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What Trump’s ‘beautiful bill’ means for Medicaid, food stamps, and Massachusetts

Hundreds of thousands of low-income residents in the state could lose food assistance and health care coverage, leading to an even greater divide between rich and poor.
YVONNE ABRAHAM

Trump won’t stop attacking Harvard. We need to treat it like an emergency.

The sooner we recognize what is actually happening here, the more hope we have of stopping this lawless regime and its authoritarian power grab.
Adrian Walker: Trump won’t win his battle against Harvard — but his sheer ruthlessness is far more anti-American than anything

Lawyers question legality of Trump’s Harvard campaign

The court battle over Harvard's foreign students tests both the legality of the White House's tactics and the judicial system’s ability to rein in alleged government overreach.
Judge blocks Trump administration’s attempt to ban foreign students at HarvardTrump is stepping up its scrutiny of Harvard’s ties to China: What to know

Federal judge permanently blocks enforcement of Trump executive order against Jenner & Block. Here’s how it unfolded.

The ruling comes just weeks after a different judge blocked a similar order against the Perkins Coie law firm.
Trump administration takes first steps in easing sanctions on SyriaSouth Africa police minister says Trump ‘twisted’ facts to push baseless genocide claims

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER
When I want to get away from it all, these are the places I dream about
Back in the 1980s, folks could escape their daily troubles by filling a bathtub with bubbles and pleading, “Calgon, take me away.” These days, we need something stronger than Calgon.

Gary Washburn | Sunday basketball notes

Brad Stevens has a big job ahead to reshape the Celtics roster before next season

The Celtics need to get younger and less expensive, so Stevens is likely to use the team's picks in next month’s draft — Nos. 28 and 32 — as assets to lower payroll and boost young talent.

‘We need to do more’: Five years after George Floyd, police reform slows in Massachusetts
Political momentum has dropped, and the state Legislature’s signature reform achievement is scaling back its ambitions due to insufficient funding.

How the Right has reshaped the narrative around George Floyd

Final piece of Fan Pier put in place with luxury condo tower topping-off
The "One Harbor Shore" project is one of the few active construction sites with crane activity in Boston right now, amid the construction sector’s doldrums.

Deep in the Delta, a town’s sewage system is making residents sick
In Shaw, Miss., officials have failed to prevent the sewer system from backing up after heavy rains, causing water contaminated with fecal matter to sicken residents.

Police search for missing 81-year-old woman from East Boston
Yong Z. Gong, of East Boston, who suffers from dementia, was last seen in the 800 block of Border Street at about 3 p.m Friday, police said.

Son of taxi driver shot to death in Back Bay tells killer: ‘I’m not here to celebrate your punishment’

Will Oruma and several of his relatives were in court to see Phillip Foy of Pawtucket receive a mandatory life sentence for killing his father.

Forecast | Dave Epstein
Here’s your Memorial Day weekend forecast for New England
Temperatures gradually warm up amid partly sunny skies this long holiday weekend across New England.

Gas and electric bills in Massachusetts just keep going up. Here are four possible ways to lower costs.
Governor Maura Healey has a plan she says will reduce utility costs. But there's more that can be done.

Chad Finn | Sports Media

Michael Felger’s family-unfriendly stance on athletes consistent, but as bizarre as ever

“It’s just the tone you set and the example you set for the team,” said Felger, criticizing Red Sox manager Alex Cora for missing Monday's game following his daughter's college graduation.
Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Late Colts owner Jim Irsay wasn’t perfect, but he was a credit to the NFL and won’t easily be replaced

“There’s just a realness that he was a very human person just like all of us,” said former 18-year NFL quarterback Matt Hasselbeck, who played for the Colts from 2013-15.
Peter Abraham | Sunday baseball notes

‘We should be playing a lot better’: One-on-one with new Red Sox third baseman Alex Bregman

A 10-year star with the Houston Astros, Bregman took time during the last road trip to take on some questions about his transition to Boston and some off-field developments in his life.
Boston Calling

Last-minute lineup changes, forecast, and what’s new: A fan’s guide to Boston Calling 2025
Here's everything you need to know about this weekend's Boston Calling Music Festival, including a major last-minute lineup change.

Boston Calling 2025 lineup: Dave Matthews Band, Luke Combs, and Fall Out Boy to headline

Everything you should eat at this year’s Boston Calling

Opinion
Wendy B. Barr and Katherine Gergen Barnett

Massachusetts’ primary-care crisis requires urgent action

The state needs to prioritize and organize partnerships between large academic institutions and community-based institutions, particularly community health centers.
LETTERS

Of two minds: Biden’s decline and Trump’s current state

Jon Michaels

Why Trump’s budget bill is getting resistance from Republicans

Carine Hajjar

The millionaires tax is becoming a slush fund for Democratic leaders

Alex Beam

Why celebrities look ridiculous when they let journalists into their homes

Spotlight

Explore the project: Snitch City

In a nation addicted to drugs, local police are addicted to informants.
Listen to the Snitch City podcast

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Boston University’s Honor Wall profiles students, alumni killed in service to country
BU is hoping friends and family of students or alumni killed in war reach out with information to include on the new web page.

Boston announces new safety measures after fatal school bus crash
The district's school buses have about 400 crashes per year, according to data released by the city.

Two Karen Read demonstrators didn’t flout buffer zone order, while third person did, judge rules
Judge Michael Doolin issued his findings in a ruling dated Wednesday in Read’s case, which is unfolding in Norfolk Superior Court in Dedham.

Mass General Brigham residents union approves new contract
The union representing about 2,600 doctors-in-training at MGB overwhelmingly approved its first contract with the health system, a three-year deal that will raise wages by a total of 7.5 percent.

German shepherds, huskies rescued from breeding operation are up for adoption after months of ‘legal limbo’
“It’s been a secret. It’s almost like they’re in the witness protection program,” said Maddy Berthold, who works at Baypath Humane Society.

Representative Magaziner’s mother-in-law testifies in favor of ‘death with dignity’ bill in Rhode Island
US Representative Seth Magaziner’s mother-in-law, Jennifer McDowell, testifies for the bill, saying, “I deserve the right to a peaceful death, preferably at home, surrounded by family.”

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Temperatures gradually warm up amid partly sunny skies this long holiday weekend across New England.

Brrrrr. It’s nearly Memorial Day. Why is it so cold?

This sudden cold snap and return to wintertime chill just days before the unofficial start of summer feels downright cruel.

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