All of the headlines from today's paper.
Monday, May 26, 2025
Today's Headlines
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K-12

Trump’s budget threatens Mass. English learner, college transition programs

The cuts include funding for schooling for migrant farmworkers and their children and connector programs that help high school students from disadvantaged backgrounds transition to college. Continue reading →

K-12

Company involved in deadly school bus crash has history of personal injury claims in Boston

Transdev has faced at least 15 lawsuits since it began operating BPS buses in 2013, court records show. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

‘We need to do more’: Five years after George Floyd, police reform slows in Massachusetts

Political momentum has dropped, and the state Legislature’s signature reform achievement is scaling back its ambitions due to insufficient funding. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Court-appointed attorneys in Massachusetts plan to stop taking cases this week amid pay fight

The Massachusetts court system could face a crisis without these lawyers because defendants have a constitutional right to counsel. Continue reading →

Nation

81 years after he died in World War II, a young aviator comes home

On Memorial Day, 81 years after 2nd Lt. Thomas V. Kelly Jr. was killed off the coast of New Guinea, and two years after his remains were recovered from the underwater crash site, he is to be buried beside his family in Livermore, California. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

The US military spent $6 billion in the past 3 years to recruit and retain troops

The US military spent more than $6 billion over the past three years to recruit and retain service members, in what has been a growing campaign to counter enlistment shortfalls. Continue reading →

Nation

Veterans recoil at Trump plan to end Afghans’ deportation protection

The Trump administration’s move to end deportation protections for wartime allies who fled to the United States after the fall of Afghanistan has infuriated veterans of the 20-year conflict there, who say the US government is betraying a sacred promise made to some of America’s most vulnerable partners. Continue reading →

Nation

The Digital Equity Act tried to close the digital divide. Trump calls it racist and acts to end it.

The Digital Equity Act gave states and tribes flexibility to deliver high-speed internet access to families that could not afford it, computers to kids who did not have them, telehealth access to older adults in rural areas, and training and job skills to veterans. Continue reading →

The World

World

Russia bombards Ukraine with one of war’s largest air assaults

Russia unleashed one of its largest drone and missile barrages of the war on Ukraine overnight, killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens across the country in an hourslong assault that Ukrainian officials said showed Moscow had no interest in a truce. Continue reading →

World

Israel’s latest strikes in Gaza kill 38 people, including children

Israel is pursuing a new US-backed plan to control all aid to Gaza, which the United Nations has rejected. Continue reading →

World

Pope Leo XIV declares ‘I am Roman!’ as he completes formalities to become bishop of Rome

The first American pope formally took possession of the St. John Lateran Basilica, which is Rome’s cathedral and seat of the diocese, with an evening Mass. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

Editorials

Nation’s vets deserve more than parades and empty promises

Trump continues to show he values military hardware and long-ago "victories" over those who fought. Continue reading →

OpEds

Asking for help without feeling helpless

Maybe it’s my generation’s destiny to push back at the last gender-based assumption on the list: that whatever the test, older women are not up to it. Continue reading →

Columns

New cannabis commission director wants to stay out of the headlines

After turmoil in the agency, a person who is comfortable discussing the mundanities of arcane government procedure is the right person for the job. Continue reading →

Metro

Higher Education

Harvard is the most celebrated university in the world. Will Trump’s international student ban derail that standing?

As the standoff between the university and the Trump administration escalates, the appeal of Harvard, and its standing on the global stage, seemingly hangs in the balance. Continue reading →

Metro

Once a wise guy, always a wise guy: Of course 82-year-old Ralph DeLeo is accused of committing more crimes

The longtime New England mafioso should be playing bocce and sipping espresso from little white cups. Instead, he’s doing what he’s always done: crime. Continue reading →

Metro

Today in History: May 26, the World War II Dunkirk evacuation begins

Today is Monday, May 26, the 146th day of 2025. There are 219 days left in the year. This is Memorial Day. Continue reading →

Sports

Colleges

North Carolina women’s lacrosse completes perfect season, claims NCAA title at Gillette Stadium

The Tar Heels took down Northwestern in front of a record crowd in Foxborough. Continue reading →

Red Sox

‘Average’ Red Sox split series with Orioles to finish homestand 5-5

Boston stranded eight baserunners and committed three costly errors in a defeat to Baltimore. Continue reading →

Bruins

United States wins first world championship gold medal in 92 years, with Bruins’ Jeremy Swayman stopping everything

Tage Thompson finished off a two-on-one 2:02 into overtime for the game's only goal. Continue reading →

Business

Retail

A wave of new owners brings fresh energy to independent bookselling

Independent stores will likely never recover their power of 50 years ago, but the days of industry predictions of their demise seem well behind. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Susan Brownmiller, who reshaped views about rape, dies at 90

Her book "Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape" helped debunk many of the myths of rape, reframing it as a crime of power and violence. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Things To Do

Free things to do Memorial Day week: Self-defense, museum admission, and burgers

Here are events to keep your mind, ears, and wallet happy this week. Continue reading →

Theater

ArtsEmerson announces new season of programming

Circus arts and social issues all find a place on the calendar. Continue reading →

Music Reviews

A millennial rock marathon at Boston Calling

Rock from the early aughts dominated on Saturday. Continue reading →