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China will raise tariffs on US goods from 84% to 125%, the latest in an escalating trade war

The US and China have escalated trade war by raising tariffs even as President Trump hit a pause on tariffs for other countries.

Now that they’ve passed a budget plan, the hard part begins for RepublicansFollow live updates on the Trump administration

Senate confirms Trump nominee for chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff in overnight vote

Dan “Razin” Caine is a decorated F-16 combat pilot.

Supreme Court says Trump administration must work to bring back mistakenly deported Maryland man

Trump administration to refer Maine to Justice Department over transgender participation in sports

Why is conservative criticism of Boston so loud all of a sudden?

Massachusetts has, by far, the most international students of any New England state
More than 78,000 international students hold visas in Massachusetts, the third highest in the US.

7 more student visas revoked at Harvard, bringing the tally to 12 at the Ivy League school
“We are not aware of the details of the revocations or the reasons for them, but we understand these actions continue to take place at other institutions across the country," Harvard said in a post Thursday.

Buying American is harder than it sounds. One reporter gave it a try.

Poring over labels at Stop & Shop, Famous Footwear, and Etsy highlighted the ubiquity of the global supply chain — and the perils of imported goods becoming pawns in President Trump’s trade war.

Workers affected by the federal layoffs practice yoga at Bluebird Yoga in Washington, D.C., on March 14.

Is Wall Street, Washington D.C. tumult getting to you? Here are 8 ways to reduce your stress

Here are eight simple things people can do to reduce feelings of anxiety and unease, specialists said.

Dan Shaughnessy
Bill Belichick shows no love for Patriots owner Robert Kraft in new book, and other thoughts
Across 289 pages, not once does the former Patriots coach mention Robert Kraft or his family.

Patriots mailbag: Even after he was traded to the Cowboys, the Joe Milton conversation continues

It's tempting for the Patriots to take a pass rusher at No. 4 overall, but they'll fill a big need with offensive tackle Will Campbell.

Ben Volin’s NFL mock draft: Cam Ward goes early, but Shedeur Sanders will have to wait ... and who will the Patriots pick?

Ward probably would have been the fourth quarterback picked last year, but he had great production in college and is worth the top pick for the Titans.

NFL mock draft takeaways

The Old North Church and statue of Paul Revere in Boston's North End.

William Dawes needs a poet

Paul Revere was immortalized by Longfellow's poem and became an American icon. William Dawes, the other midnight rider, is buried in an unmarked grave.

Dinner with Cupid

Blind date: ‘We shared a few laughs that helped break the ice right away’

Will these two bibliophiles have a storybook ending?

“Who do we trust?”: Residents react to Tania Fernandes Anderson pleading guilty to federal corruption charges

Sadness, shock, disappointment, and cynicism were among the reactions of Fernandes Anderson's constituents after she pled guilty to two of her six federal corruption charges for allegedly orchestrating a kickback scheme.

NYC sightseeing helicopter plunges into river, killing 6, including family of Spanish tourists

The victims included Siemens executive Agustin Escobar, his wife, Merce Camprubi Montal, and three children, in addition to the pilot, a person briefed on the investigation told The Associated Press.

Dover doctor convicted of voluntary manslaughter for strangling his wife in 2020, but jury clears him of murder

The verdict means the former urology chief at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center avoids a life sentence for killing Kathleen McLean.

MFA announces longtime curator Pierre Terjanian as new leader

Terjanian, who worked with some of the country’s most renowned museum collections before becoming chief of curatorial affairs and conservation at the MFA, will lead the museum.

Starting Point

Does ‘The Great Gatsby,’ 100 this week, owe a creative debt to New England?

A Connecticut town seems to have inspired F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby.'

Forecast | Ken Mahan

Coastal low brings Friday April showers, fifth straight soggy weekend ahead

Eric Dane, McSteamy of ‘Grey’s Anatomy,’ says he has ALS

Former R.I. high school basketball coach told police teens weren’t naked during his ‘fat tests’

Elisabeth Moss in the final season of "The Handmaid's Tale."

Watch Party

‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’ ‘Black Mirror,’ plus more TV shows and movies to stream this weekend

Here are the latest series and films to watch on streaming platforms this weekend.

sound check

Record Store Day comes to Boston

There are special releases from a few Boston bands.

Mathematician Lisa Piccirillo at MIT, where she is now an assistant professor.

