of canned beef stew. Continue reading →

Money, Power, Inequality

‘A war on the poor’: How tariffs hit low-income residents hardest

The tariffs announced last week are expected to increase prices on just about everything but will have a disproportionate impact on low-income residents. Continue reading →

Vermont

In the midst of a messy ice cream divorce, Ben & Jerry’s is sticking to its principles

The progressive Vermont ice cream maker won’t go quietly into the night. Continue reading →

Sports

Boston Marathon

Ahead of Boston Marathon, runners retrace city’s Black history

The 2.6-mile run took runners through several locations in Beacon Hill and Downtown Boston that played significant roles in the Underground Railroad. Continue reading →

DAN SHAUGHNESSY

Not much tension to Game 1 at TD Garden, other than new-old Celtics ownership. Now there’s a big bowl of awkward.

Steve Pagliuca and Wyc Grousbeck sat alongside Bill Chisholm midcourt while the Celtics opened their title defense against the gritty-but not-ready Magic. Continue reading →

WHITE SOX 8, RED SOX 4

Red Sox falter late, drop another game to White Sox in a bullpen blowup as winning streak ends at four

Chicago struck for six runs in the final three innings. Boston led by two runs going into the seventh inning before the relievers allowed six runs. Continue reading →

Business

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

Vicinity’s Bill DiCroce will leave a big legacy — in the pipes that feed Boston’s buildings

The Vicinity Energy executive chairman, who died recently at 62, was a leader in efforts to decarbonize the heating and cooling systems for big urban buildings. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Karen Durbin, journalist who led Village Voice in ’90s, dies at 80

For more than four decades, Ms. Durbin brought her pithy and often politically barbed style to a range of subjects that included film reviews and a stint writing a popular column in Mademoiselle magazine called “The Intelligent Woman’s Guide to Sex.” Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Things To Do

How to celebrate Earth Day in Greater Boston

This year's iteration features the theme Our Power, Our Planet and falls on April 22, but eco-conscious celebrations are popping up around the city and burbs all week long. Continue reading →

BOSTON AT A BARGAIN

Free things to do this week: Marathon treats, soft rock tribute bands, and Intro to Twerk lessons

No-cost events, screenings, and treats in Greater Boston for the week of April 21-27. Continue reading →

ASKING ERIC

After dementia diagnosis, friends disappeared

Advice from R. Eric Thomas. Continue reading →