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ICE agents seen as they detained a main outside his home in St. Paul, Minn., on Tuesday. Two federal officers fired shots during the encounter that killed ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, according to reports.

Two federal officers fired shots during encounter that killed Alex Pretti, DHS tells Congress

A Border Patrol officer and a CBP officer each fired Glock pistols, according to the notice obtained by The Associated Press.

Sister of Alex Pretti condemns ‘disgusting lies’ after his fatal shooting by federal agentsFollow live updates on the Trump administration

A man was held tackled after trying to attack Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) during a town hall in Minneapolis, on Tuesday,

Man arrested after spraying unknown substance on Representative Ilhan Omar at Minneapolis town hall

“I asked [Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem] to pause the operations in both Maine and Minnesota so that they could be reviewed and far more targeted in their scope,” Senator Susan Collins said.

Senator Collins asks Noem to pause ICE operations in Maine, Minnesota

Anti-ICE protesters marched in Portland, Maine, on Jan. 23.

Deportations nearly quadrupled across New England under Trump

DEVRA FIRST
Are local restaurants seeing a ‘Michelin bump’?
Recognition from the dining guide has already made a difference, but it’s not always about the numbers.

Exodus from Massachusetts continues, as more people moved to other states in 2025
New Census numbers show a loss of more than 33,000 people to other states during fiscal year 2025. But the state's population still rose to 7.15 million, thanks to immigration.

Six Super Bowl wins weren't enough to get Bill Belichick into the Hall of Fame in his first year on the ballot.

Bill Belichick falls short of being a first-ballot Hall of Famer despite six Super Bowl wins as Patriots coach

Belichick, one of five finalists for the Hall’s Class of 2026, did not secure the necessary 40 votes. Patriots owner Robert Kraft is one of the other finalists.

No family. No friends. Mass. has made little progress helping ‘stuck’ patients in crowded hospitals.

A growing number of patients who can't make medical decisions for themselves leaves many waiting in the ER.

UMass Amherst student who organized protest sues over year-long suspension, says he’s being ‘punished for protected speech’

Kivlighan de Montebello, a third-year student at UMass Amherst and member of Students for Justice in Palestine, helped organize a protest at a campus career fair last fall.

SHIRLEY LEUNG
Snowstorms are a big test for the MBTA. Did the transit system pass?
The MBTA has come a long way, but a transit system’s real test is whether it works when people need it the most and when driving isn’t an option.

Boston digs out: Residents, work crews battle aftermath of historic snowstorm

Dog survives six days, including winter storm, after being ‘dumped’ in Needham, police say

Here’s what we know about the possibility of a weekend nor’easter
This coastal system could be stronger than Sunday's storm, likely bringing accumulating snow and gusty winds to the Boston area.

Forecast | Ken Mahan

Wednesday forecast: Frosty with below-zero wind chills for the morning commute with sun and clouds

MFA tells ranks to brace for layoffs, citing sustainability concerns

The museum has never returned to pre-pandemic visitor levels and has kept other cost-saving measures in place.

Unpaid parking tickets, tolls, and excise taxes won’t lead to loss of license under Healey plan

Vermont sheriff arrested on sexual misconduct charges, police say

David Pastrnak (No. 88) celebrates with Bruins teammates Charlie McAvoy (No. 73) and Marat Khusnutdinov (No. 92) after scoring the winning goal in a 3-2 overtime victory against the Predators Tuesday night at TD Garden.

Bruins 3, Predators 2 (OT)

David Pastrnak delivers OT winner for road-weary Bruins in home win over Predators

After some tough sledding in New York, Pastrnak scored 15 seconds into OT for a 3-2 victory over the Predators.

A drone image of the construction being done on the former White Stadium site in Franklin Park in August 2025.

CHESTO MEANS BUSINESS

White Stadium and Nahant-Northeastern fights at SJC share one big thing in common

The state’s Supreme Judicial Court recently decided to adjudicate separate legal fights involving both sites — and the repercussions could extend far beyond Boston’s Franklin Park or the North Shore.

Quarterback Drake Maye ran for the first down that sealed the AFC Championship game for the Patriots.

Patriots coach Mike Vrabel downplays talk of Drake Maye shoulder injury: ‘There’s going to be things that come up’

Several doctors on X, including former Chargers team doctor David Chao, raised the possibility of Maye having sustained a shoulder injury during Sunday’s AFC Championship game.