From the Globe Magazine archive

A math problem stumped experts for 50 years. A grad student from Maine solved it in days.

“That’s ridiculous,” Lisa Piccirillo thought when she first learned about the Conway knot problem. “We should be able to do that.”

Opinion

A block on the Boston Police Department Memorial Wall honoring officers who died of suicide reads, "May there never be another."

EDITORIAL

Police and mental health: Out of the shadows

Dealing with the stigma is the first step.

Avi Shafran

My father’s matzah: Surviving Passover in a Siberian labor camp

IDEAS | KOSTYA KENNEDY

The enduring resonance of Paul Revere’s ride

John J. Miller

Gavin Newsom is following Ronald Reagan’s playbook

LETTERS

It’s Trump’s tariff roller coaster. We’re all just riding on it.

Spotlight

Explore the project: Snitch City

In a nation addicted to drugs, local police are addicted to informants.

Listen to the Snitch City podcast

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Atholl Highlanders, a private army from Scotland, to march in Mass. State House Day Parade
Renowned as Britain’s only private army — the regiment based at Blaine Castle Scotland since 1777cq — the kilted group is staying with families in Athol, its namesake town in north Central Massachusetts.

Former Rockport High soccer coach arrested for sending sexually explicit messages to minors

Jason Rutkauskas, 46, of Gloucester, allegedly sent sexually explicit messages to multiple underage boys, many of whom were former players, records show.

Sixteen jurors now seated for Karen Read trial, selection process continues Monday
Twelve jurors will decide the case, with the rest serving as alternates.

Blackhawks 5, Bruins 2
Former Bruins do damage as Blackhawks score three goals on three straight shifts in 93 seconds in third period
Ryan Donato and Tyler Bertuzzi scored in the onslaught and Nick Foligno added an empty-netter.

Britain announces a surge of Ukraine support as Western backers meet to drum up arms and ammunition

Britain said that in a joint effort with Norway just over $580 million would be spent to provide hundreds of thousands of military drones, radar systems and anti-tank mines, as well as repair and maintenance contracts to keep Ukrainian armored vehicles on the battlefield.

Boston police turn over 500,000 pages of messages investigators exchanged about accused rapist Matthew Nilo
Prosecutors allege that Nilo committed multiple sexual assaults in Boston in 2007 and 2008.

After a suicide, running helped a Framingham mother and son cope. This will be their first Boston Marathon together.

Lisa Burgess and her son Ben, 24, have relied on long-distance running for nearly a decade to process their grief and find hope.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines
Trump backed down on tariffs, but not before scorching investors and damaging the economy
The country faces inflation, less trust in its financial markets, and a long trade fight with China.

THE GREAT DIVIDE
Massachusetts welcomed migrant families with open arms. But is the state prepared to teach their children?
The state’s population of English learners has grown 25 percent since 2019, a dramatic uptick fueled by the large number of migrants arriving here in the last several years.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER
Welcome to Montréal, circus capital of the world, where clowns are sexy and performances are larger-than-life
This summer, North America’s largest circus festival fills Montreal with an artform like nothing you’ve seen before.

Culture & Lifestyle

Boston comedians have rallied for Mike Dorval after his cancer diagnosis.

The Boston comedy community rallies for one of their own

Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein, co-directors and producers of the upcoming miniseries “The American Revolution.” (Stephanie Berger)

‘I won’t work on a more important film,’ says Ken Burns about ‘American Revolution’ series

Maya Lagerstam as Storyteller 1 and Tyler Joseph Ellis as Storyteller 2 in "Shucked."

In ‘Shucked,’ an impressive rate of puns per minute

Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore in "Fever Pitch."

Green Monster brews and real-life romance: Jimmy Fallon, Peter Farrelly, and more talk 20 years of ‘Fever Pitch’

Special Projects

Seventh-graders at the Curley School on the first day of school in 1975. (Ulrike Welsch/Globe staff)

Broken Promises, Unfulfilled Hope

The Boston Globe explores the legacy of Boston’s busing era.

An Ambulance passes Glenwood Regional Medical Center in West Monroe, LA on August 28, 2024.

A Boston Globe Spotlight Team report on Steward Health Care

A Boston Globe Spotlight Team review found the Steward Health Care hospital system plagued by staggering neglect at the hands of executives.

The Boston Globe’s Best of the Best

Our ultimate guide to more than 200 winners for Boston's best food, drinks, and fun things to do.

