Today's Headlines
All of the headlines from today's paper.
Saturday, December 13, 2025
Today's Headlines
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War on Harvard

As Harvard continues negotiations with Trump administration, deep cuts keep spreading through campus

Expected changes in federal grants and a forthcoming endowment tax have led to job cuts across several schools, lower graduate student admissions, and drawn-out negotiations with campus unions. Continue reading →

Health

‘It sends a message.’ Justice Department to oversee new auction for troubled nursing home giant, Genesis.

Hundreds of families whose loved ones were allegedly harmed by the chain can now move forward with lawsuits against the company. Continue reading →

Health

Family of teen repeatedly raped at Springfield group home sues state agencies

The lawsuit provided new details on the assault and terrible conditions in the group home. Continue reading →

Politics

Trump administration says it will investigate Boston’s housing policies for anti-white bias

The probe is the administration's latest effort to use landmark civil rights laws to attack diversity, equity, and inclusion policies. Continue reading →

Media

Boston Globe editor Nancy Barnes to step down after nearly three years

In a note to the Globe newsroom, Barnes said she is stepping down at the end of next week and will stay on staff as an editor-at-large. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Troops involved in boat strikes face a ‘moral injury’ risk, experts say

Amid all the high-level debate, little public attention has been given to how the strikes affect the low-level people who have to carry them out. Continue reading →

Nation

National Trust sues to stop Trump’s ballroom construction

The lawsuit from the nonprofit National Trust for Historic Preservation represents the first major legal challenge to Trump’s planned 90,000-square-foot addition and is poised to test the limits of his power. Continue reading →

Nation

Federal judge issues order to prohibit immigration officials from detaining Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Officials cannot re-detain him until the court conducts a hearing on the motion for the temporary restraining order, a federal judge said. Continue reading →

The World

World

Dozens killed in Myanmar after hospital bombed in brutal civil war

“I remember the smell of all the smoke and blood,” Khaing Lin said on Friday. “Not even hospitals are safe anymore.” Continue reading →

World

Iran arrests Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, supporters say

Iran has arrested Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi, according to her supporters. Continue reading →

World

Trump wanted Ukraine to cede land to Russia. Ukraine has another offer.

Three weeks ago, President Trump sent shock waves across Europe with a 28-point peace plan for Ukraine that strongly echoed Russian talking points. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

Letters

Trump has hit on an immigration policy. It’s called racism.

"We have to stop defining people by the failed governments they flee from," writes one reader. Another: "Donald Trump’s America is becoming more un-American every day." Continue reading →

Metro

Politics

DOJ sues Massachusetts, three other states after they refused to hand over voters’ personal data

The federal lawsuits are the latest in a string of litigation the DOJ has brought against states in a bid to compel them to turn over voters' personal information. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts