“Alcoholism, and drug addiction, is like a record playing in your mind,” said Dr. Steven Klein, who prescribes the GLP-1s for the women. “What these medications do is lift the needle off that record long enough that we can teach you another song.” www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/12/m...

A group of New York elected officials gathered on Thursday to replace the Pride flag that was removed from the Stonewall National Monument after a directive from the Trump administration.

⚡️'Remembrance is not a violation' — third Ukrainian athlete barred from wearing helmet at Olympics. Short track speed skater Oleh Handei said his helmet bore a line from Ukrainian poet Lina Kostenko: "Where there is heroism, there is no final defeat."

Asked how the federal research cuts have affected science, one Boston Children’s Hospital researcher said, “This is like asking, how do you think dropping an atomic bomb on New York City will affect the future of Broadway musicals?” www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/09/m...

The Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building looms in the background of the camp at Coldwater Spring, or Mni Owe Sni, at Fort Snelling along the Mississippi River — where the U.S. government in the mid-1800s killed hundreds of Dakota people and imprisoned more than 1,600 in a concentration camp.

The need is immense, the street doctors said. They estimate more than three-quarters of people experiencing homelessness have a mental illness, with rates even higher among those living outdoors. But many never set foot in a traditional clinic. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/09/m...

“They’re trapped in this little confinement cell, a dark cell with no sunlight, with multiple people,” said Shaan Chatterjee, an attorney at New England Immigration Law. “They’re basically torturing people into signing off on their own deportation.” www.pressherald.com/2026/02/07/i...

A Mexican immigrant whose skull was broken during his arrest by immigration officers last month in Minnesota says the beating was unprovoked. A judge ruled his arrest was unlawful.

An estimated 10,000 lives have been lost at sea in Gloucester’s long history. The industry’s fatality rate is 28 times greater than the national average for all occupations, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/06/m...

"On Thursday morning, the Post’s website hosted a story about the bloodletting — written by an Associated Press reporter. For this once-great media organization, the retreat from the news couldn’t be signaled any clearer." — Jill Abramson @globeopinion.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/05/o...

US government to fund Maga-aligned think-tanks and charities in Europe ft.trib.al/rg4IDIC

“Minnesota folks have a long history of organizing. The Dakota and Anishinaabe organized against the settlers. Then organized to survive them. A tactic still practiced.” lithub.com/letter-from-...

Sophie Watso was arrested by immigration agents in mid-January who accused her of obstructing an ongoing investigation. She was detained in the same place as her Mdewakanton Dakota ancestors in 1862 after the Dakota Indian Wars.

Today's Starting Point takes a look back at shipwrecks that rocked Gloucester before the sinking of the Lily Jean.

“NIH is an example of how to beat back Trump,” said US Representative Jake Auchincloss. “It’s a combination of civil society, of litigation and of `quiet Congress’... the secret productivity of Congress, away from the headlines.” www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/04/m...

Doctors nationally are describing harrowing consequences for patients who put off medical care because of fears of ICE. www.statnews.com/2026/02/03/i...

happening this morning in Minneapolis -- ICE agents drawing guns on observers. I reiterate again that it is only a matter of time before DHS kills more innocent people in Minnesota. Congress needs to shut this shit down right now.

A lawsuit from nine states seeks to undercut a federal mandate that people with disabilities receive care in their communities. www.statnews.com/2026/01/29/s...

NEW: The @wired.com Security desk put together a comprehensive guide to filming ICE—with tips for reducing risk at the forefront. No paywall, but please consider subscribing to help find these kinds of resources. And stay safe out there. www.wired.com/story/how-to... www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...

Just experienced the most intense tear gassing of my life by federal officers outside the ICE facility in Portland where marchers gathered. There was no fast exit as they indiscriminately threw loads of gas and flash bangs. Children were in the crowd screaming. @oregoncapitalchronicle.com

The tragedy is the latest example of Gloucester reckoning with the lethal risks of commercial fishing, an industry that has given the city a livelihood and identity, as well as its deepest sorrows. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/31/m...

This is horrifying

Since 2001, the Globe has reported on more than a dozen fatal fishing expeditions that claimed nearly 50 lives in the waters off New England. Six of the incidents, not including Friday’s tragic sinking of the Lily Jean, have occurred since 2017. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/31/m...

