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Boston.com National News
Apr 11, 2025

Maine governor, staring down Trump, says she is unfazed by ‘loud men'
While Gov. Janet Mills has stood firm, the federal government has barraged Maine with investigations, declared its education system to be in violation of federal law, and frozen some of its funding.

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Boston.com National News
Apr 11, 2025

Social Security lists thousands of living immigrants as dead to prompt them to leave, AP sources say
The officials said stripping the immigrants of their Social Security numbers will cut them off from many financial services and encourage them to "self-deport" and abandon the U.S. for their birth countries.

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Boston.com National News
Apr 10, 2025

NYC mayor says family of Spanish tourists died in helicopter crash into Hudson River
Mayor Eric Adams said the flight began at a downtown heliport around 3 p.m. and that the dead had been recovered and removed from the water.

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Boston.com National News
Apr 10, 2025

Cabot Creamery butter recalled over fecal bacteria contamination
Consumers should not eat or use the recalled butter, which has a best-by date of Sept. 9.

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Boston.com National News
Apr 10, 2025

Michelle Obama addresses divorce rumors and public absences
The former first lady said on a podcast that people "couldn't even fathom that I was making a choice for myself, that they had to assume that my husband and I are divorcing."

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Boston.com National News
Apr 10, 2025

Sidelined and still processing her defeat, Kamala Harris looks for a way back in
A successful campaign for governor of California in 2026, Kamala Harris has told allies, would give her a prominent perch from which to push back against President Trump and defend Democratic priorities.

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Boston.com National News
Apr 10, 2025

House approves budget framework for Trump's ‘big' bill after intense wrangling sways GOP holdouts
Two conservative Republicans voted against it, as did all Democrats.

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Boston.com National News
Apr 10, 2025

Author, wife of Weezer bassist arrested after being shot by police who say she pointed a gun at them
Police said they were assisting California Highway Patrol officers in their search for three suspects from a misdemeanor hit-and-run. Lauren was not among the suspects.

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Boston.com National News
Apr 09, 2025

Readers: Are you making big purchases as a result of Trump's latest trade plans?
President Trump announced a 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs, except for China, on Wednesday. We want to know how the tariffs are impacting your spending.

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Boston.com National News
Apr 09, 2025

How the government is working to consolidate data about you
Elon Musk's team is leading an effort to link government databases, to the alarm of privacy and security experts.

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Boston.com National News
Apr 09, 2025

Trump pauses tariffs on most nations for 90 days, raises taxes on Chinese imports
Global markets surged on the development, but the precise details of Trump's plans to ease tariffs on non-China trade partners were not immediately clear.

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Boston.com National News
Apr 09, 2025

‘Totally silly': Trump's focus on trade deficit bewilders economists
Behind Trump's new tariffs is a goal that is as ambitious as it is unrealistic: eliminating the bilateral trade deficit with every U.S. trading partner.

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Boston.com National News
Apr 09, 2025

Why water fluoridation, long considered a public health success story, is under scrutiny
About one-third of community water systems — 17,000 out of 51,000 across the U.S. — serving more than 60% of the population fluoridated their water, according to a 2022 CDC analysis.

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Boston.com National News
Apr 08, 2025

Dave Portnoy and Joe Rogan are among the Trump backers now questioning his tariff policies
"Welcome to Orange Monday," Portnoy said on his "Davey Day Trader" financial livestream.

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Boston.com National News
Apr 08, 2025

Visas revoked for Berklee, Emerson students
At least three Berklee students and one Emerson student are affected.

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Boston.com National News
Apr 08, 2025

Wall Street bursts with anger over tariff ‘stupidity'
Billionaire investors are in an unfamiliar position, watching and cringing as tariffs roll on and the stock market reels.

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Boston.com National News
Apr 08, 2025

Scientists genetically engineer wolves with white hair and muscular jaws like the extinct dire wolf
A company that aims to bring back lost species say they have genetically engineered wolves with white hair and muscular jaws like the extinct dire wolf

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Boston.com National News
Apr 08, 2025

Protesters disrupt Moulton event; congressman compares ICE to Nazis
Demonstrators criticized Rep. Seth Moulton for not doing more to secure the release of Tufts PhD student Rümeysa Öztürk.

