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Friday, May 2, 2025


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Trump presidency: We're gathering all the latest news, updates, and analysis.
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Republicans had the upper hand on immigration and the campus antisemitism debate. Then Donald Trump got involved.

Democrats see his actions as providing an opening on issues that a mere few months ago were among their weakest spots.
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Health


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‘I could’ve been sober years earlier’: Recovery coaches emerge as growing force in fight against addiction

After decades operating on the margins of the substance use treatment industry, recovery coaches are increasingly being integrated into mainstream medicine.
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Crime & Courts


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Gun advocates bring wave of challenges to state laws, capitalizing on Supreme Court ruling

From Boston to the Berkshires, gun applicants and advocacy groups have brought at least 15 challenges to the state’s license-to-carry law that have made their way to Superior Courts.
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State Police appoint new academy head, announce training review ahead of first class since death of recruit

They are among the first significant structural changes to the academy since Enrique Delgado-Garcia died after suffering serious injuries during an academy training exercise in September.
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Trump nominates Mike Waltz for UN ambassador in major shake-up of national security team

President Trump announced the major shake-up of his national security team shortly after news broke that Waltz and his deputy are leaving the administration.
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Politics


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RFK Jr. issues demands for vaccine approvals that could affect fall COVID boosters

The agency suggested that clinical trials in humans may be required for updated COVID shots, raising questions about whether they will be available in the fall.
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Nation


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Texas judge strikes down Trump’s use of Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans

The decision was the most expansive ruling yet by any of the numerous jurists who are hearing challenges to the White House’s efforts to employ the law as part of its wide-ranging deportation plans.
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Measles jumps borders in North America with outbreaks in Canada, Mexico, and US

North America’s three biggest measles outbreaks have grown to a total of more than 2,500 known cases. The epicenter remains in Texas, which is up to 663 confirmed cases.
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Lost in the ‘Death Realm’ of El Salvador’s prisons

President Trump’s decision to send to El Salvador hundreds of people he says are gang members has ignited outrage and approval in the United States.
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Italians once ruled the Catholic Church. Will they lead it again?

Ahead of the 2013 conclave to replace Pope Benedict XVI, Cardinal Angelo Scola of Milan was tipped to restore the papal hat to an Italian. Italians got the next best thing in Pope Francis - the Argentine son of Italian immigrants. But many here wondered whether one of their own would ever again sit on the throne of St. Peter.
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Brazilian nun who was the world’s oldest person has died at 116

She was confirmed in January as the world’s oldest person by LongeviQuest, an organization that tracks supercentenarians around the globe.
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Will ‘God’s architect’ become the next saint?

Antoni Gaudí was at the vanguard of Barcelona’s Modernisme movement. But his magnificent obsession is the still-unfinished Sagrada Familia church, to which he devoted 43 years of his life.
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Editorials


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If Harvard wants a tolerant campus, it needs to admit tolerant students

To really solve the problems identified in twin reports on bias at the university, Harvard needs to be more careful about who it admits as students and hires as staff and faculty.
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OpEds


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Phish and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame snub: It’s OK

It takes time to get Phish. Someday the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame will get it.
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Crime & Courts


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Federal prosecutors appeal judge’s order releasing Mohsen Mahdawi from ICE custody

The legal basis for the challenge by the Trump administration to US District Court Judge Geoffrey Crawford’s decision was not immediately available Thursday morning.
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City watchdog finds evidence of possible corruption, misuse of grant money by Three Squares Main Street program

An investigation by independent watchdog the Boston Finance Commission found Three Square Main Street altered bank statements provided to the city.
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Massachusetts has $1.3b in extra ‘millionaires tax’ money. Democrats disagree widely on how to spend it.

Massachusetts Senate leaders on Thursday released its roadmap for spending nearly $1.3 billion in surplus money generated by the state’s tax on high earners, offering the MBTA less than half of what the House passed weeks ago.
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Sports






Red Sox Notebook


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Red Sox send Walker Buehler back to Boston for tests on starter’s shoulder

Buehler was scratched for Friday's game against the Twins at Fenway Park. Brayan Bello will bump up to start the series opener.
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Celtics


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The Magic wanted a physical series, and the Celtics (especially Jayson Tatum) made them pay at the free throw line

The Celtics took 129 free throws in the first round. The only team that’s taken more is the Knicks (134) in a physical matchup against the Pistons.
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What does the Bruins roster look like heading into a critical offseason?

There are core players in place in all three positional groupings — David Pastrnak, Charlie McAvoy, and Jeremy Swayman — and GM Don Sweeney will be tasked with building around those foundational pieces.
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THE FINE PRINT


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Are you taking Ozempic, Wegovy, or other GLP-1 drugs for weight loss? Here’s what to know about the costs.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts announced a cutoff as of Jan. 1. Other insurers may follow, but some employers might help defray costs.
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Healthcare


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Boston Medical Center renames St. Elizabeth’s, Good Samaritan hospitals

The state’s largest safety-net hospital, Boston Medical Center, took over operations of the two hospitals from bankrupt Steward Health Care last fall.
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AI startup Merlin Labs approaching the runway at Hanscom Field

Merlin is engaged in lease negotiations to use a former Navy hangar on the airfield, part of the Boston-based firm’s efforts to bring its test flight operations closer to home.
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Obituaries






Obituaries


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Robert Campbell, architect and longtime Globe architecture critic, dies at 88

Mr. Campbell’s criticism was authoritative in evaluation yet casual in expression. Or seemingly so: His prose was unfailingly clear, consistently conversational, and slightly tart.
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Obituaries


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David Horowitz, combative right-wing activist and author, dies at 86

The writer veered from 1960s radical firebrand to becoming an ideological touchstone for the Trump administration on such issues as immigration and liberal indoctrination on college campuses.
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Arts & Lifestyle






Travel


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Provincetown hosts inaugural Outsiders Festival

The carnival honors Provincetown’s history as a magnet for artists and features a packed calendar of events.
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Movies


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‘Thunderbolts*’ comes with an asterisk attached

The movie starts strong, but doesn't surpass the usual Marvel bar.
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Television


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‘The Four Seasons’ doesn’t reinvent the form, but offers witty comfort viewing

It's more polished than the Alan Alda film, but a bit less charming.
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