The Boston Globe

07/28/2025

We’ve found a dozen perfect picks for the early risers around here, including bagels, bakeries, and swanky sit-down spots. Explore our list of the Boston area’s 12 best breakfasts. https://trib.al/65GpSID

07/28/2025

A federal judge ruled Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide must continue to be reimbursed for Medicaid funding as President Trump’s administration tries to defund the nation’s largest abortion provider.

The new order replaces a previous edict handed down by US District Judge Indira Talwani in Boston last week.

07/28/2025

Spend a night at the Harvard Arts Museums, see a Davis Square concert, plus more free things to do around Boston this week.

Check out these no-cost activities, events, and performances across Greater Boston, July 28-Aug.

07/28/2025

Senator Ruben Gallego, the first-term Arizona Democrat, is scheduled to visit New Hampshire next month as he emerges as one of the national Democrats most actively testing out the nascent 2028 presidential campaign.

The freshman Democrat will visit New Hampshire following trips to Iowa and Pennsylvania that have invited speculation about his 2028 plans.

07/28/2025

President Trump met at one of his Scottish golf courses with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who pressed him on the US taking a larger role in helping quell a growing food crisis in Gaza amid Israel’s ongoing war with Hamas in the territory.

The president said Israel “has a lot of responsibility” for what’s happening but said the country is hampered by considerations of the remaining hostages it wants to see kept alive and freed.

07/28/2025

The Patriots are back at training camp and are allowed to take it up a notch as they prepare for the upcoming season. Here’s what to know for Monday.

Monday’s practice is open to fans, with access beginning at 9:15 a.m. If you’ll be one of the many in attendance at Gillette, here are some tips.

07/28/2025

Allegations of antisemitism at MIT have put the university back in the spotlight as the Trump administration escalates its pressure on elite colleges.

Tensions on campus over the war in Gaza are simmering again this summer, with all the elements for another high-profile confrontation — and it couldn’t be happening at a more inopportune time.

07/28/2025

Believe it or not, the Karen Read saga isn’t over. In today's Starting Point, we discuss the latest legal proceedings.

Also, MIT has avoided the level of scrutiny from the Trump administration that Harvard and other schools have drawn. A recent lawsuit could change that.

07/28/2025

Senator Ruben Gallego is scheduled to visit New Hampshire next month for a series of political stops as he emerges as one of the national Democrats most actively testing out the nascent 2028 presidential campaign.

Gallego announced on Monday he will speak on Aug. 22 at the New Hampshire Institute of Politics’ “Politics & Eggs” forum in Manchester, which is a staple of the Granite State’s first-in-the-nation primary circuit.

07/28/2025

Denver-based life sciences company Healthpeak is readying plans to transform an industrial area north of Concord Ave. near the Alewife MBTA Station known as the Quadrangle into a massive, mixed-use complex totaling 4.6 million square feet.

The project would include more than 2,000 units of housing, a pedestrian bridge across the commuter rail tracks that slice through the neighborhood, and commercial space.

07/28/2025

With 55 games remaining in the season, the 57-50 Red Sox hold the second wild card in the American League by a half-game over Seattle. They have won 14 of 19 since July 4.

“We’re a good team. All the players, we believe that.”

07/28/2025

In several hospitals still functioning in the Gaza Strip, nurses are fainting from hunger and dehydration. Managers often cannot provide meals for patients or staff. Doctors are running low on formula for newborns, in some cases giving them water alone.

At least three major hospitals lack the nutritional fluids needed to properly treat malnourished children and adults.