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Sunday, January 11, 2026 11:40 AM ET

Boston Globe - Top Stories

Trump warns Cuba to make a 'deal' after Maduro's removal in Venezuela

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Endangered right whales show signs of recovery after years of decline -- After a steep population decline, the number of endangered right whales is growing slowly but steadily.

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Anti-ICE protesters assemble across the US after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland, Ore.

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Congress is debating the possible consequences for ICE and even Noem after Renee Good's killing -- Lawmakers are demanding a range of actions, from a full investigation into Renee Good's shooting death to the defunding of ICE operations and the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

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Sunday Football Notes: Trying to make some sense out of the NFL's coaching carousel

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On Basketball | Gary Washburn -- 'I'm tired of the inconsistency': Jaylen Brown airs out frustration with officiating after loss to Spurs -- With the Celtics ranking last in the NBA in free throw attempts, Jaylen Brown did not pull any punches concerning his thoughts on officiating.

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Republican candidates in Mass. are bankrolling their campaigns amid little support from state party -- As the state GOP continues to struggle financially and at the ballot box, self-funding has practically become a prerequisite for Republicans running for the state's highest offices.

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A month after the Brown shooting, MukhammadAziz Umurzokov's family and friends keep his memory alive -- Umurzokov was supposed to be home with his family in suburban Virginia, but he never returned from his first semester at Brown.

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Massachusetts is home to more than four dozen Grateful Dead cover bands

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Iran warns against US strikes as activists say protest death toll reaches 203 -- Iran's parliament speaker warned Sunday that the US military and Israel would be "legitimate targets" if the US strikes the country over ongoing protests.

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As protests rage, Iran pulls the plug on contact with the world

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Trump was briefed on options for striking Iran

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A construction worker's suicide in Massachusetts highlights a wider crisis -- A beloved and respected construction worker in Raynham ended his life, putting a spotlight on the rigors that workers in that industry face.

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Five-year-old girl dies one week after New Year's Day fire in Manchester, N.H.

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Boston suspends Allston bar's liquor license after repeated underage drinking violations

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US FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS -- 'It's in God's hands': Norwood's Maxim Naumov hopes he skated his way to a berth on US Olympic team -- If Naumov's bid for an Olympic berth is successful, he would be the first skater representing The Skating Club of Boston since 2014.

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What the Republican 'siege' on New College means for the future of Harvard - Trump and MAGA want to remake higher education. New College is their blueprint for how to do it.

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Musa al-Gharbi - All the videos in the world won't end the argument over Renee Good's death - The polarized argument Americans are having about the killing of a Minneapolis woman by an ICE agent is really about much more than who is at fault for her death.

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EDITORIAL -- Lifting the curtain on the money behind ballot questions

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RENÉE GRAHAM -- Trump is watching you

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IDEAS | JAMES DYKE -- We can't just burn carbon now and suck it out of the atmosphere later

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IDEAS | BRIAN BERGSTEIN -- Fusion power still may save the world

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Congress is reversing Trump's steep budget cuts to science -- Lawmakers from both parties are moving to undo thousands of cuts to federal science programs that President Trump called for last year.

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Northampton mayor's husband offers apology after Stop & Shop altercation: 'I was the weak link in our local democracy' -- Bill Scher's apology, coming amid so much national political strife, also seemed to speak to a larger sense of keyed-up anxiety buzzing beneath everyday life in America.

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Driver charged in death of art collector John Axelrod to seek insanity defense -- William Haney Jr.'s long history of mental health struggles will certainly play a central role in the legal arguments, his lawyer said.

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YVONNE ABRAHAM - Trump is waging war on Democrat-led states - Minnesota is just the latest and most violent front in a much wider campaign of aggression Donald Trump and his administration are conducting in blue states.

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Here are the highest earners on the Massachusetts state payroll for 2025 -- Employees at the University of Massachusetts again dominated the top positions on the state's public payroll.

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'The Traitors,' 'Tron: Ares,' plus more new TV shows and films to stream this weekend

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The Karen Read story gets the Lifetime movie treatment

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Sign up for Season 3 of Winter Soup Club

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2026 Golden Globes: 15 nominated films you can stream this weekend

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Boston Globe Spotlight Team - Nearly 250 patients at top Mass. hospitals say they were abused by a renowned doctor. Why wasn't he stopped sooner? A Globe Spotlight investigation found the state's medical establishment missed key warning signs.

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Why Trump and the MAGA movement turned against Harvard -- Over a decade of political and cultural upheaval, America's most powerful university grew vulnerable to attack. There were warning signs.

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Why the middle class is disappearing in Massachusetts -- The middle class in Massachusetts is being hollowed out. Driving the squeeze is a stratospheric rise in inequality.