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Boston.com National News
Apr 08, 2025

Here's what Jon Stewart said about Trump's tariffs and the economy on ‘The Daily Show'
"Our economy is in the midst of a beautiful metamorphosis, turning from a simple caterpillar, into a dead caterpillar."

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Boston.com National News
Apr 08, 2025

Maine sues the Trump administration over funding freeze after dispute over transgender athletes
Trump and Maine, which is controlled by Democrats, are in the midst of a weeks long dispute about the Title IX anti-discrimination law and the participation of transgender students in high school sports.

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Boston.com National News
Apr 08, 2025

Trump says high tariffs may have prevented the Great Depression. History says different.
Trump, now championing his own sweeping tariffs that have sent global markets into a tailspin, argues that the U.S. was founded on steep import taxes on goods from abroad.

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Boston.com National News
Apr 07, 2025

Transgender woman arrested after using bathroom at Florida state Capitol
Marcy Rheintgen said she was held in jail overnight after she deliberately challenged a state law by entering a women's bathroom in the government building.

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Boston.com National News
Apr 07, 2025

As the markets fell, Trump putted
The stock markets have lost more than $6 trillion in value since Trump imposed sweeping tariffs. But on Sunday the president won — at golf.

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Boston.com National News
Apr 07, 2025

Social Security website keeps crashing, as DOGE demands cuts to IT staff
The worsening problems come as Elon Musk's DOGE team pushes for more cuts at the agency, including in the department that oversees the website.

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Boston.com National News
Apr 07, 2025

This Republican senator is leading the charge against Trump's tariffs
"He is consistent — some would say stubborn," one senator said of Rand Paul. "But he stepped up on tariffs, and he tells it like it is."

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Boston.com National News
Apr 06, 2025

Andrea Campbell talks Trump lawsuits, auditing the state legislature, school cellphone bans on WBZ
The attorney general spoke with Jon Keller on WBZ's "Keller at Large" Sunday morning.

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Boston.com National News
Apr 05, 2025

Disgraced former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has died at age 94
He had been living in Missouri, and Vatican News reported he died there.

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Boston.com National News
Apr 04, 2025

Rep. Moulton calls out ‘chainsawing of our government' in DOGE cuts
Moulton spoke at a press conference in Danvers on April 4 along with leaders from North Shore community organizations.

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Boston.com National News
Apr 03, 2025

Dow drops 1,600 as US stocks lead worldwide sell-off after Trump's tariffs cause a COVID-like shock
Everything from crude oil to Big Tech stocks to the value of the U.S. dollar against other currencies fell. Even gold pulled lower.

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Boston.com National News
Apr 03, 2025

‘They fired everybody': Entire staff is laid off at office that helps poorer Americans pay for heating
"Eliminating the entire federal staff responsible for LIHEAP — a program that millions of households depend on to stay warm in the winter and cool in the summer — isn't reform," said Sen. Edward Markey, D-Mass. "It's sabotage."

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Boston.com National News
Apr 02, 2025

‘Deeply troubling': ICE is undermining public safety, Suffolk DA says
District Attorney Kevin Hayden insisted his office did not know ICE agents would detain a man mid-trial, calling the move "unacceptable and unprofessional."

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Boston.com National News
Apr 02, 2025

Wisconsin and Florida elections provide early warning signs to Trump and Republicans
In the marquee race for a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat, the conservative judge endorsed by Trump and backed by Musk and his groups to the tune of $21 million lost by a significant margin in a state Trump won in November.

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Boston.com National News
Apr 01, 2025

Cory Booker sets a record with marathon Senate speech. Will it rally anti-Trump resistance?
It set the record for the longest continuous Senate floor speech in the chamber's history, though Booker was assisted by fellow Democrats who gave him a break from speaking by asking him questions on the Senate floor.