Opinion

Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk read from a prepared statement following a court hearing outside the Moakley courthouse on Dec. 4, 2025.

EDITORIAL

Trump can’t be allowed to punish campus free speech

Rümeysa Öztürk had her student visa revoked solely because she wrote an op-ed.

JEFF JACOBY

The immigration crackdown that’s breaking the GOP

IDEAS | STEPHEN KINZER

Trump should know the folly of meddling in Iran

RENÉE GRAHAM

Selma, Stonewall — and Minnesota

LETTERS

A new political calculus as the world watches Minneapolis

Judge rules Massachusetts offshore wind project halted by Trump administration can continue

A judge said Tuesday that he would grant Vineyard Wind’s request for a preliminary injunction, effectively reviving the project.

Police officers in Haverhill won’t be charged in death of restrained man in July, DA says

Speaking during a briefing Tuesday, Essex District Attorney Paul Tucker said investigators have determined criminal charges “are not supportable” and will not be brought.

Investigators begin probe into private jet crash in Bangor that left six people dead

The France-bound plane crashed shortly after takeoff on Sunday, officials said.

A Bedford biotech is more than doubling its headquarters size with a move to Waltham

The 98,500-square-foot lease is a bright spot amid a glut of empty lab space across the region.

CBS News chief Bari Weiss tells staff ‘we’re toast’ if they continue on current path

Addressing her staff three months into her job as CBS News boss, Bari Weiss said the venerable news organization needs to do stories that will "surprise and provoke."

Man charged with killing two at Carver birthday party called 911 immediately afterward, prosecutors say

Nicholas R. Meuse said “tensions flared” with some other guests over preexisting grievances, prosecutors said.

Youth sports were good for kids. Then came the private club teams.

Pay-to-play leagues dominate the landscape for young athletes. Some parents wonder if they’re steering children in the wrong direction.

KARA MILLER | THE BIG IDEA
‘I’m starting to worry about Massachusetts’: Is Boston’s tech and innovation scene withering?
The discussion of local tech’s decline has been brewing for years, but the global AI boom (and biotech’s recent dip) has brought it to a head.

‘I want my mom’: Kindergartner left without her mother for several days as ICE detains parents in Maine
A growing number of children across Maine have been left without a parent as immigration enforcement surges in the state.

‘She’s cute as hell’: Ann Michael Maye going viral for her gameday style
By all appearances, Ann Michael Maye prioritizes comfort and coziness like a true New Englander.

Culture & Lifestyle

This image released by Neon shows the character Arco, voiced by Oscar Tresanini, bottom, and Iris, voiced by Margot Ringard Oldra, in a scene from "Arco."

In Oscar-nominated ‘Arco,’ future worlds have lonely fears, wild imagination — and a tender heart

Zac Brown Band performs at Fenway Park in 2021.

Zac Brown Band returns to Boston this summer for another big Fenway Park show

Vermont tattoo parlor Middle Son Tattoo invites ink enthusiasts to explore the Northeast Kingdom.

How this Vermont tattoo shop is celebrating the state and revolutionizing the craft

Celebrate the anniversary of Love Letters

Special Projects

Boston Globe Spotlight Team

Nearly 250 patients at top Mass. hospitals say they were abused by a renowned doctor. Why wasn’t he stopped sooner?

A Globe Spotlight investigation found the state’s medical establishment missed key warning signs.

Why Trump and the MAGA movement turned against Harvard

Over a decade of political and cultural upheaval, America’s most powerful university grew vulnerable to attack. There were warning signs.

Why the middle class is disappearing in Massachusetts

The middle class in Massachusetts is being hollowed out. Driving the squeeze is a stratospheric rise in inequality.

Over the past two decades, a sea of asphalt on the South Boston Waterfront has transformed into the Seaport, a bustling neighborhood full of office buildings, shopping, and high-end housing that has powered the city's tax base. But its prosperity is at risk due to rising seas. (David L. Ryan/Globe staff)

Water is coming for the Seaport; the whole city will be poorer for it.

Buildings in the Seaport fund one-tenth of Boston’s property-tax base. Flood waters and sea level rise will soon put that at risk.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino conducted operations in Minneapolis.