Fresh flowers laid at the Gloucester Fisherman’s Memorial for the seven lost or dead at sea after the tragic sinking of the Lily Jean.

The everyday reality of the dangers of a life at sea were on the minds of everyone Friday from public officials monitoring developments on the waterfront, to fishermen and their families who paused for a moment of silence at the St. Peter’s Club Friday evening. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/30/m...

Former CNN anchor Don Lemon has been arrested after he entered a Minnesota church and recorded anti-immigration enforcement protesters who disrupted a service. It's unclear what charges he faces.

We’re just not a free country. Any American watching this play out between regime forces and journalists overseas would recognize it for what it is.

“They can’t even go to the post office because ICE is there, and they’re afraid that they’re going to be targeted and detained for just being brown,” Navajo Nation Vice President Richelle Montoya said.

VA employees are angry that their boss, VA Secretary Doug Collins, hasn't sent any personal communication to staff abotu the death of VA nurse Alex Pretti. Suzanne Gordon talks to workers and veterans about his killing. prospect.org/2026/01/28/i...

Warning from many of Maine's religious leaders come as the country were roiled by the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement in Minnesota, where two US citizens were shot by federal agents. @bostonglobe.com

Virginia Oliver, who for years was the oldest licensed lobster trapper in Maine, has died at 105. “She was a living piece of Maine’s maritime history,” the Maine Lobster Festival said in a statement.

Here's how to identify some crowd control munitions, canisters of which federal agents have left on the ground after deploying them against people in Minnesota. bit.ly/3YWp1jE Graphic by Mark Boswell/The Minnesota Star Tribune

2026 FIFA World Cup: Calls for boycott emerge to bring Donald Trump 'to his senses'

“Quiero mi mamá, tío,” Camila said in Spanish on Sunday. “Yo quiero estar con mi mamá.” www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/27/m...

“At times, Minneapolis reminded me of what I saw during the Arab Spring in 2011, a series of street clashes between protesters and police that quickly swelled into a much larger struggle against autocracy,” Robert F. Worth reports.

Minneapolis : «Ils tuent en toute impunité». C'est la une de Libération lundi. Le meurtre d’Alex Pretti, abattu samedi par des agents de la police aux frontières alors qu’il était immobilisé au sol, ravive la colère aux Etats-Unis. Récit de notre envoyé spécial sur la scène du meurtre.

The Patriots are back in the Super Bowl. New England dispatched the Broncos, 10-7, in Sunday's AFC Championship to make it back to the big game. trib.al/D5y9CBl

Videos show the moment a federal officer on Saturday shot and killed a 37-year-old man in Minneapolis, amid the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. trib.al/4aZg6yV

Drop Site News released another angle of federal immigration officers shooting and killing a 37-year-old U.S. citizen in Minneapolis today. [WARNING: Graphic content]

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: "I just saw a video of more than 6 masked agents pummeling one of our constituents and shooting him to death. How many more residents, how many more Americans need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end?"

Man shot by federal agents has died, police chief says www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

Images of the episode drew millions of views online, made the front page of The Minnesota Star Tribune and elicited blistering condemnation from local officials. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/23/u...

this photo. minneapolis. 💜 📷️ Alex Kormann/Star Tribune

As reports first started pouring in of masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents prowling Portland neighborhoods and detaining residents, neighbors sprang into action.

Statement from the entire Minneapolis City Council in support of a General Strike and Day of Truth & Freedom on January 23rd.

The layoffs have been broadly unpopular within an organization known for its passionate and highly dedicated workforce. Many strongly objected to a move to lay off recovery coaches who provide one-on-one support to homeless people struggling with addiction. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/22/m...

Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026

The Spotlight investigation found that detectives took advantage of the secrecy afforded to their informants in troubling ways: cutting corners on obtaining search warrants; settling scores with drug dealers; and exploiting drug-addicted women for sex. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/22/m...

President Trump’s ambitions on Greenland have drawn blowback from the very parties that had most enthusiastically embraced his populist revolution.

“the agent took the child out of the still-running car, led him to the door and directed him to knock on the door asking to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home, essentially using a 5-year-old as bait.” Agents later took the father and child away in a vehicle and sent them to Texas