Nightmare in Mission Hill

The story of how a murder in Mission Hill — the Carol Stuart shooting — terrorized and wounded a community of innocent people.

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

The 379 other books removed from the US Naval Academy’s Nimitz Library last week include “Colorization: One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World” by Wil Haygood, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou, and “The Religion of White Supremacy in the United States” by Eric A. Weed.

David Shribman

Eisenhower’s warning echoes in today’s Naval Academy book ban

Abortion rights protesters, including one wearing a MIFE abortion pill costume, demonstrate outside the Supreme Court as oral arguments are delivered in the case of Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic.

KIMBERLY ATKINS STOHR

After SCOTUS ruling, new battle begins in Trump’s war on Venezuelan immigrants

Mike Kennealy, who served as housing and economic development secretary under former governor Charlie Baker, spoke at an event in 2021.

Carine Hajjar

‘Beacon Hill has fallen short’: Mike Kennealy’s pitch to Massachusetts voters

IDEAS | DAVID SCHARFENBERG

Tariffs are dumb . . . right?

Mike Kennealy, a former adviser to Charlie Baker, announced his 2026 candidacy for governor on April 7.

JOAN VENNOCHI, ALAN WIRZBICKI, AND CARINE HAJJAR

Can a Baker Republican still win? Three writers on the Mass. governor’s race.

The photos on these banners in a Beirut suburb say a lot about the governance of Lebanon. On the left is the speaker of Parliament, Nabih Berri. On the right is Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed by an Israeli strike on Sept. 27. Lebanon hasn’t had a president for two years because Hezbollah keeps blocking candidates.

IDEAS | CARINE HAJJAR

Lebanon’s biggest problem is not Israel

Metro

Massachusetts has, by far, the most international students of any New England state

More than 78,000 international students hold visas in Massachusetts, the third highest in the US.

“Who do we trust?”: Residents react to Tania Fernandes Anderson pleading guilty to federal corruption charges

William Dawes needs a poet

Paul Revere was immortalized by Longfellow's poem and became an American icon. William Dawes, the other midnight rider, is buried in an unmarked grave.

BLOTTER TALES

Security finds strange things in airport luggage

TSA officers discover a sword hidden inside a cane, a tennis ball causes a driver to crash, and other odd tales from local police and fire departments.

Sports

Cole Eiserman (right) scores in the second period off a pass from Cole Hutson to give BU a 2-0 lead over Penn State Thursday night.

Frozen Four | BU 3, Penn State 1

Boston University defeats Penn State to reach NCAA men’s hockey championship game

The Terriers will face Western Michigan, which defeated defending national champion Denver, 3-2, in double overtime, as they search for their first title since 2009 on Saturday

Patriots

Patriots mailbag: Even after he was traded to the Cowboys, the Joe Milton conversation continues

We’ve also got queries about the draft and the possibility of a running back at No. 4 overall.

NFL

Ben Volin’s NFL mock draft: Cam Ward goes early, but Shedeur Sanders will have to wait ... and who will the Patriots pick?

Ward probably would have been the fourth quarterback picked last year, but he had great production in college and is worth the top pick for the Titans.

Ben Volin |On football

NFL mock draft takeaways: Lack of high-end talent, lots of pass rushers, and Patriots should have tanked in Week 18

Dan Shaughnessy

Bill Belichick shows no love for Patriots owner Robert Kraft in new book, and other thoughts

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

Globe Top 20 baseball poll: There’s a new No. 2, plus the return of Chelmsford

Business

China will raise tariffs on US goods from 84% to 125%, the latest in an escalating trade war

The US and China have escalated trade war by raising tariffs even as President Trump hit a pause on tariffs for other countries.

Buying American is harder than it sounds. One reporter gave it a try.

Poring over labels at Stop & Shop, Famous Footwear, and Etsy highlighted the ubiquity of the global supply chain — and the perils of imported goods becoming pawns in President Trump’s trade war.

Tesla launches in Saudi Arabia with its first showroom and service center in Riyadh

US and China headed for ‘monumental’ split, putting world economy on edge

magazine

College in 2025

The reason dozens of Mass. colleges could close within a decade (hint: it’s not Trump)

College in 2025

College decision time is always stressful for students. Trump is making it a lot worse.

college in 2025

Trump bump: At least one Canadian university is already seeing surging interest from US students

LOVE LETTERS

Men think I’m coming on to them, but I’m just being friendly

metro

Scattered showers and higher elevations snow showers will linger Friday morning. Another round of rain arrives late Friday night.