Timothy Snyder

The political logic of Trump’s violent lawlessness

In 2015, the first 3,000 tons of Boston’s road salt for that winter was delivered at sunrise by a stream of trucks to the Boston Public Works Highway Department.

ALAN WIRZBICKI

Are there alternatives to road salt?

A protester was pepper sprayed at close range while being detained near the site of the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis on Jan. 24.

EDITORIAL

After another shooting in Minn., Congress must step in

IDEAS | TED WIDMER

Boston in the 1770s. Minneapolis in 2026.

Federal agents detained a protester in Minneapolis on Jan. 24, after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti by immigration agents.

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

Don’t look to Germany for an analogy. The Minneapolis nightmare is uniquely American.

IDEAS

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

No family. No friends. Mass. has made little progress helping ‘stuck’ patients in crowded hospitals.

A growing number of patients who can't make medical decisions for themselves leaves many waiting in the ER.

UMass Amherst student who organized protest sues over year-long suspension, says he’s being ‘punished for protected speech’

Kivlighan de Montebello, a third-year student at UMass Amherst and member of Students for Justice in Palestine, helped organize a protest at a campus career fair last fall.

Gladys West, unsung figure in development of GPS, dies at 95

Her accomplishments -- including a modeling of the Earth's shape that played a critical role in the development of the global satellite mapping system -- were unheralded until late in her life.

Dog survives six days, including winter storm, after being ‘dumped’ in Needham, police say

The wire-haired terrier mix was allegedly abandoned in a parking lot off Dwight Road on Thursday, police said.

Sports

With more attention detail, Alyssa Norden (center), Emma Doucette (left) and the St. Mary's girls' hockey team are savoring their 11-0-1 start.

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' HOCKEY NOTEBOOK

How did St. Mary’s girls’ hockey get their groove back? By improving their intensity and focus.

After a rare losing campaign and a one-and-done tournament run last season, the Spartans refined their approach and are back to unbeaten ways.

Bishop Feehan junior Georgia Murray factored in all five goals in a 5-4 win over Malden Catholic, and had two goals and two assists in a win over La Salle (R.I.).

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' HOCKEY

Eastern Mass. girls’ hockey: Players of the Week, Jan. 21-28

A Bishop Feehan junior center racked up 9 points in a pair of wins, and players from Beverly/Danvers, Falmouth, Notre Dame-H, and Quincy/North Quincy also had stellar performances.

Notre Dame (Hingham) coach William Burke and his Cougars are up to No. 3 after wins over Hingham and Duxbury.

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS' HOCKEY

Globe Top 20 girls’ hockey poll: Academy-winning performances earn a move up

Notre Dame Academy in Hingham posted two wins over Globe Top 10 teams to climb up to No. 3 in this week's rankings.

TENNIS

Jessica Pegula last American woman standing at Australian Open after ousting Amanda Anisimova to reach semifinals

Bruins 3, Predators 2 (OT)

David Pastrnak delivers OT winner for road-weary Bruins in home win over Predators

high schools

A lighter Tuesday slate still provides plenty of high school sports takeaways

Business

Three months after rapidly scheduled arguments, Supreme Court has yet to decide on Trump’s tariffs

Several Supreme Court practitioners and law professors scoffed at the idea that the justices are dragging their feet on tariffs, putting off a potentially uncomfortable ruling against President Trump.

Federal Reserve may keep rates unchanged for months as economy shows signs of health

A key issue that Chair Jerome Powell will likely address at his news conference Wednesday is how long the Fed will remain on hold.

Here’s why Super Bowl tickets might be more expensive this year

Trump visits Iowa trying to focus on affordability during fallout over shooting in Minneapolis

magazine

In 1969, Coretta Scott King leads 35,000 protestors marching to end the war in Vietnam.

Excerpt

Coretta Scott King spoke out against the Vietnam War at a time when many leaders didn’t dare dissent

Julia Kallis and Kyle Higgins were swarmed by a group of strangers in Colonial costumes just before their Dec. 6 wedding at the Omni Parker House.

THE BIG DAY

On their wedding day, ‘Paul Revere’ rode again

Bernie Sanders in his City Hall office in front of the “Wall of Mayors” in an undated photo.

Vermont

Bernie Sanders was not like other mayors

Dull Men’s Club participants gather in January at The Center in Holliston.