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Boston.com National News
Apr 01, 2025

Professors pushed Harvard to resist Trump. Now billions are on the line.
Harvard, the wealthiest school in the world, sought compromise amid pressure to do more to combat antisemitism. The Trump administration is examining its funding anyway.

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Boston.com National News
Apr 01, 2025

Here's what Jon Stewart said about Trump's third-term comments, federal worker layoffs, and the Signal chat
"There are other methods for staying in power beyond when you are legally allowed to be there. Historically, some of them involved catapults."

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Boston.com National News
Apr 01, 2025

Prosecutors directed to seek death penalty against UnitedHealthcare killing suspect Luigi Mangione
Mangione, 26, faces separate federal and state murder charges for the killing. The federal charges include a charge of murder through use of a firearm, which carries the possibility of the death penalty.

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Boston.com National News
Apr 01, 2025

They were deactivated from delivering. Their finances were devastated.
Some state and local governments are trying to regulate deactivations. As part of a court settlement, Massachusetts mandated that Lyft and Uber provide drivers a reason when they are deactivated and set up an appeals process.

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Boston.com National News
Apr 01, 2025

Wu to join rally Tuesday evening for detained Tufts student
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and labor union leaders will gather in support of Tufts student Rümeysa Öztürk outside the JFK Federal Building.

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Boston.com National News
Apr 01, 2025

Layoffs begin at U.S. health agencies responsible for research, tracking disease and regulating food
The layoffs are expected to shrink HHS to 62,000 positions, lopping off nearly a quarter of its staff — 10,000 jobs through layoffs and another 10,000 workers who took early retirement and voluntary separation offers.

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Boston.com National News
Apr 01, 2025

Layoffs begin at U.S. health agencies responsible for research, tracking disease, and regulating food
The layoffs are expected to shrink HHS to 62,000 positions, lopping off nearly a quarter of its staff — 10,000 jobs through layoffs and another 10,000 workers who took early retirement and voluntary separation offers.

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Boston.com National News
Apr 01, 2025

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker launches overnight speech to protest Trump's agenda
Booker railed against cuts to Social Security offices and spoke to concerns that broader cuts to the social safety net could be coming, though Republican lawmakers say the program won't be touched.

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Boston.com National News
Apr 01, 2025

Pentagon eliminates lower fitness standards for women in combat roles
Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, mandated that physical fitness requirements for combat jobs be "sex-neutral," a move that is likely to significantly reduce the number of women who qualify.

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Boston.com National News
Apr 01, 2025

No toilet paper and no privacy: Returning to the office, federal workers walk into chaos
President Donald Trump has described his new in-office requirement as a way to ensure workers are doing their jobs. He sees potentially leading more employees to quit as an added benefit.

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Boston.com National News
Apr 01, 2025

Hooters files for bankruptcy protection
"Our renowned Hooters restaurants are here to stay and we are taking action to strengthen our business to better serve our valued customers over the long term."

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Boston.com National News
Mar 31, 2025

‘We need to reform our party': Seth Moulton suggests how to change Democrats' messaging
The Massachusetts congressman recently sat down with WBZ-TV political analyst Jon Keller and discussed the Signal chat, veterans, and his party's message.

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Boston.com National News
Mar 31, 2025

Watch: Newly returned NASA astronauts, including Needham native, speak to reporters
Butch Wilmore and Needham native Suni Williams said Monday that they hold themselves partly responsible for what went wrong.

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Boston.com National News
Mar 31, 2025

Leaders of Harvard's Middle Eastern Studies Center will leave
Harvard University has been under pressure by the Trump administration to follow directives related to diversity and combating antisemitism.

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Boston.com National News
Mar 31, 2025

Targeting of Tufts student for deportation stuns friends and teachers
The Trump administration said she "engaged in activities in support of Hamas." Her friends and lawyers say all she did was co-author an essay critical of the war in Gaza.

