Today's Headlines
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Monday, March 16, 2026
Today's Headlines

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Politics

Delayed projects, low morale: Boston’s streets department is stalling under Wu, long a transit champion

Advocates and city staff say the policy change has caused an epic bottleneck, stalling the majority of Boston’s transit and street safety projects for the past year. Continue reading →

Health

People are spending hundreds of dollars at IV drip bars in Boston. Are they worth the hype?

Customers swear by them, but experts warn of harm to veins and bank accounts. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Life expectancy gap between Black residents and other Bostonians has doubled over the past decade

The life expectancy gap between Black residents and the rest of Boston has doubled, largely due to preventable deaths, according to a new report. Continue reading →

Politics

Out of public view: Governor Healey significantly scaled back official events in 2025, Globe analysis finds

Healey did 20 percent fewer official events last year than she did in 2023 when she first took office, according to data from her office. Continue reading →

K-12

With fewer students and higher costs, many Massachusetts districts weigh school closures and mergers

The impending shutdowns add to more than three dozen public schools that have closed or consolidated since the pandemic disrupted classroom learning. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

To address farm labor shortage, Trump administration turns to migrant workers

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said in a statement that the administration was enacting “real reforms to ease regulatory burdens and lower labor costs.” Continue reading →

Nation

As Trump pushes deportations, immigration data become harder to find

The gap in information and a loss of figures from an office that has tracked immigration data back to the 1800s have left researchers, advocates, lawyers, and journalists without important statistics to hold the Republican administration to account. Continue reading →

Nation

Appointee wants to replace White House columns with the ones Trump prefers

For nearly two centuries, the White House’s main entrance — framed by a row of graceful Ionic columns — has been a signature image of the seat of American power. Continue reading →

The World

World

Hospital officials say Israeli strikes killed 12 in Gaza, including 2 children and a pregnant woman

Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip left at least 12 Palestinians dead, including children, a pregnant woman, and police officers. Continue reading →

World

Trump's call for countries to send warships to protect the Strait of Hormuz brings no promises

President Trump’s appeal to China, France, Japan, South Korea, Britain, and others to send warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz “open and safe” brought no commitments on Sunday as oil prices soared amid the Iran war. Continue reading →

World

Iran and the United States: A long history of antagonism

While President Trump has used a scattershot approach to explain the goals of his war on Iran — one day it’s regime change, the next stopping an immediate nuclear threat — he has been relatively consistent in framing the conflict as the culmination of historic grievances. Continue reading →