Today's Headlines
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Tuesday, November 19, 2024
Today's Headlines
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REVOLUTION

The Revolution averaged 29,000 fans a game this past season. So why build a smaller stadium?

In an interview with the Globe, team president Brian Bilello discussed the franchise's latest thinking regarding plans for a new soccer-specific stadium in Everett. Continue reading →

K-12

Are the North Shore teacher strikes a coincidence or a carefully coordinated effort?

School district leaders say anecdotal evidence suggests the strikes were planned together. But union leaders say the decisions to strike were made independently based on local circumstances. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

Massachusetts’ oldest resident dies at 113. ‘She was small but had big-person energy.’

Wellesley’s Herlda Senhouse helped Black students pay for college after racial quotas kept her out of nursing school in the 1930s. Continue reading →

Transportation

MBTA workers are taking home hundreds of thousands of dollars in overtime pay

The T's top earner took home $236,472 in overtime, bringing the official's annual earnings to $392,207 — nearly as much as the president of the United States. Continue reading →

Healthcare

Citing ‘burnout,’ nearly 300 primary care doctors at Mass General Brigham take steps to unionize

The doctors comprise the vast majority of primary care physicians employed by Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Continue reading →

Boston Globe Today

Tips to combat memory loss in young people

WATCH: Globe magazine contributor Felice Freyer dug into why young adults are developing memory problems and what they can do to stop it. Watch →

Hacked? Here's what to do.

WATCH: Information was leaked from 7 million Massachusetts accounts. Data reporter Scooty Nickerson unpacks how to know if yours was one of them. Watch →

NDAs muzzle Mass. families suing for special education

WATCH: Reporter Mandy McLaren explains why families who successfully sue the state to get their children's needs met have to keep quiet about it. Watch →

The Nation

Politics

Trump confirms plans to use the military to assist in mass deportations

Congress has granted presidents broad power to declare national emergencies at their discretion, unlocking standby powers that include redirecting funds lawmakers had appropriated for other purposes. Continue reading →

Nation

Trump allies eye overhauling Medicaid, food stamps in tax legislation

President-elect Donald Trump’s economic advisers and congressional Republicans have begun preliminary discussions about making significant changes to Medicaid, food stamps, and other federal safety net programs to offset the enormous cost of extending Trump’s 2017 tax cuts next year. Continue reading →

Nation

About 20 percent of Americans regularly get their news from influencers on social media, report says

The findings provide an indication of how Americans consumed the news during the height of the US presidential campaign that President-elect Donald Trump ultimately won. Continue reading →

The World

World

Israeli airstrike hits central Beirut near key government buildings and embassies

An Israeli airstrike slammed into a densely populated residential area in Lebanon’s capital near key government and diplomatic buildings late Monday, killing at least five people as the United States pressed ahead with cease-fire efforts. Continue reading →

World

Looters strip aid from about 100 trucks in Gaza, UN agency says

A large convoy of trucks carrying aid was “violently looted” in the Gaza Strip over the weekend and its drivers forced at gunpoint to unload supplies, the main United Nations agency that helps Palestinians said Monday, calling it one of the worst such incidents of the war. Continue reading →

World

Freed from restraints, Ukraine is poised to strike Into Russia

Ukraine signaled a new sense of urgency Monday following a decision by the Biden administration to allow long-range strikes inside Russia using US-provided missiles, with Ukrainian politicians suggesting that the first launches would come soon and without warning. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

EDITORIAL

New owners of Steward doctors network need to prove themselves

Can a private equity-backed company improve care quality? Continue reading →

OPINION