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Monday, July 14, 2025
Today's Headlines

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Massachusetts

Boston’s broken sidewalks are a challenge for people with mobility aids

Four years after Boston settled a lawsuit intended to improve sidewalk accessibility, the city has come up short of the 1,630 curb ramp repairs it agreed to do. Continue reading →

Politics

‘From something that was terrible’ to amazing: Foundations step up as federal government cancels grants

Numerous foundations have stepped in to help replace funding that the federal government has recently cut. Continue reading →

Massachusetts

For sale: the only house left in downtown Boston that was built in the run-up to the American Revolution

Owning the Ebenezer Hancock House at 10 Marshall St. is a chance to be a caretaker of history. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

An attorney work stoppage in Massachusetts has crippled courts

With the state so reliant on private attorneys, the stoppage has effectively crippled the courts’ ability to assign lawyers to indigent defendants who are entitled to them. Continue reading →

Politics

Trump to meet NATO secretary general as plan takes shape for Ukraine weapons sales

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is set to meet President Trump this week on the heels of the US leader announcing plans to sell NATO allies weaponry that they can then pass on to Ukraine. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Heavy rain pounds central Texas, forcing a halt to search efforts

Pounding rain and strong winds battered central Texas on Sunday morning, prompting some rescuers to halt search operations for victims of the deadly floods that roared through the region just more than a week ago. Continue reading →

Nation

Trump is gutting weather science and reducing disaster response

In an effort to shrink the federal government, President Trump and congressional Republicans have taken steps that are diluting the country’s ability to anticipate, prepare for, and respond to catastrophic flooding and other extreme weather events, disaster experts say. Continue reading →

Nation

Nursing homes struggle with Trump’s immigration crackdown

Nursing homes already struggling to recruit staff are now grappling with President Trump’s attack on one of their few reliable sources of workers: immigration. Continue reading →

The World

World

Israeli strikes kill at least 32 in Gaza as Palestinian war deaths top 58,000

Israel and Hamas appeared no closer to a breakthrough in indirect talks meant to pause the war and free some Israeli hostages after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Washington visit last week. Continue reading →

World

French President Macron announces 6.5 billion euros in extra military spending in next two years

He laid out the spending plans in a sweeping speech calling for intensified efforts to protect Europe. Continue reading →

World

Why Trump’s Abraham Accords have not meant Mideast peace

During the nearly five years since the Abraham Accords were signed, Trump, Netanyahu, and other US and Israeli officials have repeatedly referred to the agreements with the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, and Bahrain as a “peace deal.” Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

Letters

Block corporate sway, but let doctors seek management services

Without operational and financial support, physicians will have even less time to spend with patients. Continue reading →

Editorials

A newcomer State Police head looks to salvage his agency’s reputation

Scandals, the botched Read investigation, and a recruit’s death spotlighted problems with the Massachusetts State Police. The new chief is starting to fix them. Continue reading →

Letters

The ‘moral architecture’ of religion, cracks and all

An essay on lessons from C.S. Lewis's "The Screwtape Letters" generated a debate on religion, belief, and open-mindedness. Continue reading →

Metro

Rhode Island

After 13 months homele