GLOBE MAGAZINE

Dull Men’s Clubs are growing. In Massachusetts, there’s a twist.

metro

Commuters lined up to board a MBTA bus at the Asmont /Peabody Square Red Line Station destined for Ruggles as the Red Line experienced issues from snow and cold as well as the commuter rail.

Winter storm’s aftermath continues to snarl MBTA commuter rail with major delays, cancellations

Unpaid parking tickets, tolls, and excise taxes won’t lead to loss of license under Healey plan

Senator Collins asks Noem to pause ICE operations in Maine, Minnesota

sports

Needham's Luca Varano (left) avoided Milton's Christian Lewis for a first-half layup during a 69-55 victory.

No. 15 Needham boys’ basketball takes control of Bay State’s Herget Division with road win over Milton

US sending ICE unit to Winter Olympics for security, prompting concern and confusion in Italy

Here’s why Super Bowl tickets might be more expensive this year

business

The Manhattan studios of CBS News on Nov. 20, 2025.

Bari Weiss unveils new CBS contributors, online push for news

Trump visits Iowa trying to focus on affordability

Exodus from Massachusetts continues, as more people moved to other states in 2025

politics

A Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet landing on the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Indian Ocean on Jan. 22.

A month after Iran protests began, worry and fear pervades Mideast over possible US strike

Follow live updates on the Trump administration

Man arrested after spraying unknown substance on Representative Ilhan Omar at Minneapolis town hall

Nation

Dr. Thomas Fogarty, right, with his wife Rosalee Fogarty, center, in New York in 2000, when he received the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize for his work in developing medical technologies.

Thomas Fogarty, who revolutionized vascular surgery, dies

Bitter cold grips the eastern US as winter storm deaths rise and power outages linger

US population growth slows sharply as immigration numbers plunge

World

Narayana Multispeciality Hospital where two Nipah cases had been detected since December is seen in Barasat, in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, on Jan. 28.

India says it has contained Nipah virus outbreak as some Asian countries ramp up health screenings

South Korea’s former first lady sentenced to 20 months in prison for corruption

Board of Peace set to give Trump sweeping powers over Gaza

opinion

Boston in the 1770s. Minneapolis in 2026.

Are there alternatives to road salt?

Another killing in Minneapolis forces a reckoning for Trump loyalists

lifestyle

A worker restocked drinks infused with THC at a cannabis dispensary in Denver, in January 2014.

High January is the new dry January

‘Would they light up the Pru in Jets colors?’: New Yorkers fume over Empire State Building celebrating Patriots

Your wedding doesn’t have to be long, loud or uncomfortable

food & dining

Are local restaurants seeing a ‘Michelin bump’?

Send a sweet message with Taza Chocolate, or just treat yourself

Recipe: A glazed, lemon yogurt cake with a touch of cornmeal is a bright antidote to the cold

travel

How this Vermont tattoo shop is celebrating the state and revolutionizing the craft

More than 10,800 flights canceled Sunday as massive winter storm sweeps across US

Stranded by winter weather? Here’s what airlines owe you.

Arts

Ms. Goodman, at her gallery in New York in 2016.

Marian Goodman, eminent New York art dealer, dies at 97

A curator who changed our understanding of American art, and of America

Looking at America’s 250th in terms of today

Books

Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic, during a panel session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland.

Inside a tech company’s secretive plan to destroy millions of books

In Sarah Bruni’s ‘Mass Mothering,’ love and care in a time of grief and fear

Coretta Scott King spoke out against the Vietnam War at a time when many leaders didn’t dare dissent

Movies

In Oscar-nominated ‘Arco,’ future worlds have lonely fears, wild imagination — and a tender heart

Jodie Foster leads an all-star French cast in ‘A Private Life’

In ‘Send Help’, Rachel McAdams rules the Island of Lost Bros

Television

Jimmy Kimmel accepts the award for best talk show for "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" during the 31st Annual Critics Choice Awards on Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, at The Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, Calif.

‘It’s sickening to watch’: Kimmel, Stewart, and more late-night hosts react to shooting of Alex Pretti

FX sets premiere date for ‘Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette’

New Elie Wiesel documentary reminds us why we must bear witness

music

Kanye West arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Feb. 9, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. The rapper formerly known as Kanye West is offering to buy right-wing friendly social network Parler after being booted off of Twitter and Instagram.

