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Tuesday, October 14, 2025
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Health

The thousands in Mass. who receive federal health insurance subsidies fear for their financial security if they get cut

Federal subsidies that make affordable insurance policies possible for 337,000 people in Massachusetts are at the heart of the government shutdown. Continue reading →

Rhode Island Business

Retired Brown University professor among three awarded Nobel Prize for reshaping economic thought on progress

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences recognized Howitt’s and Aghion’s research into forces that drive long-term economic growth, and how new technologies can simultaneously fuel progress and upend existing industries. Continue reading →

Middle East

After hostages and prisoners are freed, complex issues remain for Israel-Hamas cease-fire

Thornier issues such as whether Hamas will disarm and who will govern Gaza remain unresolved, highlighting the fragility of an agreement that for now only pauses the deadliest conflict in the history of Israel and the Palestinians. Continue reading →

World

Trump takes a victory lap, but avoids questions about what’s next

President Trump landed in Israel on Monday morning minutes after the first of 20 hostages were released by Hamas, and spent the day basking in the applause of a country that credits him, more than Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for joyous family reunions and a cease-fire after two years of war. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Supreme Court takes up Republican attack on Voting Rights Act in case over Black representation

Lawyers for Louisiana and the Trump administration will try to persuade the Supreme Court to wipe away the state’s second majority Black congressional district and make it much harder to take into account race in redistricting. Continue reading →

Nation

Coal miners with black lung say they are ‘cast aside to die’ under Trump

Miners and their families will protest the Trump administration outside the Labor Department building Tuesday, arguing it has failed to protect them from black lung disease. Continue reading →

Nation

Some Indigenous Peoples Day events strike conciliatory tone amid Trump’s focus on Columbus

President Trump pledged “to reclaim [Columbus's] extraordinary legacy of faith, courage, perseverance, and virtue from the left-wing arsonists who have sought to destroy his name and dishonor his memory. Continue reading →

The World

World

Why Ukraine is betting on strikes deep inside Russia

Movement on the front lines in Ukraine has largely stalled in a bloody stalemate. But Ukrainian officials argue that they still have a strategy to end the war: Strike deep inside Russia with missiles and drones. Continue reading →

World

Madagascar’s president flees after soldiers turned against him, opposition lawmaker says

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina left the country after an elite military unit turned against the government in an apparent coup that followed weeks of youth-led protests, an opposition lawmaker in the Indian Ocean country said Monday. Continue reading →

World

Fragments of 2003 cable detail torture in secret CIA prison

One section of the document describes an interrogator revving a power drill near a blindfolded prisoner to scare him into divulging Al Qaeda secrets in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

Editorials

Globe endorsements for City Council: Ruthzee Louijeune, Erin Murphy, Marvin Mathelier, and Will Onuoha

Voters can pick up to four at-large candidates on the Nov. 4 ballot. Continue reading →

OpEds

Schools are accommodating student anxiety — and making it worse

Removing stressors robs students of growth opportunities. Continue reading →

Letters

A growing movement of older protesters in defense of democracy

We have time, and we care about the rapid destruction of what we believe makes America great. Continue reading →

Metro

Massachusetts

Under the color of peace

Some look at the patches of vibrant colors and see beauty, others focus on the dying leaves and see darkness.