Today's Headlines
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Thursday, January 15, 2026
Today's Headlines

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Retail

From ‘the best of the best,’ to shutting down: The rise and fall of Fenway’s Time Out Market

Time Out Market opened as the first of a new wave of food halls in Boston. Six years later it's closing down. Continue reading →

K-12

Boston schools face stark truth: Shutter buildings while needing billions to renovate current facilities

Mayor Michelle Wu has declared her goal to make BPS the best school system in the country. But many children are learning in buildings older than their parents and teachers. Continue reading →

Retail

At Massachusetts stores, the demise of the penny is adding up to one big headache

Some retailers are stocking up on the one-cent coins while they still can, while others are rounding transactions to nickels. Continue reading →

Healthcare

Health insurers face new restrictions as Healey moves to end prior authorizations, long hated by many

Prior authorizations have long been hated by many, but insurers call them an essential tool they use to control spending. Continue reading →

Biotech

‘Dangerous’: Moderna cofounder warns US faces dystopian scientific times

"We won’t just slow the miracle machine, we’ll throw it into reverse," Noubar Afeyan said. Continue reading →

The Nation

Nation

‘Like a military occupation’: Clashes rise with federal agents in Minneapolis

Federal officers are descending on streets in what they say is an effort to find immigrants lacking legal status with criminal and dangerous backgrounds. Continue reading →

Nation

Trump administration indefinitely pauses immigrant visa processing for 75 nations

The Trump administration is halting immigrant visa processing for people from 75 countries, including Brazil, Iran, Russia and Somalia, the latest effort by officials to restrict legal immigration pathways. Continue reading →

Politics

Denmark has ‘fundamental’ differences with US over Greenland, diplomat says

Denmark, Greenland, and the United States have a "fundamental disagreement" over the future of the territory in the North Atlantic, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, the Danish foreign minister, said Wednesday after a White House meeting with top Trump administration officials. Continue reading →

The World

World

US withdraws some forces from Middle East as Trump weighs Iran strikes

The Pentagon has begun withdrawing some US troops and assets from a key base in Qatar as a precautionary measure while President Trump weighs whether to take military action against Iran, officials said Wednesday. Continue reading →

World

Iran signals plans for fast trials and executions while promising ‘decisive response’ to US, Israel

Iranian officials signaled Wednesday that fast trials and executions lay ahead for suspects detained in nationwide protests. Continue reading →

World

Crane falls on passenger train in Thailand, killing at least 32

A crane fell on a train with about 200 passengers and crew members aboard in northeastern Thailand on Wednesday, killing at least 32 people and injuring at least 67 others, the Thai Health Ministry said. Continue reading →

Editorial & Opinion

Editorials

Gabriel House fire shows need for oversight of assisted living

A state commission has recommended stepped-up oversight of the facilities where thousands of senior citizens live. Continue reading →

Columns

Before the trial, a fight over how Lindsay Clancy is seen

The battle is already underway to define the Duxbury mother accused of killing her three children as a patient or a criminal. Continue reading →

Letters

With halt of wind projects, Trump chooses politics over affordability

Whatever your political ideology, it is undeniable that we need energy diversification to lower bills for working Americans. Continue reading →

Metro

Massachusetts

‘A true American hero’: Celebrating Tuskegee Airman ‘Woody’ Woodhouse as he turns 99