Nation

After the wildfires, this high school needed a campus. It found a Sears.

For the foreseeable future, a school that burned during the fires in Los Angeles this year will call a retrofitted Sears home. Continue reading →

Nation

US birth rates languish in record lows, CDC reports

Births in the United States increased by just 1% in 2024, still near the record low rates that have alarmed demographers and become a central part of the Trump administration's cultural agenda, according to data released Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Continue reading →

Nation

Americans unsure what to believe about the measles vaccine, poll shows

Most Americans have encountered false claims about the measles vaccine, and many aren’t sure what the truth is, according to a KFF poll released Wednesday. Continue reading →

World

Trump says Zelensky is prolonging war in Ukraine by resisting calls to cede Crimea to Russia

President Trump is accusing the Ukrainian president of prolonging the “killing field” after he pushed back on ceding Crimea to Russia as part a potential peace plan. Continue reading →

World

Mediators work on proposal for long-term truce as Israeli strikes on Gaza kill 9

Israel ended a cease-fire with Hamas last month and has vowed to continue the war until all the hostages are returned and Hamas is either destroyed or disarmed and sent into exile. Continue reading →

World

Catholics expected a revolution from Francis, just not the one he gave them

Some liberal Catholics expected Francis to make women priests, change teaching on birth control or throw his weight behind same sex unions and even marriage. Some conservatives, worried he would torch the church doctrine, even though he never touched it. Continue reading →

EDITORIAL

Pedro Martinez: A sound choice for Mass. education commissioner

Academic performance in Massachusetts public schools has suffered since the pandemic, and turning around those trends should be an urgent priority. Continue reading →

OPINION

Trump’s trade policies might do what Global South diplomacy couldn’t

For decades, the WTO has facilitated a system designed not to protect fair trade, but to protect the interests of the richest countries at the expense of the Global South. Continue reading →

OPINION

The witness missing from the Karen Read trial is Karen Read

Her own words to the media may be used against her in the courtroom. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

SJC orders release of Harmony Montgomery custody hearing recording to journalist