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Saturday, May 3, 2025
Today's Headlines
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Immigration

How Vermont, a small state with few immigrants, became a key battleground in the deportation wars

President Trump has sought to steer controversial cases to conservative federal courts in Louisiana. But at least two of them have wound up in liberal Vermont. Continue reading →

Metro

They wanted Harvard to pay more in taxes. But not like this.

Advocates have long called for Harvard to pay more to Cambridge’s coffers. They didn’t think President Trump would join their chorus. Continue reading →

K-12

‘The pandemic broke us’: Mass. superintendents see long road to recovery for students

Dozens of Massachusetts superintendents said it will be years before students catch up to pre-COVID levels. Continue reading →

Transportation

Big Mass. Pike projects faces another setback with potential loss of federal funds

The overall $2 billion Allston Multimodal Project would free up space along the Charles River for new development, and new bike and pedestrian connections, and for construction of a new transit hub. Continue reading →

Nation

GOP balks at approving even a fraction of Musk’s DOGE cuts

Trump officials are running into resistance not just from Democrats, but from congressional Republicans, who have made clear that it would be difficult to codify even a small fraction of DOGE's measures. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Man who let snakes bite him hundreds of times aids in quest for universal antivenom

The video is just under 2 1/2 minutes long. A slim man with close-cropped hair walks into a room, pulls a long black mamba -- whose venom can kill within an hour -- from a crate and allows it to bite his left arm. Immediately after, he lets a taipan from Papua New Guinea bite his right arm. "Thanks for watching," he calmly tells the camera, his left arm bleeding, and then exits. Continue reading →

Politics

Trump administration settles with Maine over funding freeze after dispute over trans athletes

Roundup of national political news. Continue reading →

Nation

CDC reports 216 child deaths this flu season, the most in 15 years

It’s a startlingly high number, given that the flu season is still going on. Continue reading →

The World

World

Paramilitary fighters in Sudan massacre more than 100 civilians, doctors’ group says

At least 542 civilians have been killed in the region in just three weeks, the UN human rights chief said, adding that the real toll is likely much higher. Continue reading →

World

Since ceasefire talks began, life in Ukraine has become more dangerous

With the beginning of cease-fire talks in the war between Russia and Ukraine, life has become riskier for Ukrainian civilians. Continue reading →

World

Israel launches air strikes near Syrian presidential palace

Israeli fighter jets struck near the Syrian presidential palace on Friday in what Israeli leaders said was a warning to the government to protect the Druze minority after a new wave of sectarian violence. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OpEds

Junot Díaz on Trump’s ‘terror tactics’

To the acclaimed author and MIT professor, Trump's deportation policies represent nothing but cruelty. Continue reading →

OpEds

Medical journals need to fight back against Trump attacks

Medicine — its science, its practice, its educational efforts, and its control over its own agenda — is under extreme threat. Continue reading →

Letters

Plundered artworks to go from the MFA to who knows where

"They must be entrusted to the descendants of the enslaved," not returned unconditionally to Nigeria, writes one stakeholder. Another writes that the MFA should be "the moral leader this moment demands." Continue reading →

Metro

Metro

They wanted Harvard to pay more in taxes. But not like this.

Advocates have long called for Harvard to pay more to Cambridge’s coffers. They didn’t think President Trump would join their chorus. Continue reading →

Higher Education

Trump’s vow to end Harvard’s tax-exempt status sparks immediate rebuke: ‘This is just textbook authoritarian behavior’

The Trump administration has demanded sweeping oversight over Harvard’s academic operation, a move actively opposed by President Alan Garber. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Answering a prostitution ad is not trafficking, Massachusetts top court says

The ruling headed off an aggressive line of prosecution aimed at cracking down on “johns.” Continue reading →

Sports

Celtics

Jayson Tatum looks like a man on a mission this postseason, and other thoughts on the Celtics before the next series

In Game 5 vs. the Magic in particular, Tatum was spectacular, evoking memories of another Celtics star from the olden days. Continue reading →

Celtics

Here are some keys and favorable matchups in the Celtics-Knicks Eastern Conference semifinal series

The Celtics swept the season series 4-0 this year and appear to simply be an unfavorable matchup for the Knicks. Continue reading →

Red Sox 6, Twins 1

Red Sox return home with a win, but a costly one as Triston Casas leaves with significant leg injury

After losing Casas early and getting a strong start from Brayan Bello, the Red Sox broke away from the Twins for the victory by scoring five late runs. Continue reading →

Business

Real Estate

AI defense contractor Anduril is growing fast. And now it has a big home in Waltham.

The company, headquartered in California, signed a lease for 162,000 square feet, roughly four times the size of the space it currently occupies for Greater Boston operations. Continue reading →

Business

Edaville sells off amusement park rides after sale of park grounds to King Richard’s Faire

The popular amusement park sold off virtually all of its attractions on Wednesday. Continue reading →

Business

US hiring stayed strong in April, the early days of tariff policy

US employers added 177,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department reported Friday. And the unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.2 percent. Continue reading →

Obituaries
Arts & Lifestyle

Arts

Boston celebrates AAPI Heritage Month with events citywide

From dance and storytelling to food and film, here’s how to join this month’s festivities. Continue reading →

Arts

The Associates of the BPL’s Writer-in-Residence program to offer $70k stipend to an emerging author

On the heels of its 20th anniversary, the nonprofit’s 2025-26 residency program features a significant monetary boost, courtesy of an anonymous donor. Continue reading →

Theater

Hopeful messages about humanity abound in ‘Utopian Hotline’ at the planetarium

Attendees listen to messages through headphones as they take in imagery within the planetarium. Continue reading →