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Water is coming for the Seaport; the whole city will be poorer for it. -- Buildings in the Seaport fund one-tenth of Boston's property-tax base. Flood waters and sea level rise will soon put that at risk.

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Eugene R. Fidell -- Why Pete Hegseth's case against Mark Kelly is doomed to fail

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Andrew Mikula -- A 5,000-square-foot solution to the Massachusetts housing crisis

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LETTERS -- Mass. should think outside the classroom and systematize student support

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IDEAS -- Blueprints for a new downtown Boston

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Sunday's Child - Nathan, 15, is a talented young artist - Sunday's Child is a weekly column featuring a child or teen currently in foster care awaiting adoption.

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What the Republican 'siege' on New College means for the future of Harvard -- Trump and MAGA want to remake higher education. New College is their blueprint for how to do it.

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Penguins at Bruins | 5 p.m. (NESN) -- Penguins at Bruins preview: After offensive onslaught, Boston welcomes Pittsburgh to town -- Boston's second straight win and fourth in the last six games (4-1-1) came on the strength of its first 10-goal outburst since 1988.

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PETER ABRAHAM | ON BASEBALL -- With Alex Bregman off the board, where do the Red Sox turn?

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CHRISTOPHER L. GASPER -- Front-office quarterback Eliot Wolf deserves share of credit for Patriots' one-season turnaround into playoff team

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US Figure Skating Championships -- Ilia Malinin takes fourth straight US men's figure skating title; Madison Chock, Evan Bates win record seventh in ice dance

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Protests in Iran near the 2-week mark as authorities intensify crackdown on demonstrators

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'It just didn't feel real': Why are younger people getting colon cancer?

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Higher Education -- 'We are in class five rapids right now.' New England's liberal arts colleges are in crisis. Can their model survive?

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DINNER WITH CUPID -- Blind date: 'They sat the wrong person at the table and so I had a good laugh'

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CONNECTIONS -- We offered refuge to a Brown University student on that night of horror. She brought light to the darkness.

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'ICE Out': Protesters in Boston condemn federal immigration enforcement and shooting of Renee Good

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All this is mine?

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'Extremely frustrating, bro': Jaylen Brown rips referees in expletive-peppered tirade after Victor Wembanyama, Spurs eke past Celtics

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Bears overcome 18-point deficit, beat Packers in wild-card round for first playoff win since 2010

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Both of the Globe's No. 1 hockey teams lost, and more HS sports takeaways from an action-packed Saturday

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Charting the global economy: US employers stay cautious on hires

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Charting the global economy: US employers stay cautious on hires

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Trump promises oil executives 'total safety' if they invest in Venezuela after Maduro ouster

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US launches new retaliatory strikes against ISIS in Syria after deadly ambush

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Bird flu viruses raise mounting concerns among scientists

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Canine prodigies can develop vocabularies like toddlers

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Death toll in violence surrounding protests challenging Iran's theocracy reaches 116, activists say

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Ukrainian drones set fire to Russian oil depot after Moscow launches new hypersonic missile

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Trump brings the big stick back to Latin America

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A week after Venezuela raid, the chips are falling where they may

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The world's biggest climate goal was a waste of time and money

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Scientists find new clues to why female fertility declines with age

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The best time to date on apps? Maybe it's when you're too busy.

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Don't be an Ashley Tisdale. How to avoid toxic mom friends.

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Brooksy's brings pizza, beer, and good cheer to Belmont Center

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Si Cara opens in South Boston; First Watch brings brunch to Back Bay

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Five simple, healthful recipes anyone can make (really)

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Need some thermal pampering? It's a new era of wellness in Banff National Park.

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It's a great year to go play in the snow

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I climbed a glacier-topped volcano . . . and survived!

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Here's looking at you, Boston: Downtown buildings sport googly eyes as part of winter public art exhibition

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A new gem among the MFA's studiously historic galleries: Modern art

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Janet Fish, painter of luminous still lifes, dies at 87

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Local bestsellers for the week ended Jan. 4

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The best local book events this week

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Cynthia Zarin never expected to write novels. Now she's not sure she'll stop.

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2026 Golden Globes: How to watch and everything you need to know

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Want your vintage MTV? There's an app for that.

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Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir has died

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At Vibrato Bar, singers perform 'classical karaoke' without formalities

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Tina Packer, who brought the Bard to life for audiences in Lenox and beyond, dies at 87

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For professional ballet dancers, pursuing motherhood can still feel risky

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How do you solve a problem like 'The Sound of Music'?

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Senator Markey, public health officials condemn new HHS child vaccine recommendations

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Glenn Hall, pathbreaking all-star hockey goalie, dies at 94

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Aldrich Ames, CIA turncoat who helped the Soviets, dies

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