Ye apologizes for antisemitic comments, links behavior to 2002 brain injury

It’s a crying shame more people didn’t see BSO and Emanuel Ax’s ephemeral rendering of John Williams

Zac Brown Band returns to Boston this summer for another big Fenway Park show

Theater/Dance

Cynthia Erivo, the 2025 Hasty Pudding Woman of the Year with Cathy Stanton and Bernardo Sequeria as they are paraded down Massachusetts Ave. on Feb. 5, 2025.

Hasty Pudding postpones Woman of the Year ceremony and parade

Broadway in Boston announces 2026-27 season: ‘Maybe Happy Ending,’ ‘Operation Mincemeat,’ and more

A taut thriller for the modern era in SpeakEasy Stage’s ‘Job’

Health

Nurse Meghan Gillis (center) sits at a computer terminal studying patients' records as other nurses fill the nurses station in the Ellison Unit at Mass General Hospital, where rooms are filled with patients on Jan. 23.

No family. No friends. Mass. has made little progress helping ‘stuck’ patients in crowded hospitals.

A Bedford biotech is more than doubling its headquarters size with a move to Waltham

Alex Pretti remembered by health care workers at a Minneapolis vigil as a ‘stand-up guy’

Obituaries

In an image provided by the Navy, Ms. West and her colleague Sam Smith reviewed data from the Global Positioning System that she had helped develop at the weapons laboratory in Dahlgren, Va., in 1985.

Two federal officers fired shots during encounter that killed Alex Pretti, DHS tells Congress

Man arrested after spraying unknown substance on Representative Ilhan Omar at Minneapolis town hall

Senator Collins asks Noem to pause ICE operations in Maine, Minnesota

Deportations nearly quadrupled across New England under Trump

DEVRA FIRSTAre local restaurants seeing a ‘Michelin bump’?Recognition from the dining guide has already made a difference, but it’s not always about the numbers.

Exodus from Massachusetts continues, as more people moved to other states in 2025New Census numbers show a loss of more than 33,000 people to other states during fiscal year 2025. But the state's population still rose to 7.15 million, thanks to immigration.

Bill Belichick falls short of being a first-ballot Hall of Famer despite six Super Bowl wins as Patriots coach

No family. No friends. Mass. has made little progress helping ‘stuck’ patients in crowded hospitals.

UMass Amherst student who organized protest sues over year-long suspension, says he’s being ‘punished for protected speech’

SHIRLEY LEUNGSnowstorms are a big test for the MBTA. Did the transit system pass? The MBTA has come a long way, but a transit system’s real test is whether it works when people need it the most and when driving isn’t an option.

Boston digs out: Residents, work crews battle aftermath of historic snowstorm

Dog survives six days, including winter storm, after being ‘dumped’ in Needham, police say

Here’s what we know about the possibility of a weekend nor’easterThis coastal system could be stronger than Sunday's storm, likely bringing accumulating snow and gusty winds to the Boston area.

Wednesday forecast: Frosty with below-zero wind chills for the morning commute with sun and clouds

MFA tells ranks to brace for layoffs, citing sustainability concerns

Unpaid parking tickets, tolls, and excise taxes won’t lead to loss of license under Healey plan

Vermont sheriff arrested on sexual misconduct charges, police say

David Pastrnak delivers OT winner for road-weary Bruins in home win over Predators

White Stadium and Nahant-Northeastern fights at SJC share one big thing in common

Patriots coach Mike Vrabel downplays talk of Drake Maye shoulder injury: ‘There’s going to be things that come up’

Trump can’t be allowed to punish campus free speech

The immigration crackdown that’s breaking the GOP

Trump should know the folly of meddling in Iran

Selma, Stonewall — and Minnesota

A new political calculus as the world watches Minneapolis

Judge rules Massachusetts offshore wind project halted by Trump administration can continue

Police officers in Haverhill won’t be charged in death of restrained man in July, DA says

Investigators begin probe into private jet crash in Bangor that left six people dead

A Bedford biotech is more than doubling its headquarters size with a move to Waltham

CBS News chief Bari Weiss tells staff ‘we’re toast’ if they continue on current path

Man charged with killing two at Carver birthday party called 911 immediately afterward, prosecutors say

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‘I want my mom’: Kindergartner left without her mother for several days as ICE detains parents in MaineA growing number of children across Maine have been left without a parent as immigration enforcement surges in the state.

