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Wednesday, April 23, 2025


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Today's Headlines

Trump presidency: We're gathering all the latest news, updates, and analysis.
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Arts


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In an extraordinary move, MFA to return prized African art to wealthy donor and close gallery

The museum had sought to transfer ownership of 30 historic bronzes, originally plundered in a bloody colonial raid, to the Kingdom of Benin. The donor asked they be returned to him instead.
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Higher Education


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Harvard attracts new donors as funding fight with Trump administration intensifies

The Trump administration's freeze of research funds for Harvard has some people donating to the university for the first time, including some who did not go to school there.
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Lifestyle


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‘Blair Witch’ star is at the center of a firestorm over access to a rural Maine road. Here’s how she got there.

Heather Donahue of "Blair Witch" fame quit acting long ago, moved to a small town, and was elected to the select board. Now she's at the center of a firestorm over a rural road's access.
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‘Never had an auditor do something like this.’ Diana DiZoglio fights, polarizes her fellow Democrats.

State Auditor Diana DiZoglio's push to probe the Mass. Legislature has defined her short tenure, elevating her and the relatively obscure constitutional office even without an actual audit to show for it.
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Rubio announces major cuts at US State Department, accusing it of ‘radical’ ideology

Secretary of State Marco Rubio unveiled a plan Tuesday to make major cuts to the State Department as part of a restructuring, calling the government's diplomatic agency "bloated, bureaucratic" and "beholden to radical political ideology."
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Under Hegseth, chaos prevails at Pentagon

In just three months in office, Pete Hegseth, a former Fox News host, has produced a run of chaos that is unmatched in the recent history of the Defense Department.
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Justices seem set to allow opt-outs from LGBTQ stories in schools

The culture wars returned to the Supreme Court on Tuesday, this time in a battle over which storybooks with LGBTQ+ themes are discussed in Maryland public schools.
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Nation


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Following FSU shooting, students call on lawmakers to block effort to lower gun-buying law

Student survivors of last week’s deadly shooting at Florida State University are urging legislators to block an effort to reverse a law passed in the wake of the 2018 Parkland shooting that lowered the state’s gun-buying age from 21 to 18.
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Francis’ death silences a voice for the voiceless

As the world Pope Francis consistently called for collapsed around him in recent years, Francis would react to the newest setbacks by going quiet.
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Cardinals set Pope Francis’ funeral for Saturday morning, with public viewing starting Wednesday

Cardinals meeting for the first time since Francis’ death on Monday set the date for the funeral and also determined that the pope’s body would go on public viewing on Wednesday.
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US proposes recognizing Crimea as Russian as peace talks ramp up

Ukrainian and European officials meeting in London on Wednesday will be faced with a fast-moving US proposal to recognize Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and freeze the war’s front lines as part of a peace agreement, according to several people familiar with internal deliberations.
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OPINION


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Firebombing of Gov. Shapiro’s home tested Trump’s anti-antisemitism

Trump waited almost seven days to reach out to the Pennsylvania governor.
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EDITORIAL


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$19,961 a year for child care? No wonder parents are struggling.

The waitlist for state child-care subsidies for low-income parents is 30,000 kids.
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LETTERS


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Elizabeth Palmer Peabody: a woman of letters and much more

It was as if she’d willed into being the likes of Bronson Alcott and Nathaniel Hawthorne, whose careers she helped launch, and Thoreau, whose “Civil Disobedience” she published in 1849.
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More than 170 higher education leaders condemn ‘undue government intrusion’ into campus affairs

The American Association of Colleges and Universities released the statement, saying it was crafted in response to “ongoing actions by the Trump administration affecting higher education.”
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First day of Karen Read’s retrial focuses on moments surrounding discovery of John O’Keefe’s body

After nine months of anticipation, Read’s second murder trial in the death of Boston police officer John O’Keefe began Tuesday with opening statements and the testimony of a paramedic and one of Read's friends.
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Immigration


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Union leader slams Trump administration for firing three more immigration judges in New England

At least eight more immigration judges were abruptly fired without cause, including three at the Chelmsford Immigration Court, which handles cases from northern New England and parts of Massachusetts.
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Jayson Tatum still ‘sore’ after suffering wrist injury, unlikely to play in Celtics’ Game 2 vs. Magic

On Tuesday afternoon, coach Joe Mazzulla said that Tatum was day to day.
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RED SOX NOTEBOOK


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Red Sox ship inconsistent reliever Zack Kelly out to Triple A with plans to cut down on repertoire

In seven outings, Kelly was 1-1 with a 9.00 ERA over 10 innings. “He’ll be back at some point,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said. “And he’s going to help us win games.”
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PATRIOTS


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Patriots mock draft: Predicting how New England might use its nine picks in this year’s NFL Draft

All signs point to the Patriots taking LSU offensive tackle Will Campbell with the fourth pick, but who might they take in later rounds?
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US health officials seek to phase out artificial dyes from the food supply

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary said at a news conference that the agency would take steps to eliminate the synthetic dyes by the end of 2026.
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Trendlines


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State extends unemployment benefits to 30 weeks as Springfield jobless rate hits trigger

Massachusetts is boosting the maximum period for collecting jobless benefits to 30 weeks, a move required by law that will put added strain on the shrinking unemployment trust fund.
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‘We couldn’t live in that uncertainty’: A Boston nonprofit rejects a $250,000 federal grant so it can protect DEI

826 Boston, which provides free tutoring to students, decided to forgo a sizable grant rather than comply with Trump administration’s new rules that clashed with the organization’s mission.
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Obituaries


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Aliza Magen, highest-ranking woman in the Mossad, dies at 87

Ms. Magen, who spent some 40 years working for the Mossad, Israel's national intelligence agency, eventually serving as deputy under three of its directors, making her the highest-ranking woman in the organization's history, died April 14 in Jerusalem. She was 87.
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Obituaries


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Aliza Magen, highest-ranking woman in the Mossad, dies at 87

Ms. Magen, who spent some 40 years working for the Mossad, Israel's national intelligence agency, eventually serving as deputy under three of its directors, making her the highest-ranking woman in the organization's history, died April 14 in Jerusalem. She was 87.
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Arts


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Mass. congressional delegation demands answers from NEH on grant cancellations

The lawmakers’ letter to NEH predicts “devastating impacts on our nation’s cultural institutions and scholarship.”
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FOOD


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How to improve the foods we eat

Ever feel like your sandwich or salad is . . . missing something? Here's how to make your meals taste better.
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FOOD


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Where to eat outside in Boston

Patio season is upon us. Here's where to celebrate.
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