Coastal low brings Friday April showers, fifth straight soggy weekend ahead

Immigration agents tackled man inside N.H. courthouse, preventing him from attending his arraignment

Is Wall Street, Washington D.C. tumult getting to you? Here are 8 ways to reduce your stress

sports

BC High's Brody Beale drove in seven runs over three games in the past week, all victories for the Eagles.

Eastern Mass. baseball: Globe Players of the Week for April 3-9

At age 22, first-year Newton South baseball coach Alex Klapes counting on relatability over experience

Two fans die in Chile before a Copa Libertadores match between Colo Colo and Fortaleza

business

Trader Jonathan Mueller works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, on April 10.

Asian shares sink, with Japan’s Nikkei down 5.6 percent as China-US trade war escalates

Newsmax made defamatory statements about Dominion, judge says

US stocks dive as euphoria on Wall Street reverts to fear about US-China trade war

politics

China raises tariffs on US goods from 84 percent to 125 percent. Follow live updates.

Massachusetts has, by far, the most international students of any New England state

China will raise tariffs on US goods from 84% to 125%, the latest in an escalating trade war

Nation

Debris is lifted from the water near the scene of a helicopter crash on the Hudson River near Manhattan, on April 10.

NYC sightseeing helicopter plunges into river, killing 6, including family of Spanish tourists

Judge will decide whether to proceed with Menendez brothers resentencing hearing

A US Navy captain ordered a military funeral for a kamikaze pilot during WWII. Here’s why.

World

Smoke rises to the sky following an Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip.

Israel’s army says it will fire air force reservists who condemned the war

Britain announces a surge of Ukraine support as Western backers meet to drum up arms and ammunition

Australian opposition leader says his home was the target of an alleged bomb plot

opinion

The police in New Bedford have a long history of abusing the confidential informant system in the fight against drugs, guns, and gangs.

Why are cops addicted to confidential informants? The Globe investigates Snitch City

Tariffs are dumb . . . right?

Mass. has 66,000 foreign students. Colleges must be ready to help them navigate the Trump era.

lifestyle

Mattel Inc. unveiled the LeBron Ken doll on Wednesday to kick off the toy manufacturer's “Kenbassador” series.

LeBron James becomes first professional male athlete to have likeness depicted in a Ken doll

I have a crush on a fellow teacher

Between bylines and banter, a romance unfolds

food & dining

Chef Jianjun Peng makes a dish for family meal before the dinner rush at District Kitchen.

In North End, Chinatown and Latino neighborhoods, will Trump’s tariffs drive up restaurant prices?

The South End’s Kaia offers fresh takes on Aegean classics

Park Bagelry brings a new brand of bagel to Allston; El Barco takes over at Summer Shack

travel

Poutine newbie? Start with the classic, like this one made at Patati Patata. Ninety percent of their poutine orders are for this version (the tofu poutine is not so popular.)

Death by poutine? Nah, but we came close. Here’s the skinny on Quebec’s favorite comfort food.

Family origins, an around the world cruise, and travel-sized skincare

A brief (possibly accurate) poutine origin story

Arts

From left: Albert Einstein; Helen Keller and Polly Thompson; and Ernest Hemingway, photographed by Yousuf Karsh.

BPL receives major donation of Yousuf Karsh photographs

The Museum of American Finance, coming to the Seaport next summer, tries to put the ‘fun’ in mutual funds

1775 and all that

Books

Nancy Kricorian’s novels tell the stories of the Armenian diaspora, exiled but always seeking community

Author readings around Boston through April 19

Local bestsellers for the week ended April 6

Movies

‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’ ‘Black Mirror,’ plus more TV shows and movies to stream this weekend

M. Night Shyamalan to film ‘supernatural romantic thriller’ in R.I. this summer with Jake Gyllenhaal

‘A Nice Indian Boy’ is an even nicer romantic comedy

Television

‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’ ‘Black Mirror,’ plus more TV shows and movies to stream this weekend

Netflix announces cast for its starry ‘Pride & Prejudice’ miniseries

Live from London, it’s Saturday night! SNL taking sketch comedy across the pond

music

Record Store Day comes to Boston

John Nelson, conductor who championed Berlioz, dies at 83

American music, Symphony Hall’s 125th anniversary, and the natural world: Inside the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 2025-26 season

