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Tuesday, July 29, 2025
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Higher Education

Campus tensions over the war in Gaza return to MIT amid growing antisemitism allegations

Tensions on campus over the war in Gaza are simmering again this summer, with all the elements for another high-profile confrontation — and it couldn’t be happening at a more inopportune time. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

The Coast Guard wants to remove hundreds of buoys. Local boaters say: Don’t take mine!

A massive review of nearly each buoy along the New England coast is underway to determine how many can be removed. Continue reading →

Healthcare

Judge blocks Trump’s funding cutoff to Planned Parenthood, but uncertainty affecting patient care

A federal judge in Boston ruled Monday that the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts can continue to accept Medicaid payments, adding to confusion about the organization's future. Continue reading →

Nation

Gunman kills 4, including police officer, in shooting at New York City office tower

The shooting took place at a skyscraper that is home to the headquarters of both the NFL and Blackstone, one of the world’s largest investment firms, as well as other tenants. Continue reading →

Politics

Trump says he wants Netanyahu to ‘make sure they get the food’ in Gaza amid humanitarian crisis

The president said the US and other nations are giving money and food to Gaza but that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has “got to sort of like run it.” Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Bird flu wiped out poultry. Now the screwworm is coming for beef.

With beef prices already soaring, the outbreak of screwworm is a real threat to both cows and the cost of living for America’s meat lovers. Continue reading →

Nation

Harvard is said to be open to spending up to $500 million to resolve Trump dispute, NYT says

The sum sought by the government is more than twice as much as the $200 million that Columbia University said it would pay when it settled antisemitism claims with the White House last week. Continue reading →

Nation

Fishing groups push to postpone protections for endangered right whale

The North Atlantic right whale numbers only about 370 and has declined over the last 15 years. Continue reading →

The World

World

France calls on the EU to pressure Israel to come to the table on Palestinian two-state solution

France on Monday called on the European Union to pressure Israel to agree to a two-state solution with the Palestinians, the latest escalation from the French as they seek an end to the deadly Gaza war days after pledging to recognize Palestine as a state. Continue reading →

World

Thailand and Cambodia agree to halt fighting that has killed dozens

Thailand and Cambodia agreed to a cease-fire starting at midnight Monday, the leaders of both countries said, after the deadliest conflict between their nations in more than a decade killed at least 38 people and displaced hundreds of thousands of civilians. Continue reading →

World

‘Revenge is not a policy’: Israelis voice dissent against the war in the Gaza Strip

Abhorrence of Israel’s devastating war in the Gaza Strip has resonated for months in capitals and in university campuses abroad. Now, a growing number of Israelis are speaking out against what they describe as atrocities carried out in their name in the Palestinian enclave. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

Columns

Wu continues to be dogged by White Stadium’s cost and community impact

Who could blame Boston Legacy for thinking things don’t have to be as hard as White Stadium is turning out to be? Continue reading →

Editorials

Cannabis commission must move past ‘toxic’ workplace culture

New documents paint a picture of a previously dysfunctional agency. Continue reading →

Letters

With its immigration policies, US closes its doors to the world

That the Everglades has been desecrated to make room for "Alligator Alcatraz" is a tragedy. Continue reading →

Metro

Health

City announces $5 million in grants to address health inequalities in Dorchester, Mattapan, and Roxbury

Boston will give $5 million in grant funding to four community coalitions to address racial and ethnic inequality in health care in Dorchester, Mattapan, and Roxbury. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Two Mass. women killed in campground explosion at Old Orchard Beach in Maine

Shortly after arriving at the camper, the friends lit a candle to cover up the smell of what investigators believe was a propane leak. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

The pizazz, perils, and pratfalls of life under the Big Top

Circus Smirkus, based in Vermont, is the only traveling youth circus performing under the Big Top in the US. Continue reading →

Sports

Red Sox

Baseball’s split from its past feels more severe than previous shifts, and more observations from Cooperstown

Crusty oldtimers always insist things were better in their day, but today’s Hall of Famers increasingly feel estranged from the people who run the game. Continue reading →

Red Sox

Jarren Duran was an All-Star last year, but this year ‘has just been me fighting my own self’

“It’s kind of hard to not look at last year, because all the negative stuff I see is that I suck and I’m not what I was last year,” said Duran. Continue reading →

Red Sox

After lengthy delay, Red Sox get walked off by the Twins

Jordan Hicks melted down in the bottom of the ninth inning, the climax of a highly unusual — and very long — final frame. Continue reading →

Business

Business

N.H. restaurant owner who alleged conspiracy of retaliation by police reaches $75,000 settlement

After being bombarded with hate-filled messages, the owner turned to the Franklin Police Department for help — and did not get the response she expected. Continue reading →

Bold Types

Friends president Liza Meyer helps usher in big changes to the Boston Common, America’s oldest park

Meyer recently left City Hall to take over for Liz Vazza as president of the Friends of the Public Garden. Continue reading →

Jobs

Market Basket suspends dozens of employees in New Bedford following immigration audit

The suspensions have affected 48 employees, according to Adrian Ventura, executive director of Centro Comunitario de Trabajadores, an immigrant worker advocacy group in New Bedford. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Tom Lehrer, math whiz who found international fame as a musical satirist, dies at 97

“It’s very flattering that people remember the songs and have kept them alive all these years,” Mr. Lehrer told The Boston Globe in 1984, “but it’s a little unreal." Continue reading →

Obituaries

Raymond Saunders, painter who rejected racial pigeonholes, dies at 90

Mr. Saunders, a belatedly recognized Bay Area artist, died just a few days after his first retrospective at a major museum, in his native Pittsburgh, closed. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Joan Anderson, unsung heroine of hula hoop history, dies at 101

In 1956, Ms. Anderson, a Los Angeles housewife, flew to Australia, her home country, to visit her parents. When she arrived, she realized that a curious fitness craze had taken hold. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Love Letters

I want more kissing and squeezing in this marriage

Tips for making things sizzle after 30 years? Continue reading →

Television

When Matthew met Woody

Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson's onscreen chemistry keeps reuniting them. Continue reading →

Movies

From ‘Mamma Mia’ to ‘Singin’ in the Rain,’ here are the best movies to see around Boston this week

In the mood for a song-and-dance? Looking for some New England representation? Check out these favorites. Continue reading →