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Thursday, May 29, 2025
Today's Headlines

Harvard is busy. As the university celebrates its 374th commencement, a few miles away, its lawyers are arguing against a Trump administration effort to bar international students from the campus. Follow live.

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Politics

In Massachusetts’ island communities, sudden ICE arrests rattle Nantucket, Martha’s Vineyard

The sweeping ICE enforcement action offered the starkest reminder yet that in every part of Massachusetts, as temperatures climb, this is shaping up to be another season of Trump. Continue reading →

Retail

Longtime Market Basket leader Arthur T. Demoulas placed on paid leave by board of supermarket chain

The board’s executive committee is investigating whether Demoulas was considering plans to lead a work stoppage that could disrupt the supermarket chain’s business. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Violent crime is stalking young people in Chelsea in numbers not seen in more than a decade

The March killing of 17-year-old Juan Carlos Lemus came as violent crimes against young people in Chelsea approached decade highs. Continue reading →

Higher Education

How safe is the future for international students in the US?

As Trump targets foreign students, the fear is palpable from Harvard Yard to UMass Amherst. Continue reading →

World

UN condemns Israel’s new aid program in Gaza, after chaotic start

Israel is weathering one of its toughest weeks on the diplomatic stage since the start of the war in Gaza, as its allies, including President Trump, appear increasingly fed up with the protracted war, as well as Israel’s conduct of it. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

In ‘detention alley,’ a small town benefits from a big ICE facility

The economic benefits of detention, in a rural parish where about a quarter of residents live in poverty, have muted criticism of the president’s immigration policies. Continue reading →

Nation

Study finds a steep decline in mothers’ mental health

The mental health of mothers in the United States declined significantly from 2016 to 2023, according to a large new study published Tuesday in JAMA Internal Medicine. Continue reading →

Nation

Cuomo proposes $20 minimum wage for New York City

As he runs for mayor of New York City, Andrew M. Cuomo has made no secret of what he thinks was one of his greatest achievements as the state's governor. Continue reading →

The World

World

Germany says it will step up weapons support for Ukraine

Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Wednesday that Germany would step up its support for Ukraine, increasing funding for the production of weapons — including long-range ones — and sending more military equipment to Kyiv. Continue reading →

World

Stalin’s image returns to Moscow’s subway, honoring a brutal history

After a nearly six-decade absence, the face of Josef Stalin, the Soviet dictator who was not known for sparing lives to achieve his goals, is once again greeting commuters in one of Moscow's ornate subway stations. Continue reading →

World

A desperate Haiti turns to a Trump ally in fight against gangs

Erik Prince, a private military contractor and prominent supporter of President Donald Trump, is working with Haiti's government to conduct lethal operations against gangs that are terrorizing the nation and threatening to take over its capital. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

OpEds

Democrats, don’t risk free speech in the name of protecting kids

The Kids Online Safety Act empowers the government to be speech police. Continue reading →

Columns

Why Trump’s attack on big law matters

By targeting pro bono programs, Trump’s vengeful executive orders deny real justice to those who need it most but can afford it the least. Continue reading →

Editorials

Booze and politics: Cutting the legislative cord

Nearly a century after Prohibition, some lawmakers cling to their power to dole out licenses. Continue reading →

Metro

Boston Mayoral Race

Josh Kraft’s campaign has a big bank account, but small ideas

A Kraft-supporting super PAC is about to spend $1.4 million to attack Mayor Michelle Wu via every available form of media. Continue reading →

Higher Education

‘It seems like science fiction.’ Harvard students set to graduate amid fear, uncertainty of Trump’s pressure campaign.

Harvard Square buzzed this week with graduates and parents attending ceremonies and collecting regalia before commencement, which is Thursday. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Former official in Norfolk County sheriff’s office indicted on extortion charges

Thomas Brady, 53, of Norwood, was indicted by a federal grand jury on four counts of extortion and three counts of use of interstate facilities to commit bribery and extortion, US Attorney Leah B. Foley’s office said in a statement. Continue reading →

Sports

Red Sox

The Red Sox don’t have the big league talent to match their lofty expectations

Beset by season-altering injuries to their corner infielders, the Sox and their vaunted sustainability plan are exposed, along with a thin roster. Continue reading →

Red Sox

More walkoff misery in Milwaukee as Red Sox swept by Brewers

After an offday Thursday, the Red Sox are back in action Friday night for the start of a three-game set against the Braves in Atlanta. Continue reading →

Patriots

Patriots say they will handle issue of Stefon Diggs passing baggie of pink substance to women on a boat internally, and other observations

Diggs, who is rehabbing a torn ACL suffered last October, spent part of Memorial Day weekend on a boat in Florida with rapper Cardi B. Continue reading →

Business

Business

In Charlestown, smaller ambitions for big housing development

Developers planning to build up to 705 units of housing on city-owned parking lots across from Bunker Hill Community College are moving forward with the project, but have scaled down its first phase to make it more economically feasible. Continue reading →

Economy

In Trump’s Bizarro World, kneecapping Harvard will make America great again

The president puts his campaign for control ahead of the economy. Continue reading →

Business

Vance urges crypto industry to stay involved in politics as he touts Trump administration’s record

Stories you may have missed from the world of business. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Kenyan author and dissident who became a giant of modern literature, dies at 87

Whether through novels such as “The Wizard of the Crow” and “Petals of Blood,” memoirs such as “Birth of a Dream Weaver” or the landmark critique “Decolonizing the Mind,” Mr. Ngũgĩ embodied the very heights and the perils of the artist’s calling. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Marcel Ophuls, myth-shattering war documentarian, is dead at 97

Marcel Ophuls, the German-born filmmaker whose powerful documentary "The Sorrow and the Pity" exploded the myth of widespread French resistance to the Nazi occupation during World War II, died over the weekend in France. He was 97. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Movies

‘Moonwalkers’ cinematic experience from Tom Hanks opens in Boston this summer

Narrated by Hanks, the immersive experience takes visitors on a trip through lunar history. Continue reading →

Books

Martha Hall Kelly draws inspiration from her family tree for her new historical novel set on Martha’s Vineyard

The "Lilac Girls" author researched WWII history on the island for her latest book. Continue reading →

Lifestyle

Aunt wants information about adopted niece’s birth mother

Advice from R. Eric Thomas. Continue reading →