All of the headlines from today's paper.
Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Today's Headlines

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Healthcare

Why are so many primary care clinicians moving from Mass General Brigham to Beth Israel?

The doctors' departures are expected to cost MGB millions of dollars in revenue. Continue reading →

Higher Education

‘We are librarians with a lot of empty shelves’: Berkshire Community College rebuilds after losing 40,000 books

Fellow book lovers are pitching in to help, and BCC has now received thousands of books, gifts, and offers from private donors, public libraries, and prominent universities. Continue reading →

K-12

Tragic BPS school bus accident video appears to show driver’s eyes off the road

The driver was seemingly not looking at the road when the bus ran over and killed a Hyde Park kindergartner, according to a video recording viewed by the Globe. Continue reading →

Climate

Your New England home insurance could vanish. Climate change explains why.

From Connecticut to Maine, coastal communities are feeling the pinch of higher home insurance rates and fewer options for coverage. Continue reading →

The Nation

Politics

FBI seeks interviews with Democrats who urged US troops to defy illegal orders

It would mark the second investigation tied to the video, coming a day after the Pentagon said it was reviewing Democratic Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona over potential violations of military law. Continue reading →

Politics

Drug arrests and gun seizures fell as Homeland Security pursued immigration

The numbers reflect a shift in priorities as top officials at the department pulled special agents off drug, gun, and other complex criminal investigations. Continue reading →

Nation

Big meals can trigger heart attacks, just like stress or heavy exercise

Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, and about every 40 seconds, someone has a heart attack. Continue reading →

The World

World

Russia strikes Ukraine and signals resistance to amended peace plan

The attack on Kyiv killed at least seven people, according to the city’s mayor, and comes as the Trump administration was working to maintain momentum behind its efforts to end the war. Continue reading →

World

Vietnam’s year of floods, mud, and death

Central Vietnam has become the latest epicenter of a deadly rainy season in Asia that has been supercharged by climate change and seems to drag on without end. Continue reading →

World

Acclaimed writer of Indigenous stories says he is not Cherokee

King wrote in The Globe and Mail on Monday that his mother had told him that his biological father was part-Cherokee, but a genealogist working with an organization that aims to expose claims of false Indigenous heritage found no Cherokee connection. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

Columns

The awkward Thanksgiving of O. Henry’s ‘two gentlemen’

In a classic short story, two flawed men show how generosity — even when executed badly — can enlarge the soul. Continue reading →

Editorials

Boston’s World Cup moment in the sun gets some shade

Fan fests get the all-star treatment — just not here. Continue reading →

Columns

Trump administration wants to downgrade the professional status of nursing graduate programs

An Education Department change could limit loan access for potential nursing grad students. Continue reading →

Metro

Immigration

Immigration authorities detain and deport Babson College student to Honduras

College student Any Lucia Lopez Belloza was on her way to surprise her family for Thanksgiving. She was deported instead. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

40th annual Shattuck awards honor Boston public servants

This year's award recipients include police officers, librarians, and city employees. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

AG Campbell urges judge to toss Justice Department suit challenging Boston’s ‘sanctuary’ immigration policy

In the brief filed Monday in US District Court in Boston, Campbell wrote that the Trust Act complies with state law, including a 2017 ruling by the state’s highest court. Continue reading →

Sports

Patriots

The Patriots already have mastered the NFL’s most difficult challenge — learning how to win

Count it as one more piece of evidence these players believe in what Mike Vrabel is doing. Continue reading →

Red Sox

Red Sox trade for Cardinals righthander Sonny Gray

The Red Sox are sending righthander Richard Fitts and lefthanded pitching prospect Brandon Clarke to St. Louis in return. Continue reading →

High Schools

At 7, he entered foster care. At 17 he is the Greater Boston League’s MVP, shining at quarterback for Lynn English.

Lynn English quarterback Shane Knowlton Simard, whose foster parents went on to adopt him, has matured into a standout athlete hoping to garner a Division 1 scholarship. Continue reading →

Business

Consumer

Right street address, wrong city, big mess. Some 385 gallons of heating oil mistakenly delivered to Medford home.

The oil was supposed to be delivered to a home in Malden with the same address, officials said. Continue reading →

Business

Mamdani can have his ‘bromance’ with Trump, but Mayor Wu says she’s ‘not interested’

Last Friday’s meetup between President Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani raised eyebrows on both sides of the political aisle. Continue reading →

Real Estate

Near Fenway Park, a deck over the Pike is nearly done. But that’s all they’ll build for now.

Developer IQHQ says it will put the $1 billion project on hold until the life science real estate market improves. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Viola Fletcher, oldest survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, dies at 111

Ms. Fletcher, who as a child in 1921 saw her affluent Black neighborhood torched by white citizens in what became known as the Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Lifestyle

Some families are ‘adopting’ turkeys for Thanksgiving

An increasing number of farm animal sanctuaries across the country have started promoting this alternative version of Thanksgiving. Continue reading →

Music

Patti Smith toasts the 50th anniversary of ‘Horses’ at the Orpheum

For half a century, the quintessential punk poet has mingled her own brand of magpie religion with the church of rock ‘n’ roll. She took her debut LP, "Horses," to Boston Monday. Continue reading →

Music

From Stevie Nicks, a charming blend of solo spells and Fleetwood Mac at TD Garden

There’s a reason the word “witch” trails behind her as closely as one of her sequined shawls, and it was on full display Monday night at TD Garden during her latest solo tour. Continue reading →