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Boston.com National News
Mar 31, 2025

Elon Musk hands out $1 million payments after Wisconsin Supreme Court declines request to stop him
A unanimous state Supreme Court on Sunday refused to hear a last-minute attempt by the state's Democratic attorney general to stop Musk from handing over the checks to two voters.

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Boston.com National News
Mar 30, 2025

Trump says he's considering ways to serve a third term as president
The 22nd Amendment, added to the Constitution in 1951 after President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected four times in a row, says "no person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice."

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Boston.com National News
Mar 30, 2025

Minnesota officials seek answers in case of graduate student detained by ICE
University leadership said Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained the student Thursday at an off-campus residence.

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Boston.com National News
Mar 28, 2025

A Harvard scientist from Russia has been detained by ICE since February for failing to declare frog embryos
The woman is being held in a Louisiana detention facility while waiting for her next hearing.

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Boston.com National News
Mar 28, 2025

How Kristi Noem's $50,000 Rolex in a Salvadoran prison became a political flashpoint
The high-end Swiss watch lent a striking contrast to her tour of a notoriously overcrowded mega-prison in one of Latin America's poorest countries.

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Boston.com National News
Mar 28, 2025

A child complained of a ‘monster' under their bed. Their babysitter then came face-to-face with a man hiding there.
"An altercation ensued with the babysitter and one child was knocked over in the struggle."

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Boston.com National News
Mar 28, 2025

Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for programs with ‘improper ideology'
Trump singled out the National Museum of African American History and Culture, which opened in 2016 near the White House, the Women's History Museum, which is in development, and the American Art Museum for criticism.

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Boston.com National News
Mar 27, 2025

Rubio defends arrest of Tufts student, says more ‘lunatics' will be targeted
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that Rumeysa Ozturk's visa was terminated due to disruptive protest behavior. He did not cite evidence.

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Boston.com National News
Mar 27, 2025

ICE responds to judge's order as Tufts gives update on detained student
Rumeysa Ozturk is now being detained in Louisiana. A judge had ordered ICE not to relocate her without 48 hours notice, but a federal prosecutor says the order was too late.

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Boston.com National News
Mar 27, 2025

Trump administration abruptly cuts billions from state health services
"We will continue to assess the full impacts and are in touch with the Attorney General's Office and the 49 other states facing similar challenges," Gov. Maura Healey of Massachusetts said in a statement.

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Boston.com National News
Mar 27, 2025

A beloved library that united the U.S. and Canada faces new border restrictions
The Haskell Free Library and Opera House straddles the line between the village of Derby Line, Vermont, and the town of Stanstead, Quebec.

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Boston.com National News
Mar 27, 2025

We asked readers if egg prices are changing their habits. Here's what they said.
"Eggs are a staple that I will prioritize ahead of other food needs," Christopher F. in Holden wrote.

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Boston.com National News
Mar 26, 2025

A plane crash in 1961 devastated the Boston Skating Club. Then it happened again.
Two months after the D.C. plane crash killed 67, including six people affiliated with the Boston club, the members had to prepare for the world championships. Unfathomably, they had a blueprint.

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Boston.com National News
Mar 26, 2025

A new Chili's near Scranton will be a throwback to ‘The Office,' ‘awesome blossom' and all
The new Chili's will open April 7, when a "Scranton marg" will be available nationwide for the day.

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Boston.com National News
Mar 26, 2025

Supreme Court upholds Biden rule requiring serial numbers and background checks for ghost guns
Since the federal rule was finalized, ghost gun numbers have flattened out or declined in several major cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Baltimore, according to court documents.

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Boston.com National News
Mar 26, 2025

The Atlantic releases the entire Signal chat showing Hegseth's detailed attack plans against Houthis
Hegseth has refused to say whether he posted classified information onto Signal. He is traveling in the Indo-Pacific and to date has only scoffed at questions, saying he did not reveal "war plans."

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Boston.com National News
Mar 26, 2025

23andMe's DNA database is up for sale. Who might want it, and what for?
If someone shared their DNA with 23andMe, experts say they should delete their data immediately and request the company to dispose of any genetic material samples.

