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February 24, 2026 MassLive.com Latest Headlines Education ‘Spiteful’: What cuts to military aid at Harvard, other Mass. colleges could mean “This is just a further polarization of the United States that is really, really dangerous,” a retired Air Force lieutenant general said. By Juliet Schulman-Hall | JSchulman-Hall@masslive.com Read more News News Believe it or not, some people really do ‘boomerang back’ to Massachusetts Former residents who left for Texas and California cite intellectual culture, safety, and professional opportunities as reasons they boomeranged back to the Bay State. By Scott Kirsner | SKirsner@masslive.com MORE    Lottery Powerball: See the winning numbers in Monday’s $203 million drawing Check your numbers to see if you hit it big in Monday's jackpot. By National Desk MORE    Boston Boston Globe calls off daily newspaper printing for the first time in history Boston Globe executives decided Monday evening not to print a morning newspaper for the first time in the publication's history. By Susannah Sudborough | SSudborough@masslive.com MORE    See more news Sports Celtics Marcus Smart ‘very proud’ of Jaylen Brown enjoying career-best season Marcus Smart wasn't surprised at all that Jaylen Brown is having an impressive season leading the Celtics. By Souichi Terada | sterada@masslive.com MORE    Celtics Celtics injury report: Jaylen Brown listed for Suns game Tuesday Jaylen Brown could take the night off against the Suns as the Celtics have a back-to-back coming up to conclude their road trip. By Souichi Terada | sterada@masslive.com MORE    Subscriber Exclusive   Basketball Hall of Fame shopped idea of moving $12M Hoophall tournaments out of Springfield The Massachusetts Convention Center Authority board was not told the hall of fame's president and CEO was talking about moving the tournaments to Boston. By Jim Kinney | jkinney@repub.com MORE