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Monday, May 5, 2025
Today's Headlines

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Business

‘An embargo on American goods’: Mass. manufacturers fret as tariffs thwart exports to China

While China is best known as the largest supplier of products imported into the US, it's also an important two-way goods highway for US manufacturers. Continue reading →

Crime & Courts

‘Silent and hiding’: ICE actions at courthouses creating climate of fear for immigrants, advocates say

Under the Trump administration, ICE has ended Biden-era restrictions on courthouse immigration enforcement that were initially meant to serve as a buffer between the local criminal justice system and federal immigration policies. Continue reading →

Vermont

As Canadian tourism plummets, Vermont braces for slow summer season on Lake Champlain

Burlington marina managers and others who rely on visitors from the north fear that President Trump's saber rattling will cut into their business. Continue reading →

K-12

Mass. House moves to block vocational school lottery admissions

A measure in the House budget would prevent any top-down admissions changes for the next two years. Continue reading →

Nation

Trump, in a new interview, says he doesn’t know if he backs due process rights

In an interview that aired on Sunday morning, President Trump was circumspect about his duties to uphold due process rights laid out in the Constitution. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

Cuts have eliminated more than a dozen US government health-tracking programs

US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s motto is " Make America Healthy Again‚" but government cuts could make it harder to know whether that’s happening. Continue reading →

Nation

Trump administration slashes research into LGBTQ+ health

The Trump administration has scrapped more than $800 million worth of research into the health of LGBTQ+ people. Continue reading →

Nation

Republicans in Congress use obscure law to roll back Biden-era regulations

As President Trump moves unilaterally to slash the federal bureaucracy and upend longstanding policies, Republicans in Congress have embarked on a spree of deregulation, using an obscure law to quietly but steadily chip away at Biden-era rules they say are hurting businesses and consumers. Continue reading →

The World

World

More US air defense is on the way to help Ukraine

Western allies are giving Ukraine more help in its war with Russia. Continue reading →

World

Trapped and hungry in Mexico, migrants struggle to return home

There are at least 3,000 Venezuelans stranded in Tapachula, a sweltering city near the southernmost point of Mexico that was once a gateway for migrants entering from Guatemala. Continue reading →

World

A conclave like no other

Scores of cardinals will file into the Sistine Chapel starting Wednesday to cast ballots for the next pope under seclusion and Michelangelo’s frescoes, in one of the world’s oldest dramas. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

Letters

When judges follow their conscience, not their party, it gives her hope

When the media cite the president who appointed a judge, it gives me hope that judges act not according to politics but according to the law. Continue reading →

Letters

Support recovery coaches. They’re vital to fighting addiction.

Recovery coaches are the single best weapon against the stigma, unconscious prejudices, and negative views about people who use drugs and alcohol that are too often held by health care providers. Continue reading →

Editorials

‘I used to sell drugs’: Why the city should give operators of mobile car washes a chance to go legit

Over the past few years, many unlicensed car washes have sprung up in Boston. They’re noisy nuisances, but the city shouldn’t shut them down completely. Continue reading →

Metro

Massachusetts

Demonstrators pledge support for immigrant neighbors in New Bedford workers’ march

More than 200 demonstrators marched through New Bedford’s North End on Sunday to commemorate International Workers’ Day.