Today's Headlines
All of the headlines from today's paper.
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Today's Headlines
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Massachusetts

‘Can’t seem to get their act together’: Boston’s bold dream of hosting World Cup is on shaky ground

It’s unclear if organizers will be able to pull off their grand vision, or if plans will have to be scaled back in the face of funding shortfalls and logistical snafus. Continue reading →

Retail

In a region desperate for fresh retail, Bow Market is ‘a total unicorn situation.’ Why?

Somewhere between a small business incubator, a food court, and a European-style piazza, Somerville's Bow Market stands as a rare bright spot in the Boston area’s brick-and-mortar landscape. Continue reading →

Healthcare

Baystate Health has endured hundreds of layoffs. Its CEO just wrote a book on how to fire people.

Baystate, the largest health care system in Western Massachusetts, has cut nearly 400 jobs in the past two years. Continue reading →

Commercial

Gillette will build new headquarters next to South Boston campus with nearly $1 billion investment from Procter & Gamble

Procter & Gamble announced on Tuesday that it has ended its search for a new Gillette corporate office by picking a site next door to its sprawling South Boston campus. Continue reading →

Politics

Federal immigration facilities become backdrops for Democrats looking to fight Trump’s policies

Members of Congress are using their right to conduct inspections of ICE centers to press claims against administration - and score political points. Continue reading →

The Nation

Politics

FDA finds little evidence that a drug touted by Trump can help people with autism

The FDA officials also pointed out that one study supporting the drug’s use for autism was retracted earlier this year. Continue reading →

Elections

Trump-backed Fuller and Democrat Harris move to Georgia runoff to succeed Marjorie Taylor Greene

The winner will serve out the remaining months of Greene’s term. But if they want to remain in Congress beyond next January, they will have to run again. Continue reading →

Nation

The Bay Area considers the unthinkable: life without BART

BART’s future is dire. Its ridership cratered during the pandemic and remains less than half of what it once was. Continue reading →

The World

World

Cost-cutting led to South Korean airport’s deadly wall

Officials cut costs when they put a concrete wall at the end of a runway and then obfuscated safety risks, according to a government report. Continue reading →

World

Russia and Ukraine both claim front-line progress with US-brokered talks on hold

Russia and Ukraine have made competing claims about who is gaining ground, as Russian strikes keep hitting Ukrainian cities and US-backed talks in Turkey were postponed. Continue reading →

World

US showers Iran with bombs in most intense strikes of the war, Pentagon says

Amid what the Pentagon said would be the fiercest bombardment of Iran since the start of the war, the Pentagon's leaders said Tuesday that American and Israeli forces were "winning decisively" but declined to set a timetable for the end of the conflict, saying it was for President Trump to decide. Continue reading →