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Boston.com National News
Mar 26, 2025

In their own words: Trump officials shrugging off Signal leak once decried Clinton's server
Trump insisted Tuesday that no classified information was divulged in the group chat, though Goldberg wrote that messaging revealed "precise information about weapons packages, targets, and timing" of strikes in Yemen.

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Boston.com National News
Mar 25, 2025

Napster (yes, that Napster) sold to tech commerce company for $207 million
A tech startup announced Tuesday it had bought Napster in hopes of transforming the streaming service into a social music platform where artists can connect with fans and better monetize off their work.

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Boston.com National News
Mar 25, 2025

After ICE operation in Mass., Trump border czar says ‘sanctuary' cities will keep seeing ‘collateral' arrests
"Sanctuary cities are going to get exactly what they don't want: more agents in the community and more collateral arrests."

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Boston.com National News
Mar 25, 2025

Professors sue Trump administration in Mass. over arrests of campus protesters
The lawsuit says the detention of noncitizen students and faculty members deprives US citizens of their right to engage with foreign-born peers.

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Boston.com National News
Mar 25, 2025

Long waits, waves of calls, web crashes: Social Security is breaking down
A flood of cuts led by Elon Musk has sent the agency into chaos as a new commissioner prepares to take charge.

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Boston.com National News
Mar 25, 2025

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy resigns after 5 years in the position
DeJoy's tenure was marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, surges in mail-in election ballots and efforts to stem losses through cost and service cuts.

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Boston.com National News
Mar 25, 2025

Has the decline of knowledge work begun?
The unemployment rate for college graduates has risen faster than for other workers over the past few years. How worried should they be?

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Boston.com National News
Mar 25, 2025

Formula, fries and Froot Loops: Washington bends to Kennedy's ‘MAHA' agenda
Public health leaders are horrified by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s approach to measles, but government and industry are responding to him.

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Boston.com National News
Mar 25, 2025

In federal court in Boston, transgender Americans aim to block Trump's passport policy change
The American Civil Liberties Union will be in court Tuesday in Boston seeking a preliminary injunction.

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Boston.com National News
Mar 24, 2025

Q&A: Nobel Prize-winning researcher and BU grad discusses vaccine development, vaccine hesitancy, and preparing for another pandemic
Weissman was jointly awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine with Katalin Karikó for discoveries which made COVID-19 vaccines possible.

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Boston.com National News
Mar 24, 2025

Trump officials texted war plans to a group chat in a secure app that included a journalist
The National Security Council said in a statement that it was looking into how a journalist's number was added to the chain in the Signal group chat.

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Boston.com National News
Mar 24, 2025

ICE arrests more than 370 in Mass. through ‘enhanced operation'
ICE officials said 205 of those arrested had "significant criminal convictions or charges."

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Boston.com National News
Mar 24, 2025

Fired high school girls basketball coach apologizes for pulling player's ponytail
"I wish I could have those moments back."

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Boston.com National News
Mar 24, 2025

Former Utah Rep. Mia Love, the first Black Republican woman elected to the U.S. House, has died
She was 49.

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Boston.com National News
Mar 24, 2025

In Karoline Leavitt's world, Trump's word is enough
The White House press secretary is shaming some members of the Washington media and fielding softballs from others — all with a self-assured smile.

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Boston.com National News
Mar 24, 2025

Schumer says he won't step down as Senate Democratic leader despite government funding uproar
The New York senator said he knew voting for the bill backed by Republican President Donald Trump would spark "a lot of controversy."

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Boston.com National News
Mar 23, 2025

New York's top court blocks NYC from letting noncitizens vote
In a 6-1 ruling, the high court said "the New York constitution as it stands today draws a firm line restricting voting to citizens."

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Boston.com National News
Mar 23, 2025

As the left looks to 2028, it waits on Ocasio-Cortez's big decision
Could Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York run for the seat now held by Sen. Chuck Schumer? Or president in 2028?

