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Politics

Trump says he’s ‘solved the inflation problem.’ The economic data tell a different story.

Despite his assertions, inflation has begun rising as the impact of high tariffs starts kicking in. Continue reading →

Immigration

A ‘special immigrant juvenile’ designation used to offer some young immigrants security. These days? Not so much.

Jaime, a 21-year-old from Ecuador, spent more than seven weeks in immigration custody, including at a federal prison in Berlin, N.H., despite having no criminal charges. Continue reading →

Higher Education

Universities are grappling with how to pay new endowment taxes. Some analysts say the answer is to admit more students.

More than a dozen schools across the nation are expected to fall under the top tax rate in the new Republican tax and spending law, including Harvard and MIT. Continue reading →

Politics

Healey gives administration managers $10 million in raises, the second salary bump in six months

After saying she is halting a pay hike for executive branch managers planned for January, Governor Healey is giving those same employees a separate raise this month. Continue reading →

Politics

Bondi facing Democratic calls to testify following report she told Trump he was in Epstein files

The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that the attorney general told President Trump his name was among many high-profile figures mentioned in the files on Jeffrey Epstein. Continue reading →

The Nation

Politics

Targeting Obama, Trump’s retribution campaign takes another turn

After focusing his second-term ire on other individuals and institutions, President Trump is again seeking prosecution of his most prominent rivals. Continue reading →

Nation

Judge sentences man who killed four University of Idaho students to life in prison

Bryan Kohberger was ordered to serve four life sentences. He will not be eligible for parole and must pay restitution to the victims’ families. Continue reading →

Politics

A new golf course and old grudges await Trump in Scotland

Many Scots refuse to make peace with President Trump or his golf resorts, even after he deepened his investment in the land. Continue reading →

The World

World

More than 100 aid groups warn of starvation in Gaza as Israeli strikes kill 29, officials say

Experts say Gaza is at risk of famine because of Israel’s blockade and the offensive launched in response to Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack. Continue reading →

World

UN court rules countries must limit greenhouse emissions

The United Nations’ highest judicial body ruled Wednesday that nations have a “duty” to prevent environmental harm and are obliged to limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, which come primarily from fossil fuels. Continue reading →

World

Scientists in Barbados rediscover world’s smallest-known snake

Some scientists worried that the Barbados threadsnake had become extinct, but one sunny morning, Connor Blades lifted a rock in a tiny forest in the eastern Caribbean island and held his breath. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

Editorials

When deportations leave immigrant children parentless

There are ways for undocumented parents to prepare for the worst: being deported and leaving their children behind. Continue reading →

Columns

Josh Kraft is defining himself — the wrong way

He has not been able to make his case in a way that makes a difference in the Boston mayoral race. Continue reading →

OpEds

Is Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ cancellation really about money, or something more?

It’s another political capitulation in the Trump era. Continue reading →

Metro

Health

Fall River fire prompts reconsideration of how Mass. regulates assisted living

Staffing ratios, the affordability of care, and safety regulations are all being reconsidered in the wake of the Fall River blaze. Continue reading →

Immigration

Health care workers protest outside Burlington ICE facility

The Trump administration’s enforcement tactics will impact health care in Massachusetts, said medical professionals who protested outside the Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Burlington. Continue reading →

Immigration

Boston voters resoundingly support limits on police cooperation with Trump deportation efforts, Suffolk/Globe poll shows

Roughly 62 percent of poll respondents said they viewed the local pro-immigrant ordinance "strongly" favorably, despite the Trump administration's efforts to attack the city and Mayor Michelle Wu over the policy. Continue reading →

Sports

High Schools

Two will be charged in Milford baseball brawl; game resumed with ‘heavy’ police presence, authorities say

There was a heavy police presence, but no disturbances Wednesday at Fino Field, where Milford and East Springfield resumed their suspended game. East Springfield won, advancing to the Legion state championship. Continue reading →

Patriots

The chance to work with Josh McDaniels, and play alongside Stefon Diggs, has Patriots receiver DeMario Douglas fired up

Douglas is aware that the opportunity to work with McDaniels gives him the chance to take his game to another level. Continue reading →

PWHL

Boston Fleet name Kris Sparre to succeed Courtney Kessel as head coach

Sparre, who spent the past three seasons as an assistant coach with the AHL’s San Diego Gulls, will succeed Kessel, who stepped down in June. Continue reading →

Business

Media

Longtime WBZ medical reporter Dr. Mallika Marshall says she has been laid off by the station

Marshall said her last day is Friday, after 21 years with the station. Continue reading →

Business

Fenway concession workers say they’ll strike Friday unless they get a contract

The strike against food services company Aramark would last three day as the Red Sox and Los Angeles Dodgers play a weekend series at Fenway Park. Continue reading →

Finance

State Street consolidating Boston offices, pulling out of Fort Point

One Channel Center, the 500,000-square-foot building along A Street, could be empty after the departure of the financial services giant later this year. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Roger Norrington, iconoclastic British conductor, dies at 91

A star of the historically informed performance movement, Mr. Norrington served as an artistic director of the Handel and Hayden Society from 2006 to 2009. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Arts

The Boston French Film Festival returns to the MFA with a focus on authenticity

Middle age, immigration, and farming communities all get a focus at the festival. Continue reading →

Arts

Boston’s Age Strong Commission expands senior programming

“For Boston to be a home for everyone, it needs to be a home for every generation,” said Mayor Michelle Wu. Continue reading →

Music

Dropkick Murphys pull from Punk in the Park shows over Trump donations

The Dropkicks wrote that the financial contributions to the Trump campaign conflict with its own fierce opposition to the president’s policies. Continue reading →