Today's Headlines
All of the headlines from today's paper.
Sunday, December 14, 2025
Today's Headlines
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Rhode Island Crime

Two dead, nine injured in shooting at Brown University

A single gunman dressed in black was seen leaving the Barus & Holley Engineering building, and is still at large Continue reading →

Immigration

Tufts grad student Rümeysa Öztürk did nothing wrong. The Trump administration went after her anyway.

In March, masked agents swarmed her on a Somerville street. The crackdown on foreign scholars was just beginning. Continue reading →

Investigations

Larry Summers’ wife — a powerful Harvard professor — tapped Jeffrey Epstein and Woody Allen to boost her poetry project

Elisa New, the spouse of former university president Larry Summers, sought to downplay her relationship to the disgraced financier. Continue reading →

World

Can Trump’s grand plans for Gaza get off the drawing board?

The Trump administration's 20-point plan for the Gaza Strip includes several internationally backed bodies that would create the conditions for lasting peace. It’s been two months since a ceasefire, and those grand plans have yet to materialize. Continue reading →

World

Gaza amputees struggle to rebuild lives as the enclave faces shortages of prosthetic limbs

The World Health Organization says Israel’s bombardment in Gaza for the past two years has left tens of thousands of Palestinians with life-changing injuries, including at least 6,000 people with amputations. Continue reading →

Globe Magazine

Bostonians of the Year 2025: First responders, university presidents, and others who exemplified courage

Speaking up with the world’s eyes upon them. Rushing into a burning building. Standing firm when others folded. In choosing the difficult path, they showed us what strength looks like. Continue reading →

Remembering Kitty Dukakis, Fletcher ‘Flash’ Wiley, Alvin F. Poussaint, and others we lost in 2025

Tributes to seven luminaries who made their mark on Boston and beyond. Continue reading →

Rifling through the kitchen trash for a used vape, I knew I had a cannabis problem

I’ve known many cannabis users who get high every day. It's easier to hide compared with alcohol or other drugs. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Affable comedy acting legend Dick Van Dyke turns 100 years old

Comedy icon Dick Van Dyke is celebrating his 100th birthday Continue reading →

Nation

This squid is playing peekaboo at the bottom of the ocean

Like a scarf out of a magician’s sleeve, the squid appeared. Seconds before, there had been nothing. Continue reading →

Nation

A measles outbreak in South Carolina brings with it echoes of the pandemic

A trickle of measles infections in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, has grown into an outbreak that has sickened more than 110 people. Continue reading →

The World

World

3 Americans killed in ISIS attack in Syria, Trump says, vowing to retaliate

President Trump vowed on Saturday to retaliate against the Islamic State militant group after an attack in central Syria killed two U.S. Army soldiers and a civilian U.S. interpreter, the first American casualties in the country since the fall of dictator Bashar Assad last year. Continue reading →

World

With dreadlocks and yoga, Oslo’s bishop practices an atypical evangelism

Since she became the bishop of Norway’s largest diocese less than a year ago, her calling has been to swing open the doors of the Church of Norway as wide as possible. Continue reading →

World

Russian bombs plunge Odesa into darkness amid peace talks

Russian drones and missiles pummeled Odesa, Ukraine, overnight Friday into Saturday in one of the biggest attacks of the war on the southern port, causing major power outages that plunged parts of the city into darkness. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

Editorials

Building accessibility codes shouldn’t apply differently in Newton and Pittsfield

Current regulation stymies repairs in low-value neighborhoods. Continue reading →