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Friday, June 27, 2025
Today's Headlines

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Business

Laying off staff. Shuttering a medical school facility. Killing lab mice. Amid Trump war, cuts ricochet across Harvard.

Harvard is pulling from a far smaller pool of money for day-to-day operations than it’s used to. Continue reading →

New Hampshire

‘Our livelihood is in danger’: Lake Winnipesaukee has a bacteria problem, and locals are worried

In 2024, Winnipesaukee saw record cyanobacteria blooms, amid warmer temperatures and an increase in nutrients that feed the bacteria. Continue reading →

Politics

A Mass. doctor mails 2,500 abortion kits out of state per month. Lawmakers voted to further protect providers like her.

The state Senate voted on a bill that backers say further solidifies Massachusetts’ place as a safe haven and that opponents say works to hide providers from accountability. Continue reading →

Politics

Two Mass. military vets in Congress break from Democratic consensus of outrage over Trump’s Iran strike

Representatives Jake Auchincloss and Seth Moulton struck a different tone on President Trump's Iran strikes than many of their Democratic colleagues. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

‘For every offender we arrest, there’s a child’: Sex abuse industry grows on dark web

The cases underscore a coordinated effort by law enforcement to target predators and identify and rescue children. Continue reading →

The Nation

Politics

Top Senate official rules against several key provisions in GOP policy bill

The decisions dealt a blow to Senate Republicans as they attempt to pass the behemoth legislation by Trump’s deadline. Continue reading →

Nation

Trump won by turning out voters and building a diverse coalition, report finds

It found that Kamala Harris lost, in part, because of decreased Democratic participation. But the report also found that if more people had voted, Trump still would have won. Continue reading →

Politics

Supreme Court rules Planned Parenthood cannot sue over South Carolina defunding effort

The justices made it easier for states to deny funding to Planned Parenthood, particularly given the current administration’s hostility to abortion rights. Continue reading →

The World

World

They escaped war in Ukraine. It found them in Israel.

The deaths are an intersection, in human terms, of two wars until now connected mostly by geopolitics and arms deals. Continue reading →

World

Why Ukraine fell down the agenda at the NATO summit

President Trump dominated the spotlight, pushing his desire for members to stop relying too heavily on US military support and, again, offering admiration of President Vladimir Putin of Russia. Continue reading →

World

Iran’s Khamenei strikes defiant tone in first public comments since US attack

The nation's spiritual leader congratulated Iranians for what he called a victory over Israel and the United States. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

Editorials

Massachusetts should allow three-year college degree pilot

Merrimack, Springfield colleges interested in innovating. Continue reading →

OpEds

The trouble with tourism

The burden of mass tourism threatens to devastate the very assets that lure visitors. It’s enough to make you wonder whether “sustainable tourism” is an oxymoron. Continue reading →

Columns

‘Multiple teammates had gone to the athletic department’: New complaints about BU coach are bubbling up

In 2022, a psychologist heard “significant concerns” from members of the team. Continue reading →

Metro

Higher Education

Top Republicans on House Judiciary Committee subpoena Harvard for documents in tuition pricing investigation

Repsresentatives Jim Jordan and Scott Fitzgerald said Harvard's previous responses have "been inadequate" and asked for it to submit its requested document