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Boston.com National News
Mar 23, 2025

Figure skating's world championships are headed to Boston, another chance to heal after DC crash
"This worlds, I really want to dedicate to everyone on that flight, and give my all to the performance, and really make it special for them."

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Boston.com National News
Mar 21, 2025

Under threat from Trump, Columbia University agrees to policy changes
The announcement drew immediate condemnation from some faculty and free speech groups.

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Boston.com National News
Mar 21, 2025

The conservative women's magazine with big ambitions, and sex tips for wives
The Evie reader can work. She can be a mom. It's her choice. It's just not feminism.

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Boston.com National News
Mar 21, 2025

Family of German national detained at Logan alleges mistreatment by border patrol
Fabian Schmidt's family alleges that he was "subjected to a ‘violent interrogation,' stripped, and placed in a cold shower," according to Schmidt's legal defense.

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Boston.com National News
Mar 21, 2025

A woman wasn't allowed to bring her dog on a plane. She drowned it in an airport bathroom and then boarded her flight, police say.
The investigation into the death of the 9-year-old schnauzer named Tywinn started in December when a janitor found the dog in a trash bag in a bathroom stall at Orlando International Airport.

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Mar 21, 2025

Bernie Sanders has an idea for the left: don't run as Democrats
Sanders' remarks this week come at a moment of rising anger toward Democratic leaders and a tarnished public image for the party.

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Mar 21, 2025

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez puts her own spin on Bernie Sanders' pitch
Sanders, 83, learned politics in the 1960s. Ocasio-Cortez, 35, has undertaken her political education in the Trump era.

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Mar 21, 2025

Facing anti-DEI investigations, MIT and other colleges cut ties with nonprofit targeted by conservatives
The 45 colleges under investigation for ties to the organization include public universities such as Arizona State, Ohio State and the University of California, Berkeley, along with private schools like Yale, Cornell, Duke and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Mar 20, 2025

Judge: Mariah Carey didn't steal ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You' from other writers
A federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled that Mariah Carey did not steal her perennial megahit "All I Want for Christmas Is You" from other songwriters. Judge Mónica Ramírez Almadani granted Carey's request for summary judgment on Wednesday, giving her and co-writer and co-defendant Walter Afanasieff a victory without going to trial. In 2023, […]

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Mar 20, 2025

Trump orders a plan to dismantle US Education Department
Trump has derided the Education Department as wasteful and polluted by liberal ideology.

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Mar 20, 2025

Ben & Jerry's accuses Unilever of firing its CEO for political reasons
In the filing, Ben & Jerry's said Unilever, its parent company, had fired CEO David Stever because of his commitment to the company's social mission rather than his job performance.

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Mar 20, 2025

In latest blow to Tesla, regulators recall nearly all Cybertrucks
The recall, which covers more than 46,000 Cybertrucks, warned that an exterior panel that runs along the left and right side of the windshield can detach while driving.

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Mar 20, 2025

How Trump is trying to consolidate power over courts, Congress and more
Trump's latest target — the judiciary — has been described by constitutional scholars and historians as perhaps the most alarming power play to date.

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Mar 20, 2025

Georgetown scholar detained over American wife's Palestinian ties, lawyer says
Badar Khan Suri, a postdoctoral scholar at Georgetown University and citizen of India, was arrested Monday night outside of his Virginia home by officers who identified themselves as Department of Homeland Security agents, according to a legal filing by Suri's lawyer.

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Mar 20, 2025

In rush to release Kennedy files, personal information went public, too
It exposed at least one CIA agent's complete personnel file and the Social Security numbers for hundreds of other people.

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Mar 20, 2025

Warren blasts NIH leaders amid funding disruptions
"Neither of you appear to have answers about what is going on at this agency," Sen. Elizabeth Warren wrote to the acting director of the NIH and Trump's nominee to lead the agency.

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Mar 20, 2025

Trump will order a plan to shut down the U.S. Education Department
The department sends billions of dollars a year to schools and oversees $1.6 trillion in federal student loans.

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