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Tuesday, August 19, 2025


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Today's Headlines

Trump presidency: We're gathering all the latest news, updates, and analysis.
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War on Harvard


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Harvard hiring investigation could upend employment practices for institutions well beyond academia

Harvard is now a key target in the conservative movement’s efforts to roll back decades of diversity hiring practices.
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Money, Power, Inequality


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‘There is real damage being done’: Rising Black unemployment could signal deeper economic woes

Workers of color are often the first to feel the impact of a weakening economy, and the rising nationwide Black unemployment rate could be a sign of more job losses to come.
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Metro


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‘Knowledge sets you free’: Brazilian rap battle becomes mainstay at Cambridge park

Every Sunday, rain or shine, Brazilian immigrants gather at North Point Park to participate in rap battles in Portuguese.
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Nation


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Texas Democrats end walkout, allowing redrawn map to pass

Democrats in the Texas Legislature who had left the state to halt an aggressive redistricting returned to Texas and ended their two-week walkout Monday, opening the way for Republicans to pass a redrawn congressional map called for by President Trump.
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Nation


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Conservative network Newsmax agrees to pay $67 million in defamation case over bogus 2020 election claims

The conservative network Newsmax will pay $67 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of defaming a voting equipment company by spreading lies about President Trump’s 2020 election loss, according to documents filed Monday.
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The Nation






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Cash might be the new way to reduce children’s deaths

Of every 1,000 children born in Kenya, 32 don't make it to their first birthdays. Study after study has explored how to improve those staggering numbers, in Kenya and elsewhere.
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Nation


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Republican bid to help Trump move past Epstein falls flat

WASHINGTON — When House Republican leaders rushed to leave Washington for a long August break, they seemed desperate to quell the anger among their supporters about the Trump administration’s backtracking on a promise to release files related to its investigation of accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
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Nation


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Trump wants to fight Democrats on crime. They’re treading cautiously.

With his efforts to take control of law enforcement in Washington, D.C., last week, President Trump has pushed the issue of crime back to the foreground of American politics.
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The World






World


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Paris braces for a future of possibly paralyzing heat

France has recently experienced its second heat wave of the summer, with temperatures reaching record highs last week in the southwest and heat alerts covering three-quarters of the country.
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World


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Russian attacks kill 14 in Ukraine

Ukrainian officials pointed to the attacks as a further sign that Russia had no intention of halting hostilities.
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Editorial & Opinion






Editorials


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Obscure anticompetitive school bus law deserves repeal

Rule stops regional school districts from having in-house bus service.
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Columns


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At Boston’s Dominican parade and festival, fear lingers but joy wins

"It’s scary," one participant said of the surge in immigration raids. But that fear didn’t stop the celebration.
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Columns


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Kate Merrill wasn’t wrong to correct the pronunciation of Concord

Since a television meteorologist is part of a news broadcast, proper pronunciation does matter.
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Metro






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‘Knowledge sets you free’: Brazilian rap battle becomes mainstay at Cambridge park

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Politics


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Boston tour highlights fight to preserve African American history amid ‘whitewash’ fears

Massachusetts officials and civic leaders, concerned by the Trump administration's potential erasure of history, honored Boston's African American history with a tour.
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Boston Mayoral Race


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Wu to respond to Bondi’s demands to end immigrant-friendly policies in Tuesday press conference

Mayor Michelle Wu’s office announced she will be joined by other elected officials and local leaders for the event.
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Red Sox


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Red Sox bats silenced by Orioles lefthander Trevor Rogers

The loss dropped the Sox (68-58) into a virtual three-way tie with the Yankees (67-57) and Mariners (68-58) for the three wild-card spots.
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Patriots


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A big trade for the Patriots? Eliot Wolf says he ‘absolutely’ would be willing to do that, and observations from Monday’s practice

Wolf said the Patriots would be willing to part with a first- or second-round pick in a potential deal.
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Celtics


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Will Payton Pritchard or Anfernee Simons start at guard for the Celtics? And other thoughts as training camp looms.

The biggest question mark will come at the second guard spot, with Payton Pritchard and Anfernee Simons likely to receive consideration.
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Retail


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Last ally of Arthur T. Demoulas removed from Market Basket board

The three sisters of the sidelined Market Basket CEO have removed longtime board member Bill Shea in an escalating battle over the future of the supermarket chain.
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Bold Types


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May Lee leaves RPI to join Olin College as its new president

Citizens Bank finds its new CFO; Suffolk gets bigger in NYC; Flutie takes the mound in Brockton.
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Business


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Oil and gas prices are falling, a boon for drivers, and Trump

Stories you may have missed from the world of business.
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Obituaries






Obituaries


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Jules Witcover, political columnist who relished the horse race, dies at 98

Mr. Witcover was known for the long-running syndicated column he wrote with his Baltimore Sun colleague Jack Germond.
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Obituaries


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Terence Stamp, luminary of 1960s British cinema, dies at 87

Mr. Stamp was a magnetic British actor who had film roles in "Billy Budd," "Far From the Madding Crowd," "Superman," and "The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert."
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Arts & Lifestyle






Television


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‘America’s Team,’ Jerry Jones, and the pleasures of hate watching

A new docuseries delves into the history of the Dallas Cowboys.
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Love Letters


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Do people ask each other out on dates IRL anymore?

I wish someone would ask me out.
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Arts


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From Superman to MLK, 97-year-old Andover resident and comic artist honored in Boston for his legendary career

The National Cartoonists Society celebrated Seymour “Sy” Barry during the 79th annual Reuben Awards.
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