All of the headlines from today's paper.
Sunday, July 27, 2025
Today's Headlines
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Massachusetts

In Fall River, a hellish nightmare of a fire

Visibility was near zero as smoke rapidly filled Gabriel House, an assisted living facility with 69 residents. People were screaming for help; some stayed in their rooms and called loved ones, some invoked the Almighty. Continue reading →

Politics

‘Like a horror’: A Harvard scientist studied the mysteries of aging. Now her future is in peril.

Kseniia Petrova’s future has hung in the balance since she allegedly failed to declare frog embryos that she was bringing back from France for research. Continue reading →

Travel

Summer is here. The international tourists are not. Why the US is losing billions in visitor revenue.

Trump, tariffs, and talk of the 51st state continue to drive international tourists away. Continue reading →

World

Dry Taps, empty lakes, shuttered cities: A water crisis batters Iran

Water supplies for Tehran are predicted to run out in just a few weeks, officials said, pleading with the public to reduce water consumption. Continue reading →

World

No proof Hamas routinely stole UN aid, Israeli military officials say

An internal US government analysis came to a similar conclusion. It found no evidence of systematic Hamas theft of US-funded humanitarian supplies, the report said. Continue reading →

Globe Magazine

‘I want Daddy.’ As ICE detains parents, children are left behind.

Often too young to understand where their mothers and fathers are, children of detainees suffer — and wait. Continue reading →

Canadians are livid. Most Americans have no clue.

The relationship between our two countries has fundamentally fractured. Continue reading →

Wildfires, EEE, rainy weekends. What happened to summer?

Maybe it’s environmental calamities or our over-scheduled lives, but the season feels like it’s picking up speed. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

A professor’s hunt for the rarest Chinese typewriter

A historian went down an 18-year rabbit hole in search of obsolete machines. But there was one he thought he’d never find. Continue reading →

Nation

DOGE builds AI tool to cut 50 percent of federal regulations

The tool is supposed to analyze roughly 200,000 federal regulations to determine which can be eliminated because they are no longer required by law, according to a PowerPoint presentation Continue reading →

Nation

Trump’s MAGA allies zero in on Ghislaine Maxwell as Epstein furor persists

Some of MAGA’s most prominent voices say that Ghislaine Maxwell, who was sentenced to 20 years for sex trafficking girls for Epstein, has inside knowledge that would help law enforcement bring untold elites to justice. Continue reading →

The World

World

Drivers vs. cyclists: a battle for the streets in Canada’s largest city

Some of the most popular bike lanes were making Toronto’s notorious traffic worse, according to the provincial government. So Ontario passed a bill to rip out 14 miles of the lanes from three major streets that serve the core of the city. Continue reading →

World

Pope Leo says migrants and refugees can bring light and aspiration from dark corners of the world

“In a world darkened by war and injustice, even when all seems lost, migrants and refugees stand as messengers of hope," the pontiff said in a letter. Continue reading →

World

Trump’s trip to Scotland echoes an earlier visit, when he applauded Brexit

The populist wave that Trump predicted would wash across Europe has ebbed and flowed, leaving a fragmented political landscape with a handful of populist leaders whose fortunes are mixed. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

Editorials

Boston needs to talk about housing for the middle class

A strong body of evidence suggests the city is becoming a place for the rich, who can afford the city’s exorbitant prices, and the poor, who qualify for subsidies. What about everyone else? Continue reading →

Letters

Churches, politics, and taxes

Readers debate issues raised by a recent op-ed headlined "Do we really want churches to become more political?" Continue reading →

Columns

Trump’s latest Epstein distraction — falsely accusing Obama of ‘treason’

He’s smearing the former president to shift focus from the self-inflicted crisis consuming his administration. Continue reading →

Metro

Politics

Mass. voters refused to legalize psychedelics. Then came the campaign infighting.

Two former staffers have made complaints to state campaign finance regulators. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Thousands gather in Boston’s Seaport for Boston While Black Family Reunion

The event has steadily grown since it was established in 2021, and this year the festivities were divided between two Seaport locations. Continue reading →

K-12

Kids still aren’t going to school. Here are six big ideas to get absenteeism under control.

The latest chronic absenteeism data, through March 2025, paints perhaps the grimmest picture yet for Massachusetts students: Progress in getting kids back in class has all but stopped. Continue reading →

Sports

Patriots

Despite back-to-back 4-13 seasons, the Patriots are somehow the feel-good team of New England, and other thoughts

Desperate local fans (remember all those parades?) are bullish on this new team. Continue reading →

Red Sox

Garrett Crochet outduels Clayton Kershaw, Jarren Duran has two triples and a double in Red Sox win

Crochet (12-4) allowed two runs in the first inning, then combined with Justin Wilson, Garrett Whitlock, and Aroldis Chapman to blank the Dodgers for eight innings. Continue reading →

Red Sox

Dwight Evans has another shot at the Baseball Hall of Fame. Here’s what the data say about his candidacy.

This could be the last chance for Evans, 73, who has been in this position several times before, only to be disappointed. Continue reading →

Business
Ideas

Ideas

She was the bard of loneliness — who thrived on human connection

Despite her solitude, Emily Dickinson tended deep bonds with others by writing hundreds of letters. There are lessons in that for us today. Continue reading →

Ideas

Next time you’re at the airport, stop by the chapel

Flying seems to bring out the worst in us. I escape the chaos in an often overlooked sanctuary. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Jack McAuliffe, who brewed a craft beer revolution, dies at 80

In 1976, he founded the New Albion Brewing Co., the first new brewery in America since Prohibition and the inspiration for thousands of craft brewers. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Music

Is it art or just one big hoax? This rising AI band could be both.

The rise of AI band Velvet Sundown raises questions about the role of AI in the music industry. What will AI-generated music do to the arts? Continue reading →

Music

The 20 best albums of 2025 (so far)

From country-soul to Cuban jazz, Globe music writers weigh in with their favorite releases of the year. Continue reading →

Music

Does live music at Logan baggage claim actually make us feel better about the wait? Our critic went to find out.

On a recent night, with easy-to-like tunes and jovial travelers, it worked. But how would it land if our travel day had gone very wrong, indeed? Continue reading →

Travel

Travel

Summer is here. The international tourists are not. Why the US is losing billions in visitor revenue.

Trump, tariffs, and talk of the 51st state continue to drive international tourists away. Continue reading →

Travel

A Maine campground rents cabins inspired by Wes Anderson films. Is it worth $500 a night to live like a Tenenbaum?

We checked in to check out the full "Grand Budapest Hotel" experience. Continue reading →

Real Estate

Real Estate

A Vermont country girl becomes a Boston city slicker

There, fields and woods spread across the state. Here, we’re stacked on top of each other. Continue reading →