Theater/Dance

In ‘Shucked,’ an impressive rate of puns per minute

Fresh Ink’s ‘Sugar’ offers a modern look at the oldest profession

The Ufot Family Cycle comes away with 18 Elliot Norton Award nominations

Health

Is Wall Street, Washington D.C. tumult getting to you? Here are 8 ways to reduce your stress

‘We just won’t be able to save everyone’: Legislators weigh Healey budget as threats from D.C. loom

Trump says pharmaceutical tariffs coming ‘very shortly’

Obituaries

Mr. Nelson, conducting the Handel & Haydn Society in Mozart's "Requiem" at Symphony Hall in 2008.

China will raise tariffs on US goods from 84% to 125%, the latest in an escalating trade war

Senate confirms Trump nominee for chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff in overnight vote

Supreme Court says Trump administration must work to bring back mistakenly deported Maryland man

Why is conservative criticism of Boston so loud all of a sudden?

Massachusetts has, by far, the most international students of any New England stateMore than 78,000 international students hold visas in Massachusetts, the third highest in the US.

7 more student visas revoked at Harvard, bringing the tally to 12 at the Ivy League school“We are not aware of the details of the revocations or the reasons for them, but we understand these actions continue to take place at other institutions across the country," Harvard said in a post Thursday.

Buying American is harder than it sounds. One reporter gave it a try.

Is Wall Street, Washington D.C. tumult getting to you? Here are 8 ways to reduce your stress

Dan ShaughnessyBill Belichick shows no love for Patriots owner Robert Kraft in new book, and other thoughtsAcross 289 pages, not once does the former Patriots coach mention Robert Kraft or his family.

Ben Volin’s NFL mock draft: Cam Ward goes early, but Shedeur Sanders will have to wait ... and who will the Patriots pick?

William Dawes needs a poet

Blind date: ‘We shared a few laughs that helped break the ice right away’

“Who do we trust?”: Residents react to Tania Fernandes Anderson pleading guilty to federal corruption charges

NYC sightseeing helicopter plunges into river, killing 6, including family of Spanish tourists

Dover doctor convicted of voluntary manslaughter for strangling his wife in 2020, but jury clears him of murder

MFA announces longtime curator Pierre Terjanian as new leader

Does ‘The Great Gatsby,’ 100 this week, owe a creative debt to New England?

Coastal low brings Friday April showers, fifth straight soggy weekend ahead

Eric Dane, McSteamy of ‘Grey’s Anatomy,’ says he has ALS

Former R.I. high school basketball coach told police teens weren’t naked during his ‘fat tests’

‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’ ‘Black Mirror,’ plus more TV shows and movies to stream this weekend

Record Store Day comes to Boston

A math problem stumped experts for 50 years. A grad student from Maine solved it in days.

Police and mental health: Out of the shadows

My father’s matzah: Surviving Passover in a Siberian labor camp

The enduring resonance of Paul Revere’s ride

Gavin Newsom is following Ronald Reagan’s playbook

It’s Trump’s tariff roller coaster. We’re all just riding on it.

Explore the project: Snitch City

More recent News

Atholl Highlanders, a private army from Scotland, to march in Mass. State House Day ParadeRenowned as Britain’s only private army — the regiment based at Blaine Castle Scotland since 1777cq — the kilted group is staying with families in Athol, its namesake town in north Central Massachusetts.

Former Rockport High soccer coach arrested for sending sexually explicit messages to minors

Sixteen jurors now seated for Karen Read trial, selection process continues MondayTwelve jurors will decide the case, with the rest serving as alternates.

Blackhawks 5, Bruins 2Former Bruins do damage as Blackhawks score three goals on three straight shifts in 93 seconds in third periodRyan Donato and Tyler Bertuzzi scored in the onslaught and Nick Foligno added an empty-netter.

Britain announces a surge of Ukraine support as Western backers meet to drum up arms and ammunition

Boston police turn over 500,000 pages of messages investigators exchanged about accused rapist Matthew Nilo Prosecutors allege that Nilo committed multiple sexual assaults in Boston in 2007 and 2008.

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After a suicide, running helped a Framingham mother and son cope. This will be their first Boston Marathon together.

Larry Edelman | TrendlinesTrump backed down on tariffs, but not before scorching investors and damaging the economyThe country faces inflation, less trust in its financial markets, and a long trade fight with China.

