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Higher Education

Harvard DEI changes leave some students feeling abandoned: ‘It sends an incredibly damaging signal’

One area on which Harvard has indicated it is willing to concede to the Trump administration: diversity, equity, and inclusion. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

Federal authorities apologize for deporting Babson College freshman in violation of court order. Next steps remain unclear.

Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, 19, was arrested by ICE agents at Logan International Airport on Thanksgiving morning. Continue reading →

Rhode Island Crime

He helped find the Brown University shooter. Will John from Reddit be rewarded?

The FBI has declined to say whether the reward will be issued. Brown officials have kept details private. And while John himself has remained elusive, community members say he deserves more than praise. Continue reading →

Politics

Mass. GOP gubernatorial candidates call the economy a nightmare. Healey claims it’s thriving. Who’s right?

Depending on the candidate for Massachusetts governor, voters are seemingly living in two realities. Continue reading →

Real Estate

Boston’s plan to kill life sciences and housing project in Roxbury triggers bitter reaction

It’s an abrupt change of course for the long-vacant parcel known as P3, where developers have struggled for decades to get anything built. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Six US prosecutors quit over push to investigate widow of ICE shooting victim

Six federal prosecutors in Minnesota resigned Tuesday over the Justice Department's push to investigate the widow of a woman killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent and the department's reluctance to investigate the shooter, according to people with knowledge of their decision. Continue reading →

Politics

Justices seem inclined to allow states to bar transgender athletes

The Supreme Court's conservative majority on Tuesday seemed inclined to uphold a pair of state laws barring the participation of transgender athletes from girls and women's sports teams. Continue reading →

Nation

Medical groups will try to block childhood vaccine recommendations

Six leading medical organizations plan to ask the courts to throw out revisions to the childhood vaccination schedule announced by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other federal officials. Continue reading →

The World

World

‘Shoot to Kill’: Accounts of crackdown emerge from Iran

As Iranian authorities impose a near-total communication blackout on a country convulsed by mass protests, videos and witness accounts slowly emerging suggest that the government is waging one of its deadliest crackdowns on unrest in more than a decade. Continue reading →

World

Son of deposed shah wants center stage amid Iran protests

As mass protests have swept Iran, some Iranians have called for an unexpected figure to take center stage — Reza Pahlavi, scion of the Pahlavi monarchs who ruled Iran before their ouster 47 years ago. Continue reading →

World

Prosecutors seek death for South Korea’s former leader over martial law attempt

South Korean prosecutors on Tuesday said they were seeking the death sentence for former president Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed attempt to declare martial law in December 2024. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

Editorials

Mitt Romney puts a spotlight on Social Security’s looming shortfall

Without changes, the retirement program won’t be able to pay the full benefits that have been promised to retirees. Continue reading →

Columns

When America votes in the UN General Assembly, it ratifies a charade

A better approach: Remain at the table, but never cast a General Assembly vote. Continue reading →

Letters

Scaling back services at Mass. and Cass will do significant harm

Substance use disorder is a chronic disease, not a moral failing. Boston should respond accordingly. Continue reading →

Metro

K-12

Is $3 million enough to expand mental health services in school? Advocates say no.

One in six teens experiences a major depressive episode each year. Continue reading →

Metro

Ex-prosecutor distances himself from Öztürk, Mahdawi cases as he seeks confirmation to Vermont Supreme Court

Michael Drescher, who sought to keep the high-profile immigrants detained, is now distancing himself from President Trump’s immigration crackdown. Continue reading →

Politics

Local Iranian-Americans are cut off from families and worried by ongoing protests in home country

Iranian-Americans in the Boston area are having difficulty contacted family members in their home country. Continue reading →

Sports

Patriots

Drake Maye and Mike Vrabel have been together for only one season but are rekindling memories of Brady and Belichick

The Patriots are back again, winners of the AFC East and a first-round playoff game, hosting a divisional-round contest. Continue reading →

Red Sox

Alex Bregman wanted to ensure he would stay in Boston. The Red Sox weren’t willing to make it happen.

Bregman was prepared to accept five years and $165 million until the team balked at the no-trade clause. Continue reading →

Patriots

Five things to know as the Patriots get ready for the Texans in the divisional round

The Texans' vaunted defense held Aaron Rodgers and the Steelers to just 175 yards while scoring two defensive touchdowns in Monday night's 30-6 win in Pittsburgh. Continue reading →

Business

Economy

Inflation cooled slightly in December though it remains above Fed’s target

Inflation declined a bit last month as prices for gas and used cars fell, a sign that cost pressures are slowly easing. Continue reading →

Energy

Warren, Markey say Trump’s policies cost state $8.6 billion in clean energy funding and more than 16,000 jobs

A report from Senator Elizabeth Warren’s and Senator Ed Markey’s offices, released Tuesday, shows the state ranks second in lost or delayed clean energy jobs and first in lost or delayed investments. Continue reading →

Nonprofit

‘A national treasure’: Catherine D’Amato is retiring from Greater Boston Food Bank after 30 years

On Tuesday, GBFB announced that D’Amato, one of Boston’s most prominent nonprofit leaders, will be retiring later this year. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Obituaries

Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on bus at start of civil rights movement, has died

Colvin's arrest helped spark the modern civil rights movement, and months later, Rosa Parks gained international fame for also refusing to give up her seat on a segregated bus. Continue reading →

Obituaries

Richard Codey, former New Jersey governor, dies at 79

Richard J. Codey, the longest-serving state legislator in New Jersey history and a former governor, died Sunday at his home in New Jersey. He was 79. Continue reading →

Arts & Lifestyle

Music

Celebrity Series of Boston becomes Vivo Performing Arts

Series officials announced a sweeping rebrand of the nearly century-old presenting organization, with the new name and a logo. Continue reading →

Arts

After John Axelrod’s death, a look at his most cherished art inside his Back Bay apartment

What he leaves behind is a legacy of strong opinions, deep passions, and prescient, often ground-breaking tastes. Continue reading →

Theater

Past and present build to powerful effect in ‘Great Privation’

The new coproduction between Boston's Company One Theatre and Washington's Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company takes place across two eras. Continue reading →