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Monday, November 3, 2025
Today's Headlines

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New Hampshire

Farm to ... closet? In New England, a growing movement to put local wool to use.

For farmers, selling wool and yarn can provide an additional source of income to help keep their farms afloat. Continue reading →

Media

Why Strava, Letterboxd, Beli, and other niche social media apps are having a moment

The apps serve as both a personal diary and a tight-knit social network that some users prefer over larger sites networks that they believe have grown toxic. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Among the largest tax overrides in Mass. history loom in Melrose and Stoneham. Will voters go along?

Across Massachusetts, municipalities are increasingly asking voters to raise their property taxes above a state limit of 2.5 percent a year, with mixed results. Continue reading →

Politics

Trump says he ‘won’t be extorted’ by Democrats, shuns negotiations as shutdown drags on

“Republicans have to get tougher,” President Trump said in a CBS interview. “If we end the filibuster, we can do exactly what we want.” Continue reading →

Politics

War powers law does not apply to Trump’s boat strikes, administration says

The US military has killed about 65 people across 15 airstrikes on boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific so far. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Austin asked voters to raise taxes for the homeless. It’s not going well.

Opponents fear sharply increasing property taxes will add to a crisis of affordability and have suggested the City Council is beholden to developers. Continue reading →

Nation

Tariffs are Trump’s favorite foreign policy tool. The Supreme Court could change how he uses them.

This week, the Supreme Court hears arguments on whether the Republican president has overstepped federal law with many of his tariffs. Continue reading →

Nation

Anger over ICE raids is driving some Latino voters to the polls

Democratic officials and Latino voting rights activists worry that the ICE crackdown will dampen Latino turnout and that the presence of Justice Department election monitors at polling sites. Continue reading →

The World

World

Trump’s threat of military action in Nigeria prompts confusion, alarm

Daniel Bwala, an adviser to Nigerian President Ahmed Tinubu, disputed Trump’s characterization that Christians were being targeted, but added that he appreciated the president’s concern about the security situation. Continue reading →

World

UK police release 1 of 2 men arrested over train stabbings and laud ‘heroic’ rail worker

British police said that one of two men arrested in connection with a mass stabbing attack that spread fear and panic on a London-bound train a day earlier has been released without charge. Continue reading →

World

Israel says remains of 3 hostages returned by Hamas are soldiers killed in the October 2023 attack

Since the cease-fire took effect on Oct. 10, Palestinian militants have released the remains of 20 hostages, with eight now remaining in Gaza. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

Editorials

Drug raid hype at home casts doubt on lethal ‘drug boat’ airstrikes

When government lies to its own people, democracy’s at risk. Continue reading →

OpEds

Can Los Angeles elect its own Zohran Mamdani?

Mamdani’s Democratic primary win electrified LA's progressive movement, which had already made significant gains in the previous three election cycles. Continue reading →

Letters

High-speed rail — and even higher expectations

We shouldn’t have to choose between internet speeds and travel speeds — both are important, as are reliability, frequency, cost, and capacity. Continue reading →

Metro

Massachusetts

With loans on pause and SNAP in limbo, shutdown squeezes Mass. farmers.

Farmers have built SNAP-eligible products into their business models. Continue reading →

Politics

Shutdown showdown: From empty EBT cards to flight delays, Mass. feels the pinch

The shutdown passed a key date on Saturday, when many of the 1 million state residents receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits did not have their EBT cards refilled. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Amid voter fraud allegations, long-struggling Lawrence sees another setback

Instead of moving forward, community activists said, the city’s battered image has taken yet another blow. Continue reading →

Sports

Patriots

In the end, defense bails out Patriots’ sorry second-half offense — with some help from Lady Luck

The defense played Atlas and held up the Patriots’ world while quarterback Drake Maye made some youthful mistakes and just enough plays in the end. Continue reading →

Patriots

Streaking Patriots show some cracks, and other observations after they found a way to beat the Falcons

The Patriots deserve credit for winning a sixth straight when they clearly not at their best, but a better opponent — like, say, the Buccaneers — would have made them pay. Continue reading →

Patriots

DeMario Douglas trusts the process and it pays off in Patriots’ win over Falcons: ‘Now I can really preach it’

Douglas played an integral part in the offense, which hasn’t always been the case this season. The wide receiver finished with four catches on six targets for a team-high 100 yards and scored the opening touchdown in the Patriots' victory. Continue reading →

Business
Obituaries

Obituaries

Charles Baker III, problem-solving father of former governor, dies at 97

In a life that took him from Harvard to the Navy, Washington, D.C., and becoming a professor, Mr. Baker was a "multifaceted man," his son Alex said. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Setti Warren, former Newton mayor and leading political voice, dies at 55

No cause of death was disclosed Sunday by Harvard University, where Warren was the director of the Kennedy School's Institute of Politics. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Renato Casaro, ‘Michelangelo of movie posters,’ dies at 89

He became known through his posters for Sergio Leone's spaghetti westerns starring Clint Eastwood and would later work with Quentin Tarantino. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Lifestyle

MassArt alum Marcus Allen turned his high school closet into a vintage shopping mecca

The suburban Boston native is a sought-after curator of "heritage American mall brands" with his Manhattan vintage clothing showroom, Society Archive. Continue reading →

Things To Do

Free November events in Boston: Fleurs de Villes, Memory Café

From "Downton" decadence to a pop-up Ren Faire, here are no-cost events and activities across Greater Boston Nov. 3-9. Continue reading →

Lifestyle

Family thinks brother is too wealthy to be included in tradition

Advice from R. Eric Thomas. Continue reading →