THE GREAT DIVIDEMassachusetts welcomed migrant families with open arms. But is the state prepared to teach their children?The state’s population of English learners has grown 25 percent since 2019, a dramatic uptick fueled by the large number of migrants arriving here in the last several years.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHERWelcome to Montréal, circus capital of the world, where clowns are sexy and performances are larger-than-lifeThis summer, North America’s largest circus festival fills Montreal with an artform like nothing you’ve seen before.

Culture & Lifestyle

The Boston comedy community rallies for one of their own

‘I won’t work on a more important film,’ says Ken Burns about ‘American Revolution’ series

In ‘Shucked,’ an impressive rate of puns per minute

Green Monster brews and real-life romance: Jimmy Fallon, Peter Farrelly, and more talk 20 years of ‘Fever Pitch’

Special Projects

Broken Promises, Unfulfilled Hope

A Boston Globe Spotlight Team report on Steward Health Care

The Boston Globe’s Best of the Best

Nightmare in Mission Hill

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Opinion, ideas, and commentary

Eisenhower’s warning echoes in today’s Naval Academy book ban

After SCOTUS ruling, new battle begins in Trump’s war on Venezuelan immigrants

‘Beacon Hill has fallen short’: Mike Kennealy’s pitch to Massachusetts voters

Tariffs are dumb . . . right?

Can a Baker Republican still win? Three writers on the Mass. governor’s race.

Lebanon’s biggest problem is not Israel

Metro

Massachusetts has, by far, the most international students of any New England state

“Who do we trust?”: Residents react to Tania Fernandes Anderson pleading guilty to federal corruption charges

William Dawes needs a poet

Security finds strange things in airport luggage

Sports

Boston University defeats Penn State to reach NCAA men’s hockey championship game

Patriots mailbag: Even after he was traded to the Cowboys, the Joe Milton conversation continues

Ben Volin’s NFL mock draft: Cam Ward goes early, but Shedeur Sanders will have to wait ... and who will the Patriots pick?

NFL mock draft takeaways: Lack of high-end talent, lots of pass rushers, and Patriots should have tanked in Week 18

Bill Belichick shows no love for Patriots owner Robert Kraft in new book, and other thoughts

Globe Top 20 baseball poll: There’s a new No. 2, plus the return of Chelmsford

Business

China will raise tariffs on US goods from 84% to 125%, the latest in an escalating trade war

Buying American is harder than it sounds. One reporter gave it a try.

Tesla launches in Saudi Arabia with its first showroom and service center in Riyadh

US and China headed for ‘monumental’ split, putting world economy on edge

The reason dozens of Mass. colleges could close within a decade (hint: it’s not Trump)

College decision time is always stressful for students. Trump is making it a lot worse.

Trump bump: At least one Canadian university is already seeing surging interest from US students

Men think I’m coming on to them, but I’m just being friendly

Massachusetts has, by far, the most international students of any New England state
More than 78,000 international students hold visas in Massachusetts, the third highest in the US.

Dan Shaughnessy
Bill Belichick shows no love for Patriots owner Robert Kraft in new book, and other thoughts
Across 289 pages, not once does the former Patriots coach mention Robert Kraft or his family.

Sixteen jurors now seated for Karen Read trial, selection process continues Monday
Twelve jurors will decide the case, with the rest serving as alternates.

Blackhawks 5, Bruins 2
Former Bruins do damage as Blackhawks score three goals on three straight shifts in 93 seconds in third period
Ryan Donato and Tyler Bertuzzi scored in the onslaught and Nick Foligno added an empty-netter.

Boston police turn over 500,000 pages of messages investigators exchanged about accused rapist Matthew Nilo
Prosecutors allege that Nilo committed multiple sexual assaults in Boston in 2007 and 2008.

Larry Edelman | Trendlines
Trump backed down on tariffs, but not before scorching investors and damaging the economy
The country faces inflation, less trust in its financial markets, and a long trade fight with China.

THE GREAT DIVIDE
Massachusetts welcomed migrant families with open arms. But is the state prepared to teach their children?
The state’s population of English learners has grown 25 percent since 2019, a dramatic uptick fueled by the large number of migrants arriving here in the last several years.

CHRISTOPHER MUTHER
Welcome to Montréal, circus capital of the world, where clowns are sexy and performances are larger-than-life
This summer, North America’s largest circus festival fills Montreal with an artform like nothing you’ve seen before.