Today's Headlines
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Friday, February 6, 2026
Today's Headlines

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Massachusetts

Pats fans swarm San Francisco, with New England edge coming through

3,000 miles away from the place most call home, they are who they are. "I will never not be a Masshole," said one fan. Continue reading →

Politics

Phil Eng has two ‘24/7’ jobs right now, and not everyone thinks that’s a great idea

Governor Maura Healey has so far given no indication she is trying to replace Phil Eng in either role. Continue reading →

Patriots

Hall of Fame snubs, Tom Brady’s indifference: The Patriots are feeling plenty disrespected before the Super Bowl

By now we know the drill: Your Pats can’t be in a Super Bowl without equal helpings of “they hate us cuz they ain’t us” and “nobody thought we could do it.” Continue reading →

Arts

MFA layoffs criticized for dealing a blow to diversity

Last week's layoffs have sparked accusations of racism and a petition to reinstate curators of Islamic and Native American art. Continue reading →

Politics

‘To defend our residents from federal overreach,’ Boston, five other Mass. cities step up objections to ICE enforcement tactics

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's order also directs local police to investigate any federal agents who break city or state law. Continue reading →

The Nation

Politics

Trump strips job protections from thousands of federal workers

The policy change makes it easier for the president to discipline or remove up to 50,000 employees, another push in the administration’s campaign to reshape the federal work force. Continue reading →

Politics

Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democrats’ ICE demands

Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Democrats' demands for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic.” Continue reading →

Nation

Pandemic disruptions to health care worsened cancer survival, study suggests

Researchers found that people diagnosed with cancer in 2020 and 2021 had worse short-term survival than those diagnosed between 2015 and 2019. That was true across a range of cancers, and whether they were diagnosed at a late or early stage. Continue reading →

The World

World

Nuclear arms control era comes to end amid global rush for new weapons

The deadline has been looming over Washington and Moscow for years. And now, the weapons' capabilities -- and the nations willing to wield them -- have been proliferating. Continue reading →

World

Cubans rendered powerless as outages persist and tensions with US escalate

People in a town east of Havana are plunged into darkness daily and forced to cook with coal and firewood, but not everyone can afford this new reality. Continue reading →

World

Starmer faces storm of criticism over ex-ambassador’s ties to Epstein

Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain has tried to dampen some calls to step down after new revelations about the friendship between his former ambassador to Washington and Jeffrey Epstein. Continue reading →