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Culture & Lifestyle

In Oscar-nominated ‘Arco,’ future worlds have lonely fears, wild imagination — and a tender heart

Zac Brown Band returns to Boston this summer for another big Fenway Park show

How this Vermont tattoo shop is celebrating the state and revolutionizing the craft

Celebrate the anniversary of Love Letters

Special Projects

Nearly 250 patients at top Mass. hospitals say they were abused by a renowned doctor. Why wasn’t he stopped sooner?

Why Trump and the MAGA movement turned against Harvard

Why the middle class is disappearing in Massachusetts

Water is coming for the Seaport; the whole city will be poorer for it.

FROM OUR PARTNERS

Opinion, ideas, and commentary

The political logic of Trump’s violent lawlessness

Are there alternatives to road salt?

After another shooting in Minn., Congress must step in

Boston in the 1770s. Minneapolis in 2026.

Don’t look to Germany for an analogy. The Minneapolis nightmare is uniquely American.

Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

Metro

No family. No friends. Mass. has made little progress helping ‘stuck’ patients in crowded hospitals.

UMass Amherst student who organized protest sues over year-long suspension, says he’s being ‘punished for protected speech’

Gladys West, unsung figure in development of GPS, dies at 95

Dog survives six days, including winter storm, after being ‘dumped’ in Needham, police say

Sports

How did St. Mary’s girls’ hockey get their groove back? By improving their intensity and focus.

Eastern Mass. girls’ hockey: Players of the Week, Jan. 21-28

Globe Top 20 girls’ hockey poll: Academy-winning performances earn a move up

Jessica Pegula last American woman standing at Australian Open after ousting Amanda Anisimova to reach semifinals

David Pastrnak delivers OT winner for road-weary Bruins in home win over Predators

A lighter Tuesday slate still provides plenty of high school sports takeaways

Business

Three months after rapidly scheduled arguments, Supreme Court has yet to decide on Trump’s tariffs

Federal Reserve may keep rates unchanged for months as economy shows signs of health

Here’s why Super Bowl tickets might be more expensive this year

Trump visits Iowa trying to focus on affordability during fallout over shooting in Minneapolis

Coretta Scott King spoke out against the Vietnam War at a time when many leaders didn’t dare dissent

On their wedding day, ‘Paul Revere’ rode again

Bernie Sanders was not like other mayors

Dull Men’s Clubs are growing. In Massachusetts, there’s a twist.

metro

Winter storm’s aftermath continues to snarl MBTA commuter rail with major delays, cancellations

Unpaid parking tickets, tolls, and excise taxes won’t lead to loss of license under Healey plan

Senator Collins asks Noem to pause ICE operations in Maine, Minnesota

sports

DEVRA FIRST
Are local restaurants seeing a ‘Michelin bump’?
Recognition from the dining guide has already made a difference, but it’s not always about the numbers.

Exodus from Massachusetts continues, as more people moved to other states in 2025
New Census numbers show a loss of more than 33,000 people to other states during fiscal year 2025. But the state's population still rose to 7.15 million, thanks to immigration.

SHIRLEY LEUNG
Snowstorms are a big test for the MBTA. Did the transit system pass?
The MBTA has come a long way, but a transit system’s real test is whether it works when people need it the most and when driving isn’t an option.

Here’s what we know about the possibility of a weekend nor’easter
This coastal system could be stronger than Sunday's storm, likely bringing accumulating snow and gusty winds to the Boston area.

KARA MILLER | THE BIG IDEA
‘I’m starting to worry about Massachusetts’: Is Boston’s tech and innovation scene withering?
The discussion of local tech’s decline has been brewing for years, but the global AI boom (and biotech’s recent dip) has brought it to a head.

‘I want my mom’: Kindergartner left without her mother for several days as ICE detains parents in Maine
A growing number of children across Maine have been left without a parent as immigration enforcement surges in the state.

‘She’s cute as hell’: Ann Michael Maye going viral for her gameday style
By all appearances, Ann Michael Maye prioritizes comfort and coziness like a true New Englander.