Today's Headlines
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Friday, July 11, 2025
Today's Headlines

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Vermont

On the anniversary of Vermont’s summer floods, one village seeks to rebuild on higher ground

Residents are still reckoning with the damage inflicted by seven federally declared major disasters over the past two years. Continue reading →

Health

Bionic knee developed by MIT researchers gives amputees a new world of motion

The prosthetic knee is the first of its kind to integrate with a patient’s bones and nervous system. Continue reading →

Higher Education

As Harvard battles Trump, its undergraduate college quietly undergoes a leadership transition

Political economist David Deming has taken over as dean of Harvard College, a role that will test his strengths as both an academic and community builder. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

ICE report revealed in court shows the agency used Canary Mission information to target Rümeysa Öztürk

The information was revealed for the first time during a trial in federal court in Boston on Thursday. Continue reading →

New Hampshire

N.H. judge temporarily blocks Trump executive order on birthright citizenship in class action lawsuit

The judge also announced that he would narrow the class action lawsuit to include children affected by the executive order, but not their parents. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Mourning begins in Texas where more than 170 are still missing from flash floods

On Wednesday, hundreds prayed, wept, and held one another at a prayer service, among the first of many somber gatherings to come in the weeks ahead. Continue reading →

Politics

Social Security pulls field office staff to answer overwhelmed phone line

The agency said it is temporarily reassigning about 1,000 customer service representatives from field offices to work on the swamped toll-free phone line. Continue reading →

Environment

These toads have psychedelic powers, but they’d prefer to keep it quiet

New research suggests Sonoran Desert toads went into steep decline after stories of their mind-bending chemical properties began circulating among drug users. Continue reading →

The World

World

Many Liberians take offense after Trump praises their leader’s English

Although English has been the official language of Liberia since the country’s founding in the 1800s, Trump asked President Joseph Boakai where he had learned to speak the language “so beautifully." Continue reading →

World

Some of Iran’s enriched uranium survived attacks, Israeli official says

The official also said that Israel had begun moving toward military action against Iran late last year after seeing what the official described as a race to build a bomb as part of a secret Iranian project. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information. Continue reading →

World

In Belize, Maya ruler’s tomb unearthed with artifacts from his ancient world

Archaeologists found an ancient chamber, still holding a body and the treasures it was buried with: a rare mosaic death mask and jadeite jewelry, shells from the Pacific and elaborate designs on pottery and bone. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

Letters

Bid to remove LCSW exam does not put quality of care at risk

The exam is repetitive of standards met by anyone who is eligible to take the exam — a master of social work degree holder from an accredited school of social work. Continue reading →

Letters

Keep speaking out, Justice Jackson

"I, for one, appreciate that Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is 'breaking the fourth wall,' " writes a reader. Continue reading →

Letters

Once a dump, now an urban gem

Inspired by Cambridge’s example with Danehy Park, we recently planted our own Miyawaki pocket forest in Watertown. Continue reading →

Metro

Metro

Josh Kraft unveils reentry after prison plan in bid for Boston mayor